Friday Crop Report on a Thursday week 16

[SASKFARMER]

Wow, it’s Ag In Motion week the heat is turning up and very little rain in the forecast for a few days.

On the drive up to Langham I have to say for the first time in years is the nicest I have seen crops looking. Yes, the heat is going to take canola yield but the market has dreams of a massive crop so they are maybe not going to get their way.

Ok I'm busy so here it is

Crop report

Hrs is still looking good and past fully headed on early. Most has been sprayed in our area and we are now top-dressing some last N and fungicides on late-seeded wheat. We are also using the new fertilizer that's made on-site on headed wheat to see if it can lift protein.

Barley has been headed for a couple of weeks and looks good.
Our area is an exception more barley than normal.
Flax is in full bloom and tall.

Durum looks good and a few more guys are back to seeding it again. In our area.

Peas are great to shitty depending on rotation and if you are pushing it.

Lentils have lots of plant mass not sure about yield potential.

Canola is almost all blooming and some is in the last days.

Some fungicides went on others just didn't do that this year. With heat coming it wasn't worth it last year when the heat hit. Even if we had 13 in in growing season.

Peas look great all the way to langham. Nice and tall and healthy.

Other please tell about your area!

[bucket]

hot and the crops are taking an absolute shitkicking. Cereals turned white in the last 2 days.

[biglentil]

After losing some acres to drowning out a few weeks ago the taps have shut off completely. No rogue thundercells, nothin. There is a nice stand but that stand requires moisture and is burning up bad especially on the lighter land. This next week looks like a cooker not sure how anything is gonna fill. Rain I'm sorry about what I said about you a few weeks ago, please come back.

The coming weeks forecast above 30 everyday. Like f off.

[fcr]

Early seeded canola will be finished flowering today.Lots of pods but without rain will they fill,thats what got us last year.Great stand but small pods.Our canola was seeded last and is in full bloom, so still time.

[Hamloc]

I drove to Camrose for parts yesterday, a little over an hour drive. Crops all over the map. Canola from early stage flowering to finished. I will say the pea crops looked good, shorter but they look good. Peas certainly do the best of any crop at coping with drought. Wheat and barley most headed, some later planted crops not headed yet, some were obviously for swath grazing but not all. Corn is loving the heat, finally growing after a cold May and June. Really, short and simple, we need rain, none in the forecast.

[goalieguy847]

Edmonton area north and east and west
crops were good. Now theyre... unsure
Wheat flowering and filling. Who know what theyll be. The odd tunderstrom has blown thru here and random spots have got downpours.. but very very few and far between. Canola heat blasting surely... whatever variety that yields the best is what we will grow from.here on out. Been the 3rd or 4th summer in a row weve had crazy hot flowering period. Pulses are " ok" but they surely dont like 34 degrees. Late barley and oats look the best. Head just coming out so who knows?

Would estimate crops will be 60 to 70% of " avg" ..

Whatever that is.!

[SASKFARMER]

But the market knows! They know shot all.

Hail last night in a few areas.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

2+ weeks ago I thought there wasn't a cereal crop in central AB that wasn't exceptional.
Now I see barley already turning, and turning white in patches on lighter land, wheat now that it is headed looks far thinner than expected given the stands earlier on. Really late seeded greenfeed or silage not good at all.
Our wheat on heavy clay looks best ever at this time. Catching up quickly for all the missed heat units earlier on.

Corn looks tremendous, loving this heat.

Canola all over the map. I see drown outs and patches that ran out of moisture in the same fields. A few fields appear to be nearly done flowering without ever filling in the canopy. Lots of silver with leaves all curled up. bottom leaves drooping or burning off, which looks more like what typically happens in early August here. Many excellent canola crops as well, must depend on soil or thundershowers.
My frozen later seeded canola is finally flowering. Thin and bare patches disappearing from a distance.

A lot of barren hay fields that aren't growing back at all. But great weather for putting up good quality hay.

Peas all look excellent in my travels.

Planning to take a road trip crop tour in the next few days.

[SASKFARMER]

Some problems in crops.

Midge but most varieties are resistant.

Heat blast

Disease

Short water

Hail

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Precip maps put us in the 50 to 70% of normal range.
My closest two weather stations average out to 6 inches since the beginning of April. Most of that fell in May while trying to seed.
Normal June precip is almost 5 inches.

[BTO780]

First yield estimates are out:

Canola 42

Wheat 58

Durum 44

Barley 74

She’s a whopper boys!

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Whose estimates are those? And for what region or province?

[BTO780]

Markets Farm
Western Canada

[goalieguy847]

Ill be impressed if canola pushes 35 this yr with this heat and late seeding dates. Theyre out to lunch.
ProbabLy time to start growing some cacti/ canola intercrop. Maybe itll cross polinate and we will have something.
Sidenote ;amazing how 33 degrees feels when there is work to do vs when on vacation...

" you wanna go clean up that barley bag?" Eff no im hiding in the house AC

" you wanna go golf?"
- Be there in 10.

[SASKFARMER]

Lodging from wind and rain events last week