canola varieties and contract presure

[youngbro]

Rainman what area do you farm in? Those are some awesome yields.

[booboo04]

I have seeded Independance canola and Invigor in the same year. I don't see the F1 hybrid outperforming the bin run independance. But you have to get a hold of some flee beatle protection like Imidacloprid, and some fugicide protection like Thiram.

And does anyone know where canola prices are headed, I kept 15,000 bushel back this year (would have been more but I only had 4 quarters and two received severe hail damage), only sold 1,400 bushel I had no room for. Most years I wait until the price goes down (sometimes I'm not too smart).

[rainman]

Youngbro, I farm in northeastern SK. That yield is definitely not typical on my farm, because most of my fields were water logged. That field is on hill with decent slope. My closest Invigor went 40, but it's hard to compare when fields are seeded at different times and locations. Either way I was very happy with the variety.

[rainman]

booboo04, I was at a marketing seminar today that was put on by Farmlink. They think that there should be no problem with the market hitting $8 by X-mas. There has been slow farmer selling and demand is there. I am not sure how credible Farmlink is, but hey it put a smile on my face. They expect carryout to be at 1.4 million tonnes and with the announcements of the crushing plants in Yorkton, carryout should support $8-8.50 canola according to them.

[joedales]

Has anyone used the Canola Council Variety Performance Database - seems to have alot of yield data?

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