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Post by kenmb on Jul 7, 2024 8:16:24 GMT -6
Got 1.5" in about 6 hours last Friday so lots of water ran into low spots, then around 3/4" over next 7 days. Mustard bolting now and can see the field about 50% bloom, wheat has heads in boot, peas showing a few blooms, flax is variable in growth. Sunny and typical summer temps of 26 to 33c for the next 7 days should be good timing. Don't need to worry about canola and mustard blooming in that forecast. It's after the crop is short on moisture and been blooming for 10 to 14 days already that heat starts to stress the plants ability to keep up.
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Post by OptimallyDismal on Jul 7, 2024 21:27:39 GMT -6
So Kevlar, how much rain was there?
I was weeding in the garden and there was a big storm North with a LOT of thunder and I could see and smell rain but we got nothing to measure.
Similar today, lots of thunder, could see the rain to the west but didn't get any, was spraying the canola and not sure whether to stop or finish, chose finish and it worked out, got my 4 hour rainfast.
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Post by Oatking on Jul 7, 2024 21:34:59 GMT -6
One of my employees said there are some unseeded acres around steinbach area . Very wet .
I know the south east area seemed to get hit more than along the red river area.
I am hoping to start spraying beans the second pass . Hoping for Wednesday .
It will be nice to see blue skies finally
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Post by kevlar on Jul 7, 2024 21:53:29 GMT -6
So Kevlar, how much rain was there? I was weeding in the garden and there was a big storm North with a LOT of thunder and I could see and smell rain but we got nothing to measure. Similar today, lots of thunder, could see the rain to the west but didn't get any, was spraying the canola and not sure whether to stop or finish, chose finish and it worked out, got my 4 hour rainfast. It’s hard to keep track, I might get some of the days and amounts mixed up! lol. Today right at home I think it was about 3 or 4 tenths, but my daughter and I went to town to go to the beach just before it started, and on the way in it started pouring and hailing when we were going by a couple of fields we farm south of us and rained like that all the way to town, got to the campground and it was pouring at the north end and by the beach the pavement was just damp and nothing in town. Ended up going fishing in the rain instead of the beach. Yesterday we ended up with just a shade under an inch. Thursday it ranged anywhere from 2/10 to an inch depending on what side of the road you were on. We just can’t catch a break, getting something from everything that goes by. Yesterday after we got hammered, two miles north there was dust on the road. Feeling like my immediate area is getting singled out. Still have 4 quarters of canola to make a second pass over yet, not sure if it will get done, sure hope to. Frustrating part is I’ve tried so hard to not make ruts seeding and spraying the first pass only to make a mess now. Still have 100 acres of barley to spray, was going to do it a week ago but thought if we could get another day it would dry up a bit more and it wasn’t in a panic to be done, then the 30% chance of showers ended up being 2 2/10 inches. Haven’t actually checked it in a week so it is quite likely dead anyway. Harvest is going to be disappointing. Still hoping for a massive hail storm late August. Still the odd field that looks decent but even they are showing signs of stress. Some fields are just terrible. Some of ours look ok from the road but when you get into them they are pretty sick looking. A week of dry weather and heat isn’t going to do much now, most things are too far gone. |
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Post by OptimallyDismal on Jul 7, 2024 22:38:31 GMT -6
Same here with the ruts, I have been trying to minimize them, harvest is going to be rough, then another fall of chasing around trying to use tillage to level them out.
Crops here are very variable, some look really good, except for the drowned out parts, a lot are still very small so they have a long way to go, guess it will depend on the fall we get.
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Post by garyfunk on Jul 8, 2024 7:30:00 GMT -6
Everything is looking fantabulous here!
About to start knocking down the hay.
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Post by kevlar on Jul 8, 2024 8:41:40 GMT -6
I feel bad for anyone here trying to put up hay, it’s going to be a struggle. Definitely no slough hay.
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Post by northernfarmer on Jul 8, 2024 8:45:18 GMT -6
I feel bad for anyone here trying to put up hay, it’s going to be a struggle. Definitely no slough hay. Silage by way of hovercraft equipment ? |
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Post by Oatking on Jul 8, 2024 10:24:24 GMT -6
Everything is looking fantabulous here! About to start knocking down the hay. We were fabulous until the last three inches hit . Lost some canola in the low spots . I knew I shouldn’t have pushed more canola acres! Oh well! Oats are soaking up the water really well . Oats will be the most profitable crop on my farm again ! No contest . |
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Post by OptimallyDismal on Jul 8, 2024 12:57:09 GMT -6
I feel bad for anyone here trying to put up hay, it’s going to be a struggle. Definitely no slough hay. Silage by way of hovercraft equipment ? Be the first to make a drone attachment and you will be the richest guy on the block! |
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Post by northernfarmer on Jul 8, 2024 13:27:23 GMT -6
Silage by way of hovercraft equipment ? Be the first to make a drone attachment and you will be the richest guy on the block! Drones or large helium balloons attached to the equipment to "tread lightly" over the hay fields. It may have been posted on here in the past or just some video I had come across of a farmer making a god awful mess of his hay field with silage trucks sinking to the axles, what a fricken mess and leaving the field in ruin. I don't even know how one would bale hay with the continued rains unless black steaming bales are the new in thing. |
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Post by kevlar on Jul 8, 2024 14:30:44 GMT -6
The ironic thing is, if we go two weeks without any rain and higher temperatures, I’d bet that our crops will begin to burn up. I’ve seen it happen before when it’s wet like this, nothing has any kind of a root system so as soon as the top inch dried up it burned up.
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Post by Oatking on Jul 8, 2024 14:40:44 GMT -6
The ironic thing is, if we go two weeks without any rain and higher temperatures, I’d bet that our crops will begin to burn up. I’ve seen it happen before when it’s wet like this, nothing has any kind of a root system so as soon as the top inch dried up it burned up. I agree , but we are 6 weeks to harvest the small grains and I think we have enough to finish off this crop. Beans and corn will need the late rains as usual. I think protein will be really low in wheat . I wonder if the premiums will be worth something this year .? |
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Post by SWMan on Jul 8, 2024 22:36:53 GMT -6
Finally knocking hay down here, still wet ground but at least it's not raining. Need humidity to drop though. Was going to silage the first cut, but too soft for any sort of loaded truck...   |
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Post by victory on Jul 8, 2024 22:54:18 GMT -6
Hey SWMan, looks like a good crop! Lots of guys cutting here too, and quite a bit of hay baled already.
No problem with making ruts here. Today was 31C and forecasting 32 for the next 2 days. Crops sure caught up a lot the past 10 days.
We're going to need more rain soon if this heat keeps up.
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