Friday Crop Report on Thursday!

[fcr]

Drove the whole farm trying to find some land to start on.Still need a few days to get started. Very few weeds if any , only volunteer canola I could find was on south side of a rock. Cold nights and wind , still jacket weather here.

[furrowtickler]

Had to drop wheat drill a bit this morning as the ground is firming up very fast
Hopefully last day of high winds

[TOM4CWB]

Fire danger map:



Praying for safety…

Recent fires in western Alberta:





Looks like much of the evacuation will be lifted Monday at 8AM.

Blessings

[furrowtickler]

Hopefully better days ahead
Wind finally down and chance of showers


Sunrise shortly , fires suppressed in this area

[furrowtickler]

Seed Master SR just about ready to do wheat plot beside Bourgault. Then it’s onto canola


Hopefully turns out well

[checking]

Hopefully better days ahead
Wind finally down and chance of showers


Sunrise shortly , fires suppressed in this area

Do you have sailing experience?

Nice picture, but a bad omen.

[furrowtickler]

Do you have sailing experience?

Nice picture, but a bad omen.

Have a boat , been through a lot of rough water but nope , no sailor .
Ya got windy again yesterday afternoon

Red sunrise , sailors demise ?

Hopefully just recalibrate and check scales and rates this morning and get this one doing some acres . There are several of these SM SR’s running in western Canada

Actually chance of thunderstorms today , would be ok with that after a week of steady wind .

[sumdumguy]

I think everything would like a little shower to get the trees budding. Nothing is showing much life here yet.

[crusher]

We were blessed by .2 to 1 inch of rain last night. Do the happy dance!

[Braveheart]

Have a boat , been through a lot of rough water but nope , no sailor .
Ya got windy again yesterday afternoon

Red sunrise , sailors demise ?

Hopefully just recalibrate and check scales and rates this morning and get this one doing some acres . There are several of these SM SR’s running in western Canada

Actually chance of thunderstorms today , would be ok with that after a week of steady wind .

Red sky in morning,
Sailor take warning.

Anxiously awaiting your wheat trial with SR.

[furrowtickler]

Antler Farms in Alberta has been running an SR for a couple years . They on twitter .
They have graciously shared some info with us on their experiences, as well as a few others
Always best info from other farmers with experience

[Sodbuster]

I would be quite surprised to see the SR yields to match a 12” paired row in wheat or barley. In the right environmental conditions it might but over the long run I don’t think so. It would sure make things easier if you could use the SR for both canola and cereals and more cost effective, hope you achieve the results you want.

[TOM4CWB]

Seeder configurations success is highly dependent on environmental conditions for both germination and precipitation or lack thereof during the growing season.

For dry land western Canadian small grain production…. Seedbed moisture conservation for the majority increases yield, your farms micro climate determines which seeding equipment is best for your farm. To the extent understanding this is possible … constructive management adjustments are productive.

Understanding and wisdom… are valuable partners in finding risk management strategies.

Cheers and Blessings for our seeding 2023 !!!

Changing many variables…. Is often counter productive!

[fjlip]

My years of crops, IMHO, one has to seed/plant like it's NEVER going to rain. Therefore PACK well, however you stir the soil. It dries immediately. A 1/2" rain solves ALL germination issues.

$1 million drills= $10,000 drill/AS if that 1/2" happens.

[fcr]

I agree with the exception of canola.You need to seal in the moisture but over packing on our soil causes soil to bake hard and canola not able to break tru. The best drill we ever owned was a ih 6200 disc press drill.In canola we would take out the little pressure pins and just let the weight of the disc assembly set the depth. Grew amazing crops with that drill, simple , easy to set however had to be almost black dirt to seed into.