Well its 90 Days till Seeding whats the crop of Choice and why?

[biglentil]

Hope this winter isnt in like a lamb out like a lion its not over yet. A big snow dump and we might be 100% rice.

[furrowtickler]

Keeping the ship on same course and add a few more soybeans .
about 1/3 rotation , canola/wheat/peas with a feild or 2 of soybeans.

[jake550]

Always think about trying peas or soybeans but by time you figure in having to roll the land after seeding and do something different with straight headers and conveyors instead of augers it just doesn't pencil out for us.
So that being said, we will most likely do the usual here being half canola half wheat.

[Partners]

If canola price tanks.
There will not be many net dollars in any crop.
Grow what you like.results will be the same in the end.
Lots of malt bly accepted in this area last yr?

[SASKFARMER3]

The problem I see and it was starting last year is price drop in some commodities. We discussed what would happen if the world grows another big crop?
Our lower dollar saved us somewhat on grain prices but on some inputs and equipment wow!

[Partners]

If it starts to dump snow or early May rains, we will not have to worry about seeding much of anything..

[Oliver88]

HRS Wheat
Malt Barley
Canary seed
Canola

[bigzee]

SF3 you stated two wks ago your canola acres were going to be lower this yr. If my memory serves me correct the number from last yr is on par with your plans this yr.

[Braveheart]

Canola acres staying as was. Almost doubling soybean acres. Wanted to grow malt barley but Busch is sold to InBev and Trump is unpredictable so malt barley is a question mark. Our wheat is all bound south this year but again, unpredictability leaves us wondering about new crop. So, maybe no wheat. Maybe lots of beans, including dry beans, likely black, possibly navy. Working towards corn. Don't have a dryer yet so maybe a year out.

[SASKFARMER3]

probably down a 1000 from last year but back to more normal size of our canola acreage. My pea acres are up plus adding oats that I locked in just today. Not price I wanted but works.

[malleefarmer]

not sure if I missed it but why don't you guys use your farmer kept canola seed?

standard practice in oz is to buy the latest and greatest seed and bulk it up for seed for following year and do it every year.

exhaustive testing by companies agros etc has shown little if any yield penalty by doing so in non hybrid varieties.

some even do it with hybrid at about 10 to 15% yield loss.

same with cereals nobody uses fresh seed each year and some guys still growing types that were bred 20yrs ago

[SASKFARMER3]

Well in Canada you go jail or they take the farm for farmer saved seed. Its a No No.

but they get us farmers by decommissioning a variety just as its able to be off patent. nice system all in industry win except one group the guys who do all the work.