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Originally posted by furrowtickler View PostUhhh , you totally missed the point there guy ...
By the way you didnt address my comment about my wheat yields. Since you guys are so big on anecdotes I will assume you are putting your utmost faith in my system going forward. Or did you top those yields on 60lb n with some magic juice and no fungicide last year?
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Originally posted by bgmb View PostWhats is your point then? if we all cut back our fertilizer and go half way organic there will be no disease? Yes if you use more fertilizer you will have a heavier crop and there is a greater chance you will benefit from a fungicide. Its a system that is working very well for many farms.
By the way you didnt address my comment about my wheat yields. Since you guys are so big on anecdotes I will assume you are putting your utmost faith in my system going forward. Or did you top those yields on 60lb n with some magic juice and no fungicide last year?
Wow.
Our wheat ran 60 with no commercial fertilizer or chemical. I think we spent a lot less money growing it.
Let's say you grow 40 (avg) organically... worth $16 - $640/acre
Let's say you grow 80 (avg) conventionally... worth $7... $560/acre
Rule of thumb is organics yield half of conventional... on average... but you can do better.
Who made more money?
Who made a bunch of multinationals rich(er)?
But please, carry on... You do things your way until you're forced not to. That day is coming - quickly.
Ban on glyphosate, carbon tax and direct taxes on fertilizer.
Licensing and prescription system for herbicides and fungicides.
I think furrow's point was to maintain yield, but slightly alter management practices so as not to require as much in the way of chemical intervention... more profit, less expense.
You realise in other countries they grow 140 bpa wheat on less for inputs than we apply for 70...
In Canada as a whole nutrient efficiency is roughly 50%.Last edited by Klause; Jan 19, 2018, 14:58.
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Originally posted by Klause View PostUmm...
Wow.
Ignorance.
Our wheat ran 60 with no commercial fertilizer or chemical. I think we spent a lot less money growing it.
Let's say you grow 40 (avg) organically... worth $16 - $640/acre
Let's say you grow 80 (avg) conventionally... worth $7... $560/acre
Rule of thumb is organics yield half of conventional... on average... but you can do better.
Who made more money?
Who made a bunch of multinationals rich(er)?
But please, carry on... You do things your way until you're forced not to. That day is coming.
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Originally posted by bgmb View PostThats nice but I dont see how you can gross 640 on organic year in year out on a large scale. Also dont see how you replace all your exported nutrients in organic on a large scale farm.
organic peas are $17/bushel... 30bu/acre = $510
organic lentils are $1/lb... 600lbs/ac(10bu) = $600
organic flax $40/bu .... 15 bu/ac = $600.
soft rock phos and elemental S produce P2O5 in the soil for you.
Manure... and feed the livestock the screenings.
Weed control... weed clippers, seed destroyers, inter row cultivation... Mulch...
completely different mindset. And it's never about the gross, it's about the NET.
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Originally posted by bgmb View PostThats nice but I dont see how you can gross 640 on organic year in year out on a large scale. Also dont see how you replace all your exported nutrients in organic on a large scale farm.
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Originally posted by Klause View PostSorry, I was wrong... I mis-quoted organic HRS. Current bid FOB S'toon is $20/bu.... so that would be $800/acre at 40 bpa.
Do you think it is feasable to grow an annual crop every year? or do you need to throw alfalfa or clover in for some nitrogen?
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Originally posted by Klause View PostSorry, I was wrong... I mis-quoted organic HRS. Current bid FOB S'toon is $20/bu.... so that would be $800/acre at 40 bpa.
Wow
Klause when you have a couple thousand acres of $800/ac certified organic wheat waving in the wind let me know would love to come check it out. Dont forget its not about profit per acre its about net profit of your business.
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Originally posted by bgmb View PostI would say those are pretty optimistic yields for organic. Here guys are 50 % fallow and getting 5 bu flax 10-15 wheat. Obviously not the best organic farm lol.
Do you think it is feasable to grow an annual crop every year? or do you need to throw alfalfa or clover in for some nitrogen?
A lot on where you are.
Lentils, fabas, peas add lots of N especially if you don't fungicide them*
We had 80lbs of available N the spring following lentils, 50-60 on peas.
Clover is a good weed killer, but you can underseed an early cereal (oats, barley), and then put winter wheat or fall rye in the year after... doesn't have to be every 2nd year.
You can replace the other macro nutrients... The thing is people hear "organic" and think summerfallow, weeds, and shit crops. That's called poor management, not organic farming.
mallee was out here looking at our wheat this year, we didn't have thousands of acres, but we had 600.
If you're interested http://www.pivotandgrow.com/resources/prices/ Organic Grain Prices (ballpark).
In a country plauged with rural de-population, high distance to markets, and a rail system not capable of keeping up with increased production... Maybe a pivot towards lower yielding, (much) higher margin crops, and richer consumers would be the smartest thing possible.
Instead of growing cheap to feed many, grow expensive food to feed the few.?
*I'm serious.... Do soil N tests the spring following peas, on fungicide applied and non-applied areas of the field. It's shocking. 40lb difference!)
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My point had nothing to do with fertility.
Certain herbicides are creating a perfect environment for fusarium to become a far more exaggerated problem than it should be and that weather and rotation are not the only culprits.
And yes everyone knows the more fertility you use the higher the chance of higher crop disease if conditions are right , that’s just basic agronomy.
Fusarium has spread like wildfire across western Canada .... and it’s not solely weather. Yes last year in cereal fusarium was low in general, and most areas had high yields and non existent fusarium.
Most did not spray fungicide as it was a waste of time . But this was not about wheat at all . Actually it got derailed a lot from the original post lol.
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