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Sounds like in crop you need to hit it pre seeding and maybe a couple herbicide applications as it has a long germination window. Appears to be some resistant varieties of it as well. Looks like a bad one as in 40 of 50 US states
 

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Small greens are worth almost double of small reds. Don’t waste your time on lentils if you have weeds, or rocks. They easily drown out as well in high moisture years. We plant 1/4 of our acres to lentils. We swath our lentils to dry the weeds since we don’t desiccate. Straight cutting is the way to go, but you’re shaving the ground, that’s why I say don’t bother if you have rocks, a good crop can be a break even crop if you eat a rock. But if you’re late swathing, they shell out as well when you pick them up. If they’re flat on the ground or in swaths on the ground and you get rain they sprout. They’re also very heavy, so if your grain cart is borderline too big for the drawbar on tractor don't fill it up all the way.

They make land rollers for a reason. We have rocks and now have grown lentils on even the worst ground
Also lentils are no heavier than wheat or durum 60lbs bu. Good durum or clean lentils can be 64-66 too


Thanks for the share on durum prices
Sold some at 8.50. 8.75 & 9. Guess 9.50 next. Just small amounts. Holding out for 10 for majority maybe


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Sounds like in crop you need to hit it pre seeding and maybe a couple herbicide applications as it has a long germination window. Appears to be some resistant varieties of it as well. Looks like a bad one as in 40 of 50 US states

Ok, yes this quarter is in south Manitoba, many are saying it’s creeping up there.
 

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How far out in advance are you/can you market your grain? Can you sell contracts say 3 years out?

Basically I'm wondering if its possible by selling future dated contracts for forward years if you are able to hedge out some of the pricing instability?
 

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They make land rollers for a reason. We have rocks and now have grown lentils on even the worst ground
Also lentils are no heavier than wheat or durum 60lbs bu. Good durum or clean lentils can be 64-66 too


Thanks for the share on durum prices
Sold some at 8.50. 8.75 & 9. Guess 9.50 next. Just small amounts. Holding out for 10 for majority maybe


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If your ground is completely flat land rollers work well. We have a degelman, but there’s always headlands and pot holes where it doesn’t get. 5 plex would probably help but 🤷‍♂️

Dirt also weighs 70-80lbs a bushel 😂😂😂

Did I mention lentils are dirty? Now as bad as soybean but still bad.
 

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If your ground is completely flat land rollers work well. We have a degelman, but there’s always headlands and pot holes where it doesn’t get. 5 plex would probably help but 🤷‍♂️

Dirt also weighs 70-80lbs a bushel 😂😂😂

Did I mention lentils are dirty? Now as bad as soybean but still bad.
Yes you can always see a combine working on lentils from a long distance. Usually a black cloud following it as you have dirty lentils mixed with dirt going in the combine.
 

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We are far from flat ground here. Some is some sure isn’t
Unless your lentils are pounded into the dirt they usually aren’t that dirty
Fungicide pass always pays off come combine time. Especially if they get a rain - that likely wouldn’t help if your swathing tho I guess

Interesting how things vary so much from area to area


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Yellow mustard prices are going to spike. Mark my words! IMG_7850.jpeg
 

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How far out in advance are you/can you market your grain? Can you sell contracts say 3 years out?

Basically I'm wondering if its possible by selling future dated contracts for forward years if you are able to hedge out some of the pricing instability?

This is what I see…
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Not sure if other grain companies will let you go further out than this.


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Its crazy to think my old man bought land in the 80s-90s paid top dollar at the time ontop of that high intrest rates barely made it through the tough times nesrly had to sell mom and him held on but now if they ever decide to sell they will get royally fawked and pay huge tax, and people honestly think thats ok?
Side not old man got sick around 2013 had to downsize drastically sold all
His newer equipment via auction no land was sold he rented some out wel the gov came after him for a couple hundred grand in taxes farmers get royally screwed ehen they try to get out one way or another
 

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Anyone here have grain on this stuck ship? According to this guy's video it has Canadian prairie grain on it.

It just needs a quick shovel and ski pull, to my eye.

 
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