yellow mustard

[ado089]

I finally have some land that is canola free and I have it slotted for yellow mustard. Who are some good buyers in the north west or west central parts of sk?

[farmaholic]

Broadgrain, Dafoe, Sk. Ask for Bob.

Schluter Maack, Balgonie Sk.

Viterra "in" Moose Jaw used to handle it.

Montana Specialty Mills. Great Falls.

All Commodities Trading, Winnipeg.

Besco Grain. Brunkild Manitoba.


Don't worry about them not being on your doorstep, as klause knows trucks go everywhere and some have processing facilities away from the "office address" and agreements with other processors.

[biglentil]

look for clevers they may hit the bottom line even if you dont have them.

[farmaholic]

Isn't there minor use registration for authority in mustard, although I don't think cleavers is on the authority label, yet(?).

[farmaholic]

I'm going to take a page out of hobby's book and tell everyone there isn't a dime to be made growing yellow mustard, especially if you can afford to sit on it and speculate. I wouldn't do it again. Not worth it. Do you really want to grow that shit that has hardly any broadleaf herbicide options? Doesn't yield anywhere close to canola and the inputs are way cheaper. Do you really want to deal with high risk buyers and risk not getting paid? Do you really want to grow a brassica type crop that you can actually straight combine without a huge risk of shattering, unlike it's much more common cousin.

Stick with canola...more people can make a better living off you that way.

[HappyFarmer]

Even at today's price of 50 cents a lb farma???@@@@@@

[hobbyfrmr]

Farmaholic you make it sound like a poor mans canola!
If it doesn't cost me $350.00 and acre to grow it, it must not be worth the bother. The weeds will take away yield if I can't spray it. Then, how many years of spraying will it take to clean up that land afterwards? By the time harvest sets in, I owe a lot of money, getting paid is a very important part of the production cycle.
You make it sound so unappealing I'm going to phone around and learn for myself if it's worthwhile.

[farmaholic]

I'm waiting for 60 cents.

Hobby, don't waste your time. I wouldn't even consider growing it organically, color sorters are slow and expensive to run it through. Damn inseperables!!!

[wannabefarmer]

We've been growing yellow mustard for over 40 yrs. back in the summer fallow years, yields of 35-40 bush were hit often. Now with continuous cropping it's more like an average of 25 plus.
Straight cutting feels pretty good when the canola is blowing all over the place. Up front seed cost is minimal compared to canola. We surface apply edge in the spring no incorporation and wait about 14 days and seed it. Does a great job on our broadleaf problems. Follow with a grass control. Our biggest problem and it's a big one. Is that there is nothing to keep Canada thistle in check. It can be a very clean field previous. But by the end of mustard season it's a jungle of NEW plants. All you can do is hope for a post harvest spray app. And start over next spring. But yet we keep growing it.

[hobbyfrmr]

Farmaholic, why not wait for 45 cents a pound? When the price drops to there,its your first opportunity to sell. Then, the price will soften, drop below 45 cents. After an extended period of time, like a year or more, the price will recover back to 45 cents a pound and that will be your second chance to sell at that price.

[hobbyfrmr]

Farmer marketing

Wait for 45 cents per pound, then "pull the trigger".

If you sell at 60 cents per pound, you will just pay more income tax.

[farmaholic]

Sounds like you have Producer Marketing Psychology figured out.

I need alot of mustard and other profitable crops to break the $500,000 "net" income small business tax threshold and pay tax in the next bracket. I don't have organic grain farmer's income tax problems....all big income with small expenses;-)

Just kidding. I'm still shopping it around....Montana Specialty Mills today.

[biglentil]

yes thistles a major problem and wild mustard can be. I sure saw a decent amount of clevers in some flax with authority. Maybe thats why its not on the authority label, it doesnt work on clevers.

[hobbyfrmr]

Sorry, I had to post it. I hear farmers talk like that all the time. It fascinates me because I don't know if they are joking or not.

[farmaholic]

All too often hobby, all too often.