Here comes another one.....

[farmaholic]

Is any crop worth fungicide spraying 3-4 times, yes there were some wild returns in chickpeas and lentils but maybe it's time for the breeders to focus more on disease resistance than some other novel traits that will ultimately mean ****-all if you can't grow the crop because of extreme disease susceptability.

Think peas too!

Fungicide applications don't guarantee quality, disease resistance doesn't even guarantee quality.....a wet harvest season can ruin it quickly.

[bigzee]

Is any crop worth fungicide spraying 3-4 times, yes there were some wild returns in chickpeas and lentils but maybe it's time for the breeders to focus more on disease resistance than some other novel traits that will ultimately mean ****-all if you can't grow the crop because of extreme disease susceptability.

Think peas too!

Fungicide applications don't guarantee quality, disease resistance doesn't even guarantee quality.....a wet harvest season can ruin it quickly.

Today’s price for chicks are 22.5 lb.
Cost of 4-5 apps fungicide basically $100 ac maybe more.
25 bu crop likely $250 expenses, you can fill in the ...........
This is why I quit growing them.
Not sure what expense you would put for “stress”.

[jazz]

Today’s price for chicks are 22.5 lb.
Cost of 4-5 apps fungicide basically $100 ac maybe more.
25 bu crop likely $250 expenses, you can fill in the ...........
This is why I quit growing them.
Not sure what expense you would put for “stress”.

Chicks are niche and can be oversupplied like nothing. That's what happened in the late 90s. Based on all the pulse I see went in, wouldn't risk that extra application because it will come right off margin. There is going to be a lot of product around and quality could be an issue.

Also, spraying fungicide is building resistance fast.

[highwayman]

I hear what your saying regarding risk and stress with growing chickpeas. It has become our speculation crop as markets for Kabulies can be volatile and we limit our acres to 10% or less of total seeded acres. In the 22 years we’ve been growing them we’ve had both feast and famine, 200-1500/acre so it keeps us chasing I guess. Lentils have been far more consistent returns but Aphanomyces is becoming big problem for some without any clear reasons why.