My 2017 Canola Varieties

[Partners]

The later seeded crops did better..even when the earlier seeded one bloomed longer..
Thought it would have missed the heat compared to the later ones.

[vvalk]

The only true straight cut varieties are L233P and L140P


Everything else is marketing bullshit.


We straight cut every acre and all the other varieties shatter from mechanical damage or wind if they are ripe.

I purposely left 2 acres of L233 out in that retarded wind. Not a pod dropped or shattered. It actually stood up better than the wheat we had left.

Your saying then that 45M35 from pioneer isn’t a straight cut variety?

[Hamloc]

Well we had pioneer strait and a club root variety plus 233 and 252.

Taking just two next year 233 and 252 and dropping all pioneer.

No roundup varieties.

Swath all and will do again at 98% for strait cut varieties.

One note that insane wind did take swaths that just did where geese are. But standing they wouldn't make it way to green.

Acres 1/3 strait 2/3 swath probably will be our canola variety break down

In my case, in our area we should grow club root varieties. So I grew all L241C. Straight cut half and swathed half. Sprayed the standing canola with heat and glyphosate about 4 days after I finished swathing canola. I did combine all the standing canola first, followed right after on the swathed. Standing out yielded swathed by 6 bushels per acre average. The was some wind damage on the swathed but probably less than 5%. No greens in any of it. My son drives the 9070, I drive an old TR 98 with a 30 foot honeybee. In standing I travelled a consistent 2.6-2.8 mph. Fed very nice, never plugged the feeder house or the rotors. My swather is a challenger 185(same as Massey 9635) with a 25 foot head and we pull a roller. I could almost average 3 mph in the swathed. First night plugged rotors once. Next day plugged the rotors twice, took out a rotor belt and had issues with canola kicking open stone trap, a problem that never occurred straight cutting. So I am curious why you wouldn't straight cut some canola Sask3? Except that it could get snowed down straight cutting certainly payed this year.

[Klause]

Your saying then that 45M35 from pioneer isn’t a straight cut variety?

Had it and L140 and the pioneer clearfield out in the snow last year. Clearfield half gone. M35 over a third gone. L140 still there this spring when we combined it.


117 km/hr wind last week left 2 acres of L233p out to see and had a half of M35... L233 was all there M35 gone with the wind.


It is "better" than H33 or L252 for sure but it's not the same plant or the same pod integrity as the Invigour "P" varieties...

[Oliver88]

75-65 is a good pod shatter variety. There's was virtually no shelling. 2100 was about the same. Straight cut the 252 because of lack of material. Was afraid if I swathed it, it would end up in SF3 yard and add to his already impressive yields. 😂😂

How did the 75-65 compare in yield?

Was thinking this and 74-44 would be two good DeKalb varieties.

[bigzee]

How did the 75-65 compare in yield?

Was thinking this and 74-44 would be two good DeKalb varieties.

Personally I think 75-65 is a powerful variety. With limited moisture it surprised me, did way better than the 74-44. Infact the 75-65 did a bit better than the 252.
74-44 is a dinosaur, been around forever. It seems like it does well in northern growing areas.
If you still want to swath I would grow 252. But consider 75-65 as a straight cut if you want a RR.

[furrowtickler]

The 75-65 we had in was less than stellar ....

Granted it was seeded later and did have some frost damage , but does it always look like skittles ?
Got close to dry on Monday so we took it off but the green stayed anywhere from 15-20% .
Maybe under normal conditions it performs better .
It seems like it can't handle fall frost very well .
Maybe it was just our bad luck ......

[bigzee]

I would like to know how 75-65 performed where there was lots of moisture? Also how it harvested?

[furrowtickler]

BTW the sample looked exactly the same from the swath or from standing . So it was not a case of swathing too early .
There was anouther field NW of here seeded same day that apparently was good . Probably never froze like we did in early September, but not sure.

[WiltonRanch]

The 75-65 we had in was less than stellar ....

Granted it was seeded later and did have some frost damage , but does it always look like skittles ?
Got close to dry on Monday so we took it off but the green stayed anywhere from 15-20% .
Maybe under normal conditions it performs better .
It seems like it can't handle fall frost very well .
Maybe it was just our bad luck ......

Had 7545 that looked like that too and seeded a bit earlier and swathed when colour was changing. 7444 black as night. Neighbour had 7565 besides me and it was great but later. Surprisingly the best yield was the worst looking crusted flea beetle eaten 1022 nexerra. Had good season here albeit late. Enough crop out still but most are done or close.