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I enjoy reading and listen to Peter Zeihan. Here he talks about how changes to weather patterns may impact wheat growing regions of the world: https://mailchi.mp/zeihan/will-climate-change-be-the-death-of-wheat 
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I like the personal stories around farming, and have met Gurcharan one of the newest breeders in western Canada: https://grainswest.com/2024/09/for-the-love-of-wheat/
After the recent railway strike, it always amazes me how much goes on behind the scenes that we as farmers don't see. From advocacy and lobbying such as this website https://stopthestrike.ca to how much just the threat of a strike impacted shipments of all goods including farm goods. Just the threat of a strike date meant ships were not being sent our way, trains / shipments were being canceled weeks in advance because no one wanted infrastructure stranded or products stranded. Farm groups spent a lot of effort to make sure that the government know how big of a deal this was. Obviously it was a quick strike but even letting it get that far is a big problem.  Timing is pretty important when seeding a fall crop and Hybrid Rye does not like to be too late, although you can increase rates as you get later in season to compensate. If you are grazing you can seed earlier as you will be resetting the plant. Below are ideal seeding dates but some exceptions do occur:
 Real Ag had Chuck Penner on to talk about the China situation and where he sees it going re canola: https://youtu.be/LdKrUI9kYik?si=XfiHFVcKvEDxbzHd  The recent news of the Chinese anti-dumping probe into Canadian canola in response to EV tariffs Ed White posted this link about Canada's challenging position in the world of trade: https://apple.news/A3fI-I_36TCOlMfPtw4hQ9w
Fall Crops Frequently Asked Questions Farmers newer to fall crops have questions!
 Larger pulse stocks (generally) and flat-ish exports of most pulse crops weighing on prices: Saskatchewan Pulse Growers Report  As harvest progresses I have heard light bushel weight challenges in durum and barley especially. This sounds like a major problem this season.
Here is an interesting post about light barley feeding: https://www.beefconsultant.com/post/feeding-light-weight-barley-to-cattle We harvested our fall crop grain yield trials August 21st. (forage information from the trials is below) Each 10' plot was harvested, weighed and sampled. For Rye: SU Cossani & KWS Serafino did well and were fairly comparable, while last season SU Performer was the best one! I think it shows that crop season and management style and more can impact yields. The BioniQ was not consistent in these trials. In the Fall Triticale plots: We had Tadeus at 30 plants, beat the 40 plant per square foot target. AAC Coldfront showed well again vs Wildfire and we have most sales going that way this season.   Where is the future of farm policy and farm management in Canada? I ask, where to from here and how to get there?
https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/cultivating-growth-the-business-savvy-and-policies-todays-farmers-need-to-thrive-kristjan-hebert-for-inside-policy/ I love to read about how other farms are changing, transitioning, adding staff or family to the mix
Here is a story on KCL Cattle from Iron Springs https://www.producer.com/news/feedlot-transition-takes-many-steps/ We don't hear much about viruses in pulses but here is a great read from SPG: https://saskpulse.com/resources/viruses-in-saskatchewan-pulse-crops/
Our spring demo plots took 3 people 3 days to seed including the higher pedigree plots surrounding them on the 60 ac and the fall plots take about 1 day. From treating seed, to special land prep and spray timings, mowing and harvest weighing, it's a lot of work. We do it because we found our experiences growing some varieties did not match what we saw in registration data or seed guide information. What we do is not science, it's farmer side by side but it's much better than how we used to do it, guessing from field to field on how varieties performed under ofter different circumstances. So we started comparing varieties under higher management, irrigation, high plant populations, fungicides, PGR's & compared PRG vs none, biologicals, plant stands and more. The results of the demo's is that we can understand a variety much better under our management style plus recommend use rates, fertility, PGR's. We can really know how a new variety or experimental compares to the ones you know already and we can remove or add in varieties to our lineup with this information. We hope this provides value to our customers, I know it does to our sales team.  Timing is pretty important when seeding a fall crop and Hybrid Rye does not like to be too late, although you can increase rates as you get later in season to compensate. If you are grazing you can seed earlier as you will be resetting the plant.
Below are ideal seeding dates but some exceptions do occur:
Last fall I was on a Sask Wheat podcast to talk about Fall Rye production, listen here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7IZObOkRAFQ1kZJaWiIH50?si=LtSw040NSZmFecMutDxWMg  I wanted to share this picture of us swathing our AAC Coldfront yesterday on irrigation. It sure looks good!  Why Hybrid Fall Rye?
 We have had a few questions about why you would use a fall triticale for forage? Fall triticale is ready about 1 week later vs fall rye so it can help you to spread silage workload. I also find you can seed the triticale later in the season vs hybrid rye allowing later planting in the fall while still suppressing weeds well in the spring. Tadeus also has great stand ability for higher fertility situations. Big Yields From Fall Triticale Silage We heard of some big yields near Picture Butte for Tadeus triticale silage. It was on a good field so keep that in mind, but with average yield being 21.9 mt per ac (corrected to 65%) putting it in competition with corn tonnage while using less water! Details here from Blair in our blog.  We are launching Cossani & Performer New! hybrid rye varieties
We are launching New! Coldfront winter wheat this season as well! Hybrid Fall Rye SU Cossani - Grain type, drought tolerance and big grain yields New! SU Performer - Grain or forage, constant stable high yields with great winter hardiness New! KWS Serafino - Grain or forage, low ergot risk, industry standard! Winter Wheat AAC Coldfront - Slightly earlier vs wildfire, 11% over check for yield (we find about 5% over wildfire) MR for FHB, VG winter survival, R to MR rust ratings New! AAC Wildfire - Industry standard, long season, MR to FHB, R to rust AAC Icefield - Hard White Winter Wheat (we do have buyers looking for farmers to grow this variety) JGL: [email protected] or Rogers Foods: [email protected] Winter Triticale: Tadeus - stands well, very early, tolerates later seeding, top yields, VG winter hardiness, large seeded New! We now have tote bags of all 3 hybrid rye varieties in the warehouse, treated and ready to ship in 35 unit tote bags. Bulk seed is also ready. We also have winter wheat on hand, ready to ship. More information about hybrid rye in general Contact Blair Balog at 403-634-4349 (call or text) or [email protected] for pricing or for any questions!  I went on a great tour with the Bow River Irrigation District today. We saw where water is diverted from the Bow River at Carsland, goes through 2 siphons, and moves through storage reservoirs before coming to us 200 km away for irrigation, drinking, recreation and habitat. We looked at an area where canals will be changed to pipelines, will save 10,000+ acre feet of water from spilling back to the river. And stood on what may end up being the bottom of Dead Horse Reservoir, where the district may create water storage and delivery flexibility while adding irrigation acres. Some interesting notes I took today:
Below are the complete 2024 fall crop forage results!   Blair heard some reports of Aphids above thresholds in lentil crops, here is a scouting guide from SPG  Syngenta has a great guide for Reglone Ion application timing in these crops. When spraying anything close to harvest time please check with possible buyers, and Keep It Clean to protect our markets.  A few people have had issues with leaves dying in cereals and the crop looking diseased when it was not.
People have tested for blights, disease, virus's and can't figure out what's going on. In the end it seems to be plant stress of some kind. A link to Dr. Brian Beres post Wheat Streak Mosaic Volunteer wheat is a concern in winter wheat crops as it can allow the transfer of virus's. Wheats a problem but other cereal crops are not impacted Alberta Fact Sheet Stripe Rust in Canada The Praire Crop Disease Monitoring Network is reporting stripe rust arriving in all provinces. https://prairiecropdisease.com/2024/07/12/stripe-rust-now-in-central-alberta-and-additional-reports-from-manitoba/ Keep in mind some varieties are rated better for this disease and some leaf tip necrosis can occur in some varieties in response to rust (browning of the leaf tip) Here is a comprehensive overview of rust risk https://prairiecropdisease.com/2024/07/17/mini-pcdmn-cereal-rust-risk-update-and-rust-impact-based-on-crop-growth-stage-and-variety-resistance-level-july-17-2024/ Bacterial Blight in Cereals Bacterial blight can impact cereals mid to late season. I have not heard too much this season regarding bacterial blight. Sask Wheat has a nice file showing what you are looking for: https://saskwheat.ca/wp-content/uploads/squarespace/pdf/ABBW-11249-BacteriaLeafStreak-Sheet_FA.pdf Kelly Tarkington and Mike Harding are featured in an article talking about the problem here |
AuthorsBlair Balog - Seed Specialist at Stamp Seeds Archives
September 2024
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