Ah Alberta where now 100 Bus Canola is going to happen all the time!

[SASKFARMER3]

Just read in Grain news how a Alberta farmer believes that 100 Canola is possible. No name as my fellow farmers might think I'm Insane ( sorry bragging).
That's so nice to dream and I'm not cutting this guy down. But really their is the 100 bus challenge that one company has out and its all about the title of King of Canola.
Realistically 35 is the Average Alberta yield and Sask is lower and Manitoba doesn't care as soy and corn are their new babies.
But readying the article it looks like a guy would need some where around $400.00 just for inputs alone.
So then if we all get to this level we would get paid what $7 or $8 a bushel instead of 10.
So basic cost is 400 and 200 for land and equip because its Alberta and then hope for 90. It gets dry and you get 35 your into insurance.
If stars align you get 700 an acre or 800 and profit 100 or 200.
Right now in Sask you shoot for 60 and get 55 at 11 is 605 with costs of 300 so you make 300 an acre now and not much risk.
Oh I forgot this is all about seed, chem, and fert and grain movement or basically feeding the monster.

[hobbyfrmr]

$300/acre profit is good money. Keep doing what your doing.
$300/acre x 3000 acres is $900,000 profit and You still have the other crops in the bin to sell . Thats very good.

[Goodtime]

Must not be in the clubroot zone with that wishful thinking.

[BFW]

Don't know about 100 but had 900 acre field net about 85 this year. Unbelievable but perfect conditions this year or at least everything lined up right there

[tweety]

When you look at plot data online in Alberta it is truly amazing the kind of yields there were. Especially a "drought" year. Lucky buggers in AB.

[sumdumguy]

Must be the new government there, more CO2 in the air.

[Partners]

I think it shows, dryer is better for canola..

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Before this year, I thought 100 bu was a pipe dream. But seeing the yields I had this year, and considering how little rain we had, and considering how many frozen peppers were blowing out the back of the combine, it suddenly looks achievable. All the stars would have to line up. And I sure wouldn't put the inputs for 100Bu across the farm, considering our weather and soils, but might consider a test plot to see what is possible.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Edit to add that I am on the fringes of agriculture here too. Far less heat units and poorer soil than my eastern neighbors either side of hwy 2.

[perfecho]

One fellow around here with exceptional canola production credits sub soil tillage for his yields.

[TOM4CWB]

Soy... 100bu/ac;

"New State Record

Champaign County Farmer Sets New State Soybean Yield Record
Weather, Genetics and Intense Management Lead to 108 Bushels

BLOOMINGTON, ILL.–November 10, 2015–If outstanding soybean yields are the mission, it’s “mission accomplished” for Champaign County farmer Jason Lakey and his father Robert, who set a new verified state soybean record with 108.3 bushel yield as part of the Illinois Soybean Association's (ISA's) checkoff-funded 100 Bushel Yield Challenge program." http://www.ilsoy.org/yield-challenge

"DuPont Pioneer has announced the 11 winners of it’s Ontario Corn Yield Challenge.

They had 260 growers from across Ontario participate in the 2014 challenge, which is limited to growers using DuPont products. The winners represent different maturities across the province.

Top yield was 334 bushels an acre, recorded by Randy Vandeheede of Simcoe. He had the highest yield the year before as well.

Some of the other winners included; Nick Wilson of Newton, in Perth County, at 230 bushels an acre, Joe Lacey of Thedford at 326 bushels an acre, Jim Soetemans of Watford with 297 bushels an acre, and Mark and Chris Boersma of Ridgetown at 272 bushels an acre.

All 11 winners get a trip for two to the Commodity Classic in Arizona Feb. 26-28." http://blackburnnews.com/agrimedia/agrimedia-news/2015/02/02/ontario-corn-yield-challenge-winners/

SF3

Glad you and Riders2010 are unique to the Sk gene pool...

[SASKFARMER3]

Tom it's all about the money!
Seed
Fert
Chen
Pennies for dumb farmer
Rather simple

[furrowtickler]

Just because it's possible does not mean it's going to become the new ave s/f. Again I fail to see why big numbers are an immediate threat to some. There will be a few farmers in certain areas that will get 100 bus plus within the next 5 years, a few were close this year.
There are guys that still do very basic fertility shooting for 35 bus.
They probably will both do fine. Different risk levels but both most likely good farmers.
The ave will most likely keep moving up though in the long term.

[SASKFARMER3]

It doesn't scare me good for them!
But all this talk in perfect conditions is what is wrong.
Moisture extremes gave base repeating next year with min snow and moisture will give reality
I'm a realist maybe by the time I'm gone from this world we will get their but you can't spend your way to wealth! Sooner or later the fat lady sings.
We had 10 awful years and now one good I might get 8 or none great that's farming!
Some haven't seen 10 wrecks.
It's canada it can happen.
New seed and practices aren't getting us the yields they are helping but gee guys were sure quiet on here when it wasn't raining this year.
Just saying articles like this get some convinced it's possible and shoot for the moon only to crash and burn.
Math inputs for 100 consistently over thousands of acres doesn't work when we get paid so little.

[binthere]

sk 3 think outside of the box a little. you claim to farm around ten thousand acres. a lot of it under water for six to eight years. lots of wasted inputs and time. why not reduce your acres save the headache, intensify your practice on fewer acres and achive the same or better net result? these yields were more than likely a result of irrigation between pincher creek and lethbridge grant you.