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I found this blog post from Farmer Coach interesting relating to transition and succession in agriculture: https://farmercoach.ca/family-ties/
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Here is an interesting article on drought hardy fruits:
https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2023/10/12/hot-weather-cherries-drought-resistant-melons-here-are-8-new-climate-hardy-fruits-and-veggies-on-the-horizon Will Durum rally again this season? Read this article here for more information: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/blogs/canada-markets/blog-post/2023/10/20/bullish-bearish-data-igcs-durum (recently after this article was published Italy has experienced dry conditions leading up to seeding season) 
I joined SaskWheat to talk about rye agronomy and trends in Western Canada, listen to the 50 min episode on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7IZObOkRAFQ1kZJaWiIH50?si=U5xjrQ70Qgu2RgLpKX3ckQ
We have decided to switch from AAC Chrome to AAC Carver for seed coat breakage reasons. We struggled maintaining germination on Chrome and it was long season. AAC Carver is early season, stands and yields well. CDC Hickie is another new pea option: https://www.stampseeds.com/yellow---hickie-pea.html or we do have some inventory of CDC Lewochko as well.  Mustard has another season of good returns it looks like! If you are new to mustard there are some considerations.
AAC Yellow 80 - Yellow Mustard - composite (up to 9% advantage) Andante Yellow Mustard Brown 18 Hybrid Brown Mustard - hybrid (up to 40% advantage) Centennial Brown Mustard Cutlass Oriental Mustard Forge Oriental Mustard AC Vulcan Oriental Mustard Mustard Buyers: www.johnstonsgrain.com or view Sask Mustard's Buyers List https://saskmustard.com/grower/mustard-buyers-list/ Wanting more information on growing mustard? details here https://saskmustard.com/ We have mustard seed pricing ready with early pay discounts on now, level 1 is Oct 31, & level 2 is Dec 15th so please reach out to Blair at 403-634-4349 (call or text) or [email protected] for mustard seed prices.  These net returns are not perfect so your situation will be different. Also on maple peas there is no seed supply, grow some lentils!
These oats and Forage Sorghum plots (see results below) were seeded on June 2nd allowing for long season double crop options. The oats were taken off on September 1st when they reached soft dough stage. The plan for the forage sorghum was to wait to take if off until a frost event occurred, which happened on October 13th. The forage sorghum responded well to the frost; leaves crisped up but still stayed green and had mass. The results showed that a grower could keep it in the field well into the fall for fall grazing or for swath grazing, or silage. Here is the link to the forage data taken for boot stage cut May 23rd 2023 of hybrid fall rye to compare what your combined totals could be as we planted this followiong boot cut. Winter Cereals Forage Trials If you take an average yield of 8 mt (at 35%) at boot cut of the hybird rye, plus either the 10 or 23 mt of the sorghum or oats you could be between 18-31 mt per ac. I think a soft wheat could also be an option seeded early June for forage after boot cut timing. Another option is to wait until milk stage to gain more rye yield and then follow with oats or sorghum. If you are looking for a forage or grazing option, forage sorghum could be a good fit on farm. If you are interested in something that you can seed and get off the field quickly, oats may be your best option. More info on forage sorghum seed Forage Sorghum  
 Forage sorghum on October 13th,2023 Jake Leguee writes an interesting blog about farming, here is a post I found interesting:
https://thelifeofafarmer.com/2023/04/14/the-struggle-to-find-a-work-life-balance/ As you make plans for winter do you have farm safety at the top of your list? Here is an article to get you started: https://www.country-guide.ca/guide-business/making-the-farm-less-dangerous-step-by-step/
October 25th at 9 am on Zoom join Blair Balog and Dave Chappellaz of Thunder Seed as they go over the great corn varieties from Thunder Seed as well as agronomy tips and tricks that can help you out with growing corn. Details here: https://www.stampseeds.com/events.html  Planning a Pulse Crop or Mustard in 2024? If you have dandelions or thistles a fall glyphosate spray can set you up for a cleaner pulse or mustard field in 2024. We often will put Edge on as well in the fall but it can be done in the spring. FMC has a nice document on residual products as well (Authority 480 only for tame mustard at low rates) see it here. Remember they need moisture to activate on a fall application or very early spring may be important. We do have mustard seed pricing ready to go so we will get to those of you on the call back list but also please reach out to Blair at 403-634-4349 (call or text) or [email protected] for mustard seed prices. Mustard  Our 2023 grain demo plots were grown on irrigation and seeded late April. We had demonstration lines from the Olds College Field Crop Development Centre in the plots as well, but we removed them from the charts for clarity since they are not for commercial release yet. We used a Plant Growth Regulator (PGR) later than recommended in the plots and that caused stunting and late tillers. The plots were shorter than normal because of the late PGR impacting yields and causing late tillering. So yield numbers here are harder to compare this season as each variety may respond to stress differently. A fungicide was used at head timing, prior crop was flax, and we used 280 lbs of 46-0-0 spread on and worked in, plus 90 lbs of 11-52 with the seed. It was seeded on 7.5" spacing with a double disk drill into worked soil and irrigated about a week after seeding. Link to all of the charts for the grain yield demo & trials results: Trials My summary: Although the stunting will make this data less reliable I will need to pull in more large field comparisons to help make decisions and form our opinions. Pricing will come out very late October but you can get on the list for us to get back to you on something: Blair at 403-634-4349 (call or text) or [email protected] Barley The 6 row varieties always seed to handle stress well as long as you have moisture to fill the heads later season as shown here with AB Tofield. The rest of the varieties may be showing stunting effects as they are all pretty similar and that is not what we expected. Generally if you have moisture Sirish has been great, and Esma has been a top variety for medium to high moisture zones. AB Hague seems to fare well on dryland and can be good on irrigation as well. Best for standing: Sirish & Esma (close second with Bill Coors 100 and CDC Churchill) Best for forage: CDC Renegade (2 row smooth awn) & AB Tofield (6 row smooth awn) and Esma and Sirish for top end forage yields. Most finicky: Sirish - needs good environment with moisture and a fungicide pass Best in drought: AB Hague Best net returns - Bill Coors 100 has yielded & priced well for our customers with contracts with Canada Malt - (Darren Marsen (403) 809-8670 ) or Molson Coors south of Highway 1 on irrigation with Cody Shick (406) 697-3838 CWRS SY Manness won our CWRS trial and did very well in the seed production field, it may be more suited for those doing a fungicide and it does seem to have some taller plants in it as part of the variety, but it looks very good. (so be warned you may have a taller plant in your 124 bu avg yield SY Manness crop!! as the seed production field averaged that!) AAC Hockley & AAC Hodge VB did win for some customers, AAC Wheatland VB is still a reliable variety for us. Durum AAC Schrader is the new top FHB resistant variety with an I rating. It is taller so it's great for dryland or needs a PGR or 2 on irrigation. Stronghold did well again and CDC Vantta was in the pack. Dryland we recommend: Schrader (its a hollow stem fyi) or Grainland or CDC Vantta (hollow stem but showing good sawfly resistance) Irrigation: Schrader (it's tall though), Succeed VB, Stronghold, CDC Vantta (it's short stature) Soft wheat We seem to be seeing top yields from AC Sadash VB still as we have come back to it as a variety in our lineup. Its weakness is FHB ratings but it can yield! Triticale We did not get the new TriCal Surge into these plots this spring but for grain we have a small amount of Sunray on hand yet and for forage we recommend the Surge. Below we have each crop type in its own chart with a total plot chart at the end of the slide show below: More yield demo & trials results here: Trials Here is the 2023 fall irrigation update from the BRID. It looks like reservoirs will be going into winter at about 85% of normal fall capacity so that is really good. More details below: 
2023 was a great year for corn, our Thunderseed products participated in some great trials. Below are two to show how our Thunderseed varieties did against the competitors 2023 Coaldale TrialTH4076 HDRR- High digestible product bred for silage and grazing. 2150 CHU TH6278 VT2P- Great vigor, staygreen and is great for grain and silage. 2225 CHU TH6180 VT2P- Great corn borer protection, great for silage and grain. 2300 CHU  2023 Taber TrialTH6185 VT2P -Great disease package and consistent yields. 2550 CHU TH4386HDRR -A leafy hybrid that can be planted at lower plant populations. 2600 CHU  Join Blair Balog of Stamp Seeds and Dave Chappellaz of Thunder Seed on October 25th at 9 am on Zoom as they go over the great varieties from Thunder Seed as well as agronomy tips and tricks that can help you out with your corn. Add to your calendar: Outlook Calendar (.ics) Topic: Corn Agronomy & Thunder Seed Variety Launch Time: Oct 25, 2023 09:00 AM Edmonton https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83526167926?pwd=QSnEzsc9OygatJ0iz2zZsmi0M81hln.1 Meeting ID: 835 2616 7926 Passcode: 951294 One tap mobile +15873281099,,83526167926#,,,,*951294# Canada +16473744685,,83526167926#,,,,*951294# Canada Dial by your location • +1 587 328 1099 Canada • +1 647 374 4685 Canada • +1 647 558 0588 Canada • +1 778 907 2071 Canada • +1 780 666 0144 Canada • +1 204 272 7920 Canada • +1 438 809 7799 Canada Meeting ID: 835 2616 7926 Passcode: 951294 Find your local number: https://us06web.zoom.us/u/kfb6nrgzL  Marlene Boersch of Mercantile Consulting gave a lentil outlook presentation at the Pulse & Special Crops Convention September 27, 2023.
Pulse Canada presented on protein trends at the Pulse and Special Crops Convention. Pulse protein use keeps climbing, a big category is with the dairy markets for human food, and has grown a lot in the pet food market. One interesting comment regarding environmental sustainability goals and pork production:
Chuck Penner of Left Field Commodity Research presented a couple slides at the PSCC Septembeer 27, 2023 on faba beans.
  Chuck Penner of Left Field Commodity Research presented at the PSCC September 27, 2023 on dry beans.
Steve Verheul was Canada's Chief Trade Negotiator, and he spoke about trade and uncertain times ahead. He said most agreements are in maintenance mode and not a lot of new talks are happening. Canada is the 5th largest exporter of ag products. Verheul talked about some countries looking at putting on tariffs related to climate change which would change or impact global trade. Trade policy right now is more of just trying to preserve what we have, and trying to maintain rule based trade. Protectionism in the world has increased and is increasing causing more volatile trade and market swings.  Chuck Penner of Left Field Commodity Research presented at the PSCC September 27, 2023 on pea markets.
Chuck Penner of Left Field Commodity Research presented at the PSCC September 27, 2023 on Chickpeas.
Marlene Boersch of Mercantile Consulting gave a Mustard outlook presentation at the Pulse & Special Crops Convention September 27, 2023.
At the Pulse and Special Crops Convention CPCK Rail, talked about the newly joined network of rail linking Canada, USA and Mexico. They say it will connect origin to destination and allow for efficiencies in the system. Agriculture is 30% of their revenue stream. Larger trains have allowed for efficiencies. The Port of Vancouver and Port of Montreal have made recent improvements for efficiency and expansion. The Port of Montreal does smaller ships and sometimes the load needs to be transferred before the final destination. We took forage samples from our demo plots which included barley, soft wheat and triticale. We cut sections out by hand for yield as well as TDN, all samples were taken at the soft dough stage. Barley was taken on July 26th, 2023 Soft wheat & triticale were taken on August 8th, 2023. Blair Balog our Seed Specialist has compiled the spring crop forage information in a chart for you to make comparisons from variety to variety and crop type. This in not replicated or scientific data, just side by side on small scale as we cut a 3'x10' spot and sent a sample to Down to Earth Labs to get these results. These plots were sprayed too late with a PGR which caused staging issues as well as re-tillering, these issues affected forage yields across the entire plot as each variety has different response to that type of stress. *FB22816, FB22612, FB22613, TR22671, TR22669, T301, T313 and T319 are all experimental lines from the Olds College Field Crop Development Center and not currently licensed in the marketplace   |
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