[AT] Got frost?

[Ralph Goff]

Dan, if the canola was swathed then you are lucky. The problem here is that
this year everything is late. There is no sign of swathing around here yet.
A cool and damp spring and summer has made most crops two to three weeks
behind normal. No sign of the trend changing at this point. It could be a
very interesting harvest.

Ralph in Sask.
http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/
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Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 7:34 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Got frost?


> We had temps as low as 25F here in NW ND.  Definitely enough to
> damage some of the late crops. Most of the canola is already
> swathed so it should be ok.  The late sunflowers are at bud stage
> which is very easily damaged.  I went to a wedding in SE ND this
> weekend and I saw quit a bit of corn today that appeared to have
> leaf damage.
>
>
> On 22 Aug 2004 at 10:04, Ralph Goff wrote:
>
> > We sure got it here in Sask. on the early morning of Aug. 20. Some
places
> > had a few degrees of frost for several hours which will do major crop
> > damage. My garden vegetables are all black and dead looking except for
peas.
> > Reports coming in now are speculating that we will see the worst damage
on
> > canola crops. Up to 100% in some cases. Cereal grains "should" still be
> > worth harvesting although a lot of it will be downgraded to feed
quality.
> > Just curious how far the frost extended. I have heard reports of frost
in
> > Minnesota and N. Dakota already so it must have gone quite a ways south.
> > Not what anybody wanted to see at this time of year with the crops being
> > late.
>
>
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