Volunteer Canola not treated can withstand anything mother nature throws at it.

[farmaholic]

I should know this but don't. Do our check-offs go to the Canola Growers Association which in turn "donates" some to the Canola Council of Canada?

The Canola Council probably doesn't have the Producer's best interest at the top of their list. Well maybe they care enough to keep us doing it so they can profit from our risk and work.

[Guest]

Canola council could perhaps run varietal trials across the west testing old vs new varieties, open pollinated vs hybrid, bin run vs certified, treated vs non treated across the prairies and calculate the benefits of the current $80/acre canola seed. What is it that they do for the primary producer?

holy shit mb. , thats funny !
about as much chance of that happening as flying to the moon ?
their masters would slap their pee-pees

[the big wheel]

Canola council could perhaps run varietal trials across the west testing old vs new varieties, open pollinated vs hybrid, bin run vs certified, treated vs non treated across the prairies and calculate the benefits of the current $80/acre canola seed. What is it that they do for the primary producer?

Id sure like to see that done. How can we actually do this? It shouldn’t be a problem if the new varieties are so good they should smoke the old ones. I bet they wouldn’t.

[grassfarmer]

Id sure like to see that done. How can we actually do this? It shouldn’t be a problem if the new varieties are so good they should smoke the old ones. I bet they wouldn’t.

On the grazing/livestock side we have forage associations - typically some provincial Government funding in them but with producer run boards. These are increasingly the last bastion of independent research but even so as Governments cut funding the corporate interests are waiting on the sidelines to become "sponsors" and you have to fight pretty hard to keep them out.

I know one of those groups in Alberta that did more on the crop side was Chinook Applied Research Association. Might be worth checking them out
http://chinookappliedresearch.ca http://http://chinookappliedresearch.ca

[farmaholic]

holy shit mb. , thats funny !
about as much chance of that happening as flying to the moon ?
their masters would slap their pee-pees

Bet if you rock the boat you go overboard....those boards are a huge ego boost for the lowly farmers. Just think...hob-knobbing with the corporate elite....feasting at the Industry banquet table with Kings and Knights....brushing crumbs from the banquet table to the peasants under it.

And with that sarcastic attitude....indicates why I am not board material.

[Guest]

Tried a couple but i too, lack tact and diplomacy
Also have a hard time turning a blind eye

[MBgrower]

I should know this but don't. Do our check-offs go to the Canola Growers Association which in turn "donates" some to the Canola Council of Canada?

The Canola Council probably doesn't have the Producer's best interest at the top of their list. Well maybe they care enough to keep us doing it so they can profit from our risk and work.

The canola growers hands the money over to the council. if this tap were to be turned off, the council would close its doors.