Friday Crop Report on a Thursday Week 7

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One draw back on independent openers … wettish gumbo without them tire scrappers…

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Amazing change from the past 4-5 years

[TSIPP]

All I find on a agriculture Canada is that my area was in a moderate drought on April 30, April 30 we had two inches of rain, I’ll keep surfing the internet looking for a high resolution map of rain totals.

[TSIPP]

Looking a little closer and the map shows extreme drought.

[LEP]

Running a seedhawk now. Emergence can’t be beat with a dual shank here. But comes with its own headaches too.

Do you put any fertilizer with the seed or does it all go down the second knife?

[Herc]

Do you put any fertilizer with the seed or does it all go down the second knife?

None with the seed all down the fert knife.

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One draw back on independent openers … wettish gumbo without them tire scrappers…

Definitely one thing we miss about the planter , wet conditions never an issue like this .
Good and not so good about any seeding tool available I guess.

[helmsdale]

Definitely one thing we miss about the planter , wet conditions never an issue like this .
Good and not so good about any seeding tool available I guess.

steel packers here are a must like 19 years out of 20... until you're scrubbing mud off and then 75-100hp just magically disappears.

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Not wet at big plot
so corn ???? going in
9 varieties

[jazz]

Durum is in. 45% done. Start canola tomorrow. No pulses as I refuse to work on the ground anymore.

Pretty nice conditions for seeding and the little showers in between are a big plus.

[fcr]

Our yellow peas the last few years have stood up very well. As long as we don’t get a strong wind with rain harvesting them is a breeze , quit growing lentils however.

[furrowtickler]

Very wet just north of us now
might have to eat my words on the last 20%, said never ever been to wet , well , Gettin close now
Still not nearly as wet as some of you are or have been , but a decent problem for us considering the past 20 years for this time of year .
and yes it has been 20 years , 2004 , it’s called weather cycles

[SASKFARMER]

1/3 left to go as of tonight.

Decided today too rebuild the shaft bearings and a one way bearing that is used for doing your calibrations on a bourgualt. Had parts and it rained so did it but they shorted us a few pieces so back to town.

Late start with both.

Drill 2 has one more section of wheat and then I join drill one on canola.to finish.

[flea beetle]

Lucky number 13% seeded here. Some guys haven’t even started. Went from drier than a popcorn fart to mud everywhere the very beginning of may. Rain every 3-4 days, and nothing under 1/2” it seems. Will be switching out some wheat acres to barley if this continues. Mother Nature sure making things difficult. As much as we needed the rain, it makes getting the work done hard. Pastures and hay look awesome though!

[tubs]

Here challenging as well probabl close to 4 inches in may we are half done would like to seed in a bit drier ground but it is what it is. Still very cold here.