Soy yields in Canada. Soy is going to replace peas and some Canola!

[Klause]

Thunder and Northstar sorta share genetics.


I love Warrens. Now that's a nice 3.5ft tall bean that grows like a fababean and produces!

Too bad it's almost impossible to get seed for them now.

[furrowtickler]

Good soy here the last two years has been 25 ish. Varieties are getting very close in maturity now for this area, I would say two years out for a bigger play on acres here.
If peas have another rough year here, there will be a faster switch to beans.

[mbdog]

beans definitely taking over the landscape here. Every year seeing more. Year three for me...first 2 honest 40 avg. this year maybe 30, but hearing 20-40 from others. Been watching over last 5-6 years...crop almost bulletproof in an area with 5-6 years of weather extremes.
Way easier/simpler than canola. The acre shift doesn't lie.
Grew thunder variety and pekko's. Both good...yields/harvestability comparable...farmers not really talking up/down one variety over others.

[mbdog]

to put in some context....area 70% seeded so things went in rough/late. canola going anywhere 15-50 bush, wht 25-50. Beans fared pretty well considering the circumstances this year.

[charliep]

Just curious if there is any talk of building soybean processing capacity. Lots of hogs in the province. Ability to save freight shipping soybeans to export to US/elsewhere and replace imported soybean meal.

Alberta is looking at soybeans but lots of other crops in the mix in the areas that can grow them. At the end of the day, profitability, agronomic potential and weather risk will determine whether they have a fit.

[charliep]

I will add uncompetitiveness as well. US and South America both have potential to increase acres.

Demand will also be a factor. At I think 60 to 70 % of world soybean trade, China is the ultimate driver of the soybean market. Their decisions are drivers of where soybean prices go. Closer to home, animal numbers and competitive protein sources including distillers grains and canola meal are other factors.

Perhaps just highlighting all is not perfect for the soybean. Pulses/peas have more of a human food demand base and actually a good outlook for growth in consumption/disappearance.

[MBgrower]

Yields in central mb 30-35 bpa if missed late july early aug rain. 40-55 bpa if u got july aug rain. Id suggest look for earliest maturity in ne and sc Sk. W. Sk may be too dry for beans in a typical year. Way way easier to grow than canola. Plant them, spray roundup twice, and forget about them until harvest at end of sept. I think canola will end up as a fring crop in the eastern prairies in 10 years, certainly in s. Mb.

[fjlip]

Where you can grow beans please, TOO COLD here, stuck with canola. But if less canola grown, perhaps price will be better.

[highwayman]

Last year soy yields in an almost perfect growing season here in south west/central sask were 25bpa while canola was 55-60 for many producers, cool July,no August rains but. 6 inches in September. This year soy 15 - 22 with warm dry July then 10 inches of rain since first week of August while Inv L252 ran 53 bpa. Soy in this area are mainly thunder seed varieties. Don't grow soy myself but these are the yields reported by a few neighbours. Seems like soybeans are a few variety/years away from becoming common place inn this region. Lentils are still king for returns in these parts as long as they are properly looked after in regards to diseases. Have seen some significant differences with newer fungicides on our pulses. Durum saw similar results with fungicide application at 25% headed.

[sumdumguy]

Lentil prices are pretty good this year with Estons at 32 cents/lb. All good. Next year we will order fewer inches of rain.