Friday Crop Report on a Thursday Week 9

[ajl]

Seeded canola on the high ground yesterday. Rained out today so not sure how long till it goes again. Using cultivator and harrow to tickle the muddy spots so can go a ways before having to turn the drill again. Planning to try broadcasting some so don't have to fight weeds all summer in patches. Crop insurance extended seeding deadline to June 5. Wheat looks fairly good and have not lost too much to flooding yet. Where is this drought chuck talks about? I have lost crop to both drought and flood. Less mess with drought.

[FarmJunkie]

My grandfather always told me he preferred it on the drier side than too wet. Back in his days the lack of HP made it miserable when to wet. Myself I remember the 80s and how dry it always was so I preferred it a bit on the wetter side but do agree u can get way more done when it’s dry. Helpless feeling when dealing with either extreme.
Most guys in NW MB area we are in are closer to done than the start but do need a few more days of Sun. We finished our Black Beans yesterday in some muddy conditions but with todays rain it shud cover up the boo boos. Most of the wheat and peas look good. Canola is still small and beetles are showing up. Some spraying for them but they aren’t near as apocalyptic as a few years ago. Some guys spraying wheat and pea herbicide. Canola will be end of next week most likely. GDD have been lacking so things are slow. Amazing what a difference seeing the sun can do to the crops. Giver hell when u can boys!

[jazz]

Storms were moving so fast we got a whopping 5m in the past 2 days.

[furrowtickler]

Some fleas on canola but nothing worrisome at all , seed treatment will take em out

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Peas and the last seeded wheat coming ok

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Peas seeded with seed master SR at 2.2 bus / ac
will be interesting but expecting much the same as the Horsch on 15 in spacing … hopefully

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Lentils , maybe too thick … with seed master SR
time will tell

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1st seeded wheat coming along finally after a lot of cool wet weather

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Actually damp weather , many of you here are far far wetter and fighting pure mud

[Wheatking]

Your crop always look fantastic furrow, hopefully they pay off big time this year.

[fcr]

Those lentils do look thick,interesting to see how they turn out.On a side note we had a july contract for wheat that they called for last week as they didnt have enough to fill a train. Then yesterday Viterra called looking for wheat said they were desperate.I told them i wasnt home, they said give a land location and they would arrange it picked up.I dont think there is as much grain left on farm some think there may be .

[furrowtickler]

Those lentils do look thick,interesting to see how they turn out.On a side note we had a july contract for wheat that they called for last week as they didnt have enough to fill a train. Then yesterday Viterra called looking for wheat said they were desperate.I told them i wasnt home, they said give a land location and they would arrange it picked up.I dont think there is as much grain left on farm some think there may be .

Yes , local P&H was phoning daily here this week

[Hamloc]

We finished seeding Thursday afternoon. Glad to be done. The 2 biggest hold ups this year were the frequent small showers and issues with my Versatile 450 4wd. We got delayed at the start when we replaced a wiring harness from the ECM on the motor to the back of the cab. It had failed last year and we had patched it up. It took almost a year to get a new one. Anyway, installed and the tractor wouldn’t move. Turned out we needed a new shift lever as well. Weird though because we drove the tractor to the mechanic to get him to install the wiring harness. Then with 75 acres left we lost hydraulics. The main pump had spun it’s drive shaft inside the gear from the transmission. Versatile has an update for this. New pump comes with a bigger input shaft and a replacement drive gear from the transmission. Amazingly my dealer had the pump. We were only down for a little over a day. It took the mechanic and my son about 7-8 hours to fix.

[jazz]

Lentils , maybe too thick … with seed master SR
time will tell

Is that 15in spacing on lentils.

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Your crop always look fantastic furrow, hopefully they pay off big time this year.

Hopefully this year clicks.