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Post by Oatking on Jul 13, 2024 15:57:59 GMT -6
Hate to complain , but after the flood of 22 , our liberal government had an open pocket book for flood repair . Boy did everybody with a truck and a high hoe come out of the wood work . Some work was done right ! But oh my f ing goodness did they screw up water drainage ! Lots had lasers but cut long dug out for water to stand still in ditches . I lost one quarter of canola that way . Rm of Morris will be repairing this nonsense for twenty years .! These guys were not professional operators ! It’s frustrating to see the damage . We pay close to 5000 dollars a quarter in the r m of Morris . That really hurts to pay that when the field is a complete loss🤦♂️ [ We were told they weren't allowed to use lasers to qualify for federal money as that would count as an "improvement" and would be charged to the rm, but if they didn't use laser then it would count as "emergency repair" and the feds would pick up the bill. Bob 123 , I am bewildered how that could ever make sense ? I never heard that but it explains a lot of the poor work . It’s a mess out there . I talked to one farmer and he was extremely upset . Teeth were held tightly together as he explained the condition of his flooded field ! I can’t say the people who work for our rm really care about the state of the land and townships. It’s basically a job. That is a big difference that separates us farmers from people with 9-5 jobs. We as farmers care deeply about our surroundings and contributed tens of thousands of dollars to our rms. A basic 9-5 er folk may contribute 3000 in taxes . I would love to see a breakdown in services what that 3000 dollar tax payer gets compared to a farmer who pays 75 000 in taxes. I pay a little over 55 thousand and I dare to say I don’t see 10 percent in return for my benefit. Is that fair ? Now off that 55 , I do get a few thousand back from education taxes but our ndp May start eliminating that at some point . That is totally unfair way to tax a population . |
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Post by shmiffy on Jul 14, 2024 13:12:17 GMT -6
First time ever finished floating on 28-00 on the 9th of July. Usually finished first week in June.
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Post by Oatking on Jul 15, 2024 22:40:30 GMT -6
So went to macgregor today to look at a truck .
I was surprised how many canola fields haven’t bolted yet! Also surprised how much drowned out canola along highway number 1. Best canola I saw was close to headingly . Wheat crop looks good everywhere .
Corn is very wavy but least it is alive and not dead like canola .
I was also surprised to see some unseeded fields .
It was quite an eye opener! Sometimes i feel I lose focus of the big picture especially driving back and forth along highway 75 where the crops look mostly bumper between Winnipeg and Morris . By my farm community guys started seeding early April .
I even saw a seeder in a field by Oakville ! Looked like they struggled to seed it .
I thought it was interesting one grain buyer said to me he thought most crops looked great from his commute each day . I alerted him to thousands of acres of canola around my local town that were completely wiped out ! The market does not have a clue yet of the damage .
I don’t feel 13.50 canola represents a forced sale yet!!!
I hope that is not a top end price !
I heard north of macgregor had 4 inches over the weekend. It’s sure wet from Oakville to portage . Funny thing is an irrigation stand was pumping water on a potatoe field even though their as standing water in the field s mile down the road.
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Post by kevlar on Jul 16, 2024 19:59:33 GMT -6
I went to Craven for the weekend, should have went away a few weeks ago, left home accepting that most of the crop was garbage, came home to a completely different crop! Wouldn’t say it’s great but it’s a lot better. Still really behind though 😬
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Post by meskie on Jul 16, 2024 20:42:57 GMT -6
Early canola is starting to go out of blossom. Been in flower for 16-17 days. Still be 3-4 before most of the yellow is gone. Cereals are looking really good around here gonna be lots of straw to chew through.
About 3/4 done putting up hay. So far we are getting just over 4.5 bales per acre. 12-1500lb bales depending on what type of hay it is. They last 80 acres won’t be that good as it’s old and mostly grass. (Rented ground that is the last year we will cut it. Too rough and don’t need it).
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Post by Oatking on Jul 18, 2024 17:20:49 GMT -6
   its amazing how fast the water drained away and it’s actually dry on some ditch bottoms . Getting pumped up to jump into harvest mode! i have some dead spots in the low holes but overall the canola looks decent. Not bumper , but ok! I feel like I can breath a sigh of relief after the monsoon June rains . its good the canola market is showing signs of life as well! The farm yard is in the back ground on the one pic ! This is the first year of canola on this half since 2005 ! To afraid of the big rain ! Funny thing is , this half had hardly any damage !! my wife of all people thinks soil biology and crop rotation saved these canola fields . I have noticed to , that longer rotations improve the soil profile. I also don’t see disease . But I admit a 19 year canola rotation is tough to do !! So many factors ! |
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Post by MBRfarms on Jul 18, 2024 20:10:46 GMT -6
While our canola was stalled out and yellow/water-logged I always thought you're home half Oatking looked great (maybe with a touch of envy) everytime I drove by. Glad to see it didn't get flooded out after looking good all season
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Post by Oatking on Jul 18, 2024 21:17:09 GMT -6
While our canola was stalled out and yellow/water-logged I always thought you're home half Oatking looked great (maybe with a touch of envy) everytime I drove by. Glad to see it didn't get flooded out after looking good all season Thank you kindly . I do like many others here have some browned out spots . That home half is pretty low . I quit growing canola on this land due partly to a comment from some guy who worked at the feed mill in 2005 . That year the whole home quarter went awol! Weeds set in ! It was a mess ! Well some well informed crop passer by yelled out as he drove past my yard “ YOUR CROP SUCKS” Oh man , that was salt in the wound ! Ha ha ha! We take pride in our job , but holy the weather can make us look silly in a bad way! Hope we have gone thru the rough patch now ! |
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Post by SWMan on Jul 18, 2024 22:39:14 GMT -6
Finally got a couple days with humidity below 70% and got some hay up, doing about 4.5 bales per acre 5x6 bales. Unfortunately the bracket that holds one of the lift arms broke around supper and it is gonna require some major repair, saw a sprocket off as well as hydraulic oil leaking from something. Good thing it's under warranty for one more month! Might be a bumper hay crop, but I find haying season to be like a race with the weather. Grain harvest never seems as bad. My good dealer is bringing a loaner tomorrow morning, the show must go on...
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Post by garyfunk on Jul 19, 2024 7:38:18 GMT -6
High humidity + no wind = tough haying. Really been a struggle here. Cut the heaviest stuff first so it'd have time to dry. Got a half inch thunderstorm three days later and another half inch three days after that. It's now ten days since we cut that and the alfalfa regrowth is already ten inches tall. I flipped it yesterday and have another couple hundred acres raked together for baling. Got a few hundred bales made now. Yesterday I was baling and everything was going smoothly - made 53 bales in the first hour. Then, after unloading a bale, I saw a small flame at the top right drive roll bearing. I always carry some water in the twine box area, so after putting out the flames I loosened the belts enough to move them away from the hot spot and used the rest of the water to cool the bearing and shaft before heading home to fix. I guess a parts run is in order this morning. Oh the joys! 🤦♂️
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Post by iamwill on Jul 19, 2024 8:00:40 GMT -6
53 bales an hour seems pretty good to me. Must have some nice long windrows to be getting that kind of production. Most of our hay land is small oddly shaped pieces and sometimes it takes an entire day to get that many bales. Last year we didn't get that many bales off total. This year we got over 250.
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Post by iamwill on Jul 19, 2024 8:15:57 GMT -6
Slightly off topic but I an thinking of selling some standing barley for silage and was wondering what it would yield. If I combine it I expect it to yield about 150 bpa. Is there a formula or rule of thumb to convert that into silage yield? Also what would be the value per tonne be standing in the field? I found some information saying 10 to 12 times the value of a bu of grain but that is in the pit and I have no idea what it would cost to put it up.
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Post by garyfunk on Jul 19, 2024 8:55:21 GMT -6
Grain wt x 2 = total is what I always have figured.
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Post by iamwill on Jul 20, 2024 8:20:47 GMT -6
Grain weight ×2 seems really low to me. A 150 bu crop would only be about 6.5 tonnes of silage. If I combine the barley it would be worth about $900/acre but as silage only about $390-$470? That's not even close. Unless you are talking dry matter? Then 150bu equals closer to 16.5 tonnes at 35% dm then silage would be worth $990 to $1190. That works better but 16.5 tonnes seems high. Can't seem to find much for yields in Alberta. All that I have found are averages and I would assume they are mostly on dryland and include a fair amount of distressed crops.
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Post by meskie on Jul 20, 2024 8:59:15 GMT -6
For us the silage yield is pretty variable compared to grain yield. Last year the barley ran 70-80bu/ac and we cut 5-5.5 ton/acre. Year before the barley was 90-100 and we cut 10-11 ton/acre.
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