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As harvest progresses I have heard light bushel weight challenges in durum and barley especially. This sounds like a major problem this season.
Here is an interesting post about light barley feeding: https://www.beefconsultant.com/post/feeding-light-weight-barley-to-cattle
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We harvested our fall crop grain yield trials August 21st. (forage information from the trials is below) Each 10' plot was harvested, weighed and sampled. For Rye: SU Cossani & KWS Serafino did well and were fairly comparable, while last season SU Performer was the best one! I think it shows that crop season and management style and more can impact yields. The BioniQ was not consistent in these trials. In the Fall Triticale plots: We had Tadeus at 30 plants, beat the 40 plant per square foot target. AAC Coldfront showed well again vs Wildfire and we have most sales going that way this season.   Where is the future of farm policy and farm management in Canada? I ask, where to from here and how to get there?
https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/cultivating-growth-the-business-savvy-and-policies-todays-farmers-need-to-thrive-kristjan-hebert-for-inside-policy/ I love to read about how other farms are changing, transitioning, adding staff or family to the mix
Here is a story on KCL Cattle from Iron Springs https://www.producer.com/news/feedlot-transition-takes-many-steps/ We don't hear much about viruses in pulses but here is a great read from SPG: https://saskpulse.com/resources/viruses-in-saskatchewan-pulse-crops/
Our spring demo plots took 3 people 3 days to seed including the higher pedigree plots surrounding them on the 60 ac and the fall plots take about 1 day. From treating seed, to special land prep and spray timings, mowing and harvest weighing, it's a lot of work. We do it because we found our experiences growing some varieties did not match what we saw in registration data or seed guide information. What we do is not science, it's farmer side by side but it's much better than how we used to do it, guessing from field to field on how varieties performed under ofter different circumstances. So we started comparing varieties under higher management, irrigation, high plant populations, fungicides, PGR's & compared PRG vs none, biologicals, plant stands and more. The results of the demo's is that we can understand a variety much better under our management style plus recommend use rates, fertility, PGR's. We can really know how a new variety or experimental compares to the ones you know already and we can remove or add in varieties to our lineup with this information. We hope this provides value to our customers, I know it does to our sales team.  Timing is pretty important when seeding a fall crop and Hybrid Rye does not like to be too late, although you can increase rates as you get later in season to compensate. If you are grazing you can seed earlier as you will be resetting the plant.
Below are ideal seeding dates but some exceptions do occur:
Last fall I was on a Sask Wheat podcast to talk about Fall Rye production, listen here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7IZObOkRAFQ1kZJaWiIH50?si=LtSw040NSZmFecMutDxWMg  I wanted to share this picture of us swathing our AAC Coldfront yesterday on irrigation. It sure looks good!  Why Hybrid Fall Rye?
 We have had a few questions about why you would use a fall triticale for forage? Fall triticale is ready about 1 week later vs fall rye so it can help you to spread silage workload. I also find you can seed the triticale later in the season vs hybrid rye allowing later planting in the fall while still suppressing weeds well in the spring. Tadeus also has great stand ability for higher fertility situations. Big Yields From Fall Triticale Silage We heard of some big yields near Picture Butte for Tadeus triticale silage. It was on a good field so keep that in mind, but with average yield being 21.9 mt per ac (corrected to 65%) putting it in competition with corn tonnage while using less water! Details here from Blair in our blog.  We are launching Cossani & Performer New! hybrid rye varieties
We are launching New! Coldfront winter wheat this season as well! Hybrid Fall Rye SU Cossani - Grain type, drought tolerance and big grain yields New! SU Performer - Grain or forage, constant stable high yields with great winter hardiness New! KWS Serafino - Grain or forage, low ergot risk, industry standard! Winter Wheat AAC Coldfront - Slightly earlier vs wildfire, 11% over check for yield (we find about 5% over wildfire) MR for FHB, VG winter survival, R to MR rust ratings New! AAC Wildfire - Industry standard, long season, MR to FHB, R to rust AAC Icefield - Hard White Winter Wheat (we do have buyers looking for farmers to grow this variety) JGL: [email protected] or Rogers Foods: [email protected] Winter Triticale: Tadeus - stands well, very early, tolerates later seeding, top yields, VG winter hardiness, large seeded New! We now have tote bags of all 3 hybrid rye varieties in the warehouse, treated and ready to ship in 35 unit tote bags. Bulk seed is also ready. We also have winter wheat on hand, ready to ship. More information about hybrid rye in general Contact Blair Balog at 403-634-4349 (call or text) or [email protected] for pricing or for any questions!  I went on a great tour with the Bow River Irrigation District today. We saw where water is diverted from the Bow River at Carsland, goes through 2 siphons, and moves through storage reservoirs before coming to us 200 km away for irrigation, drinking, recreation and habitat. We looked at an area where canals will be changed to pipelines, will save 10,000+ acre feet of water from spilling back to the river. And stood on what may end up being the bottom of Dead Horse Reservoir, where the district may create water storage and delivery flexibility while adding irrigation acres. Some interesting notes I took today:
Below are the complete 2024 fall crop forage results!   |
AuthorsBlair Balog - Seed Specialist at Stamp Seeds Archives
March 2025
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