Where is the Awesome Canola Crops?

[freewheat]

Out of all the canola around me, I have a half section of some of the nicest (and latest) canola around, along with the dubious distinction of having another half that is looking like the worst canola I have personally ever produced.

The great crop is on summerfallow, the poor is on newly purchased land that was so covered in dandelions it was dry, and powdery at seeding time, especially on the higher areas. Emergence was excellent, but it ran out of water. I top dressed all my canola the last two days with n and s, and with this rain, it should perk up hopefully to an average or so crop.

In terms of the area overall, I must say it is one of the worst canola crops i have seen since 1992. We are in a canola'y growing region, near Kelvington, but this year maybe half is good, and half is poor, due to cool temps and dry conditions. It is strange, cuz one crop will be quite phenomenal, next to a crappy looking crop. All depends on previous crop, trash cover, etc.

I must add that this rain will help, as all canola in the region is bolting to pre-bolting, so the crop still has a great potential for recovery, especially for those who topdressed. LOL . We need a super long fall to make the bins full though, and this is of grave concern.

[bduke]

We have most quarters with some flowering and some
bolting... very uneven.

I did see some nice crops.. all crops... starting west of
Weyburn today, near McTaggart.... Douglas farm.

The best hay crop i've seen this year is on the East side
of McTaggart as well..... Bill

[amun]

we have been trying to make a silk purse out of a sows ear with our canola.frost, flea beetles, cutworms,drought,it has left fields with unevan matueraty. cenderela is going to test crop insuance big time in the north eastsk.some crops look fine but are quite late.

[furrowtickler]

Travelled from North battleford to Wetaskawin to Calgary all cropps on the poor/late side. On the way home through to Drumheler 50% poor50% average but late. From there to Kindersley the majority will not be combined even with the recent rains(late feed maybe?). Up to Kerobert poor but salvageable. After Kerobert hit very heay rain, so hard to tell but Unity area looks O.K. along with Cutknife. Over that entire distance I seen maybe 5 Canola crops that were average but still late. This is a huge area that has been devestated by the June drought.

[may-be]

Mixed bag in dauphin area. My crops are looking good but got my fingers crossed we do not get a early frost. One field of canola just started to flower.

[parsley]

Yesterday's one and one half hour drive north was surprising because the just-about-all green canola fields had changed to flowering yellow within two days.

I note all plants/crops are in jumping growth in the SE's cool drizzly weather, and with the little bit of rain, they will probably leap to maturity fairly quickly once the heat hits. IMHO. Pars

[cottonpicken]

Full blown flowering,to just starting.


This is pretty cool to look at.You can zoom in right to your farm,and se how big that drought area is.

http://www26.statcan.ca/ccap/map.jsf?lang=en

[SASKFARMER3]

On drive up to lake from Regina to Kamsack. It must have been dryer the last week i was gone because the fields do show signs of running short of water. But it did rain on and off some times really heavy all the way. Hay crop not nice north of Yorkton. Last year was awesome this year OK to poor. Canola same all the way patchy different stages, from out of ground to flowering. With rain could recover but Frost is big concern now. HRS Durum Barley Oats. Disease control will be next on agenda.

[Burbert]

Snippy, is the only farmer, I've heard, that has a bumper crop. Butt he gits one each and every year. So what is the big deal????? Best canolie, see snippy's place.

[parsley]

Going to be late saskatoons. But they're there. Ha!