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    #1

    Lentils

    Holy crap, when canola dropped a buck a bushel that wasn't the signal to put half the country into lentils. That market is iffy too. There are land rollers running around every which direction. Hope some of these acres are chicks or something.
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    #2
    Lower inputs. Much less fert and seed costs.
    Canola production costs are out of touch with the current market reality.
    If no one else is willing to give a bit, some farmers are willing to give it up.

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      #3
      The BTO to the NE of you and not Monette has only seeded one quarter of lentils. He has tons of acres of chicks in. My brother knows him quite well and that’s what he was told. I was shocked to hear that. Be nice if every BTO did that lol.
      How do chicks do on heavy gumbo?

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        #4
        Chick pea costs could be crazy too, depends how many times they need to be sprayed.
        What are seed costs? $60-75/ ac? I honestly don't know

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          #5
          Originally posted by bigzee View Post
          The BTO to the NE of you and not Monette has only seeded one quarter of lentils. He has tons of acres of chicks in. My brother knows him quite well and that’s what he was told. I was shocked to hear that. Be nice if every BTO did that lol.
          How do chicks do on heavy gumbo?
          I tried some about 10 yrs ago and they were ok. Not sure about this strategy. Lots of us learned some hard lessons with pulses and wet ground. Lentils put a BTO out of business back about a decade ago when he had thousands of acres pounded into the gumbo in some big rains and rotted there. The tight soils really hold on to these root diseases too and humid mornings don't help. Pulses pretty much have to be on a min 4 yr rotation here, maybe longer.

          I am wondering if guys are think they will just pop the whole place into pulses for a yr until canola is back to $11.

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            #6
            Lots of lentils mostly due to high nitrogen prices and getting ****d buying canola seed.

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              #7
              Maybe they can put a rush on that pulse protien plant, or is it never going to see the light of day just like AGTs big pasta plant.

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                #8
                Originally posted by jimmy View Post
                Lots of lentils mostly due to high nitrogen prices and getting ****d buying canola seed.
                Yes $60+ per acre for seed is ridiculous.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Oliver88 View Post
                  Yes $60+ per acre for seed is ridiculous.
                  $75 (high acid) (nutrien) with lumi is even worse

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by caseih View Post
                    $75 (high acid) (nutrien) with lumi is even worse
                    Just a bit over an extra bushel an acre to pay for the luxury.

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