Friday Crop report on a Thursday. Week 20

[furrowtickler]

Why did you not swath that at the proper time … lol
or the heavy rains and hail wreaking havoc in areas the past few days reducing crops to near zero or feed only days from harvest
reality check , this is what we as farmers deal with even just days before harvest

[furrowtickler]

Ahh farming soooo easy …. That one still the most ignorant comment ever

[furrowtickler]

So for those advisers, guess what , 3 hrs and we were going again
if this was a socialist union farm it would have taken a safety meeting , a HR department meeting , wait a few days for managers to decide wtf to do , then wait for the proper union crew to figure out how to fix
then wait for OHAS to approve then wait for the approved welding crew , then wait for inspection and approval. Probably 2-3 weeks
runnin in 3 hours , better than new

[furrowtickler]

This is the only reason we survive as independent farmers

[furrowtickler]

And most small to medium size farmers here on Agriville are still here because we know how to get things done because we have no choice .

[makar]

For those that don’t actually farm but give constant advice … ya here is reality at times

My know it all BIL tells me the secret to farming is making a perfect weld. The same one thats pissed off I am worth more than him.

[Hamloc]

I was talking to a grain buyer yesterday and he was in quite a quandary. He has been doing this for many years and works with a company out of Lethbridge who has been doing it even longer. The problem is light barley. And it isn’t just one farmer here or there. It is everywhere. He said I have never seen this before. One feedlot he deals with is willing to buy light barley but is offering a 30% reduction in price. So instead of $5 barley, $3.50 is what they are offering. Yikes!! So 40-40 barley, 40 bushels per acre and 40 lb. Bushel weight won’t pay many bills. In our area wheat bushel weight on lighter land will be an issue as well. One neighbour’s first combined wheat was 50 lb. bushel weight. Talked to another farmer from up by Sprucegrove, the protein on his wheat was higher than the yield, and the protein was 19%. Time will tell and I hope things improve as we get deeper into harvest.

Myself, pre-harvesting of wheat will begin hopefully today. Canola swathing is about a week maybe a bit less away.

[Old Cowzilla]

was offered $4 for 53 lb barley think I will wait for cooler weather before I sell. I can get more for my oats maybe just feed the barley instead. As for welding I have some ugly welds that have lasted 20 years plus

[blackpowder]

Welding.... Regret not getting some/any kind of trade or training before farming.
Always guessing and learning by screwing it up. Would've been nice to learn the right way.
I hate not knowing. And now it seems the time and dollar risk too high not to hire a professional the first time.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

One of our seasonal hired help is a actual B pressure welder. Makes beautiful welds. I'm a farmer welder I don't care what it looks like.

At crunch time when something breaks down and requires welding, I used to send him back to do it so I could keep working. We now do it the other way around since it takes 10 times longer for him to get everything set up perfect and looking perfect, and I usually have to redo it in the end when it breaks again to make it farmer strong instead of beautiful.

[TSIPP]

If you can’t tie nots tie lots.

if you can’t weld, weld lots.

[BTO780]

I am so done with this heat, after yesterday I can’t wait for winter. Thirty, thirty, and some forty’s is all it’s been all summer. Everything turned white yesterday. At a certain time it looks like the cereal fields are cotton. It will the lowest production yr on our farm in decades.

For those of you who are just “happy” with your crop and getting bumper yields quit belly aching, you have no idea how this affects your mind and body to go through what we are.

We are going through the motions and yet some are never happy, at the end it’s never enough. Hate to say but some need out there need a hard reality check.

Most here can’t wait for this to be over. Unfortunately we won’t get the white combine. Most and likely all cereals will be feed. Barley has no weight, neighbour did some … 40 lbs.

As the saying goes “next yr country”.
Wonder how many want to keep playing this game?