[AT] Canola

[Ralph Goff]

Charlie,,, canola is 50 pounds per bushel. Just checking this mornings price 
locally I see its around the $6 per bushel mark after doing the metric 
conversion. Thats considerably lower than last year's crop sold for but 
fairly typical for this time of the year when the new crop is just coming in 
off the field. I have'nt heard any yield reports yet but everyone is 
expecting a bigger than average yield as we have had good growing conditions 
all season. The best I have seen on my own farm is about 30 bushels per acre 
but of course have heard many claims of higher yields by others. The price 
per bushel is pretty changeable and I have seen it over the $10 mark 
sometimes.
An interesting contrast is the seed cost for what what we put in the ground 
. Mine was about $3.60 per pound this spring which by my figuring is about 
$180 per bushel and it is not the most expensive variety out there. Plus 
Monsanto wants their $15 per acre technology fee from every grower.

Ralph in Sask.
http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at cox.net>
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Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 9:39 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Canola


> What does Canola weigh per bushel?  I'd guess about 60#'s but don't know. 
> Or to state the question another way, what  does it sell for per bushel in 
> the open market and what are typical yeilds/acre?
>
>
> Charlie
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>> Canola better be worth something before spring or there will be a lot of 
>> fuel bills that won't get paid this fall here. Most of the canola is 
>> still in the field here. Only a few have begun harvest. Mine is all in 
>> the swath. Lucky that it stands rain well. We just had another two inches 
>> yesterday.
>> Yes, bio diesel is an interesting concept but I wonder just how efficient 
>> it is. How many gallons of "dino diesel" do we burn to produce that 
>> bushel of canola?
>>
>> Ralph in Sask.
>> http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/
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>>> Canola is a major crop in this area and right now at 8 cents per
>>> pound its at one of the lowest prices we've seen for a while. Big
>>> yields this year though.
>>>
>>> On 1 Sep 2005 at 8:54, CBear81438 at aol.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am heading out to plant about 15 acres of Canola seed.  It is 
>>>> supposed to
>>>> be the seed that biodiesel is made from.  100 lbs is only 2 sacks about 
>>>> the
>>>> size of 25 lb dog food sacks.  I don't know how many lbs of it it takes 
>>>> to make a
>>>> gallon of biodiesel, but at $3.00/gal, Canola might be worth something 
>>>> next
>>>> spring....
>>>>
>>>> Cecil in OKla
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