The smile says everything....

[Daylate]

Dear: "Industry"

I regret to inform you that the fairy tail has come to
an end! Cinderalla has lost her slippers. If you dont
want to look like a dirty little sister please go quietly
into the night and not disturb your soy perfect
sister!!!

[wd9]

What the heck does that mean?

[farmaholic]

My interpretation: The "Cinderella" crop canola has fallen from grace and poised to replace it, to some degree, is Soybeans.
I think I will be trying beans in the not so distant future myself. Some guys have been growing them here with not bad success. I have the equipment(flex head)with auto header height and auto header tilt to get good and low since they seem to be setting the first pods quite low. We roll peas and lentils already so nothing new there. I would like to see a shorter season variety before I commit to too many acres. Someone said seed and innoculants are running about
$100/ac.(can someone verify that?) Canola will always be widely grown--Overall, I think it is better adapted to our Western Canadian climate than soybeans, but soy will be an option here.

[SASKFARMER3]

One day 1/3 soy, 1/3 Hrs, 1/3 canola .

[hobbyfrmr]

One of these days Alice......POW!! Right in the kisser!

The Honeymooners I think. Jackie Gleason with a frustrated threat to his wife Alice.

Gleason is the farmer and Alice is the canola ag supply industry.

I was too young to ever watch the show but I recall the saying.

[cottonpicken]

Only problem with lots of beans and lots of canola is
lots of leverage in the veg oil market.

[SASKFARMER3]

But have to find a replacement for peas. We're to
wet in late July and August. Beans should fill that
void. Canola is getting to be a cash cow for grain
companies who supply seed chem and fert. You
can't grow a crop that if you have a bad year
almost takes you down.

[cottonpicken]

I agree with that,plus moving them may not be to
hard.

Dumb question,what is crop insurance doing with
them are they covered?

[charliep]

There is a very good reason to bring canola back to more reasonable levels in crop rotations. Having said, canola has a very strong customer base starting with a large and growing domestic crushing industry. You can fight with your supply chain partners if you want but a driver is a customer base (export customers like Japan, China, Mexico and domestic crushing that is supplying North America/world markets canola oil/meal) that will consistently buy 15 MMT year in/year out.

I will be curious on soybean agronomics/fit within our climate but that will be another story. Just curious on the marketing side as to who your soybean customers will be and logistics to get to these customers? Obviously, the development of a MB/Eastern SK. crushing industry would be a major benefit (we are importers of soybean meal). There will be challenges if the model to export all soybeans to the US or some other location.

You might also stratgize around the production of non GMO soybeans for the human food/tofu markets but that takes creativity both as individual managers and an industry. Is anybody thinking or do guys just grow commodities and hope for the best price.

[Farmkid1]

Hasn't canola acreage increased every year for the last six years? Probably time for a correction anyway.

How are you southerners getting seed supply? I heard the "early" soy beans were gone and growing a late variety is a big gamble. I am several heat units short for beans but would be awesome to get another crop in rotation in sask.

What about corn. There is earlier corn varieties than bean varieties out there?