Froze in Alberta Overnight.

[blackjack]

Redbaron, why would it take 3 weeks?

I hope I'm not out to lunch here, but we are in the same mess. We are spraying, talked to the Monsanto rep today he assures me we can cut it in 5-7 days after spraying. Figure spray it, leave it stand 7 days cut it, and hopefully pick it up?? If we swath might have to lay 2 weeks. Have a neighbor who cut 12 days ago(a little green)and it tested 23 today yet. He is now worried to it might get rained on.

It's a real "catch 22" this year.

[furrowtickler]

Guys here have sprayed wht over two weeks ago and are now swathing it down. We swathed wht and it is turning much faster than wht sprayed. I hate swathing but your monsanto rep is compltetly out to lunch and is just trying to sell you more round-up. Reglone will not even work that fast in wheat at high rate and 10 gals/ac. BTW that wht sprayed had 8 days of 28-30 deg weather after. Just food for thought. Ask your monsanto rep to pay the diff if you loose a grade. Round up takes 10 days before it even shows activity this time of year.

[Hopperbin]

Last year used the expensive stuff at the best conditions possible and after 2 weeks still needed to swath it because the roundup had no effect on the wheat. And monsanto's guarantee you can shove up somewhere. No crop will dry down from roundup before the 11th day unless it was already at the ripe stage.
Snappy I cannot for the life of me think why your neighbor's swathed stuff without the rain has not dried down. Mine cut green one week ago is almost dry but a little shriveled, figure I jumped the gun on a couple quarters.

[SASKFARMER3]

Or do like we do spray now and harvest in October same as normal. Still get a better grade than swathing especially when it is raining every day. Now wet snow can screw up standing grain really bad. But the Monsanto rep is wrong it takes 4 to 5 to start seeing some kind of kill then another 5 to start it dying then another 4 to 5 to harvest. Stuff sprayed today will be harvested on week of 23.

[boarderbloke]

I think when Monsanto says you can cut it in 5-7days, they mean you'll get the weed control for next year(grass, thistles etc.). not that your field will be dead ripe, especially this time of year. just had a plane spray a field of durum for me, i know it'll be 2-3 weeks but fields sprayed go through a lot nicer when that time gets here. i have plenty of other stuff to swath or straight cut till then, oh it's going to be soooo late. how much will be left in the field over winter?? trade not talking about that yet are they!!!

[boarderbloke]

Bb, that is what he was meaning is that we could cut for weed control.

If it's sprayed then cut in 7 days would it not dry down fastter than straight swathing??

[SASKFARMER3]

I need 9.5 fields a week to finish by Oct 30. One neighbor needs 15 plus. But the trade thinks its all rosy out here the crop is growing larger day by day. Alberta will make it no problem even if it froze the last two nights. The BS goes on and on and on.

[dave4441]

If you are that confident about the markets saskfarmer maybe you should buy the futures and be happy the mrket is confused.

[redbaron]

Snappy I would have to agree with the other comments that have been posted re round up and weeks to maturity . It is really slow this time of year. For the weeds it only takes a few days.

We are also facing another problem. More rain last night. Over an inch and the fields are getting ugly. More on the way. Heavy down pours last night with hail. Sept. 10th and hail. Who would have thought it. Just when you think you have seen it all more comes.

Agree Sask3 this crop is a long way from the bin. I am noticing the cars lining up at the terminals and no grain to fill. I think we are going to have an interesting next couple of months. I also wonder where some of these crop reports are coming from and if any have really taken a drive through the country. If they have. I would like to know where.

[boarderbloke]

North Dakota had 1.5 to 3.0 inches of rain across the whole state Monday night, last night they had big rains again.

like i asked the other day, how much of this "big" crop will stay out over winter?