Whar canola to grow?

[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..

[Hamloc]

That price was in central alberta east of red deer. I assumed after CPS dropped decalb this was their way of going after market share. It shouldnt surprise me that their pricing isnt universal. The point I was trying to make is would you switch varieties for a better price?

[Hamloc]

That price was in central alberta east of red deer. I assumed after CPS dropped decalb this was their way of going after market share. It shouldnt surprise me that their pricing isnt universal. The point I was trying to make is would you switch varieties for a better price?

[freewheat]

Ha. My dad would treat his own seed in a big old tub in the yard. Family members got stir sticks and away we went. A couple dozen bushels of saved seed and good to go.

Thing is, now they deregister varieties and make them "unsalable". Someone said in another thread that there is only one op, non gm variety left you could in theory keep seed back from??

On my farm, canola acres will be about the same as this year, which was 25% of my acres.

What is the cost of soy seed these days? I am not all excited about soy quite yet, but I may jump on the 100 acre trials after all. I have a chunk of higher land that is very frost safe. Maybe try some there.

[Braveheart]

We're seriously thinking about a drastic increase in canola acres. With everyone reducing acres and/or growing varieties with less potential, it's time to go rogue, be contrary, and go big!

[Jagfarms]

My bin run 46A76 went 39 bu acre and the $600 bag canola went 36 bu acre in 2014.

[Guest]

well braveheart , guess you dont think there is anything wrong with seed companys raising seed prices on a year when a lot of farmers have been dealt a real tough blow this growing season . you should probably sell your canola for $8 or $9 also . go big , assume all the risk , maybe you'll get the short end of the sticknext year . thats why farmers are in the predicament they are in . to each his own , i guess . we had a really good canola crop here , but i feel it is time to take a break . good luck on going big

[SASKFARMER3]

Thsnks Jag you proved my point our old varieties would compete and kick some of the hybrids ass!

[SASKFARMER3]

Farmers wake up the same will happen with wheat! All you young guns the companies don't care about you!

[ado089]

I'm going to share a little secret...the fertility in the test plots even 10 years ago,never mind 15 or 20 wasn't what it is today. I don't know of anyone that is hitting the genetic potential of even the shi, I mean most economical varieties. A guy can accomplish a lot by diverting that extra $35/ac from seed into other inputs.