Farmer talk

[Snohog]

Ok cool. I still have no idea what I want for the name. Maybe someday I'll have to swing by the decal shop and see if they would have any ideas

 

[Bounce]

O.K. anyone seeing any disease yet? In my area the soft white wheat is showing some sign. Have been spraying for the last couple years but holy crap its getting expensive......

 

[snopro]

O.K. anyone seeing any disease yet? In my area the soft white wheat is showing some sign. Have been spraying for the last couple years but holy crap its getting expensive......

Nothing here yet. Lots of bug spraying in Canola though. Your right.....where does it end.

 

[popeye]

I've only had my new sprayer 2 months and it already has 420 hours on it. One farmer in our area trades his every year with half those hours. I guess I should trader in.


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[snopro]

Everyone down our way is spraying canola for the cabbage seedpd weevil. Cant find any in my yellow mustard as it is in full bloom. Just read on the internet that they don't bother yellow mustard. Looks like an early christmas present. Lol.

 

[jhurkot]

Our seed rep said there are areas around lethbridge that have 90-100 seedpod weevils per 10 sweeps. They say to spray if its over 30.
snopro, why did you choose mustard over canola? more money? haven't grown mustard for about 15 years I bet.

 

[snopro]

Our seed rep said there are areas around lethbridge that have 90-100 seedpod weevils per 10 sweeps. They say to spray if its over 30.
snopro, why did you choose mustard over canola? more money? haven't grown mustard for about 15 years I bet.

For me it makes more sense right now. I have it contacted for $20/bu. Seed is $1/lb. The preferred harvest method is straight cutting so I save a swather operation and it is almost impervious to bug problems. Flea beetles are a small threat and diamond back moths are the only real threat as hoppers and most other bugs don't like the taste or the prickly tough pods. I worked it out on paper with $13 canola and a 25 bu mustard crop works out to a 50-55/bu canola crop depending on that extra spray operation for bugs. It would be nice if you had a herbicide option other than Edge but it saves spraying in the spring if weather gets you behind.

 

[mathrulz]

I'm Farming and I Grow It - YouTube

 

[ferniesnow]

That was a great find.

 

[scotts]

Starting to spray fungicide on peas today..then Prosario on soft white after that..

 

[underdog]

Neighbors to the northeast are half done combining already. We have 80 acres done so far.

 

[snopro]

Neighbors to the northeast are half done combining already. We have 80 acres done so far.

Wtf? You get hail last night?

 

[underdog]

Wtf? You get hail last night?

Sunday we did.

 

[snopro]

Sunday we did.

Hopefully no tornadoes though?

 

[underdog]

Hopefully no tornadoes though?

None that I heard of.

 

[snopro]

None that I heard of.

Heard there was one by Stettler.

 

[underdog]

It's gonna be a fun summer weather wise.

 

[ferniesnow]

What are you guys combining already? Clue a non-farmer in please!

 

[underdog]

What are you guys combining already? Clue a non-farmer in please!

The big white combine from the sky (hail) was out taking samples on Sunday.

 

[summit889]

This is off topic a bit, but anyone on here have any feed wheat to sell?