Guesses on the final numbers on Canola

[SASKFARMER3]

JD green good on you for getting some
great yields. We will have 3 quarters
done for a total of just over 10000
bushels, Worst aster yellow damaged
fields. Get the shit done so don't have
to look at again. Yea that's 20.8. It
sucks! Bayer canola has issues in our
area. I'm sticking with my 14.6 but
starting to think 14 might be more
realistic. One neighbor two tandems of
160 acre field. Thats a $250,000.00
field that sold this spring. Yea its a
pay day.

[ry0972]

I think it will be under 14!!
Lots of fields yielding 15 to 25.I think a lot of guys are using what the yield monitor is saying as well as only figuring harvested acres to bring the # up??
Statscan was given 160 seeded acres/quarter and now guys figuring yield on 120/130 acres that produced something and maybe knocking a few acres off for that "bad spot that never really grows much anyway".
Dockage/pepper seeds on some is higher than normal and hearing lots of light bushel weights.
Moisture running 3 to 6% so losing bushels there over the scales as well.
Wind is doing damage now as lots of stuff is holding at 4 to 10% green counts. I think alot of acres were cut a week or more early as disease and bugs were making it look alot more ripe
than it actually was.
Had been getting 45 to 60 the past 3 years here.
Havem't got into the little that we have that was seeded after the 10 day rain delay. It looks like it may make 30?? Pods are short and really not that many of them for how rank it looked from the road.
We have all 5440 this year (all 8440 or 5440 past 4 years) tried That Crap L150 last year!!! extremely dificult to cut, slow to combine and less yield.
Not sure what to do next year?? 5440 seed is likely to be mostly 2 and 3 year old production with some new stuff from this year blended in?? This years seed seemed weak as it was?
I think Bayer is going to loose 30 to 50% of their sales unless they offer some VERY good rebates/deals/free trips etc!! Has anyone grown the L120 this year??
It sounded like the only one of the L-series that may be able to give 75% of what Invigours did in the past.

[GrainBeetle]

Add water to your canola before you deliver it.
Many farmers are now doing it, especially at $14
per bu.

[JDGreen]

Grainbeetle exactly how is water being added?

[wd9]

I believe adding water is illegal. Maybe
just an FDA rule that calls it adulterated
grain and not in Canada, anyone know?

[GrainBeetle]

Meter it on as you load your truck. A little more
difficult to do in January though. 3 percent
moisture added on a 42 tonne load at $14 canola
is worth the effort.

[GrainBeetle]

Wd9: why is it ok for the grain co's to dump extra
dockage and foreign material into grain at port
facilities? they are essentially doing the same
thing as adding water, making money out of
nothing. Just saying, why leave money on the
table especially when yields are low.

[hobbyfrmr]

There was a well written article in the grain news
about this subject. It was a farmer who wrote it,
and the procedure was well detailed for
successfully adding water.
I don't recall what issue it was.

[TOM4CWB]

WD9,

It is illegal to add water to any grain under the CGC Act. Unless you DO NOT want it graded and don't use the licensed elevator system that the CGC system regulates.

Adding water can cause contamination... bacteria, (What is your water quality) hot spots... mould... not fair to end users who are counting on unadulterated grain.

The CGC should do something about grain over 1.5 percent UNDER the crop average... like canola average is 8.5... seed under 7. should get a bonus payment. If the CGC forces growers to pay over 10 percent ... they should force elevators to pay under 7.

[GrainBeetle]

Use clean potable water. Tom4, do you think your
canola seed comes off the field in sterile
conditions? Place it in a petri dish, see what
happens