Since its march 1st tomorrow and every one has jumped on the lentil pea band wagon I was wondering actually how many acres are going to get seeded. For us Lentils would be nice, we use to grow them then the wet years arrived and getting wiped out every year kind of leaves a bad taste in your mouth.
Now peas helped out when we started to grow them the extra water was good at the beginning but then the wheels fell off that puppy also. Soy is awesome to grow but with our last four crops being Good F#$ked Frozen 1/2 and Excellent were only batting 50%.
So here is what we will be seeding.
Canola 50% no change as that is our main crop we can grow and grow excellent.
Wheat I would love to grow Durum again but disease is just killing us. Wheat acreage will be 35%.
Peas are going in at 10% of my acreage. why not wall to wall. Were one rain away from a shit show in peas.
Barley will make up the last 5% right now.
Yes Oats is out. Cant grow oats if no one wants to pay for it.
Flax don't like.
Corn still not there.
Soy will be down to 50 acres or less. So not really talking about it.
Really simple.
What I would have liked to grow would be this scenario if we were dryer.
Lentils 20%
Peas 20%
Canola 40%
Durum 20%
My predictions are Sask and Alberta will have so many Lentil and Pea acres it will be mind boggling. Farmers to the north of us that have never grown peas or lentils are phoning for seed.
Canola will take it in the back side if it is a dry spring or dry start as germination issues will happen. No one is talking about it but man their is no snow cover from example Regina all way to Davidson then its a skiff till Duck lake and PA has some but not normal amount.
South of Qu'Appelle Valley is bare to almost.
But experts say its early no worry nothing to look at move along. Were on way to producing Mega crops again.
So this is what I see as cropping intentions 60 days from now. What are others thinking or doing.
Now peas helped out when we started to grow them the extra water was good at the beginning but then the wheels fell off that puppy also. Soy is awesome to grow but with our last four crops being Good F#$ked Frozen 1/2 and Excellent were only batting 50%.
So here is what we will be seeding.
Canola 50% no change as that is our main crop we can grow and grow excellent.
Wheat I would love to grow Durum again but disease is just killing us. Wheat acreage will be 35%.
Peas are going in at 10% of my acreage. why not wall to wall. Were one rain away from a shit show in peas.
Barley will make up the last 5% right now.
Yes Oats is out. Cant grow oats if no one wants to pay for it.
Flax don't like.
Corn still not there.
Soy will be down to 50 acres or less. So not really talking about it.
Really simple.
What I would have liked to grow would be this scenario if we were dryer.
Lentils 20%
Peas 20%
Canola 40%
Durum 20%
My predictions are Sask and Alberta will have so many Lentil and Pea acres it will be mind boggling. Farmers to the north of us that have never grown peas or lentils are phoning for seed.
Canola will take it in the back side if it is a dry spring or dry start as germination issues will happen. No one is talking about it but man their is no snow cover from example Regina all way to Davidson then its a skiff till Duck lake and PA has some but not normal amount.
South of Qu'Appelle Valley is bare to almost.
But experts say its early no worry nothing to look at move along. Were on way to producing Mega crops again.
So this is what I see as cropping intentions 60 days from now. What are others thinking or doing.
Increase pollination and yields. Hello diversity, good bye railroad dependence.
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