Helicopters in the canola

Some fields in Manitoba were so wet this spring that some farmers used planes to spread the canola seed on and one that I know of used a helicopter...

the pictures below may look like a Helicopter at Ron's canola field but ... upon close inspection you'll see that it is a dragonfly ! There were many dragonflys eating our mosquitoes in Manitoba this year !

Thank a Farmer

The canola seed pictured looks small, many say a dollar is small, I know the Thanks is small... But ! The seed and the dollars really add up to do big things and the Thanks I give you Virtual and real farmers can never be big enough !

VanHeyst Canola

Here is a recap of the fall for this canola !

Kernels

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Harvest Update September 2011

Things are happening now !
The Tiedes harvested the Peas in Strathmore ! There is an extremely good chance that these actual peas will really go to a country in need as part of a food aid program. We know that their value will also do so much to help the people of North Kivu in the Congo that we are helping out !

The VanHeyst canola ( near my elevator ) was harvested see pictures ! It got just over 30 bushels per acre. It worked well to deliver it straight in to the elevator... sometimes if you store canola it can begin to heat, or spoil... It's always better at the elevator than on the farm !

Steve an Lonnie Marvin at Brandon got the wheat harvested... It is #1 ! That is great to see. It also survived all the poor weather and ran just over 40 bushels per acre of very high quality wheat ! We'll determine a value on it when it is hauled to the elevator.

Good Earth Dave hasn't combined the canola before the weekend but I expect that to happen as soon as the rain dries up here.

No news from the Newbergs of Norquay on the canola but crops are quite good in that area... as usual ! The Hudye's and Helping Feed the World haven't reported yields yet but it is looking very good !

I'll post the Melfort Adventure I had this week next !

It is such a good feeling seeing all this come together once again... Thank you to our real and virtual farmers for all you've done this year

Stay tuned !

Field of Dreams 2011

Field of Dreams at Norquay, Saskatchewan is a one day annual event display of field scale advances in crop production. With the world approaching 7 Billion people this year for the first time ever we need to explore better ways to produce more crop on less acres. Hudye Soils and Hudye Farms are on the leading edge of that type of farming... They are also on the leading edge of charity ! Their "Helping Feed the World " initiative has been a major contributor to Kernels of Hope and 2011 looks more promising than ever before !

Canola in Canada

The USA grows Soybeans ... Canada grows Canola !
They both produce oil and animal feed when processed. Canola is much more colorful though ! About 40% of the seed of canola is oil. Here are some pictures from July of the Van Heyst canola just north of Brandon, Manitoba