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Post by kenmb on Jul 31, 2024 7:48:37 GMT -6
Peas will turn fast, starting now so will spray a week from now I would guess. Still no rain since beginning of July and none in forecast. Crops seem to be filling ok. Flax is concerning, ground dries up faster and so cracks easy to find but still see some blooms so guess it knows what it is doing and enough moisture yet to fill.
Have $19/bu certified chrome peas vs my bin run 3 years in storage, 3rd generation Amarillo peas with glyphosate preharvest (as always), about 3% splits and the bin run seed is smoking the Chromes for germination/plant density. Bin run plava flax looking equal and I might say better germination vs the certified Rowland flax right beside it. I have yet to see any reason to buy certified seed each year vs bin run. There may come a year yet. Try different varieties sure, but to go out and pay premium for the same seed in the bin only makes sense when cleaning is a hassle. Sometimes new seed costs almost the same as getting bin run cleaned. This year wasn't the case for flax or peas though.
What I see is chrome have 8 peas per pod, Amarillo typically 6. The Amarillo were taller when blooming. Hard to say what would be different if we had a warmer spring and more typical rain, peas are very short - resemble shrubs not vines.
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Post by SWMan on Jul 31, 2024 8:04:01 GMT -6
Chrome's always do better than they look relative to other varieties, but have a weak seed coat. Surprisingly not all seed growers understand the importance of getting them off before they get too dry and/or running internals slower to maintain germination. I am growing foundation Chromes this year and that seed was $10/bushel more than even registered seed and it was full of splits, that was annoying. But it looks okay still even though I know I lost some plants from the lower germ. I have had Chromes do 90ish several times.
I get you on the bin run, the bin run barley I used to finish up with looks better than the cleaned stuff that I was using. It had been in the bin for two years though, grew fine last year but obviously this year it lost some vigour.
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Post by victory on Jul 31, 2024 9:07:49 GMT -6
Our total rainfall for last week, which came down over 3 days, was 2.75". That will be close to being enough to take the crop to maturity. Nothing close to harvest time here, not even peas. Can't believe you Manitoba guys are that close to harvesting.
Our yields definitely took a hit from the long hot stretch we had a few weeks ago. Some of the cereals got flattened by the 2.75" of rain over a couple days, but overall harvest should be pretty good around here.
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Post by SWMan on Aug 10, 2024 16:20:31 GMT -6
Was out to north and east of Winnipeg yesterday, came and went different routes. Crops look okay from the road with the exception of canola. Especially closer to Winnipeg there are a lot of thin and dirty fields, presumably from the wet June. My guess is the other crops took it better but are still affected. Couple of harvested cereal fields already, I think another week will have lots of combines going in the early crops. Still very much up in the air for later crops, need rain and a late frost for a lot of acres still.
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Post by Oatking on Aug 10, 2024 17:40:33 GMT -6
Had an early field of oats I cut down today . Tomorrow it will be full tilt swathing canola and hope to stop and combine some oats on Tuesday. Most of my oats will be ready to cut down Wednesday or Thursday . It’s starting
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Post by bob123 on Aug 10, 2024 20:26:43 GMT -6
Canola tested 16% today, hoping we can do some acres Monday with the hot weather
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Post by Oatking on Aug 11, 2024 6:55:29 GMT -6
Canola tested 16% today, hoping we can do some acres Monday with the hot weather How long in the swath bob 123 ? Did you notice much scerlotina ?
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Post by bob123 on Aug 11, 2024 21:39:47 GMT -6
Canola tested 16% today, hoping we can do some acres Monday with the hot weather How long in the swath bob 123 ? Did you notice much scerlotina ? Swathed Monday, no didn't seem to be a problem
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Post by meskie on Aug 13, 2024 22:50:47 GMT -6
Heard one farm was trying peas today. Didn’t hear how they were running.
Got a couple hours of silage left to chop in the morning. It’s got a lot of tons to chop on it. If all the kernels stay in the heads it should yield over the 100bu/acre from the counts I did around the field while waiting for the trucks. Getting around the 12 ton/acre at 65% ish moisture. Some lighter soil areas it would be under 50% and the heavier stuff would be 70%
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Post by Oatking on Aug 14, 2024 5:45:03 GMT -6
Wheat is yielding 60-80 neighbours , but they are combining at 17-20 percent . At 7 dollars a bushel does it pay to combine wet wheat ? Feed wheat 80-90 neighbours yields Oats 130-180 neighbours yields So far … Canola looks like 40 maybe! I hope it’s close to that number , but it is not as good as it looked in early July before the last stinger of a rain. ! It’s amazing though, my oats right next to the canola is bumper . Thick corner to corner . Haven’t heard of any yields yet . But Lots of drowned out spots . I don’t think the traders know how bad the canola really is ! Lots of disease in some latter canola as well . The early yields give hope to a good year .
As I was swathing my canola fields , I was saying to my self . Ok I need a ditch here , here , here , here and you get the idea ! Oh man it gets overwhelming . In my bean and oat fields , no sign of moisture damage . Same as neighbour corn !
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Post by garyfunk on Aug 14, 2024 7:33:32 GMT -6
Our land doesn't do well with a dry July. Wish we could catch an inch or so to finish the canola. 40bu or less at $12 isn't gonna pencil very well. Crop is progressing faster than my wrenching skills, ha.
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Post by Oatking on Aug 14, 2024 14:23:16 GMT -6
Our land doesn't do well with a dry July. Wish we could catch an inch or so to finish the canola. 40bu or less at $12 isn't gonna pencil very well. Crop is progressing faster than my wrenching skills, ha. I know , 12 will be hard for some guys to break even at 40! I bought a pile of call options yesterday . I think their is some up potential . I have not seen too many bumper canola crops on my travels . .55 cents for a 14 dollar strike price ., it’s a gamble. But than i could say it was a gamble last November pricing out 17 dollar 2024 new crop ! I put this on all my contracts
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Post by Oatking on Aug 15, 2024 6:10:24 GMT -6
here is my oat/pea field experiment . i am hoping the peas will become a cover crop and fix nitrogen. next year I will seed a bit heavier at the 4 leaf oat stage . I had a planter seed the peas so not to trample any oats down . Impressed by oat stand . i didn’t do this to get peas . More of a fall cover crop idea . the federal government has cover crop funding available so might take them up on that to recoup pea cost . least I know it will work now .
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Post by iamwill on Aug 15, 2024 8:18:59 GMT -6
Do you plan on having it grazed this fall Oatking? Would make good cow feed and would recoup your seed costs. It would likely reduce the amount of nitrogen fixed by the peas but the cows leave a little something behind as well.
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Post by iamwill on Aug 15, 2024 8:24:25 GMT -6
Had the local foodgrains harvest yesterday. The barley yielded 169.2 bpa according to the scale tickets. My combine must have been throwing about 40 bu out the back or the bushel weight had to be about 64 pounds! In any case it was a good crop and a lot of money was raised.
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