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[WiltonRanch]

Who in their right mind would sell with this weather bomb over us? There is huge chance now all the canola doesnt get harvested. Thats gotta be worth a price rally somewhere down the road.

A bird in the hand is worth more than 6 in the bush.

[Guest]

movement here is crazy . seems you can haul whatever you want whenever you want . best we have had for years . we had about 30% of crop contracted . it's all gone plus some decent spot priced stuff also . we did dry nearly all of it , though. had a 22 cent canary target in , it went yesterday and it's gone . sure helped with bins

[jazz]

A bird in the hand is worth more than 6 in the bush.

I've learned that when you panic, you make rash decisions. Patience pays in this business IMO.

[Richard5]

A lot of the people I haul for... pre harvest contracts, and lots of canola being dumped by guys without dryers... locals running specials buying up to 13 as dry.

Klause, what's your strategy, just curious? Sitting tight here, will freeze up tough canola with air and hold till I can get $11.25 or so.

You seem to post very interesting things, often leading edge from other countries. Your farm must do very well and your parents must be very proud.

[Klause]

Do you still find time for trucking along with directional drilling and harvest?

Yeah. I only work on big out of town projects and we are a premium crossing service so we get the high paying work others screw up or don't want to tackle.

When I'm not out there I'm in my truck lol.
Today, ardent Mills in Saskatoon

[WiltonRanch]

I've learned that when you panic, you make rash decisions. Patience pays in this business IMO.

You are correct. Dumping into the harvest happy hour is a practice of desperation. However if you factor in cost of storage, possible storage loss, plowing snow, drying, and babysitting tough canola; it makes even an extra dollar a bushel a hard fought battle. Not discounting your point but all the extra effort can be in vain sometimes.

[Klause]

Klause, what's your strategy, just curious? Sitting tight here, will freeze up tough canola with air and hold till I can get $11.25 or so.

You seem to post very interesting things, often leading edge from other countries. Your farm must do very well and your parents must be very proud.

This deserves a far longer response... But no 2016 caused us a lot of grief. Lost half the crop and crop insurance was useless...

We bought into the ag more than ever and Canada is the best place for ag bullshit and spend spend spend to grow a crop. I regret doing that but every experience in life makes you wiser.

The thing that bugs me the most is I knew this info in the back of my head but just chose to ignore it at the time.


We are doing quite drastic changes... Because conventional production ag, working for "ag industry" is a zero sum game imho.

Most profitable.crop on the farm?
Gone 3 weeks ago for $11. Ran 25-30 straight cut it, grew it on the N from the prior pea crop added p and s. Applied some edge. No in crop spray.

Cost $176/acre to grow grossed $300.

It's not about growing the highest yield. It's about growing highest profit. Another lesson I wish I had learnt 5 or 10 years ago.



So yeah I share the information I do in the hopes of others not falling into the same traps.

I believe understanding our competitors and their advantages / hindrances is important. We can't believe were the best because that complacency ruins our business, our industry, and our country.

I see major clouds on the horizon and want to be mobile... have a family to think about and want what's best for them too.

I count myself fortunate that learning comes easy, and that my parents taught me to question everything at all times and be flexible... and I've had the opportunity to gain many skills and knowledge in diverse fields quickly.

Farming is my love second to my family, but there's neat things one can do to put food on the table and build equity... And I believe there's also lots of texh ology that hasn't been thought of invented or brought to market... Which is one of the fields I'm very excited to be involved in... It's also where knowledge of other countries agriculture industries comes in.

Still want to change the world, hoping the stuff I'm working on will eventually save lives and help feed millions.


Anyway enough of a rant. My turn to dump again.

[WiltonRanch]

This deserves a far longer response... But no 2016 caused us a lot of grief. Lost half the crop and crop insurance was useless...

We bought into the ag more than ever and Canada is the best place for ag bullshit and spend spend spend to grow a crop. I regret doing that but every experience in life makes you wiser.

The thing that bugs me the most is I knew this info in the back of my head but just chose to ignore it at the time.


We are doing quite drastic changes... Because conventional production ag, working for "ag industry" is a zero sum game imho.

Most profitable.crop on the farm?
Gone 3 weeks ago for $11. Ran 25-30 straight cut it, grew it on the N from the prior pea crop added p and s. Applied some edge. No in crop spray.

Cost $176/acre to grow grossed $300.

It's not about growing the highest yield. It's about growing highest profit. Another lesson I wish I had learnt 5 or 10 years ago.

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So yeah I share the information I do in the hopes of others not falling into the same traps.

I believe understanding our competitors and their advantages / hindrances is important. We can't believe were the best because that complacency ruins our business, our industry, and our country.

I see major clouds on the horizon and want to be mobile... have a family to think about and want what's best for them too.

I count myself fortunate that learning comes easy, and that my parents taught me to question everything at all times and be flexible... and I've had the opportunity to gain many skills and knowledge in diverse fields quickly.

Farming is my love second to my family, but there's neat things one can do to put food on the table and build equity... And I believe there's also lots of texh ology that hasn't been thought of invented or brought to market... Which is one of the fields I'm very excited to be involved in... It's also where knowledge of other countries agriculture industries comes in.

Still want to change the world, hoping the stuff I'm working on will eventually save lives and help feed millions.


Anyway enough of a rant. My turn to dump again.

Out of the box independent thinkers like you are what we need more of in the industry. Too many of us sheople buy into the status quo because quite honestly it’s easy and safe and we’re for lack of a better word lazy to do something different. It’s a lot of work and headache sometimes to do something different and once everyone else jumps on it’s not worth it so you gotta do something else. I know all about it. You can’t get too comfortable and many don’t like that.

[the big wheel]

Which terminal is buying 13% canola for dry???????

[Klause]

Which terminal is buying 13% canola for dry???????

This one.