OK 45 days till in field what are we seeding!

[boarderbloke]

we get on avg. 23-2400 CHU and close to the 24-2500 area, but I've also heard that daylight is at least as big of factor as CHU's on yield and maturity. Frost can happen any year here up till the 25th of May, but they probably take a few days to get out of the ground much like peas, so could probably plant anytime after May 20th. The little bit tried around here seems to be making close to 40 bus/ac, but the harvest is always really late, Oct. Do you/can you market them south of the boarder or through a buyer in MB? I was told to use Basagran, to knock out RR Canola. I've never used the product before so don't know how it handles.

[boarderbloke]

CHU map...

http://www.agriculture.gov.sk.ca/Default.aspx?DN=1a153d61-2131-4546-9213-c4d63d534d2d

[rockpile]

I'm curious, has anyone ever tried lupins for feed?
Apparently a big hit in some parts of the US. When I
looked into it many years ago, I was advised to stay
away because of disease and insect concerns.
Rockpile

[charliep]

Alberta Agriculture has done work on lupins. Talk to Mark Olson.
Work has been in the black soil areas. Still a ways to
commercialization. Low tannin fababeans have also been looked at.

Other issues are markets. Benefits in things like fish food but at the
end of day, buyers are unwilling to pay the nutrient value of lupins.
Protein feed ingredients are cheap/plentiful so hard to develop new
crops with elements of risk/uncertainty.

[mbratrud]

I dont get the draw to Soybeans? No Agronomic advantage other than fixing some N, High Cash inputs, Pain to Market. I mean I wouldnt want to stop anyone from Growing them if it means less acreage in something else but, boy I'm not sold.

[seedman]

Well, for us (this will be our 5th year gowing soybeans) it has allowed us to get rid of $150,000.00 of haying equipment. We used to grow alfalfa for many reasons- rotation benefits, nitrogen fixing, spreading out the workload at seeding and harvest, and cash flow. Now all those have been replaced with soybeans, which are Round up Ready, which even gives me more flexibility. Soybeans aren't for everyone, but after years of trying to put up black hay, only to attempt to sell it at severlely discounted rates, they are solidly in our rotation.

[furrowtickler]

Seedman, what type of rotation pattern do you do with soyabeans? What varieties?

[may-be]

Rbrunel, Volenteer canola is one of my worst weeds right now. a couple years off hail gave me a good seed bank of it. The soybean is resistant not just tolerant to roundup and could be sprayed pretty much anytime. Never had any dockage from canola or any other weed in my crop. This is a crop I would grow on my dirtyest land or land that has been neglected.

[wd9]

So nice of you smart 'businessmen' to give all your competitive advantage information for free.

[may-be]

Somehow I felt I would get a negative reply. That is why I don't spend time with people that try and push me down but with people that we try and push each other up. Helps me be more sucessful.