canola sucks, it really really sucks

[Hopperbin]

how the hell does one decide to spray fungicide in a canola crop that has never cabbaged, then bolted up cause of saturated ground, never covered the ground after flowering. Has a root system actually no root system. Aster Yellows disease rampant. One of the reasons I use 12 inch spacing is less disease pressure. I can see Furrowtickler needing to spray fung cause he had a tall thick crop that held moisture in the canopy to start with. The slerotina pressure here did not warrant a spraying in my opinion. And the nieghbours nicer later crops have low levels of slerotina, not heavy but much nicer to swath, standing straighter higher.

[SASKFARMER3]

We could have sprayed for disease three times.
Aster yellow did major damage, Fricking mud mud
mud rain. Down por after down pour. Basically
mother nature out smarted the chemists this year.
The bitch always wins.
We are every two to three years but changing to
more winter wheat and oats barley, no peas hrs
durum and 1/3 canola.

[Hopperbin]

I think 40 plus will be common on some of these later crops around here, 15 or even less on the early ones. Green Bayer rep says he would never chance planting canola later, well good thing he is now back to school.

[SASKFARMER3]

Your lucky I can't find my bayer rep. First Prosario
he can stick up his ass. I sprayed when he said it
was ready. Second liberty two pass probably
could have spot sprayed a third time, ok that's bs
but still all was two pass plus 1 liter burn off. Third
proline Fricking every second day. Fourth ps poor
l150 compared to 5440. Yea take it off the market
and bring on shit. Just once give me my old west
star back, always had decent yields.

[SASKFARMER3]

Oh yea one other note did we really need 100km
per hour and rain now today, going home to get
pst and turn O F F the rider game as they suck
also!

[cottonpicken]

It must be midnight because cinderella turned into
that chick you would see at the arcade wearing all
denim,sure you would if it was late and you where
drunk but your not going to bring her home to meet
mom.

[mbratrud]

We took good care of our Canola for the last 100 days or so. Put the seed in the right place, added a healthy fertiliy package. Sprayed for weeds, sprayed proline at 50 percent flower. picked the perfect time for swathing. Swathed with prevailing winds and alas its time to reap the rewards of our hard work. Pull into Canola the past couple days to get a feel for what we have looks like its gonna be decent probably a 40 bushel average on Farm..... Ah but then its time for the other foot to drop Sustained 50 - 80K winds out of the west and tada Double ****! Anyone interested in some land in the Weyburn Area?

[cottonpicken]

Drive a mile south and see what happened to a lentil
crop,six quarters i think.

Ive always believed the big winds come straight west
,mostly from old timers advice.

[fjlip]

Then send the money bags /investors/ suckers to my farm.
Ditto to all your comments. I feel the same.
One more wet f'ing year and I f'ing quit! Thanks mother f'ing nature.
Ya the bitch rules us all...

[cottonpicken]

At least we can be grateful that the
landlords,chemical companies,seed
companies,machinery companies etc etc etc all get
their money,no risk.

Did i say grateful i maybe meant resentful.

[mbratrud]

CP ya, I'm just venting... I know there is MUCH worse and like you say close to my farm. how are you making out?

[cottonpicken]

Not getting at anything,just a misery loves company
thread for us all to vent.

Crop is shit but beer is cold so the glass is half
full,and if she ever forgets to top me up....

Wondering about the Rozy tragedy ,heard the south
stuff is taken care of?Enough guys for the north stuff?
Any bees planned?

[fjlip]

What tragedy cotton?

[mbratrud]

I think things are taken care of. I have mentioned to a few people close to let us know if we can help. There's action over there anyway so stuff is getting done. I would imagine once guys get finished if there is anything left to do for them it will get looked after pretty quick.

[wd9]

Can i borrow some of your bins then?