Cropping Plans...

[silverback]

I guess they will just have to downsize the operation in Wpg. if there is less crop to market. I am sure they would.

[bucket]

silverback

You are letting your sons farm now, right?

Comments like that make me think you ought not be running machinery!

[stubblejumper]

bucket and sask i'm not sure if your ego's can take this but there are other farmers who don't give a shit what you think.

[Burbert]

Yup the sky is falling, the sky is falling, chicken little!!!!! Saskabush, bs, is still, bs...........

[bucket]

Hey, makes no difference to me.

But just for records sake, I can tell you I phone the cwb quite a bit.

When they made an early call on durum, I mentioned that it looks stupid considering there was no durum to be harvested for a month. I told them to either extend the current crop year or come out with an "out of the pool GDC with a price attached."

That was in early August. They did nothing and chose to pay a shipowner millions in demurrage.

Since you don't give a shit what I say, would you kindly send me a refund on the demuurage. Because I don't really think I should have to pay for something that the cwb ****ed up and was given a solution early enough to avoid the demurrage costs.

And for the record, directors agreed with me on that particular solution. They never acted on it and it cost prairie farmers millions.

But then again so did the sales to the Saudis and the chinese so early in the crop year.

But like you board supporters say "who gives a shit what I think "

Good attitude and most director's of the cwb share it with you. And they are in charge of a multi-billion corporation and not looking for solutions. Really progressive and instills confidence from farmers.

[btjadenlepp]

I can't see the pulses going in. Not in as
big a way as the last few years.

[newguy]

Seeding canola,peas,and spring wheat maybe a little less flax next year. Would love to seed malting barley but will not until it is free from the board.Too risky to seed too many acres to CWB crops.

[bucket]

btj

Can you explain your thinking on that comment?

[Hopperbin]

Is it possible to get cheap Liberty south of the boarder? Without assigning canola acres?

[btjadenlepp]

- relative returns look better for other
crops than pulses. we have to assume the
decision's being made based on spot
prices since no new-crop contracts are
available, for peas, lentils, chickpeas
or dry beans.
- we're thinking a bit of a premium
over comparable returns would be
necessary to get the pulses in the
ground this year, as some land will be
due for a break from the disease
pressure. acreage gains in lentils in
particular has been stressful to
rotations.
- meanwhile spot markets are heavy.
bean/lentil/chickpea prices aren't even
widely available, let alone keeping pace
with outside markets. it's not setting
up for a situation where the pulse
buyers feel inclined to duke it out for
their acres in 2011.

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[Burbert]

Everybody should grow canolie. So's you kin totally ruin the market. Over produce and kill the golden goose. Push the rotation, what rotation, canolie, canolie, canolie, gotta pay the bills after all. Comedian farmers are so very,very funny. Lets all git on the band wagon and make this a win/win. Destroy the cwb and canolie market all in the same crap year........

[gustgd]

In the Davidson area pulses will be down because.

a) Canola is quite profitable $11.00 and average yields. Sept delivery anyone?

b) Rotations have been pushed very hard on the lentil acres. Most fields have had back to back lentils and this year had some awful wrecks.

c)Belle Plaine likely to pay >$5.00
for Andrew

d)Peas at <$6.00 are not worth it for this guy.

[bucket]

hey burbert

Maybe you haven't heard but with the crushing plants that have been built canola acres need to keep going up in order to service demand.

Besides the downside is what to the market. Maybe canola drops to 8.50.

Maybe you explain the disaster in durum where the cwb put out a PRO in February 09 that encouraged everyone to grow it but the cwb could not honor its PRO or delivery. We are still not paid for the 09 crop and some of the 08 crop.

[skip]

I think canola looks like the most profitable crop next year....

[dalek]

Got 20% SRW in. Assuming that makes it through the winter, the rest will be 40% soybeans, 35% corn,5% hay. Any winter killed wheat will be soys as well.