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

[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.

[SASKFARMER3]

You always know best S3.

We won't be changing canola rotation acres. How much barley acres (if any) is the only unsure thing right now.

Our crops turned out okay last year under the circumstances the weather gave us. We will still show black ink which is most important.

For some reason the sky isn't always falling on our farm even though we are only a short drive from your area.

But what do I know

[SASKFARMER3]

Mine is in the black, but why did the price of
inputs for canola go nuts?
Don't worry they would love us to have to buy hrs
oars barley and durum seed every year. It's all
about controlling your farm.

[SASKFARMER3]

Phos bought in June, and less than the year the year before. Nitrogen was actually less than 2012 and is already purchased. Sulfur is double as it was 2 years ago but the same as 2012.

Seed is up a couple bucks a pound so $8-9 more for most.

Crop insurance will be higher by about $3 to $5 verses a few years ago because of increased price, yield history and a reduction in the discount because of 2010's claim.

This is really not that significant for our operation.

I do agree with your comment about the big companies "controling" the industry(or trying), I just don't let it get to me I guess.

[SASKFARMER3]

Hey it never gets to me.
Yes all fert on our farm is cheaper than a year ago except my Ammonia. That's one cost that is up by .04 cents a lb and it rubs me wrong!

[DogPatch]

Saskfarmer3.... which is the bigger expense in growing Canola? Rent at $75/acre or seed at $10 / lb, or whatever the "gun at your head" is telling you to pay? In both cases the choice is still yours.

[DogPatch]

Since so many have gone to seeding time applied Urea blends, I wonder how many bushels are lost because of urea damage in their canola?

[SASKFARMER3]

No seed damage when the ammonia is 6 inches
away grasshopper it's mid row coulter. Rent is
virtually nothing since we own 80% of our land
and the rest is under 50.

[Burbert]

Saskframer3, you are the greediest piece
of slime on the face of the earth. Others
gotta live two, elevator manager, seed
companies, fertilizer executives. Da ya
want their families to starve, while you
travel and suck on the best the world has
ta offer.
Yer motto should be, "I hope the dirty 30s
return fer everone except me", ha, ha, ha,

[SASKFARMER3]

No burpfart I just believe farmers should be at the
top of the food chain And then down from their.
Guys like you are the other way around.

[furrowtickler]

Back to the start of the thread, 14.50 hit locally for
imediate delivery , did some more.