Friday Crop Report on a Thursday week 27

[AlbertaFarmer5]

I got a few 1/4s for sale at $800,000 ! That is crazy money. Mind you in Alberta that would be considered a "deal".

How much freight to move those $800,000 quarters out to central AB? I might be interested if you can include delivery.

[Marusko]

800k per quarter? that's what good land cost here in 2018.... family discount deals are a million bucks nowadays.

[furrowtickler]

800k per quarter? that's what good land cost here in 2018.... family discount deals are a million bucks nowadays.

Recipe for bankruptcy in many many areas

[Marusko]

Recipe for bankruptcy in many many areas

I'll throw some math at ya. A guy getting a 'family discount deal' for a million dollar quarter, fully financed over 30 years, with today's grain prices and my average yields and crop rotation, would need 1.5 paid-off quarters or 3-4 rented quarters to make up the shortfall between cashflow and land payments on the new land. Not accounting for any income tax or living expenses.

We've become a real estate speculation industry, not a food production industry.

[TSIPP]

Can't seem to jam $40000.00 worth of canola into a superbee this fall. WTH ! are they making the trailers smaller this year?????

I’ll bet you can fit 40 thousand dollars worth of calves in a 25 foot trailer.

[furrowtickler]

We did a field of l358 which ran 34bu/ac. Moved across road onto a field of 233 and it’s running less than 20. Seeded two days later. Same land , rain , everything else.It was slower to develop. Trucker went from kinda busy to not busy at all, lol. We think it just got heat blast at wrong time.

Huge differences this year between varieties , maturity and seeding dates

even a few days made differences in all the above , then add all three and there is huge swings

[SASKFARMER]

Heading back north of us to finish the wheat that we couldn't get done when last week's rain hit. Then work south on Canola.

[Hamloc]

Huge differences this year between varieties , maturity and seeding dates

even a few days made differences in all the above , then add all three and there is huge swings

Furrow the canola field that yielded the highest for us was seeded in unharrowed wheat stubble which resulted in the June 17th frost being fairly hard on it, setting it back noticeably. But the result was it was still green in early August when we finally got some rain. So curiously on paper it should have been the worst but in the end it ended up the best. Now keep in mind it yielded just over 41 bushels per acre according the the grain cart so it wasn’t a bumper crop but certainly good for this year. And it was my cheapest seed, Croplan from Winfield United.

[furrowtickler]

Furrow the canola field that yielded the highest for us was seeded in unharrowed wheat stubble which resulted in the June 17th frost being fairly hard on it, setting it back noticeably. But the result was it was still green in early August when we finally got some rain. So curiously on paper it should have been the worst but in the end it ended up the best. Now keep in mind it yielded just over 41 bushels per acre according the the grain cart so it wasn’t a bumper crop but certainly good for this year. And it was my cheapest seed, Croplan from Winfield United.

Absolutely seen that as well , this year was very wonky .
what looked great in early July in some cases turned out to be a flop

[SASKFARMER]

The field I was harvesting south was the same bad June Frost lost a lot of seed and it was filling when. Aug 3 rain hit. Bigger seeds and full pods

[poorboy]

Furrow the canola field that yielded the highest for us was seeded in unharrowed wheat stubble which resulted in the June 17th frost being fairly hard on it, setting it back noticeably

Hamloc do you normally harrow your wheat stubble in the fall or the spring ahead of canola or peas?

I have only harrowed a little and done it in the fall, but the ground is still covered in straw at seeding time. Was thinking that spring harrowing would turn the soil blacker, but wheel tracks and moisture loss might be an issue.

[SASKFARMER]

We try to get all wheat narrowed before freeze up and mandako sloughs and kelly before end of October.

Ripping will happen this fall with a 9 bar Deere ripper. Arriving mid-October.

Started last canola fields seeded later in may today. I see then end is in sight.