Canola Yields!

[Marusko]

results are in, 40bpa. Bring on the dislikes.

Surprised, looked like 30bpa max. We had 5" of rain from May1 to Aug15 (start of swathing) which is a little over half of normal. So drought didn't hit hard here like in other places.

[agstar77]

results are in, 40bpa. Bring on the dislikes.

Surprised, looked like 30bpa max. We had 5" of rain from May1 to Aug15 (start of swathing) which is a little over half of normal. So drought didn't hit hard here like in other places.

The round is on you!

[fjlip]

We have a MAX number, any other bids? 33 whole farm average here...25-35 quite typical in area.

[bucket]

results are in, 40bpa. Bring on the dislikes.

Surprised, looked like 30bpa max. We had 5" of rain from May1 to Aug15 (start of swathing) which is a little over half of normal. So drought didn't hit hard here like in other places.

Good for you it's nice to hear good news stories.

[Marusko]

The round is on you!

I'm in haha. It's amazing how much the plants can produce when they look like they're really struggling. Seems we had 1/3rd of the plant mass compared to the 50-60bu crops in years past.

Other surprise was 35bu/ac out of a thin stand of 18-24" high faba beans. That's short a bushel or two of header loss, plants were so short the pods would burst open on the d****r and bounce seeds back out ahead of the knife.

I have to give credit to carryover subsoil moisture from the excess of last year. Doubt we'd have the same yields next year with an identical weather pattern.

[WiltonRanch]

Well, canola close to home averaged 28. Further away it got hailed on late July. It made 10. So close to home was 70% of average and farther away was 25%. Did I mention further away was a fancy new variety that can’t take stress compared to the older variety I grow? I’ve seen it worse but never had this much invested like today. Lucky we have decent prices for the time being. I wonder how black fallow fared if that still exists.

[ColevilleH2S]

...Did I mention further away was a fancy new variety that can’t take stress compared to the older variety I grow?...

Names or it didn't happen

[WiltonRanch]

Names or it didn't happen

TF98 vs 7565

[workboots]

One observation worth note was the yields of canola we had on some ground adjacent to the neighbours canola. Same variety (233), seeding date was within 2 days, similar fertility package, previous crop history 2020 HRSW. A whopping 12 bu difference was registered and the only discernible difference was the fact that the lower yielding field had been baled and fall harrows the year prior and rolled after seeded in the spring.

Who would have thought the straw could conserve soil moisture and keep soil temperature in check to this extent. Also worth mention is the the 90lb of actual potassium rolled up and swept away.

Let’s break this real cost of last years bales down.
12bu @$20
90 Lb of K @ $780/t potash + other nutrients & organic matter.

[poorboy]

Here my canola that is seeded 2 days later is also yielding 12 bus better than my canola seeded 2 days earlier. Everything is exactly the same, just that the early July rain came too late for the earlier seeded.

Lots of variables this year. I also have fields showing frontline carryover from last year that is really kicking this years canola in the rear.