OK reality Canola where are we all at.

[SASKFARMER3]

Ours is just about all in with just the extra quarter to go. But this year is reminding me of one a few years back (cant remember the year) where it rained and rained and rained and rained the Nitrogen leached away fields just had huge areas where the crop died ( to the experts who tell us they don't ps off). Simply tonight go to your wife's favorite plant and give it about 1 liter of water then in two hours do again and repeat all weekend. On Monday look at her plant. It she doesn't kill you the water for sure will have killed her plant. Then go buy her another. Simply I feel with some rolling land where we will just loose around sloughs not bad but on the flats with clay were going to have big surprises. Purple sick plants that when the sun does come out will have premature bolting and try to make a seed it will be a sick skinny plant with very few pods. The Importance of a Good Start
As with any crop, success relies on previous years. A proper long-term crop rotation will ensure the soil is being adequately prepared for specific crops. Canola seed is very small and young seedlings require assistance to advance from germination through to the three and four leaf stage. This period is critical in determining final yield potential.

By design, early crop management is the focus of much of this publication. Successful canola production relies on providing the crop with all the requirements for establishment. Canola requires a uniform, vigorous young stand for optimum final yield
Bin buster is toast was nice while it lasted. 17.4 - 10% and that leaves 15.6 at average of 24.6. lets still be a little optimistic.

[silverback]

It is June 4. If what I am hearing is accurate from Saskatchewan, how is it that canola is not well over $9 by now? How big of a crop can be produced before September if it is still not in the ground? Or getting drowned out?

[SASKFARMER3]

Simply silver back its were getting screwed over by crushers and grain companies 9 should be all over the place yet we keep hearing from the BS artists out their that most of the canola got seeded, canola can survive in water, canola is a hardy plant, it didn't rain that much, its only NE Sask that's done seeding etc etc etc. IT's all fricking BS but they get the information to media outlets farmers don't. To bad. But simply its all BS anything that a grain company or expert working for grain company dishes out these days. Simply BS.

[agstar77]

Its been a strange year. You would have expected canola seeded early in May to have 3-4 leaves by now- not. Sressed by cool wet weather and spray, it is still in 1-2 true leaves. Some still in cotyledon stage because of later germ. Won't be an early harvest.

[TOM4CWB]

Rain Makes GRAIN.

Maybe not everywhere... but this usually does hold true on average.

REALITY.

[SASKFARMER3]

Good one tom How about to much rain frucks up a crop nine out of 10 years. Reality sucks doesn't it. Do like i said pour water on your wife's favorite plant over the weekend over and over and tell me how you made out Monday. Hm really good one if its not a CWB issue your not on same page. Sask is now approaching over wet. Huge problem yet farmers like yourself dont get it to bad. really to bad.

[SASKFARMER3]

And onthe not everywhere page,God dear old alberta in your area has a good start good for you. Alberta total production ? Sask production.

[BreadWinner]

In our area "Rain makes Rain",I dont think the weather is normal any more. As to the question we only seeded 1000ac out of 2600 we had planned for canola, Canola acres in East central Sask are usually 1/3 of all crops but we are only 29% finished in district 5b and most guys seeded their wheat first. Allot of canola seed didnt hit the ground and it will come out sooner or later. I think about %20 of intended acres of canola didnt get seeded in all of western canada.

[checking]

Tom couldn't be more correct.

Most of the rest of us could use a cold bucket of water thrown in our collective faces to wake ourselves up to reality.

[mbratrud]

To answer your question 1400 of 1460 of Canola seeded on our farm.

For the time being the Market does not care whether or not its 16.5 mil acres or 18 mil acres the US is in good shape, and perception of yeild on what is seeded is high. We will need to see some crop stress on what is seeded to come into play. Basis Levels should tighten dramatically in the eastern half of Sask though. Not to rain on the Bulls parade just being realistic. Certainly won't be running out sell more canola soon and Nov $400 Calls in the $10 range look interesting on a portion of what we already have sold.

[ado089]

chicks dig scars

[Hopperbin]

Actually shit load of canola to go in here yet. Myself planted canola first and am considering myself done at 61 percent done. Got the truck off the road today (was stuck) so can go fishing in the morning. We are done, everyone is done here as in not planting any more. Maybe some crop insurance believers will still plant but why?