Friday Crop Report on a Thursday.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Have taken a closer look at our crops after the recent rains. And having done some more travels all west of highway 2, the hot and dry definitely did a lot more damage than I expected it to. And my understanding is that West of highway 2 is in much better shape than east was.
Lots of very spotty emergence. Lots of fields that now have bald or very sparse highland and yellow or completely drowned out low land.

Some of the cereals look healthy and thick if you look crosswise. But when you look down the rows they are very thinvery thin, with leaves firing off and heading prematurely and very short.
I am still optimistic on my later seated week. And anything on really good black ground or with a history of heavy manure applications. But earlier seated on the usual clay didn't kill her very much, is burning off its leaves and trying to head out without even filling in the canopy. Some new killers coming. Holding out hope that it will continue to tiller. Anyone have any experience with that? Will a plant with early tillers in flag leaf continue to make new tillers?
I really don't think we were ever short on moisture either. With no deal and good trash cover, soil was still moist at the surface. Perhaps it was the heat and not the lack of moisture.
I do have some wheat 20 miles further east where they did miss all of the showers, and it was completely dry on top. Likely couldn't have even germinated a crop in june. That is looking like my worst wheat, on the best soil.
I would say our own canola still has full potential. I don't think the excess water stuck around long enough to do very much damage to the low spots. Early seeded canola locally looking very good.
In my travels, canola definitely looks better than the cereal crops. But very uneven. Not clear if the bald spots are still coming in or if they are a loss.

The question I posted earlier about the Twitter post claiming Alberta would be 60% of normal on cereals is looking accurate.

[mustardman]

What are people using as their go to killer for hoppers. I heard pounce doesn’t work, loraban is a thing of the past and they don’t want you using matador either on cnl/durum. Does cygon work or do you have to use one of these expensive new chemistry’s.

You can use matador on durum. But Remember it kills Everything hopper enemies , bees etc
If you have enough crop cover use Coragen- it doesn’t kill on contact- they die after eating vegetation and can last up to 21 days/. Has worked well for us

[agstar77]

You can use matador on durum. But Remember it kills Everything hopper enemies , bees etc
If you have enough crop cover use Coragen- it doesn’t kill on contact- they die after eating vegetation and can last up to 21 days/. Has worked well for us

We have used coragen. It works by locking their jaws
. So basically they starve. They must injest it
. Spraying the outside of a field should do it. Lasts up to 2 weeks depending on rate

[Guest]

You can use matador on durum. But Remember it kills Everything hopper enemies , bees etc
If you have enough crop cover use Coragen- it doesn’t kill on contact- they die after eating vegetation and can last up to 21 days/. Has worked well for us

Matador doesn’t kill bees ?
Spray it in leaf cutter fields almost every year
Just don’t spray when bees foraging which is a good practice anyway

[poorboy]

Some elevators not buying wheat sprayed with matador

Locally Cargill has announced that they will not be buying wheat sprayed with matador or its generics. You will have to sign your life away on the declaration before delivery.

So before spraying the hoppers you might want to have a talk with your grain buyer.

[Old Cowzilla]

Locally Cargill has announced that they will not be buying wheat sprayed with matador or its generics. You will have to sign your life away on the declaration before delivery.

So before spraying the hoppers you might want to have a talk with your grain buyer.

If the hoppers eat all the wheat you won't be dealing with Cargill anyway just leave the fert bill there for them to deal with

[poorboy]

If the hoppers eat all the wheat you won't be dealing with Cargill anyway just leave the fert bill there for them to deal with

I just meant that some companies don’t want you using matador. Yes hoppers still need to be sprayed.

[foragefarmer]

Matador doesn’t kill bees ?
Spray it in leaf cutter fields almost every year
Just don’t spray when bees foraging which is a good practice anyway

Correct.

We always spray Matador very early in the morning when it's cool and the bees are inactive and nesting.

Safe for Bees to be on the plants four hours after spraying Matador, but it will kill chewing bugs 10-14 days after being applied.

Still, we always worry and are concerned for our native pollinators.

[Old Cowzilla]

I just meant that some companies don’t want you using matador. Yes hoppers still need to be sprayed.

I hear ya read it wrong. Options getting pretty limited these days. Was told by Co-op that Silencer was a generic Matador was I mislead ?

[Old Cowzilla]

Oh and we found army worms in our Ryegrass field yesterday more fun to deal with just in case we are tired of dealing with grasshoppers !

[mustardman]

Correct.

We always spray Matador very early in the morning when it's cool and the bees are inactive and nesting.

Safe for Bees to be on the plants four hours after spraying Matador, but it will kill chewing bugs 10-14 days after being applied.

Still, we always worry and are concerned for our native pollinators.

Trouble is Most farmers dont give a rats ass and spray at any time they want

[BTO780]

Locally Cargill has announced that they will not be buying wheat sprayed with matador or its generics. You will have to sign your life away on the declaration before delivery.

So before spraying the hoppers you might want to have a talk with your grain buyer.

Shoot, shovel, shut up!!

[AlbertaFarmer5]

To answer my own question, will wheat starting to head out make more tillers if conditions improve?
Checked my worst early seated wheat today. The areas that were still green but thin and heading out early have many new tillers coming. Areas that had the bottom leaves turning yellow have a few tillers coming but nothing substantial.

[agstar77]

To answer my own question, will wheat starting to head out make more tillers if conditions improve?
Checked my worst early seated wheat today. The areas that were still green but thin and heading out early have many new tillers coming. Areas that had the bottom leaves turning yellow have a few tillers coming but nothing substantial.

Welcome to the club.

[SASKFARMER]

We got over a 1/4 of an inch yesterday late in the afternoon out of nothing. Still damp tonight driving home.

Drew says 10 more days of hit and miss and dryer pattern. Maybe the Mexican rainy season will reach canada.