Harvest Progress

[charliep]

Just looking for an update on harvest progress, quality and yield. Let us know your general location.

I note that prices continue to improve on the grain side. I am cautiously optimistic (optimistic about higher but wanting to sell into any rally including the current one). What are other thoughts/strategies?

[Yusishen]

Eastern MB...we are done. Mostly soybeans, corn and sunflowers left for neighbours. Rain over the past two weeks has halted harvest and field work but it's sunny today and equipment should start moving when the dew dries off.

[Steve_Winkler]

Just SE of Calgary and we are nearing completion. Roughly 600 acres left out of 4000 seeded. 5 seperate hail storms this year sure took it's toll and has added to our delay in finishing up. Thought we'd be done the earliest ever this year, around September 20th, but the weather has been rather cruddy over the past 20 days.

Cheers,

Steve

[charliep]

Steve

Likely know but SE Calgary is home country for me. Big white summer combine did take a toll on the crops.

I will also note Myr brother's wheat crop had major ergot problems with crop that wasn't beat into the ground by hail. Anyone else have ergot problems?

[dalek]

East-Central Ontario, soybeans still out, corn still out, finished chopping corn yesterday. September was a total washout, 18 days of precipitation. Neighbour tried some soybeans yesterday, 19% moisture, got a load done then they were too wet to shell. Finally mudded in 18 acres of winter wheat today but we have another 180 to go. Supposed to be 4 dry days this weekend so I'm sure the elevators will all close 3 days for Thanksgiving.

[wilb]

Does much of your crop go directly from the field to the elevator? For us it's usually 0-10%.

[crusher]

Just about wrapped up on the harvest, another 100 acres to go. Canola was overall better than expected, but 25% less than last year, early wheat was good, late seeded wheat poor, peas weak and barley about average. Malt (seeded) barley has 15.5% protein.

[sewen]

Have about 10% of total crop left, combine hasn't moved for three weeks now still needs a couple good days before we can finish. Yields were average to slightly above. Notice how no one is giving any hard numbers, keep the traders guessing.

[ianben]

Early easy harvest for us in UK finished mid August. Yeilds slightly below avarage but no drying and higher prices will more than compensate.

Super September weather means everything is seeded canola wheat and barley. All up and sprayed for 1 Oct. Never happened before. Looking very good for 07 but nature must bite back soon.

Ian

[wd9]

East Central Alberta, mostly done around here, just a few canola fields, cereals. It depended on seeding this spring as some only started end of May seeding.

I still have my soybeans to harvest, maybe Saturday if it doesn't rain the 18th time on them.

[crusher]

Soybeans in East Central Alberta? Tell me more!

[melvill]

Yeah, me, too, wd9. The scientists here at CDC South haven't had much luck growing them. What can you tell us?