Friday Crop Report on a Thursday.

[biglentil]

I've also seen following the drill tracks trample far less than full tire width. Header gets all that are just pushed over.

If fairly ripe and heavy I would say more is shelled out than the tire widths. In my experience crop dividers dont work in canola.

[poorboy]

If crop dividers were on for fungicide or insecticide earlier, the damage is minimal on following trips.

Below crop ins coverage would also be a reason for sprayer tire tracks.

But I agree most farmers just do not want to pay for the plane

[helmsdale]

BL dropped the price of durum this week with that pic.

Wowsers! That is the shit that dreams are made of!

Im glad someone's got a crop of durum out there on dryland, because I haven't seen one in the relatively small circle that I travel these days. Might get into ours here tomorrow after I get the peas shuffled from air bins to long term storage. It's going to be challenging with second growth accounting for upwards of 20% of potential yield in some places.

Many areas around here that did get some lottery showers in May and had a great start then have received hardly a drop since. Those guys are punching 20+bu/ac stands of durum through that are doing 5.

[biglentil]

I feel for those guys, I don't have to go very far in any direction to watch the crops dwindle. Drought sucks.

[blackpowder]

If crop dividers were on for fungicide or insecticide earlier, the damage is minimal on following trips.

Below crop ins coverage would also be a reason for sprayer tire tracks.

But I agree most farmers just do not want to pay for the plane

No clear winner in this discussion.
Is $1 saved for every $1 spent profit?
A $1 spent on custom if your rig sitting contributes 0 to equity, interest or anything else.
Condition dependant of course but I've seen instance of very little loss with a little thought.

[SASKFARMER]

Spraying pioneer 505 Canola today it looks good and lots of seeds.

[Rinker]

Some of our hilly, variable stuff is getting preharvest herbi as well. When the crop is clean, relatively uniform, ripening nicely I don't. To err on the side of spraying is the safe and easier play.

A guy nearby ran his ground rig through a 1000 acres or more of what looked to be very even canola. Trample by sprayer tires is at least 3% stand looked like at least 40bpa. So costing about 1.2 or $20an acre in trample. Why not just call the plane for $12?

What is the plane is 2 weeks away from getting to your fields?

[blackpowder]

This year have no fung tracks to follow so I will see how bad it is.

[biglentil]

What is the plane is 2 weeks away from getting to your fields?

Its 31c with 50k winds for the next couple days and no subsoil moisture. Mother nature is gonna have this crop ready way before the glyphosate takes effect. I have canola brown as my boots its not even September. Too dry is gonna be the bigger issue soon enough, ill probably have the 2" hose and a water truck at the auger.

[bucket]

Rained here a few days ago. The canola was set for a good run with the combine, still a poor crop but would have been nice to get on it. Now the canola has started regrowing. Not kidding , there are leaves on the brown stalks that were not there prior to the rain.

Just a gigantic pain in the ass.

[Rinker]

Rained here a few days ago. The canola was set for a good run with the combine, still a poor crop but would have been nice to get on it. Now the canola has started regrowing. Not kidding , there are leaves on the brown stalks that were not there prior to the rain.

Just a gigantic pain in the ass.

Same here. 3" of rain in the last 2 weeks has the canola pushing out new flowers with dead ripe pods on the top. If I don't spray now it's gonna be a disaster.

[furrowtickler]

Same here. 3" of rain in the last 2 weeks has the canola pushing out new flowers with dead ripe pods on the top. If I don't spray now it's gonna be a disaster.

It’s going to be a big problem in many areas very shortly.

[shtferbrains]

Almost hit this big boy yesterday he didn’t want to move.

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Saw a farmers dog standing in an oat field.

Surprised to see the oats weren't up to his belly.

Cereals here are the shortest I have ever seen on the little that has been harvested.

Yields aren't terrible but somewhat less than some had hoped.

[furrowtickler]

If there was limited rain and limited snow , there will be very little crop, it is evident everywhere, including here in areas , has been since June 20th
Any decent crop here was grown on snow catch and or a lucky rain or two
If you had neither, you’re at or below 50% ave yields on all crops .
Canola worse than cereals , but that a function of a flowering crop . Wheat held on better. But that’s expected.

[Hamloc]

Was north of Craigmyle on Friday looking at a swather. In talking to the farmer pea yields were averaging 8 bushels per acre. 3.5 inches rainfall at his farm for the year so far. Pastures in the area with short to non existent. On the way home we passed a farmer pre-harvesting canola. It didn’t look too bad, probably 2 feet tall(60 cm). I am always amazed at what corn will do with less rain. Certainly grows more product.