Barley

[GDR]

How could they possibly compete with corn silage from, almost anywhere else on the globe? Couldn't hardly get further from port. All the gas and electricity and diesel fuel getting it trucked in and dehydrated, and trucked or railed out will include the CO2 taxes. Not exactly the heart of corn country, even for silage, our season is of questionable length, frozen corn, or corn with no ears, or corn under snow are not issues that Iowa regularly deals with.

They have the connections and the logistics in place from the export hay they do. From what I understand the starch levels were too low from the last 2 summers, was talk about mixing grain corn in, not really sure how they are making out. If anyone can do it they can.

There is a competitor in southern Ab been doing it for a few years now.

Blaithin there were lots of acres in 19, less in 20 around Olds as contract growers, fairly lucrative deal for the landowners if they can make a go of it.

[wmoebis]

There is a big pile under tarp at the plant. Been there for a year or two. I wondered what they were going to do with it.

[WiltonRanch]

Take it for what it’s worth but a G3 guy told me Canada didn’t ship a bunch of barley to Saudi Arabia to begin with. I’m not growing any more barley than last year. All it takes is China to quit buying. Enough wheat canola guys jumping in so market will be flooded. Hope if anything oat acres sacrificed.