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<blockquote data-quote="Farmer Roy" data-source="post: 8775699" data-attributes="member: 71668"><p>I would have thought it depends on the characteristics of the particular hybrid & the criteria that were used in its breeding ? ie - yield / disease resistance / grain protein / drought hardiness / lodging etc etc </p><p></p><p>I would also assume the seed is quite a bit more expensive, so from a risk management point of view, minimising your exposure, that doesn’t make sense in marginal conditions </p><p></p><p>if you are worried about lack of moisture & marginal conditions, it is far more effective to look at various management practices, ( if you aren’t aware, I have a bit of experience with cropping in a dry & highly variable climate ), than focusing just on specific variety . . .</p><p></p><p>seeding rates / plant populations, fertiliser rates, retaining ground cover, focussing on conserving soil moisture & maximising soil life all will have far more effect. </p><p>Perhaps also the biggest thing to change is to lower your own expectation of what yields are possible & realise that max yield doesn’t always mean max profit. Lower yielding crops can be very profitable if you can keep control of spending.</p><p></p><p>at the end of the day, is light marginal land even suited to wheat production, if you are worried about running out of moisture ?</p><p></p><p>barley or triticale tend to be more popular here on lighter country than wheat</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Farmer Roy, post: 8775699, member: 71668"] I would have thought it depends on the characteristics of the particular hybrid & the criteria that were used in its breeding ? ie - yield / disease resistance / grain protein / drought hardiness / lodging etc etc I would also assume the seed is quite a bit more expensive, so from a risk management point of view, minimising your exposure, that doesn’t make sense in marginal conditions if you are worried about lack of moisture & marginal conditions, it is far more effective to look at various management practices, ( if you aren’t aware, I have a bit of experience with cropping in a dry & highly variable climate ), than focusing just on specific variety . . . seeding rates / plant populations, fertiliser rates, retaining ground cover, focussing on conserving soil moisture & maximising soil life all will have far more effect. Perhaps also the biggest thing to change is to lower your own expectation of what yields are possible & realise that max yield doesn’t always mean max profit. Lower yielding crops can be very profitable if you can keep control of spending. at the end of the day, is light marginal land even suited to wheat production, if you are worried about running out of moisture ? barley or triticale tend to be more popular here on lighter country than wheat [/QUOTE]
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