Titanium wheat

[Guest]

finished the titanium wheat, px averaged 14.5 on the lot of it , most was 14.5-14.9. yielded fairly well . most px around here is 11 and under. one small field was 13.5 to bring average down . one co around here upped their px premium to $.50 /point . wonder how high it'll go ?

[SASKFARMER3]

That wheat has caught my eye. But seem to not be able to get the yield like AC Brandon.

[farming101]

How high? It's headed in the right direction. Good if you have high protein.

Very bad if you have low protein.

[farmaholic]

I was going to expand Titanium for our own seed but chose Jatharia instead.

Titanium is rated poor for lodging and sprouting and moderately resistance for fusarium.

Jatharia is rated fair for lodging and good for sprouting and intermediate resistance for fusarium.

I think there could be a straw problem with Jatharia. As dry as it was here in the low spots on a good quarter it seemed much taller than it needed to be! 16 cm taller than the check Carberry. Titanium is 11 cm taller than the check. Of course none of it was lodged because there was basically no rain with strong winds while heading and filling.

Regarding the protein dilemma: I did everything the same as last year and grew 61 bpa with about 14 and up px. This year 13 to 13.7... as dry as it was I was expecting 15+. My theory, we seed using a drill with midrow banders. I think the wheat possibly reached the midrow band but had to keep rooting down past the midrow to find moisture, therefore stranding some of the nitrogen in the upper topsoil layer in dry soil. There was definitely enough applied at seeding for better protein levels with the yields we achieved this year.

[Partners]

Caseih. What did you put for N.
We did 80 lbs ours is 11.8 pro tien. Tought it would lodge.
It stood vg..better than out test of utmost..excellent. goes through like bly when testing dry..
Going to try some Hughes next yr..shorter straw.
Titanium was 2 to 3 days earlier than our utmost.tested 1 point drier when combining.

[Rareearth]

What is holding western Canadian growers back from using growth regulators?
Europe common practice.
- shorter straw
- higher yields
- better protein

[fjlip]

No variety that is good, very good or excellent in all traits, guess GMO could but NOBODY WANTS IT. Then only one variety would fit everyone?

[Klause]

We use them lots. Didn't on organic wheat.... Wow is it tall. What a waste

[furrowtickler]

We chose the shorter varieties for the last point Klause made . Growing straw is a waste of nutrient I believe as well .

[Guest]

Caseih. What did you put for N.
We did 80 lbs ours is 11.8 pro tien. Tought it would lodge.
It stood vg..better than out test of utmost..excellent. goes through like bly when testing dry..
Going to try some Hughes next yr..shorter straw.
Titanium was 2 to 3 days earlier than our utmost.tested 1 point drier when combining.

70-30-8-8 double shoot beside seed . Seem to get better mileage outts N when double shooting .coulda used more N , stood good . That new hughes variety sounds good for next year . Should of priced some for $9.15 for dec at dreyfus . Woulda been at least $10 with px . Thats $600-650 /ac for the wheat haters out there