How Much Excellent quality Durum will this year Produce?

[SASKFARMER3]

Lets guess because with all the rain were getting from swift to grenfell I'm just wondering how much quality durum will be available. Yes all the CWB made us store and save for our excellent customers. But over all in Canada what out their. West is late and any one who swath is pooched but I'm thinking if we get another 2 inches the standing will have problems that's desiccated for two weeks today.

[cottonpicken]

I think the standing stuff is already at a three.

[SASKFARMER3]

Thats what I was thinking after harvesting the 30 acres before the rain. Its spitting in Regina but radar shows nothing at farm "Thank you HEASUS".

[furrowtickler]

Much like the spring weather pattern - you first then our turn. Although seeding winter wht last night until it rained, was doin a great job. If the fert had showed up when it was supposed to we could have seeded 300 ac. Oh well now I can go fishin for sure.

[bucket]

Durum and the cwb.

The biggest ****ing joke on the planet.

What is worse those morons get to keep their jobs while farmers lose their farms due to their incompetence.

I phoned our marketing experts for some advice on durum back in june to see if a guy should push into the new crop year. They couldn't make that call. Some marketing for farmer's benefit.

I knew I should have pushed it but the PRO's were shitty and waiting another year and a half for the money sucked.

Oh, by the way stewie, if you read this forum, maybe you could start explaining why there has been no interim payments on durum. The cwb sold the best durum crop in a decade for less than 60% of its projections. Thats what the initial was for the 09/10 crop year. Then only accepted 60% of which 25% was carry over from the 08 crop.

Hey, lets do the math. 60% of 35%(60-25) of the 09 crop sold equals 21% of my money for the crop.

Professional marketing.

[boarderbloke]

Also important, The Crop Report out of North Dakota....only 43% harvested Aug29th, 49% Sept5th. They had as much rain or more across the state, last Sun/Mon. 5yr avg is 69%

http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/North_Dakota/Publications/Crop_Progress_&_Condition/2010/cw-0907.pdf

[JDGreen]

Durum will be shit.... A #3 AT BEST..

[Jagfarms]

New crop Durum coming into our local terminal is grading a 2 and 3 so far before the rain.

[JDGreen]

so you are saying thats the best of the best Jag

[wmoebis]

what are you seeing for major degrading factors?