What rocked or flopped in ‘23?

[ajl]

The best move in 2023 on this farm was not buying another bin. This forced me to deliver canola directly off combine. The price realized is already $2/bu better than the bushels that did get into the bin. The next best thing was $7/bu barley sale made early July some of which was also delivered off combine as barley bin was also full. Is Esma barley better than Austenson? My Austenson did well this year.

[Hamloc]

How much do you have to pay to seed your own seed next year for the VUA on esma? Neighbour friend grew some and was very happy with it as well. Just wondering how much flesh they take for you to keep your own seed?

I believe the VUA is $2 an acre.

[Hamloc]

The best move in 2023 on this farm was not buying another bin. This forced me to deliver canola directly off combine. The price realized is already $2/bu better than the bushels that did get into the bin. The next best thing was $7/bu barley sale made early July some of which was also delivered off combine as barley bin was also full. Is Esma barley better than Austenson? My Austenson did well this year.

I grew Austenson side by side in one field with Esma. Esma stood right beside lodged Austenson. Austenson looked heavier, thicker. Esma outyielded it by roughly 12 bushels per acre. On lighter sandier soil I would grow Austenson. On your better dirt Esma is worth it in my opinion.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

I grew Austenson side by side in one field with Esma. Esma stood right beside lodged Austenson. Austenson looked heavier, thicker. Esma outyielded it by roughly 12 bushels per acre. On lighter sandier soil I would grow Austenson. On your better dirt Esma is worth it in my opinion.

Do you know anyone who grew it in drought areas? Once it started raining in your area, I don't think you were ever short of moisture again.
Does it have better drought tolerance than other short barley varieties?

[TASFarms]

What rocked
compost extract , sugar,phos.mono silic acid. Instead of insecticide. Soil test show over twice the n and 6 times more phos available than where used grasshopper/fungicide spray. Might have to retest that just to confirm it is correct

[helmach]

What rocked
compost extract , sugar,phos.mono silic acid. Instead of insecticide. Soil test show over twice the n and 6 times more phos available than where used grasshopper/fungicide spray. Might have to retest that just to confirm it is correct

also calcium with phos rock to help get oxygen into the soils

[Hamloc]

Do you know anyone who grew it in drought areas? Once it started raining in your area, I don't think you were ever short of moisture again.
Does it have better drought tolerance than other short barley varieties?

A question I can’t answer. My neighbour has grown it for 2 years and myself only one. I am not sure I would agree we weren’t short of moisture after it started raining. Sloughs continued to dry up throughout the year. All the cows were home by the middle of October. Having said that, Thompson barley, which I used to grow really needed moisture, without it very poor yields. I do think Austenson would perform better in a drought but I have no proof.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

A question I can’t answer. My neighbour has grown it for 2 years and myself only one. I am not sure I would agree we weren’t short of moisture after it started raining. Sloughs continued to dry up throughout the year. All the cows were home by the middle of October. Having said that, Thompson barley, which I used to grow really needed moisture, without it very poor yields. I do think Austenson would perform better in a drought but I have no proof.

Thanks. That is the exact reason I asked. Thompson barley has been a great variety out west most years. But the first years we grew it were 2002, and 2003. Needless to say, lodging was not our biggest concern during those years. It was a flop with no rain, whereas there were some decent crops in the area with traditional taller varieties. Still gun shy.

[SASKFARMER]

Starbucks wheat can keep up with the others on yield if pushed and stands and doesnt go down. Also keeps its colour.

If pushed for max will have lower protein even if applying at fungicide more N.

Crop aid did something and were doing it again. I promised three years and well see.

I should of bought another 3680 acres years ago.

Never count on getting something that someone for years said they would sell only to sell to another.

When you have low interest rates lock in everything.They wont go lower to negative territory.

If you want something go for it.

But the most important be nice to your fellow neighbors. being nice vs a slimy **** is always better.

[flea beetle]

Anybody grow any cantu barley. Seems it would fit the bill better since we swath everything. As much as I want to grow esma, I think it will be too short to swath.