$33 return to farmers for every $1 invested in wheat breeding?

[wmoebis]

Year over year who makes more off of increased Fert use, the farmer or Fert companies? Crop failure from Drought, Hail etc, The fert company still gets paid the same and up front.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Year over year who makes more off of increased Fert use, the farmer or Fert companies? Crop failure from Drought, Hail etc, The fert company still gets paid the same and up front.

I'm not sure why you are bringing fertilizer use and fertilizer company profits up in a discussion about variety development.
But I will respond anyways.
I farm in an area where crop failures are highly likely. Being in hail alley in a short season frost prone area, where we nearly always get excess rain, and crops often see snow on both ends of the season; investing in drop inputs when the output is so uncertain.
, there's only one input that I have no qualms about maximizing. And that is fertilizer, almost regardless of cost.
Unlike genetics, fungicides, seed treatment, snake oils of any type, etc , fertilizer will eventually have an ROI. Even if it's not in the same season, or the crop is salvaged for a different purpose than originally intended.
Most of the other inputs are complete loss in event of a crop failure.
1 hour Gracie wanted soil, fertilizer is by far vest investment. After less than century of continuous agriculture, we wouldn't be growing anything without fertilizer. Your results may vary.

[blackpowder]

One of the intriguing things for me regarding our ag industry. Is watching the observation of basic business principles change over the generations.

[AB1]

If you are using the AFSC numbers on that Oslo wheat performance you also have to look at the number of acres represented by that yield - very small.

The best ROI on wheat yields came about 10 years ago when CWB was finally extinguished. Actually it started even a few years before that when it became known that the CWB was going to disappear.