Since we are on a roll here

**Kodiak** · Feb 2, 2012, 22:42

I don't think its our premier who thinks its wheat. Doubt he selects the pictures or edits the headlines.

Obviously Karin Yeske isn't experienced at recognizing wild oats, no matter who is responsible for sowing them! Or..... maybe this is one of Parsley's organic fields

???

However, if this IS true, and it is a field of Saskatchewan wheat, all Saskatchewan wheat growers have some splainin to do! And we better make use of Brad's $10Million "gift"!

**riders2010** · Feb 2, 2012, 23:55

Well, the man has point, with wheat that looks like that we definately need some more research. Here I thought all along it was the wheat board's fault no wheat was grown. Thanks mr. premier for clearing that up. Wonder if that's a crop insurance employee field? Usually that is where they get those pictures from. the reason I ask is because some of the last few they hired had that kinda wheat growing for years so they got promoted to inspectors maybe just rumors. I think someone is due for a promotion for this kinda superb work.

**Mufferaw** · Feb 3, 2012, 08:25

The Sask Party must also be responsible for misspelling Saskathchewan as well.

**malta** · Feb 3, 2012, 08:38

You Sask boys are behind times. That is definitely an organic wheat field. If you look over to the side in the corner you will see the wheat.

**bucket** · Feb 3, 2012, 08:43

Not to be a downer, but is no one keeping track of how much money has went to research thanks to the railways overcharging farmers.

The only lucrative market in wheat, is for the researchers.

**riders2010** · Feb 3, 2012, 09:04

Crop research is kinda like cancer research, unending dollars, if they found a cure for cancer there would be no more need for those people studying it, those selling drugs to treat it which are the ones testing for it, aha.

In the case of wheat so let's say we get 200 bushel acre wheat. What will the price be? Likely all we get out of it is having to buy 3 times the bins, 3 times the trucking, and a big bill for the seed which if the crop goes to shit your stuck with. Am I wrong or right?

**dave4441** · Feb 3, 2012, 09:36

Corn in the USA over 200 bu/ac. Wheat yields in Europe? Black Sea yields? I am thinking this is a competition. Look at what has happened with Canola research. Yields have doubled and price is $12/bu. I think research is the only thing that drove that one.

**riders2010** · Feb 3, 2012, 09:44

And what is 12 bucks in terms of 1980 real dollars, how many times have cost gone up in real dollars. Those 200 bushels are on how many acres under what kinda of input system? What are the cost of the seeds? How many bushels are needed now to break even? What happens when you get 10 bushels? Our rail system cannt handle this grain now. Usually these research systems are gmo, the world doesn't want gmo.

If the research went to these yields and a price that compensates for extra bins, trucking etc. and your time then fine but will it?

All this usually results in the mega corps controlling more of what we do while making more money, cheaper price for consumers, and more risk and cost for us.

**riders2010** · Feb 3, 2012, 09:49

Forgot to mention, you said yield doubled.

Canola went from 8 to 12
Seed cost 10 times what it was
Double the trucking
Double the bin space
More labor larger equipment
volunteers for years
cannot use your own seed
more fungicide
more fertilizer. the yields aren'tjust about the seeds themselves.

Since we are on a roll here