Friday Crop Report on a Thursday Week 17

[agstar77]

Soybeans finally moving.

[furrowtickler]

80 k winds tomorrow may not be kind regardless of temp drop in areas

[AlbertaFarmer5]

I'll start with my own crops.

Early seeded canola is done flowering. That's the earliest that has ever happened, don't think that is a good sign. Never really did look densely yellow. Haven't seen any significant blanks or aborted flowers.
Later seeded, which almost had to start from scratch after the multiple frosts in mid to late June followed by flea beetles is finally in full flower. Stands are thin and patchy, but looks promising from a distance, in spite of being so hot and dry. Needed rain yesterday, but in spite of rain in the forecast yesterday and today, we have received 0.05 of an inch. Anything sitting on top of gravel has already given up completely. Expect those areas will grow quickly now that we have missed any chances of rain.
Have some canola further east that missed the rain event at the end of June, it is ugly. Never really reached full flower.
Only really good news is that I have less canola acres than usual, and there are almost no drowned out areas.

Wheat on the other hand is looking best ever. Very little leaf disease. Has handled the hot and dry remarkably well. Was very late due to the cool dry weather all spring catching up fast with all this heat.
I only have 60 acres of barley this year. And it was seeded last, on lighter land. But is holding up very well so far. First time growing Esma, had my doubts that a dwarf variety would produce well on a dry ear. Hoping to be proven wrong

I tried to seed some lowland pastures down to hay this spring. The type of ground that normally has standing water half the year. Stayed so dry after seeding that almost nothing germinated until well into july. I'm not sure if some germinated and died or if it is still waiting. Won't produce much this year.

For the first time ever this year, we don't have any tame hay to put up. I have hayed some lowland pasture that got ahead of itself. Great weather for putting up hay. Very good yield for pasture.

Heavy clay and high water table to the rescue this year again. The water level in a water well this morning is four feet below grade. Too bad that same water table ends up being above grade on a wet year and drowns everything out.

[SASKFARMER]

Maybe rain tonight

[biglentil]

Soybeans finally moving.

Weren't they always moving? Aren't we hurdling through space at over 1 million mph in 4 different motions?

[SASKFARMER]

Regina's exhibition starts next week and we usually get rain. Last night's storms were just like pissing in the wind.

[poorboy]

We were going to be staying at the little cabins in Jasper. Cancelled.

Whats something to see between the Columbia ice fields to RedDeer and Drumheller

Kananaskis is the largely unknown mountain area in Alberta, worth a visit.

Dinosaur provincial park is NE of Brooks and is impressive if you have never seen it.

Kayak tour on the red deer river or bow river are good.

Lots of whitewater rafting on the upper red deer river or bow or kananaskis rivers.

Quad or side by side trips west of Red Deer.

Lots of local rodeo’s and chuckwagon races going on, that can be fun.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Kananaskis is the largely unknown mountain area in Alberta, worth a visit.

Dinosaur provincial park is NE of Brooks and is impressive if you have never seen it.

Kayak tour on the red deer river or bow river are good.

Lots of whitewater rafting on the upper red deer river or bow or kananaskis rivers.

Quad or side by side trips west of Red Deer.

Lots of local rodeo’s and chuckwagon races going on, that can be fun.

If you are looking for some high class intellectual tourist sights, might I recommend the following:
Gopher museum in Torrington.
Worlds largest sausage at Mundare.
Worlds largest perogy at Glendon.
Worlds largest easter egg at Vegreville.
Worlds largest golf tee at trochu.
Giant Potatoes at Vauxhaul.

Alberta is full of cultural masterpieces.

[WiltonRanch]

If you are looking for some high class intellectual tourist sights, might I recommend the following:
Gopher museum in Torrington.
Worlds largest sausage at Mundare.
Worlds largest perogy at Glendon.
Worlds largest easter egg at Vegreville.
Worlds largest golf tee at trochu.
Giant Potatoes at Vauxhaul.

Alberta is full of cultural masterpieces.

The esso at Vauxhaul is a wonder in itself.

[LEP]

If you are looking for some high class intellectual tourist sights, might I recommend the following:
Gopher museum in Torrington.
Worlds largest sausage at Mundare.
Worlds largest perogy at Glendon.
Worlds largest easter egg at Vegreville.
Worlds largest golf tee at trochu.
Giant Potatoes at Vauxhaul.

Alberta is full of cultural masterpieces.

So who are the big golfers at Trochu? The Freres or the Stankeviches?