Final nail in Canola coffin

[agstar77]

Clubroot spreading to Mb. Canola days numbered.

[PrairieDude]

Do you have a link or a source for this? interested to read more on this. thanks

[crusher]

Lots of canola still being grown in the heart of clubroot country.

[gustgd]

http://bit.ly/1ovc0rI

@realag_lyndsey: Is your farm in one of the clubroot-positive municipalities? MAFRD recently released a map: http://t.co/MPlDL7UGQA #MbAg #WestCdnag

[ward.toma]

A map with the 10 counties was posted by Manitoba ag.

http://www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/crops/plant-diseases/clubroot-distribution-in-manitoba.html

[Klause]

Manitoba has had club root since the 40s... long before ab did.


Most new varieties have some level of resistance... just like blackleg.


Everyone needs to chill and quit making a mountain out of a molehill

[charliep]

Edmonton area has had club root for a long period of time. It is something that can be managed but having said, it best to keep the disease out. That means best management practices in terms of crop rotation, keeping equipment clean when you move between fields, etc. It takes a long time to reduce the impact of a soil born disease like clubroot (which likely never 100 % goes away) so the best strategy is to prevent infecting the soil in the first place. Variety selection should be the second or third line of defense - not the first. This disease does adapt over time.

[HFL]

Not to mention that the latest bids for Canola are less than 9 bucks at our local elevator

[Hopperbin]

Club without the root

[agstar77]

Canola acres will continue to decrease until it is a niche crop. JUst too many strikes and an industry only interested in selling high priced seed.

[blackpowder]

With millions of spores per gall or something like that. Heavy harrowing on a windy day could spread it? Everyone here will get it eventually as farms get bigger. Can only do so much. If biotechnology can't get around it we've reached our max tonnes. But likely not end of world. There's still margin for the lowest cost growers.

[farmaholic]

Ahhh ****, whats one more hurdle for the rest of us who don't have it yet????

[hobbyfrmr]

Canola will never go back to niche markets. Farmers need canola for cash flow. Observe the large acre high efficient operators. Almost half of their land is planted to canola every year.
These guys are making lots of money.
What else are you going to grow? Well, soybeans will find a place for sure.

[ajl]

Canola is here to stay because there is nothing else to do and the industry knows that. There are also no large acre efficient operators in existence because with high land and machinery payments couple with high labour costs, those guys will be hiding from their bankers this winter with $9 canola. Red ink will flow like a river on many farms.

[hobbyfrmr]

40x9 = 360/acre. 330 COP. $30.00/ acre net.
30/acre x 1500 acres = $45,000 net. That is black ink not red.