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Seeding canola consensus?

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  • samhill
    Senior Member
    • Jun 2009
    • 896

    Seeding canola consensus?

    I can't remember what everyone's results were from last spring on seeding canola.
    What is best row spacing, 7 inch, 10 inch, 15 inch or 20-22 inch. Like to save as much
    as possible on seed cost.
    Thanks on replies
  • samhill
    Senior Member
    • Jun 2009
    • 896

    #2
    Seed

    BTW, I know 50 inches between rows would save
    on seed.

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    • SASKFARMER3
      Senior Member
      • Feb 2006
      • 14485

      #3
      we use foot and 10 in spacing and no difference. New way to bill for seed in bags and seed weight won't start till 2020 so a bag does to acres and weighs same.

      Later smaller bags and larger bags still 10 acres.

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      • farming101
        Senior Member
        • Mar 2011
        • 3954

        #4
        Originally posted by SASKFARMER3 View Post
        we use foot and 10 in spacing and no difference. New way to bill for seed in bags and seed weight won't start till 2020 so a bag does to acres and weighs same.

        Later smaller bags and larger bags still 10 acres.
        If you're saying that some day canola seed will be sold based on 1000 seed weight that's crazy.

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        • farmaholic
          Senior Member
          • Sep 2010
          • 17471

          #5
          Find a guy in the neighborhood who grows some open pollinated and buy 500 bushels from him, clean it and seed it, have some insecticide on hand for flea beetles.....

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          • farmaholic
            Senior Member
            • Sep 2010
            • 17471

            #6
            Originally posted by farming101 View Post
            If you're saying that some day canola seed will be sold based on 1000 seed weight that's crazy.
            Yup, I was told that too by a Bayer Rep.

            At what TKW will it matter, can everyone seed that accrurately, 4.5 versus 4.8 lbs/ac.....

            4.2 TKW versus 6.2 TKW IS QUITE A DIFFRENCE IN SEED SIZE.

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            • farming101
              Senior Member
              • Mar 2011
              • 3954

              #7
              Has anyone ever checked seed size against what it says on the bag? I've seen discrepancies

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              • SASKFARMER3
                Senior Member
                • Feb 2006
                • 14485

                #8
                Farming the year will be spring of 2020 get ready its coming. But because of the shit show with Bayer and Monsanto it is delayed till then it would of happened next year.

                Ah again who wins in the world of farming every one else but us.

                On our two drills we see no difference in Yield come fall yield maps show that.

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                • bigzee
                  Senior Member
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 1113

                  #9
                  I don’t think there’s much difference in yield in any spacing, key thing is germination. With high seed cost, don’t have the attitude it’s set good enough. If not using an independent make sure every section is leveled properly.

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                  • FarmJunkie
                    Senior Member
                    • Feb 2018
                    • 916

                    #10
                    They just wanna force us to buy specialty drills to seed at lower rates. Costs us the same. In there minds keeps the parasites living off us. Piss off.

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