What was your most profitable crop this year?

[Guest]

When wheat hits to top grade and top protein and the yield has a 7 at the beginning and you sell for over 7 that is the most profitable crop hands down.

Also looking and scouting fields and understanding rain and dew and wet crop canopy and deciding after a 1000 acres that fungicide wasn't needed this year and total savings makes wheat the winner.

The seed was purchased by certified on a quarter every year and that is used for seed stock on all acres if it makes my specifications of a good crop. Lots of fluff out there and seed companies all say its 10% better. than old variety every year so at this rate, we should be at 200 before I retire. HAHHAHAHAHA

Canola is an expensive crop to grow. The Trudeau shit show and trump and China trade war that we Canadians should be smiling and taking advantage over with Canola yet prices just stay at one lever even if our dollar has it at 12.

So thank a liberal for all the shit show going on in Canada.

Oats at 165 x 3.75 for next fall is $618.00 hm makes me think oats will be back in cards.

Peas are a shit show and they won't be back any time soon.

Food guide to make us all vegan I hate and will still eat beef. Oh, it's so F#$King Good.


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We can grow peas for under $100 /ac inputs (just leave the odysee and viper at the store) and it wont ne a shit show
When yield has a 7 or 8 in front of it and sell for $6.75-$7.25(so far) thats top payer hands down
Wheat costs us at least $250 inputs

[bigzee]

Had one neighbour tell me the best profit on his farm would have been not starting the tractor at seeding.

[jazz]

Had one neighbour tell me the best profit on his farm would have been not starting the tractor at seeding.

FCC told me the biggest profit on my farm is calling up the local BTO and then going to the Walmart hiring desk.

[Sheepwheat]

Lamb by country miles
Fenced pasture
Hay Produces the lamb, so...
Oats
Flax


Third year in a row not growing canola. ZERO regrets. ZERO clubroot.

[seldomseen]

1) peas
2)hear canola
3)oats
4)canary seed
5) canola
6) wheat.
7)barley
In that order

Looks like alfalfa seed didn't even make the list this year. Kind of depressing punching out bees that no one will buy!

[seldomseen]

FCC told me the biggest profit on my farm is calling up the local BTO and then going to the Walmart hiring desk.

That makes perfect sense with what land rents for around here!

[blackpowder]

Damn limited on what pays the rent around here.
Given the offbeat year we had weather wise for 18.
Green peas, Hard red, CPS, malt, canola.

Usually peas, canola, wheat/malt.
No malt planned for 19. Inventory too controlled. Sound familiar?

[jimmy]

Lamb by country miles
Fenced pasture
Hay Produces the lamb, so...
Oats
Flax


Third year in a row not growing canola. ZERO regrets. ZERO clubroot.

If I was younger my whole farm would be sheep and some cattle

[wd9]

Sunflowers sold as bird seed.

[greenmachine]

interesting thread and comments. to me there are two ways to look at it $/ac and ROI.

Our most profitable by $/ac
Wheat
Canola
Lentils

Soybeans and corn are below the profit line this year haha

Our most profitable by ROI
Wheat
Lentils
Canola

Soy and corn still below profit line.

To me this numbers are both important. the $/ac is an after season review, what made me real money. the ROI is in some ways calculating the risk involved with growing the crop.



on the seed royalty debate I think some of you are not putting all the numbers into the equation. I go back and forth depending on the day whether I agree or disagree with seed royalties. Haven't been convinced by either side to jump on board yet.

the thing that I think some are missing is that when you say you can "keep your seed for free" from the year before, that is inaccurate. that seed has a cost, if you kept it for seed then that means you didn't sell it for cash. so at the very least its worth that. not to mention the cost of cleaning, hauling it to and from the cleaner (if you have your own, then the cost of running the cleaner) seed testing, storage, interest on credit lines (that the cash could have paid) etc etc. from what I have heard so far and using my numbers the price difference between these two scenarios for my farm would be $5-7/ac. Small price to pay to not have to mess around with all this other stuff. and for my piddly 400 acres of wheat its not that big of bill. we all spend a lot more money on far worse investments, if you cant admit that than you are lying to yourself haha.

just my two cents...

[SASKFARMER3]

I like your statement but here is reality buying a quarter each year or more for new seed and using second year at 3 bus a acre.

15 x 3 = $45

My seed and my cleaning in our plant 8.50 per bushel x 3 bus x 5000 acres is $127500 seed cost commercial.

Or

$45 a acre x 5000 = $222000.

$222000- $127500 = $97500.00 towards my bottom line or my wage for me. Oh bad me wanting some money for me myself and I on my farm.

Idiots they will screw this ip like canola and farmers will loose.

[seldomseen]

I like your statement but here is reality buying a quarter each year or more for new seed and using second year at 3 bus a acre.

15 x 3 = $45

My seed and my cleaning in our plant 8.50 per bushel x 3 bus x 5000 acres is $127500 seed cost commercial.

Or

$45 a acre x 5000 = $222000.

$222000- $127500 = $97500.00 towards my bottom line or my wage for me. Oh bad me wanting some money for me myself and I on my farm.

Idiots they will screw this ip like canola and farmers will loose.

If canola is screwed up why is everyone seeding so much of it? Drive around in July and its yellow every where.

If you don't have the right to use your own seed the price of certified will go up dramatically.

I know I am a little mixed up on this issue!