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A Load of Oats Goes to Market

3/25/2023

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Thanks to Richard of Highway 16 Transport, a load of organic oats was delivered to Grain Millers, Yorkton, Saskatchewan.  Beautiful day for loading.

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Spraying

11/25/2022

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The job of Canada Thistle is to loosen the soil.  Therefore, in order to combat this Canada Thistle infestation, we must loosen the soil!  To do so, we sprayed 90gm per acre of GSR Dormant Calcium*, and 4 pounds per acre organic cane sugar.  Sugar is an excellent source of carbon, essential in soil health processes and plant growth.
* sourced from Back To Your Roots - Soil Solutions

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Many Thanks to Neil and Ross!
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Harvest

11/25/2022

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FALL RYE - was harvested without a glitch and came off dry.  Grain quality is good, and yield respectable considering the dry summer.
OATS - Took over a month to harvest with many equipment breakdowns and complications!  In the end, had to call in the big guns to finish the Job.  Yield was not great because of timing of the rains and our Canada Thistle problem!
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Larry with his JD8820 finishing up our harvest.
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Rye Seeded Last Fall - Looks Great!

6/14/2022

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The Rye (Hazlet - an open pollinated variety) seeded last fall is looking very good!  The plants are just starting to head out.  Amazingly, there are very few weeds visible.  The field (pictured above) was plagued with a variety of thistles last summer, but now, appears very clean!
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Seeding of Oats - Complete!

6/14/2022

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130 acres are seeded to Summit Oats.  Since soil moisture this spring was very high (fields were to wet to work earlier), seeds were placed at a shallower depth (1 inch) than in dryer years. By the time the last acre was seeded, the field initially seeded was starting to emerge from the ground. 
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Fall Rye goes to Market

1/26/2022

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Looks like a beautiful day for loading, but the cold wind was nasty with a bite!  The rye is on its way to the market in USA.
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Seeding More Fall Rye

9/2/2021

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The Fall Rye seeded last year did so well, we decided to seed another 40 acres, hoping to control weeds, and achieve a decent yield.

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Harvesting Rye

9/2/2021

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Took four beautiful hot (30°C) days to get the rye in the bin, dry at 12% moisture.  There were very few weeds, and the yield was excellent.
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Fall Rye - looking awesome!

6/27/2021

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Inspecting the fall rye field gave me goose bumps!  NO visible colonies of weeds!  Apparently, fall rye has an ability to discourage the growth of weeds.  Looks like it works.  Last year, Canada Thistle was a problem in this field, this year, seems Canada Thistle can't compete (the rye is 4-5 feet tall).  Looking forward to harvest!
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Wildlife damage (mainly by deer and elk) appears to be minimal.  Picture on the left shows one of their few trails thru the rye field.   
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Spring 2021 Seeding Complete

5/30/2021

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140 Acres of barley seeded.
Spring 2021 was very dry with low soil moisture, so pre-seeding preparations consisted of harrowing.  Seeding rate was 3 bushels per acre, and barley variety is "Copper".

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