April 1st "National Cancel your 2019 Canola Seed Day".

[Sheepwheat]

I haven’t ordered canola seed for four years. What took you so long to come to the “we are being screwed” conclusion? And I had been breaking the 50 bushel an acre barrier long before it was sexy, but with 14 dollar an acre seed costs and 25 cent nitrogen. There are other things to grow to net more than canola, or at the very least that have far less risk than the crop that needs everything then at it to yield. Up to you to figure out for your area which crops those are.

This reliance on one crop has behooved me no end. When you hit a home run, it does fine, sure. But wait until you put 60 bushel inputs and get 6 bushel yields. That hurts. And opens ones eyeballs and arches ones eyebrows a bit.

[bucket]

My farm size indictates I'm not a farmer. And how can any self respecting hobby farmer(not you hobbyfrmr) only seed 13% of his farm to canola?

I lost "farmer" status a long time ago...#gettingleftbehind.

I don't even sed canola and when I did it was maybe 5 percent of the acres ...

Are you saying I am not a farmer either????????sheesh....I have been fooling myself for quite a while..

[farmaholic]

You are a socialist, communist, NDP and NFU supporter by saying such things.....how do you call yourself a farmer?????

disclaimer: humour and sarcasm.

My farm size indictates I'm not a farmer. And how can any self respecting hobby farmer(not you hobbyfrmr) only seed 13% of his farm to canola?

I lost "farmer" status a long time ago...#gettingleftbehind.

[bucket]

You know What. Maybe the Canola "Industry" needs to show a little solidarity here and encourage the Government tothe arrive at a solution with China. Scrapping amoungst ourselves while China sits on the sidelines watching and laughing won't solve our market access problem.

I don't disagree that a little empathy from SeedCos that have been "on the take" for two decades would be nice to see. What form does that empathy come in? ....empty meaningless platitudes?

You are a socialist, communist, NDP and NFU supporter by saying such things.....how do you call yourself a farmer?????

disclaimer: humour and sarcasm.

[farmaholic]

You know What. Maybe the Canola "Industry" needs to show a little solidarity here and encourage the Government tothe arrive at a solution with China. Scrapping amoungst ourselves while China sits on the sidelines watching and laughing won't solve our market access problem.

I don't disagree that a little empathy from SeedCos that have been "on the take" for two decades would be nice to see. What form does that empathy come in? ....empty meaningless platitudes?

[jamesb]

It will never happen, everyone is addicted and dependant on canola.

Canola is 13% of our acres this year....13%! Sure wouldn't be a huge leap for me to go to zero! How can this farm make any money with so few canola acres? ....its net profit and rotation that matters...not gross profit and having the most costly limited supply of the newest variety....I am so over that game.

It won't happen. Snow canola snow, canola wheat canola....has been a successful rotation for some people.

And then there's Input Capital streaming contracts that have to be honored.

I agree, no canola acres wont drop much. Farmers have their rotation and change happens slowly.
As far as the real expensive canola seed, there are cheaper varieties out there. Many places sell a "house" brand for way less than the L233p and the like. I have heard the seed grower in Manitoba who has been selling the off patent RR 1 soybeans now has off patent canola similar to a LL 5450. I'm told yields few bushels to grow this versus the newest variety. Anyone hear anything else?

[SASKFARMER3]

Yes, everyone makes a dollar off of us and we get the pennies. Now Trudeau F#$Ked up our market and not a peep.

Helps every one and we get screwed by his incompetence.

Put pressure on the seed companies and guess what the call will be made.

Zero seed sales and yes the call will be made.

[farmaholic]

It will never happen, everyone is addicted and dependant on canola.

Canola is 13% of our acres this year....13%! Sure wouldn't be a huge leap for me to go to zero! How can this farm make any money with so few canola acres? ....its net profit and rotation that matters...not gross profit and having the most costly limited supply of the newest variety....I am so over that game.

It won't happen. Snow canola snow, canola wheat canola....has been a successful rotation for some people.

And then there's Input Capital streaming contracts that have to be honored.

[SASKFARMER3]

Grass when they come after your livestock will you just lay down or will you take some kind of action.

[binthere]

https://youtu.be/zrv78nG9R04