Feed Barley

[GDR]

That $4.50 bid was SE Sask....not feedlot alley Alta....what's it there?

I've heard up to $5 delivered. Richardson in Olds was up to 4.83 may for a few days but has dropped a bit. Driven by export interest and also logistics on corn isn't panning out for feedlot alley. Last year $3.25 was hard to find. Don't feel sorry for the feeders one bit, they turned their backs against barley growers last year in favour of high vomi wheat and this year on imported corn so they wound up with less acres and increasing prices. Don't bite the hand that feeds you!

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Don't feel sorry for the feeders one bit, they turned their backs against barley growers last year in favour of high vomi wheat and this year on imported corn so they wound up with less acres and increasing prices. Don't bite the hand that feeds you!

I have to agree with you. As a cattle farmer and grain farmer, plus we used to background calves, I try to stand up for feedlots, but they backed themselves into this corner. I don't mind at all taking advantage of the situation now. Hadn't sold any 2017 till now, not much 2016, and still had some 2015 barley, my patience is being rewarded now. There were so many opportunities to lock in cheap barley in recent years, and the writing was on the wall for dropping acres, no excuses.

[ajl]

Amisk is a good variety in areas that can do 6 row barley. Oreana is new 2 row barely with really short straw. Otherwise would choose Austenson.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Amisk is a good variety in areas that can do 6 row barley. Oreana is new 2 row barely with really short straw. Otherwise would choose Austenson.

Tried Amisk, as a replacement for Vivar. 90% hail made the test inconclusive, but it was concluded that it was ~90% flat even before the hail, so that isn't a positive. Would probably try it again, looked like a massive yield.

[Guest]

anyone know of anyone in the northeast with austinson?

[Wink73]

Have also grown Conlon here too. Very early variety as others have mentioned. Yield was only slighly less. Fat, short, heavy kernels. Smooth awned as well which made it less itchy, and supposedly more palatable for feeder cattle. Short straw with no lodging problems.

[Hamloc]

Where to start on barley varieties. Have grown Metcalfe and Copeland. Don't stand worth a shit unless 50 lbs of nitrogen or less. Decided growing malt was a waste of time. Have grown Coalition, decent barley, yields goods, stands not to bad. Grew Austenson a couple years, decent barley but when it goes down it goes flat. My favourite barley is Thompson. It will stand with 75-80 lbs on N. Straight cuts nice, only drawback is it will be very short in a dry year.

[seedman]

Was at Ag-Expo this week in Lethbridge and today there were bids for feed barley laid into Picture Butte at $5.50/ bu.
CDC Austenson has been one that is popular out this way as it produces well on irrigation and dryland, and feedlots really like the plump kernel. CDC Thompson was one that was hard to beat except it would dive yield-wise with any stress, but when things were right, man could it yield well.