Friday Crop Report on a Thursday!

[furrowtickler]

Very few will admit , but fertilizer burn was an issue in many areas with a very cool and dry end of May and early June .
Salt not friendly to canola in those conditions ….

[Partners]

93sc..33 inches tall .
7.8 inches total rain since snow..
Some area way more at 15.9 at porcupine.
Some way less...

[Sodbuster]

Weed spraying all done, start on fungicide next week. Changed to the skinny tires after lunch today.

[Sodbuster]

Wheat looks real good so far, canola some good some still struggling after hail.

[helmsdale]

As of today, most acres look "tolerable" given the circumstances. Spraying is complete and the rest is up to mother nature until harvest time.

1/3 of my acres have caught roughly 5", another 1/3 has caught around 3", and the remaining 1/3 is hovering just over 2. 2" , let alone 3" does not make a crop. Some of the stuff with 2ish of less has serious problems with germination as upwards of 70% of it germinated with the first meaningful shower but did not get enough moisture to carry it till the next shower. Looks like shit.



That photo is about 10 days old, but it hasnt really gotten much better... Just in case you can't tell that is supposed to be a crop of durum.

Other's look good for the time being, but upcoming heat and minimal reserve moisture will likely burn it down.

Obviously I'm an anomaly compared to most of the prairies, but that's what "Livin the Dream" is all about out here I guess.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

As of today with another .4", we are well over 11 inches since June 5. Tornado warnings today, and a tornado did touch down half hour south of here, with buildings lost.

Lots of drown outs, some areas even worse, spotty thunderstorms must have dumped much more in some areas than others. Some bad hail too close for comfort, up to 2".

What isn't drowned out is looking very good but late. Won't break any records with 10, 20, 30% drown outs. Some areas even worse than that.

Canola seemed to be sitting still with all the cold wet weather, Flea beetles just loved that. Finally growing again the past few days in a big way.

I've seen a couple of fields of faba beans further east, they sure are loving this wet weather. I keep saying I will try growing them out here in the swamp.

Last Septembers hail storm on ripe crops is the gift that keeps on giving, volunteers that just keep coming in flush after flush. How can seeds keep germinating for that long? Do some take 2 months to reach the surface from inches down? Do the seeds on the surface take that long to get buried somehow?

ANd speaking of germination, I scattered some barley on a few small places the drill missed. It has been so continuously wet that they germinated and rooted sitting on the surface and none appear to have been stranded and died.

Sounds like a big area of Central and Northern AB is too wet. Probably not as big a disaster as last years drought, but not insignificant either.

[Old Cowzilla]

Sons soybeans got written off yesterday by hail storm 2 wks ago crop ins working overtime writing stuff off . Still guys reseeding greenfeed to replace hailed or drowned corn or hay . Canola price dropping is not because of any canola crop in this area. You guys have some nice looking crops out west the world is gonna need it.

[GALAXIE500]

As of today, most acres look "tolerable" given the circumstances. Spraying is complete and the rest is up to mother nature until harvest time.

1/3 of my acres have caught roughly 5", another 1/3 has caught around 3", and the remaining 1/3 is hovering just over 2. 2" , let alone 3" does not make a crop. Some of the stuff with 2ish of less has serious problems with germination as upwards of 70% of it germinated with the first meaningful shower but did not get enough moisture to carry it till the next shower. Looks like shit.

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That photo is about 10 days old, but it hasnt really gotten much better... Just in case you can't tell that is supposed to be a crop of durum.

Other's look good for the time being, but upcoming heat and minimal reserve moisture will likely burn it down.

Obviously I'm an anomaly compared to most of the prairies, but that's what "Livin the Dream" is all about out here I guess.

All of our crops looked like that photo last year. I know your pain , and hope you get some rain soon!

[SASKFARMER]

Peas hit by early hail storm had more damage than i thought did get hail money and peas got fungicide today. I still think there is time to help them out as they were early but heavy rain and hail did more damage than i figured.

[flea beetle]

This is more fun than spraying fungicide.

[furrowtickler]

We are sitting at about 6.5 in since snow melt
NW of here around 10 in
NE up to 15 in
SE to SW of here still very low totals in areas
Storm season in full swing .

[furrowtickler]

Very nasty looking cell just south of Unity heading to Wilkie this morning

[Freightshaker]

Very nasty looking cell just south of Unity heading to Wilkie this morning

Yup. Whole farm got it.





Guess further west can’t tell what was seeded apparently.

[furrowtickler]

Yup. Whole farm got it.





Guess further west can’t tell what was seeded apparently.

That’s sickening, always a very nervous time of year .
Two years ago we had 80% of the farm hit
Tough to deal with
Hail insurance helps but never replaces a crop

[flea beetle]

Yup. Whole farm got it.





Guess further west can’t tell what was seeded apparently.

Sorry to hear that. Makes a guys stomach turn.