Wheat

[biglentil]

Seems the glutten free movement has completely take the wind out of its sails. The durum price with its fusarium issues is not very attractive either. I've never grown barley. Is shooting for malt a good alternative? Canary maybe worth trying on a few quarters. I know it can hit but also miss horribly. Is there any money left in the rotational crops?

[furrowtickler]

But Tom says go for gluten strength wheat !! CDC GO is the bomb ...

[furrowtickler]

Also don't forget the "wheat belly" ... For those of you who dismissed this guy he alone has had a profound effect in North America . I am still blown away why the wheat growers associations in Canada and the U.S. never sued his ass over his propaganda . Unless there is a certain truth to it ??

[farmaholic]

I would never deny there is intolerance to certain foods but I think this is another fad for hypochondriacs to latch onto. Dr.Oz said its a problem so it has to be and the Wheat Belly author has spend countless hours educating the public. (Neither motivated my the almighty dollar......all in the name of charity and humanitarianism).

[Partners]

You have to "Live it" to realize the effects it has on people who can not have gluten..It is like eating poison for them..It is NOT B.S.

[furrowtickler]

Not saying it's bs , I know close people with it as well - just pointing out a fact . But the perception out there is killing our North American wheat market while the rest of the world chugs along is all

[farmaholic]

Partners......as I said, "I would never deny...."

[Guest]

some people are intolerant to shellfish , but didn't kill a whole industry ? like wheat. and are check off dollars, are they doing anything against this movement ?

[Guest]

furrow , right on , we are losing good varieties like unity to pay 3 times as much for high gluten varieties , that nobody f#$@ing wants ???? tom says they're only declassified , so its all good , one more feed wheat , i guess ?

[Guest]

to answer your question , big lentil. the problem we have with malt is the fact you can't desiccate it . we have lost more malt in the last week of its life than i like to recall . then if everyone gets a good fall it isn't worth much more than feed , really frustrating crop .canary can yield very poorly for no apparent reason some years , but we have had reasonable luck with it most years. sure is the shits to combine a swath that won't fit in a 12 ft pickup yielding 13 bpa , tho. seems no one wants oats anymore either . we have beautiful oats , no one wants to pay much for them