Friday crop report on a thursday!

[wmoebis]

They must of got the memo to adjust the protein testers down !

How many farmers use the CGC Harvest sample program or the Subject Too service?

[SASKFARMER]

We do send samples a way

[wmoebis]

We do send samples a way

Nice! Be sure to divide the sample down using a proper divider then keep your representative portion to run through protein machine to check to see if they are accurate.

CGC does not monitor grain probes or PX machines or grading at elevator that is up to farmers to check and watch for accuracy. That was one of the recommendations put forward in the review but never implemented.

[furrowtickler]

We will send samples away as well , usually do when falls like this happen and grain buyers try to squeeze every nickel through grades and protein

[Herc]

50-55 bu canola @ $18 is sure better than 15-20 @ $18.
I wouldn’t be complaining too much even that price.

Have friends taking off 10 canola.

I have to spray a 640 ac 15 bu canola crop just so I don’t have to combine it end of Sept, talk about a waste of money.

Couldn’t get a hail storm.

Even if canola was $20 it still wouldn’t be enough for some.

Ya but ur getting an extra 20@ $18.83 from scic. So what are we talking about here? End of the day scic will pay the bills again this year for many farms and then some. Glass half full or half empty?……

[furrowtickler]

Just for reference, canola is now $17

[sumdumguy]

There’s a lot of harvest left todo. We are pecking away but showers every couple of days sure doesn’t help. Guess be thankful, it’s not inches. We’ve seen very black swathes over the years.

[jazz]

Some canola varieties held on very decent, some obviously can not handle drought stress as well .

Which varieties furrow. So far, I am not too happy with L357, first time trying it. Didnt seem to handle the heat well and bloody hard to thrash out compared to what we have used before.

Perhaps better pod shatter trait but sacrifice yield and heat tolerance.

[jazz]

Grew the crop with a very limited root system only having the top foot or less of dirt accessible due to the dry season?.

I am wondering about this as well. Some of the durum has pieball. Did all the rain weighted to the start of the season prevented adequate rooting and nutrient uptake. Canola too.

[Dr Tone]

Which varieties furrow. So far, I am not too happy with L357, first time trying it. Didnt seem to handle the heat well and bloody hard to thrash out compared to what we have used before.

Perhaps better pod shatter trait but sacrifice yield and heat tolerance.

Should get to our better of 2 357 field tomorrow. Not expecting much!

[helmsdale]

I am wondering about this as well. Some of the durum has pieball. Did all the rain weighted to the start of the season prevented adequate rooting and nutrient uptake. Canola too.

Depending on how much early rain, it could have pushed nitrogen deeper, which roots didn't get to? That one I find unlikely, but anything is possible i suppose. More likely, there was just enough rain to maintain a 12" moist zone which got awful bloody hot and dry about the time the head is filling. Nitrogen then gasses off?

Another possibility cereal wise, is a large amount of late stools? Regardless of fertility rates, I've never seen stools (at least here) attain much in the way of protein. The rushed nature of their filling, as well as semi-dead main plants seem to be incapable of making protein.

[jazz]

Should get to our better of 2 357 field tomorrow. Not expecting much!

Always reassuring to seed a variety that gets pulled and replaced mid season. I am going back to L233 next year.