Friday Crop Report on a Thursd

[fcr]

Had a visit with salesmen today. A few combine deals getting cancelled already. Prob more with no rain in forecast.

[mcfarms]

Drove from Yorkton to Calgary yesterday. Crop nicest at Yorkton down to Regina, some late but look nice. Regina to Moose Jaw look nice but later again. Moose Jaw to Calgary are horrible. Brooks to Gleichen in particular looked very patchy and poor. Not sure if emergence, cutworms, or grasshoppers but worst crops I’ve seen in a long time .

No moisture since the snow went into already dry powder until just before you drove through that area and weeks on end of wind and much above temps will do that. Snow didn't leave until late April and by may 15 the lighter soils had dried down to below canola seeding depth, many trusted the forecasted rain each week that never materialized and seeded for quicker emergence , talked to a few guys that said after last year's debacle they were still nervous about their canola seed, turned out it came up well if seeded deeper this year because the ground got so warm. Last year it froze, on the same date it was 32 this year. Hard to get it perfect when there's such wild swings from year to year. Some years its a make a decision amd hope that you guessed right.

[SASKFARMER]

Storms brewing late Canada Day.

This is added to our Prosaro Pro or Mirivas

[cropgrower]

just had inch and a half thunder downpour , with some hail , will be calling crop insurance tuesday morning

[tubs]

Hail here too again can't get a rain but hail we don't seem to miss golfball size looks like I cut the wholefield with a lawn mower. 600 acres toast

[cropgrower]

sorry to hear , mine ,conola was just about to flower , top of main stem gone on most plants , buds on the ground , will still make a crop im sure , wheat just odd heads cracked down

[furrowtickler]

Canola at home turned orange two days ago on 1/2 or it
Will see what this 1/2 rain does
Great full but late .
Got some small hail as well
Quick drive , so far nothing like last week as far as hail damage

[therealnorthernf]

Yes that area is missing all the rains.

Last night Abernethy and north got about 3/4'' of rain... the storm seemed to follow #22 highway so Lemberg and Neudorf and north probably got some too.. It is a start, more needed especially to the south of #22 highway..

[agstar77]

Received 2 in rain last 4 days. Wheat has perked up but too late to give more than a break even yield. Soy was looking good before rain but has now yellowed. I think rain is telling ito grow but dry conditions earlier prevented nodulation. I don't know if it will recover.

[furrowtickler]

Watching a crop wither and dry out is hard to take , much like watching a decent crop get decimated by hail . We have experienced both already and it’s only July 2 .
Not as dry as some , but still have some severe drought reduced areas. Lost most of our good canola to hail .
Hopefully get something now after rain on all the stuff in between

[fcr]

We are three weeks tomorrow since last rain which was 9/10. Could be the shortest crop we have ever grown with no rain in forecast for next two weeks. Relentless heat and now wind , it’s real hard to get even the least bit excited about harvest. Wasn’t a believer in the whole climate change thing before but am now starting to think maybe there is something to it . We just never get normal weather anymore, it’s either one extreme or the other .

[fjlip]

You must be younger than I am, every kind of weather has happened in my 70 years. What is NORMAL?

Changeability is, rarely two years alike. It's called chaos...

Ag bible says it rains on GOOD or BAD....it is correct.

[SASKFARMER]

Hail storm last night and 1/4 to 3/4 of rain.



Hail came within a half mile of my land.

Since I started farming in 1979 we have had everything from dry years to mud bogs to frost in the early days of august to blistering heat with hot hot southern wind that turned the whole crop white in two days.

It’s farming in one of the toughest places to grow a crop.

[Guest]

How close are we getting to repeat of 2021? I don’t do any travelling but sure sounds like it’s not a good situation, and it’s only June 30.

High costs then throw in every curveball possible is going to make for some tough decisions.

N.E. Sask is well on the way

[Rinker]

N.E. Sask is well on the way

So is central Sask.