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**mustardman** · Jun 12, 2015, 22:30

None close to me But I am guessing they look like the canola which is dismal.(although we got our first spring rain tonite7/10 )

I think mustard prices should stay strong ,I'm not selling my 2014 brown overage till we see what shakes out.

**farmaholic** · Jun 12, 2015, 22:40

Yellow bids are fairly strong right now and have been creeping up. Some reports stating 40 cents for #1. I'd like to color sort my yellow, cleaver problem. Alot will come out with the right sized round hole screen but still too many in close to the same size as the mustard.

**mustardman** · Jun 12, 2015, 22:42

A bit of traditional swung over to the DARK Side (canola) and guys soon found out that the costs that come with canola mean the net result is Less profit than lower yielding mustard.
But once acres have had canola on them it takes a few years to be able to go back in with a mustard

**mustardman** · Jun 12, 2015, 22:48

One year yellow hit $.70 a pound, (2000 or 2001). I was lucky I had some kicking around.
This could be a year like that

**farmaholic** · Jun 12, 2015, 22:50

I used to have a couple of quarters dedicated to yellow mustard in rotation. It can be a good speculative crop to sit on if you can afford to. But since, cleavers are getting to be a problem here, we never used to have them. I think Authority might have or is working on minor use registration for cleavers in mustard. Don't know for sure if its control or only suppression.

**mustardman** · Jun 12, 2015, 22:52

What about spiral cleaner.

**farmaholic** · Jun 12, 2015, 22:55

Hmmmm, 70 cents a lb., $35/bu sounds appetizing. :-)

**farmaholic** · Jun 12, 2015, 23:01

I think the cleavers are too round to separate out with a spiral cleaner, but don't know. Good for buckwheat. Anyone know?

Many different uses for mustard. If its milled into flour or processed does a bit of cleavers matter? If it isnt whole seed market.... The tolerances are almost unattainable for inseparables, much like fusarium in the top grades of wheat....

**mustardman** · Jun 12, 2015, 23:11

one year had a lot of wild mustard in yellow ,sold it to Viterra on condition it could be brought up To a 1. Number 1 was worth quite a bit more than lower grades

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