Friday Crop Report on a Thursday!

[SASKFARMER]

Tom it was a great sunrise

[checking]

Hope for the best everyone.... the world needs the food we grow... like never before! Many Blessings!!!

I'm informed that it is all about freedom. Nothing else matters which would imply that the world does not need the food we grow.

[Sodbuster]

Rain on its way, system will be crossing into sw Saskatchewan in the next few hours. Hopefully it loses some steam before it gets to us. We’re still struggling to find dry fields, we’re knocking off a lot of acres but leavings a few acres on each field because of wetness. God luck seeding everyone.

[GALAXIE500]

Finished my barley yesterday. Just some grass to seed with some left over seed and I am officially done for 2022. Triticale and durum is up and looking nice so far. A 2 inch rain would make the liquor stores do a fabulous business. LOL !

Wish I could take some from the too wet areas and even out Mother Natures wrath.

[poorboy]

Tom it was a great sunrise

There is a lot of water in the photo. Sure is flat. Wish that could be shared with those of us in the dry areas. Now I understand why you guys have so many stucks in a year, you just can't really pick out the low soft spots because the fields are so flat. Here the water collects at the bottoms of the hills and it is real easy to see the spots that might be soft.

Sectional control should have good payback going around all the wet spots.

[poorboy]

Saskfarmer,

Looking at a couple of pictures and videos on twitter of yours and I have a few questions.

You look like you have a 12" spaced drill and perhaps a 2" opener as it has almost a paired seed row in the photos, is that correct? And V packer or round packer? I like the job it does in the photos?

Also looks like you are seeding 5.6 mph? Is that a speed you can do often on 12" spacing and do an acceptable job? I am on 10" spacing and stuck at 4.5-4.8 mph and would like to travel quicker. Not sure if you are just sped up because it is late or if that speed is common.

Tractor cab looks very clean, are you running the bourgault drill on the Deere monitor and does it do sectional?

[SASKFARMER]

All good questions

First drill 1 is 12 in spacing with 1 in opener and V packer. Anhydrous with coulter and it’s double shoot also so can put dry if needed in coulter.

We travel at whatever speed is needed to get through the mid or at this time of year gear up and the time for seeding real nice.

Drill 2 is also a mud it’s set up with 10 in spacing and same set up double shoot with 1 in opener.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

All good questions

First drill 1 is 12 in spacing with 1 in opener and V packer. Anhydrous with coulter and it’s double shoot also so can put dry if needed in coulter.

We travel at whatever speed is needed to get through the mid or at this time of year gear up and the time for seeding real nice.

Drill 2 is also a mud it’s set up with 10 in spacing and same set up double shoot with 1 in opener.

Have you done any side by side. Yield trials with the 10-in versus the 12-in?

[SASKFARMER]

Same section last fall canola no difference but for peas closer is better wheat canola it fills in

[sumdumguy]

Actually thank you Jerome Bechard, Bourgault’s walking ticket, the dreamer who dreamt it up.

[sumdumguy]

Actually thank you Jerome Bechard, Bourgault’s walking ticket, the dreamer who dreamt it up. We had Jerome’s first fan for awhile, way back in 70’s.

[SASKFARMER]

We got to 50% done and rained out. **** it time for a few beer.