Camelina

[WiltonRanch]

Anyone doing camelina next year? I’m considering it. Have some ground in mind and considering how dry it is it might pencil better than canola. I need some advice.

[Guest]

Go for it. I'm actually thinking it might replace canola someday
Look into multiplying pedigreed seed

[burnt]

It's a crop that I've thought about trying on a few acres, but have no idea where there market is, other than pressing it here. Then try to tap into the foodie niche.

It looks like a lower-input, but also a lower-return crop. Lots of good info online about growing it.

There's very little acreage around here that grows canola or mustard crops, other than a number of seed multiplication plots. At least not intentionally...

[WiltonRanch]

From what I read it has been touted as a low input crappy land crop but guys who’ve grown it say it responds quite well to adequate fertility. I wonder how it scavenges nutrients versus canola or flax. Reason I wonder is I have ground which has been in cereal forages for enough years that I think would have the least chance of canola volunteers. Cattle have been fed on this ground as well, and nutrient levels are high. Thinking 100# of 46 and let er buck. I see now they have a group 2 tolerant variety, and I tend to not use much group 2 if I can help it. stellar/outshine is the only chemical I use with group 2 chemistry on oats. If it would work out it would be a great oilseed option on my poor hilly land. Canola can yield very well given great conditions but suffers substantially more than the better land. As an example my best land produced 35 bu and my hilly ground ranged from 10 to 20 in this dry year. Even in average type years canola is usually 10 bushels behind better land. It’s like that for a lot of other crops as well. It is what it is and so other than growing forages and feeding the stuff back onto the land to improve the soil, I need a rotation option which I don’t lose my butt on.

[AC man]

I had a friend that grew camelina a few years ago. The crop did ok but he grew it only one year. I don’t know what inputs he put into the crop. The issue then was marketing and I know he kept it for at least a year.

[helmach]

Also had a neighbor that did a one and done crop yr ... if I remember correctly his main issue was keeping the seed In the combine.... flowed like water out of every seam?

[furrowtickler]

A large farm out by Hobby farmer grew a significant amount of acres a few years back . Not sure how it turned out and if they ever grew it again ?

[ColevilleH2S]

...his main issue was keeping the seed In the combine.... flowed like water out of every seam?

Duct tape and Silicone

[the big wheel]

The problem before was not a lot of options
For weed control and then some companies hosed
Producers on taking production or I should say
They didn’t take it when they said they would.
As in not that year. Not a lot of accepted alternate
Uses or other takers at that time.
Easy to thresh and slow start but once it got
established it had
Ability to overtake the ground. Relatively early
Maturing.

[FarmJunkie]

No different than Quinoa. No weed control so u spend years cleaning up a mess. Buyers are not much for reliable delivery time slots. Most of these newer crops are hard to get reliable markets started so there is cash flow to keep the lights on. Certainly don’t want to be growing them if u are relying on prompt delivery and payment