Canola 2019

[GOODRUM]

[Guest]

Is that frost ?

[GOODRUM]

Yes, yesterday morning too

[furrowtickler]

Yes, yesterday morning too

That sucks , especially this time of year .
What area goodrum ?

[jazz]

Is that canola? Forgot what it looks like actually out of the ground.

[SASKFARMER]

Wait the fungicide commercials will start. That frost damage is ok just apply some fungicide that costs more than you will make per acre.

Why isn't there been any adjustment on the price of canola, seed or chemical?

Someone someplace post a pick of a decent field. Not 5 ft.

Its a shit year.

[hobbyfrmr]

Plenty of canola acres here. Area 9A grows a lot of canola it pays the bills. Most has germinated and emerged. Last week a couple of farms were reseeding due to flea beetles. One farm reseeded 2500 acres. It sounds like a lot but really its only 10% they have that done before I get out of bed.
Spraying season is in full swing, I heard a helicopter this morning and the airplane guys’ water truck is roaming around.
Perspective is interesting. I drove past a field where a moderate size farmer was out spraying. It was a smaller, red sprayer. I am sure it is the right size for that farm but I could not help but think that it was not a “good” unit because it is so much smaller than the other sprayers l see.
Once the air assault starts, its time to goto the lake!
Something to ponder. We have been spraying every year for 45 years and we still have weeds.

[furrowtickler]

Plenty of canola acres here. Area 9A grows a lot of canola it pays the bills. Most has germinated and emerged. Last week a couple of farms were reseeding due to flea beetles. One farm reseeded 2500 acres. It sounds like a lot but really its only 10% they have that done before I get out of bed.
Spraying season is in full swing, I heard a helicopter this morning and the airplane guys’ water truck is roaming around.
Perspective is interesting. I drove past a field where a moderate size farmer was out spraying. It was a smaller, red sprayer. I am sure it is the right size for that farm but I could not help but think that it was not a “good” unit because it is so much smaller than the other sprayers l see.
Once the air assault starts, its time to goto the lake!
Something to ponder. We have been spraying every year for 45 years and we still have weeds.

That was just NW if your area and guys are spraying around you this morning??

[hobbyfrmr]

That was just NW if your area and guys are spraying around you this morning??

I sent the post, picked my head up and see that the farmer next door is spraying his barley. I dont think it froze here but I may be mistaken.
The last time it froze here and reseeding canola in june, the crop was huge. Like just shy of 70 bpa on a average guys farm.

[Sheepwheat]

Haven’t seeded canola in four years now. Try my best not to feed parasites. I would if I were a crop insurance farmer. Coverage is pretty awesome. Gross alas is not the same as net. Kind of a secret I found out. Seem lots don’t know that secret yet?..

Lotsa canola here though. You can tell easy, they are the fields that have nothing green in them.

Hobby, what would you say about my one neighbor who sprays with a “gasp”, pull type blue sprayer? With no gps? My how the times change. Somewhere I missed my boarding call.

What was the boarding call like? I feel like it must have been obvious, most guys heard it and jumped on the good ship expand, invest, buy iron, but I completely missed it! I blinked and became 40 years behind in farming instead of just 25. Lol Oh well, might be an ok year to have no iron payments or 80 dollar rent.

Maybe the government will bail us all out because of the way they held a gun to our heads and forced us to farm this way?

[bucket]

Sheepwheat

You will receive the same as everyone else if there is an ad hoc payment....

[Sheepwheat]

Sheepwheat

You will receive the same as everyone else if there is an ad hoc payment....

I wouldn’t be so sure about that. Guess it depends what the ad hoc would be based on maybe? Straight acres? Weather station rainfall?

Regardless, I’m ok without an ad hoc. I like doing things different. My payment would be so tiny, maybe I would give it to someone who needs it more?