Conventional Canolas 'Round the World

[Klause]

I wouldn’t go any farther though and say everything is shit here. What is shit though is agribusiness has us by the shorthairs cause govt gave away public breeding to the wolves.

BINGO!!!!


What I'm saying is we're paying a premium, for not a premium product, get told it's the best in the world, get charged prices commensurate with being the best in the world and completely live and the mercy of three chemical giants.

In Europe, Bayer, Dow, and BASF don't even sell seed!!! Here, we have no other options anymore.

That's what I'm trying to get at.

[jazz]

klause there is a simple time proven way to get out from the thumbs of these companies you hate and have a full premium for your product. Put your land into 1/3rd chemfallow or green cover, grow a pulse and a cereal, stop buying nutrients and drop your chem use to basically nil. Worked for many yrs.

And dont fall for that BS that cultivation kills microbes line or there always has to be something growing on the land.

[Marusko]

I have to agree on the lack of competition in agribiz. These massive mergers in recent years do not benefit the farmers.

[ajl]

Yes we do need more competition on the seed end. American farmers can also choose from public varieties. Non GMO canola would not go far around here due to the weed competition I am afraid. One thing that I want to try around here is to grow a green manure crop for N and then have a sludge application which is available around here for P K and S ahead of a canola crop.

[bucket]

Some roundup ready canola varieties should be off patent by now....seems odd that a farmer can't buy cheaper seed that still has a profit for all involved....

[bgmb]

I think RR1 canola is off patent soon. Lots of rr1 beans around

[Wheatking]

I think RR1 canola is off patent soon. Lots of rr1 beans around

Don't worry, they will decommission them and with the help of the canola growers and they will still throw you in jail for growing them.

[ColevilleH2S]

No need to go around the world to access conventional Canola. I bought this stuff for $3 a pound this spring. Seemed to grow good, still waiting on the rain to harvest it though.
https://6kingseed.com/seed-products/ua-alfagold-canola/

[Guest]

No need to go around the world to access conventional Canola. I bought this stuff for $3 a pound this spring. Seemed to grow good, still waiting on the rain to harvest it though.
https://6kingseed.com/seed-products/ua-alfagold-canola/

thats interesting , never heard of it . look forward to harvest results

[bucket]

Been asking retailers for conventional non treated seed for years....they can't find it....thanks for the info...


I have been told that regular untreated canola will be out of the ground faster...makes sense since I seen mustard up very quickly...

Most guys with treated seed now still end up spraying for flee beetles ..

Heres my thinking...spread edge, seed, hit it with one pass of roundup before its up...check the wild oats in crop....

Might not be 100bpa crop but I am guessing there be a handsome net out of it without residual canola for years ****ing up possibilities....