EBONY conventional canola

[Integrity_Farmer]

Hi
Ebony was a great conventional variety. It did not lodge and had nice big black seed.
It may not have blackleg resistance that is required today.
It may also be illegal to grow as these older varieties I believe are no longer registered.
I do remember that you could seed an acre of Ebony canola for about $14.00 an acre before Bayer and Monsanto took charge.

[freewheat]

And that is what I am saying in the other thread: Seed growers push to have older varieties de-registered, and so no one will buy the end product.

[tweety]

They are a model new age farm operation that we should all aspire too. I bow humbly before The ceo coo cfo's ability to extract money personally from a well thought out financial plan, its not unique, this is what they learn in school. Absolute unaccountability.

"Farming" was just an easy route to get there. Any business will do. Farming was probably easier as they have machinery and inputs tripping over themselves getting the big score.

If they made money, great, keep cashing salary and bonus cheques. If they don't, great, no personal loss, keep cashing salary and bonus cheques till the next sucker business comes along.

[farmaholic]

Wow tweety that's hard to swallow. I'd have other solutions for them.

I guess that's why I never amounted to much.

Cheers

[blackpowder]

Tweety is right. Happens all the time.
In this case I recall all the farmer clients the Pikes had and how they swallowed it hook line and sinker. Always room for a new Jonestown.

[Oliver88]

This is a very disgraceful when these executives and "important" employees get paid bonuses prior to paying all those owed $.

We need tougher bankruptcy laws in Canada.

[blackpowder]

Love to, but in this area yould be giving up a lot of yield for many reasons.
We have to grow club root resistant here anyway. Had a lot of green count the year we grew it. Good luck.

[Richard5]

You all would be very surprised at friends or relatives who have claimed bankruptcy and/or debt mediation in their lives.

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[TOM4CWB]

I see there is 'Eagle' conventional canola... with a good blackleg package which is OP and low cost. There are options! Like Polish synthetic varieties that are much better than older polish in yield (117 percent in many areas)!

[TOM4CWB]

BP,

We grew 135c last year. Couldn't have been better! Fast(95 days to swathing), no green, great to swath...


InVigor L135C Hybrid Canola (Brassica Napus)

Yield: 138% of checks (46A65 and Q2) in 2010 WCC/RRC co-op trials
Maturity: Three days earlier than the average of the checks
Growing Zones: All growing zones in Alberta with confirmed clubroot presence
Height: Short to medium height
Blackleg Rating: R (resistant)
Oil Content: Equal to the checks
Recommended Seeding Rate: 5 lb./ac.