Crop SMF final presentation 2018
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The crops unit of Lakeland College's Student-Managed Farm (SMF) powered by New Holland presented their final report on Friday March 23. Each sub group of the unit - such as production and marketing - presented their portion of what they did throughout the year.
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- 1. 2 0 1 7 - 2 0 1 8 LAKELAND COLLEGE STUDENT MANAGED FARM CROP TECHNOLOGY
- 3. 2 0 1 7 - 2 0 1 8 Executive Katey Darr Assistant General Manager Graham Letts General Manager McKenzie Stachura P.R./Communications
- 4. Assistant General Manager Katey Darr
- 5. Roles and Responsibilities •Support the General Manager •Fill in for Graham •Input and organize timesheets •Record minutes •Record attendance •Attend team weekly meetings
- 6. Challenges •Busy schedule •Being proactive •Communication with 38 peers
- 7. Rewards •Management of teams •Working with a diverse group of students •Learning about new ideas
- 9. Roles and Responsibilities •Communications •Bulletin Boards •Events •Clothing •Photos •Team bonding activities
- 10. Challenges •Getting everyone up to date •Having involvement •Busy times
- 12. Roles and Responsibilities •Oversee Crop Team •Plan and Chair meetings •Ensure cohesion between teams •Represent SMF •Coordinate farm tasks
- 13. Challenges •Busy schedule •Staying up to date on activities •Communicating •Encouraging class participation •Open minded
- 14. Rewards •Involvement in college meetings •Speaking at Club Blue •Networking opportunities •Valuable lessons in team management •Improving relations with Animal Science
- 16. 2 0 1 7 - 2 0 1 8 Analysis L to R: Robbie Kohlman Logan Branden Quinton Ryan Liam Erickson Kurtis Kocay Kristin Van Arragon (Manager) Taylor Getzinger Kyle Kipps (Advisor)
- 17. Duties & Responsibilities • Bin plan • Bin checks • Keep Compass up to date • Meet with farm staff • Agronomist notes • Yields • Archiving data • Standard operating procedures
- 18. Pea Fields- LC 1/3 and LC 17
- 20. • 73 bu/ac • Seeding date - May 11th LC 1/3 Abarth Peas
- 21. LC 17 Meadow Peas • 63 bu/ac • May 12th seeding date • Lower yield
- 22. Agronomist Notes – LC 1/3 • Manure application • May 11: seeded • May 23: healthy, BW, LQ, RLM, RRP, GF • June 1: second node, Odyssey • Early July: good nodulation, some disease, LQ is large • July 6: Acapela application • Desiccated, heavy SC
- 23. Agronomist Notes – LC17 • Pre seed: LQ, GF, SW, WBW • May 12: seeded • May 23: emerging, healthy • May 28: second node, SW, WBW, WO present
- 24. Agronomist Notes- LC17 • June 6: drowned out, Viper • June 22: disease • July 5: Acapela • July 14: pods firming up, still stressed • August 8: browning, cleavers
- 25. 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 nitrogen phosphorus potassium sulfur Lbs./ac Available LC 17 LC 1/3
- 26. Summary • Phosphorus • Variety • South facing hill on LC17
- 28. Production Inputs – LC 12 & 19 •CDC Austenson •Cruiser Maxx Vibrance •50-20-0-5 •Folicur
- 30. Growing Season LC 12 •Preseed scout: NLHB, D, SP, HN, WO •Seeding date: May 30 •June 7: VC, emerging •June 13: plant stand good •June 29: Herbicide Application •July 5: leaf rust present, Folicur
- 31. Growing Season LC 12 •July 14: SB, PST, SC, VC, booting •August 8: VC, SB, PST, crop good •August 21: 65% MC •August 22: silage
- 32. Growing Season LC 19 • May 18 – FW, WO, WBW, manure • May 29 – seeded • May 30 – WBW, VC, CT • June 7 – WBW, VC, LQ, FW, NLHB, crop looking nice
- 33. Growing Season LC 19 • June 27 – Octtain & Liquid Achieve • July 5 – SB, SW, WBW, SC, disease • July 14 – SB, RRPW, WBW, SW, NLHB, SC, Folicur • Aug 8 – SC, NLHB, WO, SW, HN, WBW • Aug 21 – Not ready yet
- 35. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pH EC OM Soil Test Results LC 12 LC 19
- 37. 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 nitrogen phosphorus potassium sulphur Lbs./ac Available LC 12 LC 19
- 38. Summary LC 12 •Low lying •Better soil tilth •Higher water holding capacity LC 19 • More hilly terrain • Worse soil tilth • Low water holding capacity
- 40. What is Compass?
- 41. Why We Use Compass •Communication •Keeps all the teams up to date •Each team has access from anywhere
- 42. What it Does For Us •Grain recording •Yield tracking •Bin storage •Field results •Contract fulfilment •Field analyzing •Financial statements and records
- 43. Contracts
- 44. Bins
- 45. Uploading Files
- 46. Equipment and Fertilizer Blends
- 47. Costs and Break Downs
- 48. Sprayer Inputs
- 50. Why We Decided to Make Probes • It was timely to climb the bins • A bin of canola heated • Sourced a new and cheaper system • It would be a nice experiment to see how easy and cheap it could be
- 51. How We Put it Together • Robbie put all the parts together • Graham welded the probe up • Robbie and I ran the wiring into the probe
- 55. Monitor Costs
- 56. Total Costs
- 57. Canadian Grain Commission Harvest Sample Program
- 58. What is it and Why is it Important •Free, voluntary program •Unofficial grade •Marketing •November 1
- 60. Results • Canola • Flax • Mustard and soybeans • Barley, beans, chick peas, lentils, oats, peas and wheat • Online account, phone, email • Reference number
- 62. 2 0 1 7 - 2 0 1 8 Research L to R: Ty Elliott Gage Fouillard Brent Stach Bill Bliek Ted Linklater (Manager) Cody Gomke
- 63. What Do We Do •Plan, prepare and perform experiments/ plots •Research information for other teams •Research upcoming technologies •Generate ideas for future research teams
- 64. What Have We Done •Canola trial •Tillage trial •PGR research •Data analysis
- 65. Tillage Trial •Trial was to take place on LC 17 •To determine the best residue management methods in the fall, the spring and in both •Heavy pea residue •Canola was planned to be planted in the spring of 2018
- 66. PGR Research •Made a poster on plant growth regulators for the Cereal Innovation Symposium •We were unable to attend, but we did present it at our Harvest Supper presentation
- 67. Straight cut vs. swathing canola •LC 10 located just west of College campus •74/44 Dekalb Canola •12 strips, 30 ft wide and 1640.2 ft. long •1 slough with a 120 ft. diameter •Randomly selected 6 swathed and 6 standing for straight cutting
- 68. What Was Done •Mapped field •Gathered equipment needed for trial •Swathed September 11 •Was harvested October 10th and 11th •Gathered samples and information
- 69. What We Were Expecting •Yield difference •Grain quality •Seed size •Harvestability •Grain losses
- 71. 60 61 62 63 64 65 Swath Straight Cut Average bu./ac.
- 72. 50 52 54 56 58 60 Swath Straight Cut Bushel Weight (lbs./bu.)
- 73. 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 Swath Straight Cut Average green seed %
- 75. Harvestability • Straight cutting challenges • Not having a straight cut variety • Header more suitable for straight cutting • Swathing challenges • Having piles from swathing • Crop laying in one direction • With yield difference, straight cutting is more effective in our trial due to having one less pass
- 76. Grain Losses •Dropped the straw to determine combine losses to header losses •Vacuumed to collect samples from outside of pass and middle of dropped straw •In transit some samples were lost
- 77. Conclusion •Difference in yield and seed quality isn’t huge •Losses had potential to be different, but are undetermined •Operation costs were not calculated •Equipment availability and producer’s preference
- 79. 2 0 1 7 - 2 0 1 8 Marketing L to R: Back row: Liam Speers Kars Muller Bryce Teske Ty Herrmann L to R: Front Row: Paige Sundquist Renea Meston, Amy Idema (Manager) Kayl Kirchner, Tracy Quinton (Advisor), Wyatt Herselman
- 80. Roles and Responsibilities •Develop a marketing plan •Contact grain buyers twice weekly •Record and track commodity prices •Build relationships •Sell commodities •Line up trucking
- 81. Manager Responsibilities •Run weekly meeting •Team player •Communication •Understand markets and effects of global events •Push team to complete tasks •Lead the team to make wise marketing decisions
- 85. Canola Contracts BUYER $/bu Bushels Delivery Break Even Gross Margin Viterra Vermilion $11.24 2000 December $5.05 $6.19 EXL Milling Lloydminster $4.00 457 December $5.05 $-1.05 Market Master Edmonton $5.36 1515 January $5.05 $0.31 Richardson Pioneer Lavoy $11.00 2000 February $5.05 $5.95 Viterra Vermilion $11.38 1600 April $5.05 $6.33 Viterra Vermilion $11.42 1600 April $5.05 $6.37
- 86. Nexera Canola Contracts Buyer $/Bu Bushels Delivery Break Even Gross Margin Viterra Vermilion $12.49 2400 June $5.97 $6.52 Viterra Vermilion $12.84 2000 June $5.97 $6.87
- 88. Canola Market Outlooks • Canola price has bearish trend in March • Canola price expected to rebound in April - May • Stocks lower than 2013-2016, but higher than 2017 • Expect average prices ($10.50-$11.50) • $11 targets for new crop in September • Canola acres are expected to stay consistent • Ending stocks stay constant • Canola prices stay strong Sources: - UFA Producers Conference - FarmTech - Paterson Grain
- 89. HRS Wheat Futures Source: - Vittera
- 90. HRS Wheat #1, 13.5 Protein Cash Bids
- 91. HRS Wheat Contracts Buyer $/Bu Bushels Delivery Break Even Gross Margin Richardson Pioneer Lavoy $8.03 4000 March $5.36 $2.67 GrainCorp Vegreville $7.25 1600 April $5.36 $1.89 Richardson Pioneer Lavoy $7.80 750 April $5.36 $2.44
- 94. Wheat Market Outlook • Current drought in the southern plains of the States • Low acreage planted • Canadian ‘stocks to use ratio’ at 22% • World ‘stocks to use ratio’ at 35% Sources: - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada - Farm Futures - USDA
- 96. Yellow Pea Contracts Buyer $/Bu Bushels Delivery Break Even Gross Margin Viterra Vermilion $8.00 2000 January $4.94 $3.06 AGT Gibbons $7.00 4900 February $4.94 $2.06 AGT Gibbons $6.85 3100 February $4.94 $1.91
- 98. Yellow Pea Market Outlook • Canadian Yellow Pea acreage has dropped • Pea stocks are going to be heavy • Yellow pea acreage expected to drop Sources: - Western Producer - Real Agriculture
- 99. Soybean Market Outlook • Prices are forecasted to decrease • Forecasted stocks-to-use ratio of 11% versus 8.2% for 2016/17 • Carry out stocks are forecasted to rise slightly • Forecasted to be third largest crop exported Source: - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
- 101. Feed Oats Contracts Buyer $/Bu Bushels Delivery Break Evens Gross Margin Jay Local Producer $2.60 2194 September $2.51 $0.09 Dave Local Producer $2.75 1100 December $2.51 $0.24 Gary Local Producer $2.65 4000 February $2.51 $0.14 Shur-Gain Sherwood Park $2.90 2500 March $2.51 $0.39
- 103. Feed Oats Market Outlooks • North American demand is steadily falling • Has increased the past year • Food grade Oats is steadily rising • Canadian seeded acres is expected to fall 1% • Carry over stocks expected to rise • Lower Canadian oat price Sources: - Western Producer - Viterra
- 106. 2 0 1 7 - 2 0 1 8 Sustainability and Stewardship L to R: Whitney Nepinak Brennan Canham Sydney De Koning (Manager) Not Pictured: Hailey Plohman (Research Unit) Josie Milward (Sheep Unit) Hannah Olsen (Dairy Unit) Liam Hamilton (Commercial Cow/Calf Unit )
- 107. Our Mandate “To achieve a symbiotic relationship between ourselves, the animals, and the land to benefit the future of each, while working toward an ecological profitability by making sustainable environmental choices” Sustainability & Stewardship SMF Team
- 108. Roles and Responsibilities •Sustainable Crop Production •Nutrient Management •Soil Health Management •Biosecurity •Establishing Protocols
- 109. This Year •Extended Rotation •Extended Grazing •SMF Biosecurity •Field Security - Disease Management •Diversified Watering Systems
- 111. Extended Rotation Year Crop 1 Half seed rate silage, under seed forage 2 – 6 Grazing 7 Oats 8 Peas 9 Wheat 10 Flax 11 RR Canola 12 Malt Barley
- 112. Social “Social sustainability occurs when processes, systems, and relationships support the capacity of current and future generations to create healthy and livable communities”
- 113. Social License “The level of public trust granted to a corporate entity or industry by the community and its consumer base”
- 114. Environmental Benefits Increased: • Soil health • Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi • Nutrient value • Nutrient recycling • Water Retention • Organic Matter • Pasture Vigour • Legume Incorporation • Non-Bloat legumes Reduced: • Compaction • Top soil depletion • Salinization • Water resource depletion • Pesticides • Resistance development • Use of synthetic fertilizer
- 115. Economic Benefits Increased: • Pasture Vigour • Less grazing costs and feed purchasing • Increased Nutrient Value Added • Less synthetic fertilizer costs Reduced: • Pesticide Costs • Less annual weed populations • Forages reduce annual weed problems • No fungicides or insecticides • Risk of Resistance • Increased herbicide costs • Less Animal Fatality • Easier to health check
- 117. Restored Ecosystems
- 118. Production Costs Fencing $21,876.48 Forage Seed 4,112.40 Cover Crop Seed 421.67 Equipment Lease 2,581.00 Fertilizer 2,312.22 Fuel 1,081.35 Soil Test 89.00 Custom Floating 849.95 Land Rent 6,230.00 Labour 185.00 Total Costs: $39,739.05
- 119. Equipment Repair $ 267.00 Fencing Repair 380.54 Total Maintenance Costs $ 647.54 Total Production Costs $19,685.63 Total Maintenance Costs 647.54 TOTAL COST $40,386.59 Maintenance and Repair Costs Total Costs
- 120. Looking Forward •Manure management into Compass - 5 year history •Field biosecurity signs •ALUS Project •Field Fencing •Expand extended rotation to entire farm
- 122. 2 0 1 7 - 2 0 1 8 Production L to R: Ty Taylor Nick Bilyk Zach Herle Denver Prior Nolan Drake Kristyn Brody Melissa Cannan (Manager)
- 123. Production Team Responsibilities •Post-harvest scouting •Develop crop plan •Industry networking •Working with other SMF teams
- 125. LC 14 Soybean Trial (NW part of field) •Acres: 25 •Variety: Soybeans •Fertilizer Blend: 5-20-0-0 •Inoculant: Nodulator •Pre-seed Burn off: Roundup Transorb, Express SG •In crop: Roundup Transorb •Fungicide: Delaro
- 126. LC 12- Peas •Acres: 117 •Variety: AAC Carver •Seed Treatment: Allegiance FL/Belmont 2.7 FS •Inoculant: TagTeam •Pre-seed Burn off: Roundup Transorb & Heat •In crop: Viper ADV •Fungicide: Delaro
- 127. LC17 & AL01 HRS Wheat • Acres: 231 • Variety: CDC Plentiful & AAC Brandon • Fertilizer Blend: Sideband: 92-0-0 & 69-0-0 Seed Place: 4.4-20.8-0 • Seed Treatment: Raxil Pro • Pre-seed Burn off: Roundup Transorb and Express SG • In crop: Velocity M3 • Fungicide: Prosaro 250 EC
- 128. LC 14- Corn Silage • Acres: 105 • Variety: Dekalb 23-21 • Plant density: 32,000 seeds/ac • Fertilizer Blend: 120-15-0-15 • Pre-seed Burn off: Roundup Transorb & Express SG • In crop: Roundup Transorb with Sortan
- 129. LC 4/5 – Barley Silage •Acres: 95 •Variety: Austenson Barley •Seed Treatment: Raxil Pro •Fertilizer Blend: 60-0-0-15 •Pre-seed Burn off: Roundup Transorb and Express SG •In crop: Tundra •Fungicide: Folicur
- 130. LC 18 & 11 - Forage & Barley Silage •Forage Blend: 65% Meadow Brome 15% Crested Wheatgrass 10% Alfalfa (creeping), 10% Cicer Milk Vetch •Fertilizer Blend: 41-15-0-0 •Pre-seed Burn off: Roundup Transorb, LI 700 Tank Mix: Pardner •Backup Plan: LC 11- Barley Silage LC18- Barley silage and Wheat or Flax
- 131. LC 10 - Barley Silage & Relay Blend Early Spring •Acres: 33 •Variety: Austenson •Fertilizer Blend: 40-0-0-0 •Seed Treatment: Raxil Pro •Pre-seed Burn off: Roundup Transorb, LI 700 •In crop: MCPA Early Summer • Acres: 33 • Variety: Relay Blend & Oats • Seed coat: Super G
- 132. LC 20- Liberty Link Canola •Acres: 109 •Variety: Invigor 241C •Fertilizer Blend: sideband- 80-0-0-20 with seed- 6-35-0-0 •Seed treatment: Helix Vibrance •Pre-seed Burn off: Roundup Transorb and Conquer •In crop: Liberty and Centurion •Fungicide: Proline 480 SC
- 133. LC 19 – Roundup Ready Canola •Acres: 93 •Variety: Pioneer 45H33 •Fertilizer Blend: sideband- 77-0-0-20 with seed- 3-15-0-0 •Seed treatment: Helix Vibrance •Pre-seed Burn off: Roundup Transorb •In crop: Roundup Transorb •Fungicide: Proline 480 SC
- 134. LC 1/3- Clearfield Canola •Acres: 76 •Variety: Pioneer 45H76 •Fertilizer Blend: sideband- 62-0-0-15 with seed- 3-15-0-0 •Seed treatment: Helix Vibrance •Pre-seed Burn off: Conquer •In crop: Ares •Fungicide: Proline 480 SC
- 136. 2 0 1 7 - 2 0 1 8 Finance L to R: Kregan Warrington Kyle Ozipko (Manager) Cole Huppertz Julie Bowerman
- 137. Finance Tasks •Breakevens •Quick Books •Budgets •Profit and Loss Team Associations • Analysis team • Marketing Team • Production Team
- 138. Field Crop Commodities 2017 Bushel/ Acre Breakeven ($/bu) LC 20 CWRS Wheat 60 $ 5.36 LC 18 Brett Young 6074RR Canola 75 $ 5.28 LC 10 74/44 Dekalb Canola 75 $ 5.04 LC 11 Canola 75 $ 4.83 LC 4/5 Nexera 1022RR Canola 54 $ 5.97 LC 17 Yellow Peas 63 $ 5.24 LC 1/3 Yellow Peas 73 $ 4.64 LC 14 Oats 108 $ 2.50 LC 19 Silage Barley 7mt $ 22.04/mt LC 12 Silage Barley 11mt $ 22.04/mt AL 01 Corn Silage 16mt $ 22.04/mt
- 139. 2017 Profit and Loss Statement Total Income $369,463 Total Expense $227,240 Net Income $159,789
- 140. 2017 Wheat Production Cost $28 $41 $65 $36 $20 $18 $101 Custom Work Chemical Fertilizer Seed/Seed treatment Insurance Equipment & Buildings Other Total: $309/acre
- 141. 2017 Canola Production Cost $27 $29 $64 $83 $33 $18 $101 Custom Work Chemical Fertilizer Seed/Seed Treatment Insurance Equipment & Buildings Other Total: $355/acre
- 142. 2017 Oat Production Cost $28 $34 $46 $28 $29 $18 $101 Custom Chemical Fertilizer Seed/Seed Cleaning Insurance Equipment & Buildings Other Total: $284/acre
- 143. 2017 Pea Production Cost $38 $42 $31 $76 $29 $18 $101 Custom Work Chemical Fertilizer Seed/Seed Treatment Insurance Equipment & Buildings Other Total: $335/acre
- 144. 2018 Budget Field Commodity Cost of Production Breakeven bu/ac Breakeven $/bu LC19 RR 45H33 $347.95 33 $5.80 LC20 Invigor 241C $355.75 34 $5.93 LC1/3 Clearfield 45H76 $322.74 31 $5.38 LC12 AAC Carver Peas $278.33 41 $4.28 LC14 Soybeans $214.49 20 $8.58 LC14 Corn Dekalb 2321 $383.35 12 $23.96/mt LC4/5 CDC Austenson Barley Silage $231.78 7 $25.75/mt AL01 CDC Plentiful Wheat $339.59 52 $5.66 LC17 AAC Brandon Wheat $340.64 52 $5.68
- 145. 2018 Budget $29,128 $118,808 $18,678 $26,316 $1,126 $89,000 Custom Work Production Insurance Equip. & Buildings Other Opportunity Cost Total: $283056
- 146. Soybeans $30 $34 $4 $16 $29 $101 Custom Work Chemical Fertilizer Seed/Seed Treatment Equipment & Buildings Other Cost Of Production Yield Price Net Income $214.49/ac 25bu/ac $10.50/bu $48.01/ac Total: $214/acre
- 148. Thank You 2017/2018 Alice Wainwright-Stewart Mike Crowe Josie Van Lent Geoff Brown Peter Walsh Denise Martin John Lunty Tracy Quinton JP Pettyjohn Zenon Kotowich Kyle Kipps Janet Kerr Jessica Hryciuk Al Motley Darla Stepanik Pete Wilkinson Sharon Reiter Colleen Symes Trisha Mechor Krista Baldwin Gene Klym Laurel Perrott Diane Harms Pioneer Lavoy Viterra Star Shur-Gain GrainCorp Viterra Vermilion MarketMaster Cargill Vermilion Paterson Grain Flagstaff Richardson Pioneer Farmers Edge Kittle Farms Foster Seed Arvel Lawson Robyn Mitchell Webb’s Machinery UFA Market Place Commodities Brett Young Turkey Snelgrove Compass Trent Clark Union Forage Black Copper Holdings Dave Eremko Moses Farms Everblack Angus EXL Milling AGT Gibbons Crop Production Service ADM Lloydminster New Holland Canada