Fungicides

[furrowtickler]

All i know is that the guys that dont use fungicide will cut their canola a week
To 10 days earlier than the ones that do . That has to translate into quite a yield increase . Oil goes in last and that is the bushel weight . Their probably is better alternatives but we need something

That’s what Klause is getting at .
Current methods pushed by chem companies are not helping the cause like you think . Band aids for issues happening in the soil because of their products. That’s the point

[furrowtickler]

No different than a drug addiction, without it crops crash . Unless we start looking at what we , they , are doing to the soil .

[SASKFARMER3]

I'm agreeing with furrow and Klause on this one. It has something to do with soil and no-till and moisture. Worked fields in fall outyielding just about everything around.

[farmaholic]

What ever happened to the theory anhydrous ammonia would turn your land into an airport runway? People still use it and grow crops....look at the pics SF3 posts.

Dead soils? Summerfallow did alot of damage!

[SASKFARMER3]

Again funny just checking wheat it’s 7:30 and basically all dew will be gone in half hour it’s 18 above zero wind

[bgmb]

When you work ground that has been no till you will release extra nitrogen that could be part of the reason for yield increase. I think tillage can help cut down on disease too, bury Sclerotinia bodies deeper where they cannot germinate as easy.

We have been using fungicides for almost about 20 years. Yields have been trending up very well. Also replicated side by side trials almost always show a good return on cereals, not as consistent on canola but big gains some years. Soy does not get a fungicide.

[bgmb]

Again funny just checking wheat it’s 7:30 and basically all dew will be gone in half hour it’s 18 above zero wind

In those conditions no way canola fungicide will pay

[SASKFARMER3]

Walking crops this morning and it’s not like last few years, even last year the plant was wet till noon or later.

Hrs have a more constant than canola result. Some years I think it the leaf protection vs actual positive fusarium results.

One year o kept spraying after flowering and funny no yield difference and same fuz.

We’re definately not 2010 anymore.

More weather like we use to get.

[bucket]

We’re definately not 2010 anymore.

More weather like we use to get.

How does that affect the big dreams of these new BTOs when they are spending for a 55 bpa crop and getting 35?

Then throw in the big bucks they are spending on land????

Recently a 6500 acre farm that couldn't be sold for 1.5 million just 10 years ago ...sold for 8 million was listed at 10....

It won't make sense when the dry weather hits it....oops.... I forgot to mention there may be some future government subsidized piping put on it eventually.

[newguy]

Sprayed peas a week ago.I loved my Viper worked great for me.

[newguy]

Sprayed peas a week ago.I loved my Viper worked great for me.

[Guest]

We have never got less than 5 bpa on test strips sprayed versus unsprayed . One year was 13bpa more on treated. So we dont leave them anymore. Too expensive. Canola never drys out all day . Things are different here in the swamp