dry conditions

[nerves]

canola is a plant that goes well in silage as a mix but straight not to sure. Where are the protein and energy levels at in canola. If the seeds have been shed then I wonder what levels are in the plants themselves. Canola is plant I don"t know to much about but would like to learn more about.

[rain]

A few local baled canola for there cows the last two years. According to them it baled great and fed well.

[boone]

Thanks guys I appreciate what you have offered here. I hope it isn't as bad as it looks but time will tell. The plants look fine but the seeds have a high translucent appearance, I would doubt its having nitrates present. 4/5 bloom done. Thanks Again

[cowman]

Well so much for the dry conditions! It's like living in Bangladesh or something!
The one thing this last week did was assure a "probable" bumper crop, at least in my neck of the woods.
I suspect we will break a few records this year?(providing we get no frost and decent harvest weather).
What happens if we get a super grain crop? Apparently there is absolutely no market for export feed grain. Will the grain farmer sit on that big crop or will they move it at cheap prices? How's your bin space...do you have enough storage to hold it for a year? My cousin, who farms my grain land, suggests I might need to buy a bin or two!
Now lets see how many cows do I need to sell to buy a 5000 bu. bin?

[whiteface]

Probably about a million cowman! Why don't you just keep your cows and feed your grain! What the heck are you going to do without cows and grain! There ain't no berries to pick in the winter either! You'll get sunburned and/or malaria in the Carribean, and I'd miss you here on agri-ville! Hang around for a while will ya!

[cowman]

Actually had always planned to get out of cows. Don't know if BSE speeded that up or slowed it down but I don't think so.
Whiteface: A little secret? We all get old. Someday we all have to quit. The cow/calf thing just got to be too much! I do have a terminal disease that will kill me, in all likely hood in the next ten years. Time to smell the roses a bit? Thailand this winter!
Unfortunately some of the land I have is practically unfarmable...only good for grazing, so I'll either have to buy grassers or rent it out. If I was smart I'd sell it, but everytime I think of doing that I just get sick! I know that is irrational thinking, but what can you do?