Average canola yields

[Hopperbin]

Wheatking I remember that also closer to 25 30 years ago 25 bushel stubble canola people were growing with a concoction of 50 dollars per acre chemicals before the rr or ll. We did not grow stubble canola back then opted for summerfallow canola less fert and chemical. For 30 to 35 yield. And much cleaner fields for following crops.

[gustgd]

I'm going to agree with Wheatking here.

This thread seems to be focused on cost of seed rather than profit per acre.

If you aren't making money stop growing crop!
Klause and others have talked about growing OP Clearfield varieties, how many of you have looked into it.
I haven't, but with all the lentils we grow Clearfield canola is a weed.

Your provincial canola grower organizations have looked at farmer owned/public canola breeding companies. The business case wasn't there at the time. Get them to dust off studies to revisit.

Again I'll restate look at canola as a system, and returns per acre.

[hobbyfrmr]

I somewhat agree with Gust, there are some fairly large areas in Sask that are highly dependant on canola for profit.

[tweety]

I think of SK should grow westar.

[tweety]

all of.

The other thing to keep in mind these have been exceptional growing conditions for most for quite a few years now.

[SASKFARMER3]

Gust your not even in the canola belt if the weather goes bAck to normal east sask and manitoba will be back with some of alberta. The rest will drop the crop.
Seed costs are nuts with canola.
Newbys don't get that. Time will tell. But I believe our weather runs in cycles and 8 years of mud should be the max cycle for this one.

[freewheat]

My canola yields have been overall stagnant since 2002, the last year where it was dry and we had good conditions. that is part of it. But really,what I see, is the believers in seed breeding advances, usually seem to be in what used to be drought zones. It has been RAINING in those drought zones for a decade, so of course yields of all crops will trend up. I am with SF3, once the cycle goes back to normal, the yields will trend down, heck with what the breeders come up with for supposed "improvements".

Westar in 1987. 50 bushels an acre. Inputs, almost nil. Invigor in 2014? 40 bushels an acre, inputs and agronomy? Thru the dang roof.

Westar did not need bum wipers and babysitters to perform. The new varieties do.

1960. Thatcher Wheat. Yield, 60 bushels an acre. 2014. Utmost wheat. Yield 52. The thatcher input was diddly, the utmost was insane. Yet the thatcher yielded more.

To the breeding is the answer folks, ho can this be?

Weather? Agronomy? Seed varieties?

Do you all really believe that plant breeders have made the leaps you imagine, or are other factors at play? Let's hear your average precip for 1988 to 2003, and then from 2003 to 2014. Disker seeding to no till, ultra perfect paralinks? Fertility use in 1988 vs. 2014? Fungicide use in 1988 vs. 2014?

Again, it is not the varieties improving, it is the rain, agronomy, machinery. Unless you have replicated trials of thatcher against Shaw, using todays agronomy, prove to me and others that breeding has given us diddly please.

[MBgrower]

Ward.toma, do u have the same stats for fertilizer and fungicide trends over the same period?

[farmaholic]

Stormin, check the classified ads in the Western Producer. Or try Kijiji or Used(Where-ever) or farm auction sales. We have a 919 and they can be repaired, I believe Farmtronics in Regina repairs them. I would still rather rely on a real moisture tester over the ones built into a combine. What are you using now. Good luck with your search.

[MBgrower]

How many were still seeding canola with discers 25 years ago? Seed placement anywheres from 0-3".

[farmaholic]

http://www.usedregina.com/classified-ad/Grain-Moisture-Tester_23501785.lite


Are you close to Regina?

[farmaholic]

wmoebis, wasnt there a cell size issue with the labtronics 919? 2 1/2 versus 3 inch cell?