Fungicide in Canola

[Grahamp]

I think fungiciding canola is much closer to an insurance product than a crop product. Bayer probably has actuaries figuring out their pricing. I don't think you will come out ahead if you fungicided every year similar to buying insurance. However 1 year in 10 you probably get a 7 to 1 return. The rest of the time you end up with trampled crop and heartburn.

[Rareearth]

Tramping crop
50 bu x $10 =$500 acre

$500x.0275% wheels = $13.75 acre crop loss


I would like to see a daily humidity graph comparing 2012 June and July compared to June/July 2016.

I would if I could, anyone have the tools?

[bucket]

The canola council use to say if it wasn't a minimum 35 bpa crop .....it might not be worth it. Mostly because the crop could get air.

[Guest]

we sure don't lose 15" of our canola ? we use a lighter sprayer with dividers on the front , can't even see tracks 3-4 days after . half the time the tire is travelling between the rows and just pushes it aside . we lose more in grain but with the fus we have here it wouldn't be saleable if we didn't fungicide it

[farmaholic]

....just some?

[Braveheart]

We fungicide most of our canola. We cheap out and use Rovral. It has been working. There is so much canola grown here and conditions are certainly ripe for disease so we feel it's warranted. Canola price is close to $11/ bus and yields looking 50-60 bpa it's an easy decision.