Friday Crop Report on a Thursday Week 17

[fcr]

45 bu wheat crop at 6 bucks doesn’t pay many bills. Throw in a rail strike and see where prices go.

[furrowtickler]

Each area is different.

We freeze sometimes feed light shit don't pay a lot of bills.
We usually fertilize for real good yields but sometimes you throw everything at it up till the night it freezes.

Each area is different.

Just stopped at castle Butte and yes it is dry down here.

Not last couple years dry but its dryer

What will be interesting is your trip out west

[furrowtickler]

Some nice crop in this pocket but one big hail storm and it gone
also have to make it past the week on the full moon August 19
we could have a good crop , a half a crop or nothin .
yields determined in grain cart , time will tell .
potential already down 20% from 2 weeks ago , and we on a very lucky area up to this point so far
still a month to go here

[Hamloc]

Some nice crop in this pocket but one big hail storm and it gone
also have to make it past the week on the full moon August 19
we could have a good crop , a half a crop or nothin .
yields determined in grain cart , time will tell .
potential already down 20% from 2 weeks ago , and we on a very lucky area up to this point so far
still a month to go here

I was talking to a local broker this morning from the Lacombe area. He said farmers he has talked to in the Lacombe Camrose area are projecting yields in the 50% of average yield range. Yields still going down on a daily basis. No rain in the forecast. Saskfarmer always enjoy your effort but there are certainly times you could temper your arrogance.

[SASKFARMER]

Pangman its starts getting bad

Assinaboia canola is oh so bad

[SASKFARMER]

Castle Butte

[fcr]

Swathers going on barley southeast of Davidson today.

[SASKFARMER]

The Canola market knows! It knows **** all

[helmsdale]

Unfortunately for 80% of western Canada , yields will be 1/2 of that or lower

In the special areas, unless you're under center pivot water, those are the things absolute dreams are made of... If i could double crop insurance, I could do 48 cwad (1 in 15 maybe?), 66 peas (i dont think its ever been done), and 18 mustard (ive been close, so maybe 1 in 20?), if i grew canola, 45-50 depending on insurable area (it's been done, maybe 1 in 15).

[AlbertaFarmer5]

80 to 90 spring wheat

59 to 68 canola

Peas 70

Barley over 100

Is that ratio of canola yield to wheat yield very consistent for your farm? What about other areas?

Here, we've been getting more like double wheat yield to Canola yields. last year almost exactly double. This year as it looks today, we could be closer to triple.

At current prices, wheat makes far more money than canola does.

I keep asking myself why I should keep growing canola at all.

[furrowtickler]

Castle Butte

Are you going to slide through Cypress Hills ?

[SASKFARMER]

Wheat made us lots the last three year. Canola had a hot two weeks late July last year but it was perfect for wheat

Yes Cyprus hills