Ok this spring is the best we have seen in years. Ok maybe the last 10. Its mid April and drills were rolling last week in Southern Alberta and Sw Sask This week those areas should be full speed ahead and the seeding line moves east and north.
Our area still has frost at the 1 to 2 ft level and water is still sitting so heading out to say your seeding is pointless. No one is going. First guy tried to heavy harrow late last night. It was harrowed I guess.
But here is my point Lentil prices for fall are awesome and peas if you did early are at a usual price where profit is their.
So with fertilizer where its at and some of the shipping and grade problems that the last two years have delt farmers are the acres of these two crops going to go up dramatically.
Yes last year pea crop was a shit show do to cold and wet and disease and every thing you could imagine. But when we use to have our peas in by May 1 it was always a decent year. Lentils yes we had up to 1200 acres at one time and enjoyed growing them till the floods started. Still to wet to see lots of acreage here but peas will be up.
So if our area is increasing peas and lentils are increasing in Traditional area how many acres of Canola or Wheat or what ever are they replacing. My thought is Canola. Now stats can did their survey in March with rail movements poor and prices were lower on some crops. So when phoned did guys not even look at the pulses.
Or were they in the plan as early as last fall.
Time will tell but I think Peas and Lentils will be up by a few acres at the expense of Canola.
What are others thinking!
Our area still has frost at the 1 to 2 ft level and water is still sitting so heading out to say your seeding is pointless. No one is going. First guy tried to heavy harrow late last night. It was harrowed I guess.
But here is my point Lentil prices for fall are awesome and peas if you did early are at a usual price where profit is their.
So with fertilizer where its at and some of the shipping and grade problems that the last two years have delt farmers are the acres of these two crops going to go up dramatically.
Yes last year pea crop was a shit show do to cold and wet and disease and every thing you could imagine. But when we use to have our peas in by May 1 it was always a decent year. Lentils yes we had up to 1200 acres at one time and enjoyed growing them till the floods started. Still to wet to see lots of acreage here but peas will be up.
So if our area is increasing peas and lentils are increasing in Traditional area how many acres of Canola or Wheat or what ever are they replacing. My thought is Canola. Now stats can did their survey in March with rail movements poor and prices were lower on some crops. So when phoned did guys not even look at the pulses.
Or were they in the plan as early as last fall.
Time will tell but I think Peas and Lentils will be up by a few acres at the expense of Canola.
What are others thinking!
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