Friday Crop Report on a Thursday.

[furrowtickler]

Really this is in commodity marketing ?????
Has absolutely zero to do with marketing or farming period , wth 🤦*♂️ this site gone to shit

[woodland]

Another hot week out west…..

The heifers are sure enjoying the grass after the rain. Unfortunately the hoppers are too.

About half the pasture isn’t keeping up to the hoppers. Wherever it winter killed or is drier, or an older stand is really suffering. The newer stands are definitely pulling their weight in these challenging conditions. We underseeded a bunch of alfalfa pasture this year so hopefully it turns out so we can rip up some tired grass to rotate it out. Fell behind on that the last few years and definitely are trying to catch up.

Did another parade with the 4-H club and having a heifer on the trailer is a great thing. Even in a small town it’s surprising to see how many people have never been closer to a bovine than seeing them from the highway. Got first place in our category and the kids get right into the decorating.

Doing some fencing and there’s some landscaping required before the posts go in. Nothing feels better than ripping out 60+ year old fence, touching up the contours, and stringing new wire with swinging gates. The old gates that required a up to date tetanus shot to open or stretchers since the braces rotted away are highly overrated.

Just gotta figure out why the transmission is overheating on the cat before we continue though. Always something to fix around here………

The crush plant is taking the last of the canola tomorrow which will be nice to move. Even if it means cleaning a couple of bins in the heat of the day.🍀

My brother pulled the boat into the shop to start checking it over and the kids noticed and sure got excited. Might have to pull them out of school if things work out here and go before the weekend crowd goes to the lake. Always a good time.

Hopefully everyone gets enough enough moisture if they need it. Things could be better here but they’ve been way worse before so definitely no complaints.

Cheers🍻

[Old Cowzilla]

Keep a close eye on those baby alfalfa plants those hoppers just LOVE those. Sprayed rye grass for army worms that very costly stuff $30/acre. Son doesn't know how we are going to make much by the time it's combined nicklel and dime never ends it seems.

[furrowtickler]

Keep a close eye on those baby alfalfa plants those hoppers just LOVE those. Sprayed rye grass for army worms that very costly stuff $30/acre. Son doesn't know how we are going to make much by the time it's combined nicklel and dime never ends it seems.

That’s the problem in most west central Sask right now . Drought hit crops , some guys have sprayed 2 times at least for hoppers and are now just giving up with now rain and zero soil moisture left .
Absolutely can’t keep spending money in situations like that . There are many areas in just about the same situation now or will be in 5-10 days .

[furrowtickler]

The only winners are retailers that keep trying to push inputs out the door in those situations

[BTO780]

That’s the problem in most west central Sask right now . Drought hit crops , some guys have sprayed 2 times at least for hoppers and are now just giving up with now rain and zero soil moisture left .
Absolutely can’t keep spending money in situations like that . There are many areas in just about the same situation now or will be in 5-10 days .

Yet the markets continue to plummet.

$18.82 canola or whatever it is through crop insurance sure beats where it’s heading now.

Crop insurance should be getting a tad bit concerned.

No rain in 10 days with heat coming in will have a lot of long faces.

Practice up your hail dance.

[furrowtickler]

Yet the markets continue to plummet.

$18.82 canola or whatever it is through crop insurance sure beats where it’s heading now.

Crop insurance should be getting a tad bit concerned.

No rain in 10 days with heat coming in will have a lot of long faces.

Practice up your hail dance.

Very true , problem is with hail insurance will be the fight over them trying to defer everything right now and the time waiting and dealing with some of them . By far the worst are ex government employees like school teachers that think they know more than you . It’s comical sometimes but aggravating. Some of them need basic agronomy training 101 before even stepping foot into a field to do claims . Some are ok , but had to school some several times on how plants grow , timing , moisture availability and even the fact that 60% of a canola plants yield comes from the main raceme. Some have zero clue , but they can at least add , subtract and count lol . They just don’t know what they are looking at to start with and think they are paying out the contract from their own pocket 🙄

[jazz]

Yet the markets continue to plummet.

Seems to be all about the US corn crop. Some areas getting some rain at the last possible minute and the market acts like its a bumper coming.

I dont know much about corn and soybean, but around here when wheat and canola go without rain for 60 days sure doesnt equal a bin buster.

[Herc]

I’d gladly pay a bit more in premium if they would pay for the actual damage to the crop. Not look at the seeding date, calendar, and give me a fudge factor whether its going to come back.

[woodland]

Keep a close eye on those baby alfalfa plants those hoppers just LOVE those. Sprayed rye grass for army worms that very costly stuff $30/acre. Son doesn't know how we are going to make much by the time it's combined nicklel and dime never ends it seems.

The grain fields don’t seem to have much damage at all yet. They should start flying anytime so that may change.

We’ve sprayed them before but it feels futile for us since there’s so much grass around here and they just keep flying or blowing in.

How’s your grass doing down there?