Stats Can Acreage Report

[Taiga]

What is the storage life of seed canola? When does germination fall off.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Could it be that they were hedging their bets against another Argentina drought, and had more production than necessary on the books. Now Argentina had a very good growing season and they don't need as much for next year?

[WiltonRanch]

Could it be that they were hedging their bets against another Argentina drought, and had more production than necessary on the books. Now Argentina had a very good growing season and they don't need as much for next year?

That sounds plausible. Now I think my retailer told me that the Dekalb stuff I grow is all Canadian sourced. If you look on the bag label it’ll tell you the origin. Far as treated stuff not sold it’s germ tested and rebagged. That’s what I was told. Neighbour had some treated with lindane he kept for years getting a germ done each year and if I remember correctly after 5 years the germination declined from 98% to 80% or something like that. He was game for doing things like that.

[dave4441]

That sounds plausible. Now I think my retailer told me that the Dekalb stuff I grow is all Canadian sourced. If you look on the bag label it’ll tell you the origin. Far as treated stuff not sold it’s germ tested and rebagged. That’s what I was told. Neighbor had some treated with lindane he kept for years getting a germ done each year and if I remember correctly after 5 years the germination declined from 98% to 80% or something like that. He was game for doing things like that.

I was involved at Gustafson years ago and we did a study on germ rates and storage with the pools. While i don't remember all the details, storage conditions were a huge part of the germ rate in subsequent years. I.e. warehouse temps etc. Even pallet height had an impact due to higher air temps at higher levels. Treated or not treated was irrelevant. I believe the industry will have an even better understanding of this now and contrary to what farmers think, seed companies take this stuff really seriously.