Word on the street this morning ..

[MBgrower]

Why is it every seedco's local trials claims their variety was the top yielder? Published Crop insurance data is what i go by.

[furrowtickler]

Easy there guys - I know full well single swaths don't relate to field averages . Just passing on an interesting weigh I heard today - don't shoot the messenger . If he does or did average 90 ish - that's the real impressive thing I get from it. But it interesting to watch the reactions here , some curious some furious.

[STR1]

With rumours of yields like that canola should be $6.00/bus in no time!!!

[HappyFarmer]

I'd believe it. I had a 1/4 of h33 but it froze out in the spring. Sounds like it's done well this year.

PHI canola won hands down on this farm again this year. Awesome stuff, except for the Clearfield 45h76. They can get rid of that one as far as I'm concerned.

I don't know why you guys are furious at furrow. He's saying the trial is higher than the field. Make sense right?

I would doubt a 1 year fertility plan would get that yield though.

[Partners]

The neighbor did a Dekalb test plot..His yield was just over 60 b/a..

Yet when he was combining across the road from us, we timed his hopper and it was running approx. 40 b/a..same as ours...

[seabass]

Little pissy eh Sk3! Somebody out yielded your little patch if heaven. Good for the guy I say. Hope to get there someday.

[furrowtickler]

Most field scale plots are within 10% of the field there in around here . Been doing this for 15 years here. But local land here is not all that variable . Areas with highly variable land it can be up to 20%

[SASKFARMER3]

No I'm not pissy at the guy who grew it at raymore. Hell he is a hour away so I would say similar weather to ours. . What I am pissed at is these bull shit weigh wagon yield trials.

[stonepicker]

90 avg. is very impressive! Is that irrigated land furrow?

[farmaholic]

But but but, it has to be official, its been weighed and documented by third party independent auditors!

My question would be how it was treated during the growing season. Enough rain (but not too much) lots of groceries(tissue tests and foliar apps?), fungicides, decent temps at flowering? Sounds like some stars need to line up as well as a big effort by the grower)

I really don't think it would pay to aim that high "here". Can't imagine the volume of crop material.