We made a road trip around central AB, east of Edmonton, then North as far as the farmland goes, then into the Peace country, north to Peace River, west, then south into Grande Prairie, detoured east for a while, then west all the way to Fort St. John.
There was some excellent looking canola between Falher and Peace River. And that is about the extent of the good news. Other places looked like decent stands, but when you look up close, they are full of aborted pods, blanks, deformed etc. Most was done flowering. Thin, short, and patches of the wrong color were wide spread.
And this seems to apply to areas that had excess moisture until recently too.
A very common theme was fields with large areas of drown outs, and burn outs.
I thought we were going through what would be some of the better crop areas, given the earlier rains.
Maybe not a disaster like some areas were in 2021, or 2023, but far below expectations.
A few days ago I still thought we had full potential on our farm, even on our later frozen canola, but that is gone now.
There was some excellent looking canola between Falher and Peace River. And that is about the extent of the good news. Other places looked like decent stands, but when you look up close, they are full of aborted pods, blanks, deformed etc. Most was done flowering. Thin, short, and patches of the wrong color were wide spread.
And this seems to apply to areas that had excess moisture until recently too.
A very common theme was fields with large areas of drown outs, and burn outs.
I thought we were going through what would be some of the better crop areas, given the earlier rains.
Maybe not a disaster like some areas were in 2021, or 2023, but far below expectations.
A few days ago I still thought we had full potential on our farm, even on our later frozen canola, but that is gone now.
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