Viterra sees above-average Prairie crops

[wd9]

Maybe you're a careless farmer SF3. Too
much land, not able to farm it all
properly.

Or maybe you're the epitome of the
whining farmer stereotype.

Plots are representative of different
varieties all treated exactly the same
way. In my experience, as i am sure with
others, are quite representative of area
yields. Of the good farmers anyways.

[Partners]

We combined 90 acres of 7345 canola..Average is 22...Complained to the Dekalb rep. and she said "Oh but we have a NEW variety coming out next yr" so buy the New stuff and take a chance...

[DogPatch]

The BUYERS will drive up the supply estimates, to move the prices downward. Then BUY low, and store until someone calls SHORTAGES, then sell to the highest bidder. Most of the buyers from the farmers have their own flour mills, pasta mills, and crushing facilities so they will soak the Consumers and blame it on the farmers.

[wd9]

Partners, why did it yield 22?

[Hopperbin]

WD them little plots that they straight combine on the best part of the field are not quite what happens typically on the whole field and especially when a person does swathing. Or has to use a 40 foot swather. Etc. You know what I mean?

[Hopperbin]

WD them plots are typically havested on the same day some varieties have a longer or shorter growing season. The taller one may have been trashed from the wind while the l150 may have been sc****d off the ground by a 3 foot header. Not typical of a farmers field.

[Hopperbin]

I played the game of moisture conservation this year and it cost me. In my years of farming that is what I thought I should do.

[Hopperbin]

And I agreee about sask 3 comment and Charlies article that viterra wants to get their share bid to pass. 1.8 percent profit on a 6.1 billion investment is not something I would just jump into, gotta be something more to it.

[wd9]

Not talking small plot. They're field
scale at least 500 to 1000 feet and are
cut by the farmers own 40 foot or
whatever foot swather he does the rest
of the field with.

Pioneer doesn't do competitors, or at
best one, Bayer keeps the ones they win
at, Dekalb is probably the fairest by
posting them all on their site
regardless who wins. Council just uses
the companies data but you can't compare
because there is no common check, its a
shit show. Don't think it changed for
this year either.

Best is to follow a local plot and watch
them all year. Get the data and make a
local decision.

No plots aren't perfect, nothing is, but
Hopper, care to suggest how to be more
fair/accurate?

[SASKFARMER3]

Yea find out what the 1000 2000 3000 4000
5000 acre canola farmer harvested and
divide by the acres.