Friday Crop Report week 15.

[SASKFARMER]

Good morning. It's off to spray fungicides, and a little N is needed for extra support.

Everything is finally straightening out with the heat.

Rain last week is 2 in up to 4 in our area.

There are lots of yellow spots in the fields and water.

Grain prices are dropping faster than Trudeau in the polls.

Crop report.

Hrs and Durum. Full head down to the flag. Thick and doing great. Spraying of fungicides and last N for Protein in potential big yield crop. I said potential because if it freezes in August, it's ****ed all of it.

Flax has filled in and is ready to flower. It will be a sea of blue next week.

Barley is headed or just finishing. All were sprayed with fungicide, and mushrooms can even be seen growing in the fields this year between the rows.

Oats is just about ready to head and looking good.

Peas and lentils don't like water, and yellow spots have appeared. Fields that never had peas are a 10. Fields seeded every eight years a 9. Fields seeded every six but were seeded for years every four are a 6.

Pulse boards may look at diseases instead of new areas to grow.
Lentils took off with heat.

Canola is all over the board from full bloom, with ten on worked pea ground and six on heavy wheat straw fields with lots of frosts. June frost hurt, but they are slowly filling in. Less straw, less frost, go figure.

Premature bolting from excess water is happening.

First-cut hay operations are full go now that the rain has stopped. Looks thick.

Pastures are doing well so far.

It's all coming along nicely, but one cool night in August is all for not. So don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Have a great week. Ag in motion is next week hope to see you all there.

Please share what's going on in your area.

[SASKFARMER]

The left side of the last picture is flax the first 6 rows are on SMF from the seed grower line last year. You can spray right up to a different crop and not have issues.
Hail in our area at the top of the valley last week.

[furrowtickler]

Done fungicide on canola for now unless it rains decent in the next few days . Heat and wind yesterday will throw a few blanks .
One more hot day then cool off
Canola in some areas with lite land got beat up the past few days
peas and lentils are done and looking ok for now
started fungicide on hrsw yesterday morning
get a few tanks on then park it as temps get above 25
agree s/f , one frost at the end of august and it don’t matter how good crops look today
long way to go

[furrowtickler]

Weed control in corn I seen yesterday

[goalieguy847]

What do you feel you are getting out of the Last N and whats the cost? Are you putting it down at 20 gpa?

[Hamloc]

When I see Saskfarmer’s pictures of his lush crops and then I read his constant whinging about mud is a dude and too much rain some days he doth protest too much methinks. Here in central Alberta east of Red Deer we are certainly starting to suffer from lack of moisture. We are at just over 5 inches since May 1st. Mid April seeded crops this year will be the winner unless we get some rain. Right now the 10 day forecast shows 3/10 in the next 10 days. I have been slowly doing a bit of fungicide spraying but unless I see a change in weather I might park the sprayer. I did some test strips in canola of Active Flower, will see at harvest if any difference. At present I think fungicide on canola will be a waste. I hope to put a strip of fungicide beside the active flower, will see if I get it done. Finished baling hay, yielded 2.5 bales an acre, a little disappointed, I thought it looked better. Right now just hoping for rain.

[goalieguy847]

Lol yeah his crops sure look poor! #whhhhaaattt??

I thought you guys down east of red deer were mud all spring? Maybe thats northwest up by camrose?
what a wild yr for moisture...

[SASKFARMER]

Storm out of nothing across the valley. We use the last N to boost N for protein.

If you are getting stupid wheat yields usually very low protein.

Its something we noticed got us to a good enough level.

Also if conditions are good you miss one step and end results aren't seen.

[goalieguy847]

So what sort of N are you getting out of it? Is this just melted down urea and 25% melted down slow release?

What sort of water volumes do you put it down on?
Pre flowering or post?

[goalieguy847]

What application rate do you put it down on and what does she cost per L vs UAN?

[blackpowder]

Keep them coming Sask. I like to see nice crops no matter where they are.


Camrose to Veg in the solonetz belt had some issues for sure.
We're just south of that.
Mudded in and you can tell.
5-1/2" since April. None for 2 weeks.
Some nice, some average.
Fung the peas this weekend when cooler cause we're running out of time and bottom shows some disease. Time will tell on the wheat.
Few wonderful canola fields anywhere.

$8.00 wheat and $13 canola gonna hurt. Below B/E yields at that price look quite possible.

[jazz]

You just got to love farming. First real day of flowering in the canola and she's a heat blast out there.

[SASKFARMER]

Adding last N does add up for costs but having a big wheat crop with 11% protein takes you down.

Some will get the homemade nitrogen.
To hot so hauling a few loads of gravel to the yard for shop addition 2024.

[goalieguy847]

So are we gonna have a discussion on late applied N or just keep posting pics?

[SASKFARMER]

Sure i am busy but what is your question?

I find their is a advantage,
we farm in a wet area usually.

I see a benefit and wouldn't continue with this if it didn't.

It works on our farm.

I prefer to buy the product pre-made.

Melt 46 if want.

Our Home made Nitrogen is a 33-0-0 and the cost to make is real cheap. The machine is expensive.