The presentation covers operations at Lakeland College's Student Managed Fund fields. It discusses duties of various managers in areas like operations, marketing, and finance. Bin inventories and yields are provided for each field. Market trends and prices are presented for crops grown, including canola, barley, wheat, and flax. Forward pricing strategies and outlooks are also reviewed.

2. Outline of the presentation
•First half
– General/assistant managers
– Operations
– Marketing
– Finance
•Intermission
•Second half
– Productions
– Research
– Public relations

3. General/Assistant Managers

4. Assistant General Manager Duties
•Collect and record time sheets
•Total harvest hours: 900
•First semester meeting hours: 982
•Second semester hours to date: 781
•Record meeting minutes
•Fill in for general manager when absent
•Create a succession plan

5. Operations

6. Duties
Manager
• Meetings once a
week
• Assigning tasks to
team
Team
• Scheduling
operators
• Moisture testing
• Organizing bins
• Arrange Trucks

7. Farm Summary
•Seeded 981 college
acres
•SMF harvested 773
Acres
•College silaged 208
Acres
•Work is split evenly
between students,
chance to swath,
combine, truck etc.

8. Bin Inventory

9. Lakeland College – SMF Fields
AL 01
135 acres
SW 36-50-7
LC 12
117 acres
SE 36-50-7
LC 18
80 acres
NW 25-50-7
LC 19
93 acres
SW 25-50-7
LC 17
95 acres
NW 25-50-7
LC 16
61 acres
SW 25-50-7
LC 14
130 acres
NE 25-50-7
LC 15
46 acres
SE 25-50-7
LC 11
11 acres
SW 31-50-6
LC 10
33 acres
NW 30-50-6 LC 1/3
76 acres
NE 30-50-6
LC 4/5
102 acres
SE 30-50-6
LC 20
109 acres
NW 5-50-6
LC 20 located 3 miles
south on highway 41
Field map created on
Jan. 21, 2014 by Dylan
Schultz

10. AL 01 –
AC Unity Wheat
•135 acres seeded
•Yield (bu/ac) : 66.45

11. LC 1/3 –
Hanley Flax
•76 acres seeded
•Yield (bu/ac): 36.96

12. LC 4/5 –
Canola Plots
Bayer Crop Science
• 10 varieties Replicated twice
• Highest Yielding L130 @ 75.8
bu/ac
Brett Young
• 9 Varieties
• Highest Yielding BY 13-654 @
62.47 bu/ac
UFA
• 7 varieties
• Highest yielding Dekalb 74-44 @
62.28 bu/ac
Club Root Canola Varieties
• 3 Varieties – L135C , 45H29, 74-47

13. LC 10 –
AC Metcalfe Barley
•33 acres seeded
•Yield (bu/ac): 88.97

14. LC 11 –
Cowboy Barley
•11 acres seeded
•Silage
•Yield( MT/ac): 9.7

15. LC 12 –
Cowboy Barley
•117 acres seeded
•Silage
•Yield (MT/ac): 9.7

16. LC 14 –
AC Unity Wheat
•130 Acres seeded
•Yield (bu/ac): 80.58

17. LC 17 –
CDC Meadow Peas
•95 Acres seeded
•Yield (bu/ac): 59.55

18. LC 18 –
Cowboy Barley
•80 acres seeded
•Yield (MT/ac): 9.7

19. LC 19 –
AC Andrew Wheat
•93 Acres seeded
•Yield (bu/ac): 104.80

20. LC 20 –
L150 Canola
•105 acres seeded
•Yield (bu/ac): 50.29

21. Field Manager Pro

22. Field Manager Pro

23. Equipment Used
• New Holland CX8080 Combine
• Honey Bee 25’ Straight cut Header
• New Holland Pickup header
• Westward 9200 25’ swather

24. Equipment Used
• 1979 Chevrolet Grain truck 18’ box
• 2000 Ford F-250
• Case IH 485 Tractor
• Farm King 10” Auger

25. Fall Tillage
•40’ lemken
•Case IH 525 Quadtrack
•36’ Salford
•Case IH 450 4WD

26. Winter Operations
•Move grain
•Hire and load trucks
•Entering data

27. Next Years Equipment

28. CR8090
Specs
•Rotary
•449 HP
•450 bu hopper

29. P2050 New Holland Air Drill
P1060 Cart
Specs
• 5 Year Lease
• 33 ft Wide
• 10” Spacing
• 430 bu tank
Openers
• InterRow (SideBand)

30. 2006 Freightliner Grain Truck
•Cat C7 with 250HP
•Allison Transmission
•Air Ride Suspension
•17’ Box

31. Questions

32. Marketing

33. Duties
Manager
• Record weekly prices (Futures, Basis, Cash Prices)
• Help team members when making grain sales
• Chair weekly meetings & prepare presentations
Team
• Sell the SMF Crops commodities
• Contact grain buyers
• Deliver samples to potential grain buyers
• Watch daily market trends
• Read market commentary
• Give production team a market outlook when deciding on next years
crop plan.

34. Canola
Edward Haarsma

35. Futures Market

36. 8.20
8.70
9.20
9.70
10.20
10.70
11.20
$/BU
Canola Cash Prices
Viterra (Vermilion) Viterra (Star) Cargill (Vermilion)
ADM (Lloyd) Market Master (Broker) Pioneer (Lavoy)
Pioneer (Lamont) Bunge (FT SASK)

37. Marketed Prices
Month of
Contract
(2014)
Amount Sold
(MT)
Price ($/bu) Price ($/MT)
Freight Cost
(Per MT)
Sold To
March 42 $12.25 $540.13 $10 ADM Lloyd
June 44 $11.29 $497.80 $10 ADM Lloyd
April 42 $11.00 $485.01 $10 ADM Lloyd
April 20 $11.12 $490.30 $10 ADM Lloyd
April 22 $8.66 $381.84 $10 ADM Lloyd
March 42 $9.00 $396.83 $10 ADM Lloyd
May 38 $9.00 $396.83 $10 Viterra Lloyd
Average 35.71 $10.42 $459.44 $10

38. Canadian Canola Ending Stocks
2.749
2.186
0.707 0.608
3.458
1.942
22.5
16.1
4.4 4.3
22.7
0
5
10
15
20
25
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2009-13
Ending Stocks Stocks/Use %

39. Forward Pricing
Month of
Contract (2015)
Amount Sold
(MT)
Price ($/bu) Price ($/MT)
Freight Cost
(Per MT)
Sold To
January 22 $10.00 $440.92 TBD ADM Lloyd
Crop Year Break Even Price
2010/2011 $7.15/bushel
2011/2012 $6.74/bushel
2012/2013 $9.10/bushel
2013/2014 $6.22/bushel
Average $7.30/bushel
2014 crop year 93 acres of canola planned
Estimated yield = 35 bushels (5 year average)
Estimated total MT= 73.8
Percent Pre-Priced= 30 %

40. Barley
Rhianna Congdon

41. Barley
• Variety- AC Metcalfe
• Sold to Lakeland College Farm
• Sold 3,000 bushels @ $3.25/bushel
• 65 tonne @ $149/ton

42. Why the Barley didn’t make malt…
Protein Moisture Plump Peeled/
Broken
Chitted Greens Grade
14.2 12.0 79 2% 0 5% Poor

43. Barley Cash prices
2.20
2.70
3.20
3.70
24-Sep
1-Oct
8-Oct
15-Oct
22-Oct
29-Oct
5-Nov
12-Nov
19-Nov
26-Nov
3-Dec
10-Dec
17-Dec
24-Dec
31-Dec
7-Jan
14-Jan
21-Jan
28-Jan
4-Feb
11-Feb
18-Feb
25-Feb
4-Mar
$/BU
Viterra (Vermillion) Viterra (Star) Cargill (Vermillion
Market Master (Broker) Pioneer (Lavoy) Pioneer (Lamont)

44. 2.502
1.502
1.196
0.983
2.251
1.687
24.9
17.3
14.6
11.9
25
18
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2009-13
Canadian Barley Ending Stocks
Ending Stocks Stocks/Use %

45. Outlook
• Barley acres will be down for 2014 crop year.
• With current commodity prices and rail backlog,
the basis for barley (and all grains) is currently
very wide and negative.
• The barley movement isn’t fully dependent on
rail.

46. Yellow Peas
Spencer Ross

47. Month of
Contract
Amount Sold
(MT)
Price
($/Bu)
Price
($/MT)
Freight Cost
(Per Metric
Tone)
Sold To
September-13 42 $ 8.25 $303.14 $ 6.60 Cargill, Vermilion AB
September-13 42 $ 8.25 $ 303.14 $ 6.60 Cargill, Vermilion AB
September-13 42 $ 7.25 $ 266.36 $ 17.80
SaskCAN Pulse
Trading, Gibbons AB
Average $ 7.92 $ 290.88 $ 10.33
Total 126
Marketed Prices

48. 5.20
5.70
6.20
6.70
7.20
24-Sep
1-Oct
8-Oct
15-Oct
22-Oct
29-Oct
5-Nov
12-Nov
19-Nov
26-Nov
3-Dec
10-Dec
17-Dec
24-Dec
31-Dec
7-Jan
14-Jan
21-Jan
28-Jan
4-Feb
11-Feb
18-Feb
25-Feb
4-Mar
$/BU
Yellow Pea Prices
(CDC Meadow)
Viterra (Vermilion) Viterra (Star) Cargill (Vermilion)
Market Master (Broker) Pioneer (Lavoy) Pioneer (Lamont)
Sold at 7.25

49. 0.9
0.535
0.295
0.174
0.493 0.479
30.2
15.6
10.7
5
14
15.1
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
1
2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2009-13
MillionMetricTonnes
StocksasPercentofUse
Canadian Field Pea Ending Stocks
ENDING STOCKS Stocks/Use %

50. Future Outlook on Peas
•Field peas (yellow and green) acres are
expected to remain about the same or be less
as the previous year. (3.1 million acres)
•Yellow pea market will be paying attention to
what happens in India.
•Canadian production for Green and Yellow peas
is up over last year.

51. Hard Red Spring Wheat
Drew Freadrich

52. What's Been Sold
• Break Even price $5.06/Bu
• Started with 520 MT or 19,841 Bu
• Remaining 86 MT or 3160 Bu not yet sold
Month
delivered
MT
sold
Price
($/Bu)
Price
($/MT)
Freight Cost
($/MT)
Price after
Freight ($/MT)
Sold To
January 264 7.29 267.83 9.00 258.83
Pioneer
Lavoy
February 126 6.62 243.22 6.60 236.62
Cargill
Vermilion
February 44 7.83 287.67 6.60 281.07
Cargill
Vermilion

53. 3.50
4.00
4.50
5.00
5.50
6.00
6.50
7.00
7.50
24-Sep
1-Oct
8-Oct
15-Oct
22-Oct
29-Oct
5-Nov
12-Nov
19-Nov
26-Nov
3-Dec
10-Dec
17-Dec
24-Dec
31-Dec
7-Jan
14-Jan
21-Jan
28-Jan
4-Feb
11-Feb
18-Feb
25-Feb
4-Mar
Hard Red Spring Wheat Prices
Viterra (Vermilion) Viterra (Star) Cargill (Vermilion) Market Master (Broker) Pioneer (Lavoy) Pioneer (Lamont)

54. Canadian Stocks To Use Ratio
7.743 7.36
5.932 5.057
12.512
7.721
29.8 31
22.1
18
41.5
28.5
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
5 yrs Avg
2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2009-13
ENDING STOCKS (Million Metric Tonnes) Stocks/Use %

55. Outlook
•Canada is going into the new crop year with 41.5%
carryover of the market demand already in the bins
•This plus what will be produced next year will result
a large supply
•It is not likely prices will increase in Canada, but it
depends on what happens with other countries
wheat supplies

56. Soft White Wheat
Mac Sheehan

57. SWW Summary
Month of
Contract (2014)
Amount
Sold (MT)
Price
($/bu)
Price
($/MT)
Price after
Freight
($/Per MT)
Sold To
January 84 tonne $5.04 185.17 176.17
Richardson
Pioneer
(Lavoy)
March 84 tonne $5.14 188.84 182.24
Viterra
(Vermilion)
March 70 tonne $4.65 170.74 164.14
Viterra
(Vermilion)
• Deferred Delivery contract to Richardson Pioneer
• Deferred Delivery contracts to Viterra in Vermilion
• Breakeven of $3.50/bu

58. Canadian Wheat Production
(Average)
24.457
21.134 21.563
23.798
26.256
23.442
42 41.8
44
42.6
53.4
44.8
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2009-13
Acres Planted (Million Acres) Yield (Bushels/Acre)

59. 2.50
3.00
3.50
4.00
4.50
5.00
5.50
24-Sep
1-Oct
8-Oct
15-Oct
22-Oct
29-Oct
5-Nov
12-Nov
19-Nov
26-Nov
3-Dec
10-Dec
17-Dec
24-Dec
31-Dec
7-Jan
14-Jan
21-Jan
28-Jan
4-Feb
11-Feb
18-Feb
25-Feb
4-Mar
$/BU
Soft White Wheat Price Trend
Viterra (Vermilion) Husky Ethonol (Lloyd) Pioneer (Lavoy) Pioneer (Lamont)

60. Outlook
•World wheat total supplies is up
•World corn total supplies is up
•Global ethanol production to grow 40
percent through 2022

61. Flax
Chloé Hoiland

62. 11.30
11.80
12.30
12.80
13.30
13.80
14.30
24-Sep
1-Oct
8-Oct
15-Oct
22-Oct
29-Oct
5-Nov
12-Nov
19-Nov
26-Nov
3-Dec
10-Dec
17-Dec
24-Dec
31-Dec
7-Jan
14-Jan
21-Jan
28-Jan
4-Feb
11-Feb
18-Feb
25-Feb
4-Mar
$/BU
Flax Prices
(Hanley)
Market Master (Broker)
Month Amount Price Price After Freight Sold To Break Even
December 79.74 mt 13.21/bu 12.50/bu Market Master 5.62/bu

63. http://mfga.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Flax-Market-Snapshot-December-16th-2013.pdf

64. http://mfga.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Flax-Market-Snapshot-December-16th-2013.pdf

65. 0.288
0.193
0.137
0.071
0.163 0.171
33.5
37.1
29.5
12.4
26.3
27.8
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
0
0.05
0.1
0.15
0.2
0.25
0.3
0.35
2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2009-13
Ending Stocks and Stocks to Use Ratio
ENDING STOCKS Stocks/Use %

66. Outlook
•Large projected increase in flax acres
•The EU is re-emerging as a major buyer
•Suspected that flax production will be down in the
Black Sea region
http://www.producer.com/2014/01/flax-price-rebound-coming-analyst/

67. Questions

68. Finance

69. Duties
Manager
•Weekly meetings
•Over see that all tasks are completed
•Ensure presentations are completed
Team
•Keep track of expenses and income
–QuickBooks
–Cost and Returns
•Create a projected budget
•Filing all SMF files

70. Expenses
Opportunity Cost
Fertilizer
Seed/Seed Treatment
Pesticides
Custom Seeding
Hail Insurance
Crop Insurance
Fuel
Custom Spraying
Other
Total Expenses: $323,038.39
Tyson Stauffer

71. Opportunity Costs
• Total Amount $88,380
• Land $49,100
• Labour $9,820
• Equipment Lease
Agreement $29,460

72. Fertilizer
Per Acre Total Cost
Peas $41.74 $3,673.12
HRS Wheat $68.65 $18,192.25
SW Wheat $102.90 $10,495.80
Flax $25.73 $2,032.67
Canola $90.05 $18,640.35
Barley $58.59 $1,933.47
Silage Barley $76.24 $15,857.92

73. Seed and Pesticides
• Seed And Seed Treatment
$34,014.68
• Pesticides
$33,405.19

74. Cost to Break Even Prices
Crop Cost per Acre Break Even
(per bushel)
Actual (per
bushel)
Peas $339.70 $5.02 $7.92
HRS Wheat $391.13 $5.06 $7.15
SW Wheat $324.05 $3.50 $4.94
Flax $238.31 $5.62 $13.21
Canola $334.35 $6.22 $10.42
Barley $323.51 $3.64 $3.25
Silage $302.69 $0.01(per
pound)
$0.02(per
pound)

75. Actual Income
Sold Commodities
Barley $9,702.55
Peas $60,455.20
HRS Wheat $129,439.94
Canola $114,750.00
SW Wheat $43,351.70
Flax $34,935.60
Silage $90,000.00
Straw Bales $5,390.00
Total $488,024.99
Net Income
Total Income $488,024.99
Total Expenses $323,038.39
$164,986.60

76. Budgets
Actual Spent in 2013-
2014
Projected for 2014-
2015
Finance $500.00 $500.00
Public Relations $5,637.69 $5,700.00
Production $258,017.59 $233,180.00
Operations $56,519.90 $59,500.00
Marketing $1,131.32 $1,300.00
Research *working off of research grant from NSERC
Kassidy Geiger

77. 2014-2015 Projection
Crop Acres Projected Yield
(Bushels per
acre)
Current
Prices
(per
Bushel)
Projected
Expenses
(per acre)
Projected
Income
(per acre)
Peas 117 45 $5.90 $230.62 $265.50
HRS Wheat 284 70 $6.00 $232.60 $420.00
Flax 102 30 $11.25 $204.54 $337.50
Canola 92 55 $10.00 $244.64 $550.00
Barley 76 60 $4.50 $256.26 $270.00
Silage 281 17500 (lb.) $0.02(lb.) $229.14 $350.00
Faba Beans 20 50 $6.25 $255.01 $312.50
Winter
Wheat
135 60 $5.50 $200.32 $330.00

78. Questions

79. Intermission

80. Production

81. Duties
Manager
• Run weekly meetings
• Assign crop to each member
• Ensure weekly tasks are completed
Team
• Field Scouting in the fall
• Organize soil testing
• Make a crop rotation
• Make production sheets
• Secure all inputs

82. Field Considerations
•Manure Application:
–South half of LC4/5 with dairy lagoon
–LC14 and LC11 with beef manure
•Remove fence running north/south between Allied
and LC12
•Disc and cultivate sloughs in Allied
•Plan to heavy harrow

83. Fall Tillage
•Used a vertical tillage unit (Salford) to help with
residue management on half of LC17 and LC18
−LC17 pea stubble (chaff rows)
−LC18 barley silage residue

84. Fall Tillage
•Used Lemken on LC12 (silage barley stubble)

85. Post-Harvest Spray
•LC17 (pea stubble), LC18 and LC12 (both
silage barley stubble) were sprayed with
1L/acre of Roundup to control perennial
weeds, mostly Canada Thistle.

86. Soil Testing

87. Lakeland College – SMF Fields
AL 01
135 acres
SW 36-50-7
LC 12
117 acres
SE 36-50-7
LC 18
80 acres
NW 25-50-7
LC 19
93 acres
SW 25-50-7
LC 17
95 acres
NW 25-50-7
LC 16
61 acres
SW 25-50-7
LC 14
130 acres
NE 25-50-7
LC 15
46 acres
SE 25-50-7
LC 11
11 acres
SW 31-50-6
LC 10
33 acres
NW 30-50-6 LC 1/3
76 acres
NE 30-50-6
LC 4/5
102 acres
SE 30-50-6
LC 20
109 acres
NW 5-50-6
LC 20 located 3 miles
south on highway 41
Field map created on
Jan. 21, 2014 by Dylan
Schultz

88. Flax
•LC 4/5 – 102 acres
– Hanley
• 50 lbs/acre
– Fertilizer Blend
• 20-10-0-5
– Fertilizer Cost/Acre
• $18.09

89. Flax
•Pesticides
– Pre-seed Burn-off
• CleanStart
– Herbicide
• FlaxMax DLX
– Desiccant
• Reglone

90. Lakeland College – SMF Fields
AL 01
135 acres
SW 36-50-7
LC 12
117 acres
SE 36-50-7
LC 18
80 acres
NW 25-50-7
LC 19
93 acres
SW 25-50-7
LC 17
95 acres
NW 25-50-7
LC 16
61 acres
SW 25-50-7
LC 14
130 acres
NE 25-50-7
LC 15
46 acres
SE 25-50-7
LC 11
11 acres
SW 31-50-6
LC 10
33 acres
NW 30-50-6 LC 1/3
76 acres
NE 30-50-6
LC 4/5
102 acres
SE 30-50-6
LC 20
109 acres
NW 5-50-6
LC 20 located 3 miles
south on highway 41
Field map created on
Jan. 21, 2014 by Dylan
Schultz

91. Canola
•LC 19 – 93 Acres
– Invigor – L130
• 5 lbs/acre
– Fertilizer Blend
– 45-15-0-15
– Fertilizer Cost/acre
– $38.60

92. Canola
• Pesticides
–Pre-seed Burn-off
• Heat
–Herbicide
• Liberty
–Fungicide
• Headline
–Insecticide
• Matador

93. Lakeland College – SMF Fields
AL 01
135 acres
SW 36-50-7
LC 12
117 acres
SE 36-50-7
LC 18
80 acres
NW 25-50-7
LC 19
93 acres
SW 25-50-7
LC 17
95 acres
NW 25-50-7
LC 16
61 acres
SW 25-50-7
LC 14
130 acres
NE 25-50-7
LC 15
46 acres
SE 25-50-7
LC 11
11 acres
SW 31-50-6
LC 10
33 acres
NW 30-50-6 LC 1/3
76 acres
NE 30-50-6
LC 4/5
102 acres
SE 30-50-6
LC 20
109 acres
NW 5-50-6
LC 20 located 3 miles
south on highway 41
Field map created on
Jan. 21, 2014 by Dylan
Schultz

94. Peas
• LC 12 – 117 acres
– Common Yellows
• 191lbs/acre
• Trilex Evergol
• Nodulator XL
– Fertilizer Blend
• 0-0-10-0
– Fertilizer Cost/Acre
• $4.04

95. Peas
•Pesticides
– Herbicide
• Odyssey
– Fungicide
• Lance
– Desiccant
• Reglone

96. Lakeland College – SMF Fields
AL 01
135 acres
SW 36-50-7
LC 12
117 acres
SE 36-50-7
LC 18
80 acres
NW 25-50-7
LC 19
93 acres
SW 25-50-7
LC 17
95 acres
NW 25-50-7
LC 16
61 acres
SW 25-50-7
LC 14
130 acres
NE 25-50-7
LC 15
46 acres
SE 25-50-7
LC 11
11 acres
SW 31-50-6
LC 10
33 acres
NW 30-50-6 LC 1/3
76 acres
NE 30-50-6
LC 4/5
102 acres
SE 30-50-6
LC 20
109 acres
NW 5-50-6
LC 20 located 3 miles
south on highway 41
Field map created on
Jan. 21, 2014 by Dylan
Schultz

97. HRS Wheat
•LC 17 – 95 acres
– Harvest
• 110 lbs/acre
• Cruiser Maxx Vibrance
– Fertilizer Blend
• 30-15-0-0
– Fertilizer Cost/Acre
• $24.17

98. HRS Wheat
•Pesticides
–Herbicide
•Stellar
–Fungicide
•Folicur
–Desiccant
•Reglone

99. HRS Wheat
•LC 18 – 80 acres
– Harvest
• 110 lbs/acre
• Cruiser Maxx Vibrance
– Fertilizer Blend
• 35-20-0-0
– Fertilizer Cost/Acre
• $29.40

100. HRS Wheat
•Pesticides
– Pre-seed Burn-off
• PrePass XC
– Herbicide
• Tundra
– Fungicide
– Folicur
– Pre-Harvest
• RoundUp

101. HRS Wheat
•LC 20 – 109 acres
– Harvest
• 110 lbs/acre
• Cruiser Maxx Vibrance
– Fertilizer Blend
• 75-30-35-0
– Fertilizer Cost/Acre
• $71.01

102. HRS Wheat
•Pesticides
– Pre-seed Burn-off
• PrePass XC
– Herbicide
• Tundra
– Fungicide
• Folicur
– Pre-Harvest
• RoundUp

103. Lakeland College – SMF Fields
AL 01
135 acres
SW 36-50-7
LC 12
117 acres
SE 36-50-7
LC 18
80 acres
NW 25-50-7
LC 19
93 acres
SW 25-50-7
LC 17
95 acres
NW 25-50-7
LC 16
61 acres
SW 25-50-7
LC 14
130 acres
NE 25-50-7
LC 15
46 acres
SE 25-50-7
LC 11
11 acres
SW 31-50-6
LC 10
33 acres
NW 30-50-6 LC 1/3
76 acres
NE 30-50-6
LC 4/5
102 acres
SE 30-50-6
LC 20
109 acres
NW 5-50-6
LC 20 located 3 miles
south on highway 41
Field map created on
Jan. 21, 2014 by Dylan
Schultz

104. Silage Barley
•LC 11 – 11 acres
– Trochu
• 120 lbs/acre
– Fertilizer Blend
• 65-25-10-15
– Fertilizer Cost/Acre
• $58.76

105. Silage Barley
•LC 14 – 130 acres
– Trochu
• 120 lbs/acre
– Fertilizer Blend
• 60-30-40-5
– Fertilizer Cost/Acre
• $66.50

106. Silage Barley
•AL 01 – 135 acres
– Trochu
• 120 lbs/acre
– Fertilizer Blend
• 80-30-30-0
– Fertilizer Cost/Acre
• $71.82

107. Silage Barley
•Pesticides
– Pre-seed Burn-off
• Heat
– Herbicide
• OcTTain XL

108. Lakeland College – SMF Fields
AL 01
135 acres
SW 36-50-7
LC 12
117 acres
SE 36-50-7
LC 18
80 acres
NW 25-50-7
LC 19
93 acres
SW 25-50-7
LC 17
95 acres
NW 25-50-7
LC 16
61 acres
SW 25-50-7
LC 14
130 acres
NE 25-50-7
LC 15
46 acres
SE 25-50-7
LC 11
11 acres
SW 31-50-6
LC 10
33 acres
NW 30-50-6 LC 1/3
76 acres
NE 30-50-6
LC 4/5
102 acres
SE 30-50-6
LC 20
109 acres
NW 5-50-6
LC 20 located 3 miles
south on highway 41
Field map created on
Jan. 21, 2014 by Dylan
Schultz

109. Faba Beans
•LC 10 – 20 acres
– Snowbird
• 4 bu/acre
• Apron Maxx
• Nodulator

110. Faba Beans
• Pesticides
• Pre-Emergent Burn-off
• Express SG
• Herbicide
• Viper
• Fungicide
• Headline
• Insecticide
• Matador
• Desiccant
• Reglone

111. Lakeland College – SMF Fields
AL 01
135 acres
SW 36-50-7
LC 12
117 acres
SE 36-50-7
LC 18
80 acres
NW 25-50-7
LC 19
93 acres
SW 25-50-7
LC 17
95 acres
NW 25-50-7
LC 16
61 acres
SW 25-50-7
LC 14
130 acres
NE 25-50-7
LC 15
46 acres
SE 25-50-7
LC 11
11 acres
SW 31-50-6
LC 10
33 acres
NW 30-50-6 LC 1/3
76 acres
NE 30-50-6
LC 4/5
102 acres
SE 30-50-6
LC 20
109 acres
NW 5-50-6
LC 20 located 3 miles
south on highway 41
Field map created on
Jan. 21, 2014 by Dylan
Schultz

112. Malt Barley
•LC 1/3 – 76 acres
– CDC Copeland
• 130 lbs/acre
• Cruiser Maxx Vibrance
– Fertilizer Blend
• 50-15-0-0
– Fertilizer Cost/Acre
• $35.51

113. Malt Barley
•Pesticides
– Pre-seed Burn-off
• Heat
– Herbicide
• Broadband (Tilt)
– Fungicide
• Quilt

114. Lakeland College – SMF Fields
AL 01
135 acres
SW 36-50-7
LC 12
117 acres
SE 36-50-7
LC 18
80 acres
NW 25-50-7
LC 19
93 acres
SW 25-50-7
LC 17
95 acres
NW 25-50-7
LC 16
61 acres
SW 25-50-7
LC 14
130 acres
NE 25-50-7
LC 15
46 acres
SE 25-50-7
LC 11
11 acres
SW 31-50-6
LC 10
33 acres
NW 30-50-6 LC 1/3
76 acres
NE 30-50-6
LC 4/5
102 acres
SE 30-50-6
LC 20
109 acres
NW 5-50-6
LC 20 located 3 miles
south on highway 41
Field map created on
Jan. 21, 2014 by Dylan
Schultz

115. Winter Wheat
•AL 01 – 135 acres
– AC Radiant
• 130 lbs/acre
• Cruiser Maxx Vibrance
– Fertilizer Blend
• 30-25-0-0
– Fertilizer Cost/Acre
• $35.07
– Pesticides
• Pre-seed Burn-off
• CleanStart

116. Questions

117. Research

118. New Team this year
•College’s mandate was changed to include applied
research
•Funded from NSERC for 5 years for a program of
research in agriculture (livestock/crops)
•Requirement to include students – SMF was the
ideal structure

119. Duties and Responsibilities
•Planning and preparation of plots for SMF land
•Assist with logistical planning of plots and data
collection
•Maintain records of plans and history

120. Activities this year
•Planning trials for summer 2014
•Met industry companies interested in cooperating
in crop research with SMF
•Hosted a research steering committee meeting to
plan our field trials in peas
•Creating a logistical plan for plots
•Field Day

121. Industry Trials in 2014
•Cargill
–2400 small plot variety trials
•Syngenta
–Non-replicated strip trials
–6 wheat varieties
•Pulse Growers
–20 acres Fababeans
•Brett Young and Dekalb
–5 acres soybeans

122. Management Intensity Trials
Legend
Intensities
A: Base-line
B: Medium
C: High

123. Research Sponsors

124. Questions

125. Public Relations

126. Duties
Manager
• Report at weekly meetings
• Organize presentations
• Delegate tasks for each week
• Promotional items
Team
• Capture and record visual records
• Make connections with the media
• Keep crop board updated

127. Activities
Adam McMillan
•Prepared PowerPoint presentations
•Create feature videos at presentations
Austin Kemp
–Social media
•Created twitter account
—@LC_SMF_Crops
–Social interactions
–Kept assured deadline for presentations

128. Activities
Lynette Lastiwka
•Decoration for presentations
•Organized invitations and guest list
•Newspaper ads
•Crop board
•Time capsule

129. Examples of our work

130. Examples of our work

131. Questions