This sounds like a experience I had 11 years ago. I had a field that I thought was going to be my best crop that year. But then it started aborting the pods and just shut down from progressing more. Ended up my poorest canola crop that year. I remembered the year before a very knowledgable agronomist told me there was a chance that that could happen that year.
The reason he gave me was that with all the rains we had it moved the salts up in the soil and if the roots hits it that’s what would happen. Can’t remember if it kept blooming until October.
All varieties seem to have a one off. I had a invigor crop once coming nicely until the day I sprayed it. The leaves cupped up and quit growing for 2weeks. When it started growing the plants insanely twisted and twisted around each other. I had shown a crop scientist the plants and he told me the only possible thing to do that was chemical damage. I had new breaking that year the fields were far apart and if it was sprayer residue you would think that the problem would be less after the sixth tank. The area manager for the company that I bought the products off was not good to me so I told him to take me to court if he wants to get paid for the seed and chemical’s used on the crop. Needless to say I did not grow that again.
The very next year I had a round up crop that about 35 to 40% was not round up. The company was very good as they came out in a timely manner and settled a payout for me. They were smart because the crop later did not do very well. This did not deter me from growing round up ready canola but I decided not to grow it anymore because I started growing Round up ready soya beans.
I started growing specialty canola’s. I had good luck with them and they fit it into my rotation.
My son started farming and grew nexera this year and another one off happened again. Half the seed did not germinate and a lot of the plants did very poor. The only reason it wasn’t a total disaster was because we seeded it heavier. The reason for that was because we could not get the sprocket to match up our drill and air seeder tank before seeding was over. I was basically told where I picked up the seed it was climate change no one came to look at the field with me as of yet.
I told the apprentice that I would rather have more beans than canola.
He has seen the light now unfortunately.
By the way it was a very good year for germination. Some guys never had a chance to harrow their canola in after floating it on and it came good.
The reason he gave me was that with all the rains we had it moved the salts up in the soil and if the roots hits it that’s what would happen. Can’t remember if it kept blooming until October.
All varieties seem to have a one off. I had a invigor crop once coming nicely until the day I sprayed it. The leaves cupped up and quit growing for 2weeks. When it started growing the plants insanely twisted and twisted around each other. I had shown a crop scientist the plants and he told me the only possible thing to do that was chemical damage. I had new breaking that year the fields were far apart and if it was sprayer residue you would think that the problem would be less after the sixth tank. The area manager for the company that I bought the products off was not good to me so I told him to take me to court if he wants to get paid for the seed and chemical’s used on the crop. Needless to say I did not grow that again.
The very next year I had a round up crop that about 35 to 40% was not round up. The company was very good as they came out in a timely manner and settled a payout for me. They were smart because the crop later did not do very well. This did not deter me from growing round up ready canola but I decided not to grow it anymore because I started growing Round up ready soya beans.
I started growing specialty canola’s. I had good luck with them and they fit it into my rotation.
My son started farming and grew nexera this year and another one off happened again. Half the seed did not germinate and a lot of the plants did very poor. The only reason it wasn’t a total disaster was because we seeded it heavier. The reason for that was because we could not get the sprocket to match up our drill and air seeder tank before seeding was over. I was basically told where I picked up the seed it was climate change no one came to look at the field with me as of yet.
I told the apprentice that I would rather have more beans than canola.
He has seen the light now unfortunately.
By the way it was a very good year for germination. Some guys never had a chance to harrow their canola in after floating it on and it came good.
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