Whar canola to grow?

[Hamloc]

In my neighborhood canola yields were fairly consistent. Most people I talk to harvested between 40-45 bushels per acre regardless of variety grown amount of fertilizer or fungicide use.
Mother nature was on top this year.

My question is this,CPS has VT 500 priced at 475 a bag in our area and VT 530 at 485 a bag. Dekalb RR canola is priced at 540 a bag or more as are Pioneer and canterra RR canola varieties. Invigor dealers seem to be in a range of 540 to 560. All priced to high in my opinion. So what variety did well and what are you willing to pay to grow it again?

[HFL]

L 252 was great on our farm this past year but we don't plan on growing any Canola next year

[freewheat]

My dad grew westar, tower, tobin. He got 45 bushels and cleaned his own seed. summerfallow, a bit of phos. Treflan.

I dunno if any are worth it. Same yields as 30 years ago. 30 times the input costs.

I wish I had some dang Westar to see what the heck is going on! lol.

[Klause]

Free wheat I have a buddy that still grows it... If you want some seed

[freewheat]

Westar? lol. I dunno, stirring the pot more than serious. You don't ever do that now, do you!!!???

But does he have good luck?

[Oliver88]

Klause - You should grow a test plot of Westar right beside Hopperbin's land....than we can get lots of updates.

[ado089]

I gave some muster TNG in the garage...giddy up

[freewheat]

And don't forget the Ethrel! I hear westar is tall...

[farmaholic]

I'm adopting the same strategy as the buyers of my canola crop.....I want to pay the least I can, even if it was a homerun of a crop.

We used to grow specialty canola but the varieties seemed a bit "weak" so the premiums and fob farm were needed to compensate. We changed back to plain commodity canola. That way we're not married to anyone either. They're not the worst programs though if all the stars align.

[Braveheart]

L252 was an excellent yielder for us. Northstar Agri pays an oil premium for this variety only. It is harder on the combine though as stalks are thick and it never gets brittle or "retted". We will grow it again. Yes it is a high priced seed but with the right weather has good contribution to margin.

We switched to Invigor for herbicide rotation. We had grown Clearfield varieties for a few years with good luck but time to change.

[hobbyfrmr]

Free wheat are you talking about 2014 season? We used to grow Westar and Tobin. Tobin was polish and early maturing.
15years ago the old guys used to tell me " you young guys should bag up some of these varieties in good shape, you never know what can happen. Then they started about how the seed companies were trying to control the farmers and make them pay more for seed. I remember thinking, these old ****ers, paranoid, cheap, and not willing to embrace new technology.
I was wrong.

[Guest]

and its going to get a lot worse before it gets better unless farmers send these greedy bastards a message . its a good time to give canola a break on your land . margins are so thin that if youhave a wreck you come up $150/ac short after crop ins ?? tell them shove high price seed up their ass . hard to believe their arrogance with these prices and growing season we just had !

[SASKFARMER3]

Freewheat My dad grew Westar and Tobin. Both we bought some new seed each year and cleaned the rest. Treated seed because you could buy seed treatment. It grew 40 to 45 on most years. 25 was a poor crop and 30. You could strait cut Tobin.
Yes all the Bullshit from seed companies about hybrids blah blah.
Our canola acres are down 1500 next year. Why grow expensive canola when a 30 bus flax gives you more money. They screwed us out of a great crop that paid the bills. F$%K Them I say.

[agstar77]

None. Canola needs a redo.

[Partners]

Hamloc..

Where is there PV530 for $485 a bag?

CPS here wants $600 a bag...$590 for 7444..