Jack Bremner seeded his wheat and not even 24 hours later, four inches of rain fell on his field. That resulted in the seed rotting in the ground.
About 100 of the acres of wheat will now go towards cattle feed and that means of the 124 acres seeded, Bremner is expecting to only harvest about 24 acres. It isn't all bad; however, for Bremner, this year as his canola crop is looking great. At this point, it's still blooming and it's one of the best canola crops he has ever had.
"When we got that four inches of rain, my entire land was covered in water, that's all you could see," said Bremner. "I can't believe it survived and it has flourished, it's been blooming for about five weeks now."
Bremner said he has seen some canola fields that have finished blooming and those farmers may be out harvesting not long from now; however, that isn't the case for Jack. He says they're going to be harvesting a lot later than usual, Jack isn't expecting to begin harvest until well into September. With that, Bremner will begin harvesting well into the time when the temperatures start to take a plunge and that's when frost can become a major issue.
"I'm definitely worried about it cooling down to a point where it freezes," said Bremner. "That could mean the canola could be worth nothing, it just depends on how damaged it is. To be this late into August and for the canola to be full blooming, that's a little scary."
Jack says he put a ton of money into the ground this year and if they do get frost on their crop, that would be devastating.
