AT what price does Canola have to get to, for you to plant more Canola!

[Daylate]

12.50 canola and 7.50 wheat sure doesnt make much of a decision around here. i think industry is waiting and hoping for a drop in wheat prices to hold canola acres rather than bidding up the price for supply next year. I hope canola has to move higher to get the acres and not wheat moving down. we have been 45% to 55% last 5 years but will be going to less than 40% for sure. Maybe even less if it stays the same. The bags can sit in a cool dry corner of the shop for a year. One stupid decision doesnt warrant another!!! LOL. Last time i did that,( not many lbs.) germ only fell by 1% according to what it was supposed to be a time of delivery.
Its just expense to sit on too much of it.

[tipsy]

After following our neighbours experience this summer with hemp and checking out the hemp booths at Saskatoon crop production week we are going to grow 250-350 acres of hemp.
These acres will come from canola and pea acres regardless of price.
We normally keep our canola keep our canola acres around 35% but in 13 it will be more like 20 maybe 25%.

[SASKFARMER3]

See that's my point Sask farmers and Man are fed up with Canola. Alberta had the luck the last two years and thinks canola is king. And it is for them.
But most in the other two provinces are looking else where.
Canola will be down. Unless alberta goes wall to wall.
Oh well still down.

[vvalk]

Saskfarmer3 you want $17 new crop canola and
urea prices to go down, any other wishes?

[bucket]

It seems to make sense, actually.

Natural gas prices are at all time lows, so the fertilizer makers are making such good margins they can pay fines for their illegal pricing activities.

If you think fertilizer is at the right price, then 17 bucks a bushel seems right to the farmer, IF we could make the same margins.

[SASKFARMER3]

Valk yes ha ha. My point the industry can tell tall
tales and everyone believes them. Farmers tell
what's happening and we get all sorts of backlash.
Canola once made our farm huge profits then that
number got smaller each year as our costs went
up for shitty seed and shitty other crops. For to
long farmers have followed the BS and done what
the industry wanted. Drank the cool aid. Last year
started out awesome first time since the floods
began then shit. Huge cost little return. So
farmers adapt and look at other crops greater
return or same for less costs. We even have one
guy doing corn in 2013 for grain not feed. He's
been doing feed corn for years.
So yes Alberta farmers will seed soy but the other
two will check out different crops.
The blame is with the suppliers, greedy every
year up and up with cost to grow a crop, maybe
their getting what they deserve.

[SASKFARMER3]

Great point on the fertilizer, huge fine didn't even
effect them.

[TOM4CWB]

Question,

Does the wet cycle continue in the south eastern
prairies? Soy does great in wet cycles. I can see soy
catching on in Alberta south of Highway 1... genetics
are not stable enough for 'cold' northern AB... same in
the top half of SK.

Good to see diversity coming!

[Burbert]

This is a total BS thread, cousin Comedian
framers is gonna grow canolie. Theys
hooked on the stuff. No rotation,
disease, who cares. Gag is currently
greed driven. The markets rule. Yous
guys/girls kin go and grow somethin else,
us its canolie, canolie, canolie. Huge
returns = greed satistafaction. Butt
lottsa BS will help with fertility issues,
I guess.........

[SASKFARMER3]

So Burpfart Alberta farmers are Comedians. HM
Alberta will seed same as before but watch sask and man will drop the fricking crop.