Farmer Yield Data...Post Your Field Scale Variety Yields Here.

[joedales]

We want to assemble the best canola variety yield data available so we thought we would try to get you to provide some of the actual field scale (40acres or more) yield results.

Put down the canola variety, yield, location, any agronomic info and comments.

We will try to assemble them here but post in Commodity Discussion and link it to here.

Thanks,

Joe Dales
Farms.com Agriville

[mbratrud]

Weyburn, SK
320 Acres Lentil Stubble
Pioneer Hibred H-28 Seeded May 21 2010
Rate 4.5 lbs per ac
Fert 96 20 20 20 lbs Actual
Good Seeding Conditions, Post Seeding Weather Warm, Showers every 2nd 3rd Day
Average 52 BPA
Very Tall

160 Acres Lentil Stubble
Pioneer Hibred H-28 Seeded May 18 2010
Rate 5 lbs per ac
Fert 90 20 25 10
Terrible Seeding Conditions WET
Post Seedeing Weather Hot and Dry for 7 Days
Average 47 BPA
Average Height

160 Acres Flax Stubble
Invigor 5770 Seeded May 24 2010
Seeding Rate 4.5lbs per acre
Fert 86 17 33 10
Seeding conditions were awful very muddy, post seeding stayed wet for a week.
Average 54 BPA
Very Short we thought this was a wreck but very tight dense podding zone we were surprised.

We also grew some Dekalb that did not perform as well but would attribute part to poor field conditions.

Overall, I Can't say any Variety was heads and shoulders better than another because conditions were so difficult.

I know swathing the Invigor was nice because it was short vs the H-28, but we were also nervous about the wind blowing it away due to poor stubble to push the swath into.

In 2011 we plan on Growing PHB H-29 on our dirty fields and Inv 5440(get back to a little taller plant) on the rest.

[joedales]

Great report...thanks for sharing.
Joe

[ado089]

D3151 - 27
D3152 - 26
Canterra 1950 - 28

215lbs/ac 30-10-0-8 dry side band.

Planted into good moisture at 4.8lbs/ac on 10 inch centres, emergence in three days. The next five weeks were wet, 20" .

Sprayed twice with Polaris at 1/2L/ac, no fungicide. 1.8gal of 28-0-0 was applied as a foliar at 10% bloom to promote flowering (Possibly 2bu yield gain for a couple dollars and acre).

Trials were about 10ac, 4 passes over the mile on hilly land with poor subsoil. Once it was said and done there was just over 42" of rain. Fall soil test shows zero N and very little sulfur all the way down to 24". Less than ideal conditions but shows the Pioneer and Canterra Hi-breds are close. OP canola on ajoining fields with similar treatment yielded 4bu/ac less.