Went to Walla Walla this AM and past fields that were red with rust. We had rust in the late 50's and 60's but never anything like this!

Planes are busy every and all day. Saw a ground applicator presumably spraying for rust and the rustdust was flying. It could not have been dirt dust as the ground would have been too damp for that.

I don't know what affect this has on yield but it has to be costly in a big way.

Nice pics 98j, looks like a good healthy coat of global warming there on mt hood. Your wheat looking pretty good with the wet spring? Look forward to seeing more pictures.

Looks like a new strain of stripe rust this year is what they are saying. Last year our xerpha and lambert got cooked but the ORCF 102 did great, this year the 102 is starting to show rust right along with the others. Our WB 528 looks rust free so far.

I remember back in the late fifties and early sixties when Dad planted one of his last wheat crops, I believe the variety was White Federation, his brand new JD 95H turned bright red and looked like a 151 IH. That was a miserable crop to harvest with out a cab.

I read a reference to spraying for rust? What do you guys in the PNW use to control rust and what would it cost, including the ride by air. I would assume that a ground rig would be of minimal use as rust is a result of overly wet conditions.

I talked to Tad more about his Grandpa's photo. Grandpa started farming in Gillis Canyon after a tour as a Hollywood stunt man. Back in the day of the silent movies.
Transportation being what it was he decided to feed most of his crops and had some hens process the feed into eggs. I guess he figured it was easier to haul dozens of eggs to town than tons of barley or wheat.

Casey

thanks NIF for the comment a\on the Stiegers, I hope your wheat turns out ok this is the first year we did not put out winter wheat and probably a good thing with all the rain. Started planting corn last wednesday 380 acres in 4 days, got started on soybeans sunday and have 325 acres in would have more done but got stuck with a pair of JD 750 no till drills this afternoonand have to clean out all 48 runs also the tractor developed a fuel leak around some rubber grommet in the bottom of the tank I will have to fix tomorrow good luck chuck

Casey- we had the same thing happen before to our JDs, last year it didn't though for some reason despite some severe rust?

Stripe rust is a airborne fungus so fungicides control it. Quilt, Tilt, and Headline are the most common fungicides for rust here. $15-$20/acre for the fungicide plus applicator cost- $5-10 an acre. Many of the modern varieties have resistance known as HTAPR which stands for high temp adult plant resistance so if the weather turns warm the plants can fight the rust off on their own. The problem this year and last is that temps are so chilly. Most of the varieties with complete rust resistance tend to not be the highest yielding ones.

Non-existant user wrote:

Hello all, some may remember the pics I posted last year. Thought I would share some I took this previous year using cats to farm with. These were taken just southeast of the palouse region in north central Idaho. We grow mostly wheat in rotation with legumes. Our land is fairly flat compared to the palouse but we have longer slopes on our ground near the canyon and our steepest farmed slope is about 40%. Elevation change on the farm is 2,100ft to 3,200ft with 30 inches of rainfall.

We got into the fields after a very snowy early April and started working ground in late April 2009 and finished up the spring seeding in late May, we are going to farm some of the neighbors CRP so I disked some of that up in June/July. Harvest was late July to early Sept. Fall work was Sept and Oct.

I would be happy to answer any questions anybody may have.

First off a pic of the lineup after we got spring work wrapped up.

1943 D4 2T with a 7u engine and angle blade, 1973 D4D 84J SA, 1960 D6B 44a, 1974 D6C 17R SA

the two SA cats do the most work and run at 5mph+ but the old "B" is limited to 4mph and we dont use it much anymore

I will throw in a couple of my favorite non cat pics from the year, run a pair of JD 6622 hillside combines for harvest also two massey wheel tractors for light work and transporting equipment down the road

enjoy! questions/comments welcome

Hi; You have a beautiful area to work the land; superb photos of old Cats and your landscape. Simply wonderful!!!!!!! Wisconsin Farmer

I was across eastern washington and back this week and saw a fair amount of steel tracks out rodweeding in the wheat-summerfallow country of W. Whitman co., Adams, Lincoln, and Franklin counties of Washington. Lots of D5 98j and 26x a few D6 B, C, and D and a few Allis Chalmers as well.

The nonstop rain finally ended a few weeks ago though it is certainly not dry and hot yet, just about ideal weather for the crops for the most part.

winter wheat is just now heading out...about a month late which puts that start of harvest very late, so we are praying for a dry September that is for sure.

Everything was sprayed once with fungicide, starting the second app now on the susceptible varieties.

I really like the Westbred 528 winter wheat and we will be growing more of that for sure, it resists the rust very well and had very good snowmold tolerance and neighbors who have grown it for a few years say it is an excellent yielder.

Pics all taken in the past week.

Well NIF from looks of your boots it looks like there will be a fair amount of green and yellow paint that will convert over to the color of red power this coming harvest.

I really like the picture of the wheat that is in the flower, looking down over the Clearwater. My untrained, guessing, dryland eye sees a crop that could do well in excess of 4,000 lbs per acre in spite of the leaf damage. What a beautiful color!

Please educate us a little more on the peas. 60" high and heavy with flowers, what kind of yield are you expecting? It sure looks impressive! How does it compare?

Well I better get out the door. I've been trying to get the oil filter mount off of the D6C. It is so stinking tight it looks like I'm going to have to pull the oil coolers also. It is supposed to be over 100 degrees again today, so I better get started.

Casey

NIF I here you on the rust. California was hit hard back in 03 & 04, the varieties that were supposed to be resistant to rust even got it as late as 08 & 09, this year looks good.
However the traditional varieties grown here are well known for their high protein, good weight and high yields. The new resistant varieties have trouble making protein and the yield is about 2/3 what we were used to.

westernfarmpress.com/rice/california-wheat-crop-looking-good .

CR,is that vetch in pictures 5 and 6?