How Much Excellent quality Durum will this year Produce?

[bucket]

New crop might have a deal attached to it to get the old crop as well.

[Jagfarms]

I think #2 might be as good as it gets this year. The Durum that was seeded in April is not as nice of sample of the Durum that was seeded later in May. So there is some hope that the later seeded Durum might be a better sample.
With the frost we had the other day it will most likely have some bran frost in the Durum now.

In the samples I seen there is Fusarium, pink smudge, red smudge, pie bald, bleached.

I am happy I sold my Durum from 2009 into this new crop year. I have to wait a extra year for the money but I think it should pay off.

[SASKFARMER3]

Jag we had two seeded in april and 3 in may the may stuff looks better and will yield better but sprouting in standing could be a problem if the shit keeps falling from sky.

[wmoebis]

Not trying to be smart here. Just pass on info.

I think this year it will be important that we make sure buyers are evaluating our samples accurately. Get over thier sholder and see what they are picking.

Make sure that the kernals they are assessing as fusarium have the fiborous growth in the crease otherwise they are not assessed as fus. Just because they are discoloured it doesn't meen they are fus damaged especially this year with more bleaching. They could be a immature bleached kernal is all.
There is no such thing as pink smudge. Smudge is a discolouration as a result of fungus and will be brown, black or red. Pink kernals are sign of immaturity and should not be confused with fus.
Piebald (yellowberry) and non vitrious kernals are assessed different in durum than wheat. Make sure that the non vitreous kernals aren't just bleached kernals.
There is not a degrading factor for bleached in wheat and durum. It is assessed under degree of soundness as weather damaged in conjuction with the over all appearance.

Know what you have for sale and that they are assessing it accurately.

[newguy]

Last year all durum was 2 according to buyers and grain comission. All producer cars that I shipped that were cleaned before was #1.

[wmoebis]

That's how the grain companies make money.