Friday Crop Report on a Thursday.

[jazz]

2 days. Stuff is a waste of money. Would sooner buy bare seed and just spray it with insecticide.

Not sure what kind of canola other people are seeding but it takes 2 weeks to get out of the ground around here. By that time the treatment is wore off and they are munching away on the first leaves.

Christ they are even eating the wild mustard plants this year.

Sure is great at killing mice though

[Herc]

We got buteo, prosper, fortenza.
Zero bites so far.

Bayer definitely has something with Buteo. Seen invigor fields almost wiped out, 4-5 bites on the borders on the neighbouring dekalb field with buteo. The shit finally works….

[agstar77]

Soybeans starting to move. Unable to post picture, any instructions?

[helmsdale]

Cypress County has declared a state of agricultural disaster... By June 7th, that's gotta be close to an all time record.

Looks like rain forecast for June 14,15,16. If that doesn't materialize, it's game over.

[fjlip]

Bayer definitely has something with Buteo. Seen invigor fields almost wiped out, 4-5 bites on the borders on the neighbouring dekalb field with buteo. The shit finally works….

Same here ZERO bites....better plan for next year. Screw spraying the little bastards! have not sprayed since 1980. Never lost a crop.
not sure on seed but 20' away neighbor LOTS of bites!

[Sodbuster]

Finished seeding my last field for my neighbour, seeded it to alfalfa with barley as a cover crop. Been seeding and spraying this field 4 years now and I’m glad it’s going back to alfalfa. It’s 8.5 acres with power poles going both ways and a rock pile thrown in there for fun. Spraying is even more fun, fold to 60’ spray around all power poles and rock pile, fold out to 120’ for 2 swipes and your done. Talked to another neighbour to who will cut and bale and feed it to his cows, so I guess I’m out of a job.😁 Just the things you will do for a good neighbour.

[agstar77]

Power poles can jump in front of you. Neighbor took one in the grill.

[TOM4CWB]

Soybeans starting to move. Unable to post picture, any instructions?

Agstar when you start a post, at the bottom left there is a paper clip that we can upload pictures from our phone. My iPhone can take screenshots and put them in my photo section. To get the pictures to be oriented the right way, I have to crop 20% off the top and bottom or the picture goes sideways. Sometimes too big a file gets rejected, then select a smaller one if given the option. the paperclip doesn't show on my laptop. will post a screenshot from my iPhone.

Cheers.

[TOM4CWB]

Agstar when you start a post, at the bottom left there is a paper clip that we can upload pictures from our phone. My iPhone can take screenshots and put them in my photo section. To get the pictures to be oriented the right way, I have to crop 20% off the top and bottom or the picture goes sideways. Sometimes too big a file gets rejected, then select a smaller one if given the option. the paperclip doesn't show on my laptop. will post a screenshot from my iPhone.

Cheers.

[furrowtickler]

We got buteo, prosper, fortenza.
Zero bites so far.

Zero bites means zero beetles, good to hear

[Sheepwheat]

Would flea beetles be less of an issue with an actual crop rotation like the days of yore? You know, three years between canola?

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Would flea beetles be less of an issue with an actual crop rotation like the days of yore? You know, three years between canola?

My worst flea beatle catastrophes have been on hay sod, on land that has never been in canola before.
Bad as in the seed company rep got all excited and started taking pictures for future presentations, since it was the worst she had ever seen. As in could see rows from the road one day, and nothing green the next.

They seem to be present in large enough numbers on any type of ground to be a problem. Just need a stressed out little canola plant for them to explode. Frost, compaction, wet, dry, etc.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Finished seeding my last field for my neighbour, seeded it to alfalfa with barley as a cover crop. Been seeding and spraying this field 4 years now and I’m glad it’s going back to alfalfa. It’s 8.5 acres with power poles going both ways and a rock pile thrown in there for fun. Spraying is even more fun, fold to 60’ spray around all power poles and rock pile, fold out to 120’ for 2 swipes and your done. Talked to another neighbour to who will cut and bale and feed it to his cows, so I guess I’m out of a job.😁 Just the things you will do for a good neighbour.

Sounds familiar. I finished up on a neigbors 2 acre field. Had to take fence down to get in. One power pole and guy wire. On a normal year there would be a half round slough out of one end.

Wanted it harrowed too, but it takes a lot more than 2 acres to even unfold the 70 feet of harrows.

And as an added bonus, I had an audience,3 generations set up at the edge with lawnchairs taking video and pictures.

Also a very good neighbor.

[agstar77]

I have an android and when i click on paper clip it shows camera and files . Wont let me post from photo album.

[Guest]

I have an android and when i click on paper clip it shows camera and files . Wont let me post from photo album.

there is also a mobile site and desktop site at bottom
one will work better than the other
did you get er done ?