Friday Crop Report on a Thursday. Week 21

[biglentil]

It's a bit like ground hogs day. Just when the combines get rolling nicely on lentils the sky turns blue to the west, an hour later an inch of rain. Three times now in 6 days. If they were laying in swaths it would be a write off.

[FarmJunkie]

We finished up our peas the other day and by 8 the day was done. If u tried the one more pass thing it was a waste of time. We ended up cutting them all one direction. Yield was ok but not last year. To dry the last month. Lots of little tiny seeds that never finished due to no water. Potential was huge if they would have made it. Wheat is the same. Lots of material but yield is down a lot from last year. Smaller seed but high protein which I’m sure they will pay us really well for!????????????

[Taiga]

So a 40’ protill is now over $300,000 … come on, time to improve on manufacturing efficiencies if that is where pricing needs to be to turn a profit. 600hp semi trucks new can still be bought for less.

[BTO780]

So a 40’ protill is now over $300,000 … come on, time to improve on manufacturing efficiencies if that is where pricing needs to be to turn a profit. 600hp semi trucks new can still be bought for less.

Don’t forget you need that million dollar tractor to pull it. Wouldn’t look good with an old relic pulling it.

Keep buying them, soon they will be $500k.

[helmsdale]

So a 40’ protill is now over $300,000 … come on, time to improve on manufacturing efficiencies if that is where pricing needs to be to turn a profit. 600hp semi trucks new can still be bought for less.

Numbers probably aren't quite right, but its still illustrative.

early 90s W900 Kenworth with 425 cat, 18spd, super 40s: ~150K
early 90s 9880 versatile with 400 855 cummins: ~150K

New highway tractor with 46's, full autoshift, 600hp, leather clad interior with all the bells and whisltes: ~275K
New 4wd with 600hp? 1M+

What happened?

[helmsdale]

On another note, no harvest today... 50mph gusts, so there's no way I'll ever keep fluffy peas on the header bar!

Glad I've got sawfly *resistant* durum today. There'll be some that will go down. Always is, but my god, if you're growing CWRS that isn't a sawfly variety you are going to hate life something terrible after today. It's going to look like it took a 2ft snow event!

[fjlip]

Shame

Hate wind...plus humid and hot....awful out

[agstar77]

Fixing machinery in 40 deg humidex is the fun part of harvest.

[WiltonRanch]

Equipment companies may have some lean years. Workmanship and materials used has sure went to hell while prices increase. In past downturns farmers could keep older stuff going far easier than I suspect this newer plastic and electronics laden crap of today. Then the buggers charge you through the arse for parts or make things obsolete.

[fjlip]

Checking lodged twisted barley...dry and SOFT green kernels, small kernels, probably light, bushels already on the ground...sad situation.
Canola blanks small thin pods be SFA compared to 2023...all with 12" rain!

Wheat some small shriveled kernels... be light and 2-3 grade