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Post by NativeBeav on Apr 29, 2024 9:17:44 GMT -8
My guess:
Rapeseed, an unfortunate name. Brassica family. Oil producing.
Canola and Rapeseed are essentially the same plant. Canola is a genetically modified version or Rapeseed. Canola is derived from "Canada" and "Oil" - Canola oil
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Post by obf on Apr 29, 2024 13:09:06 GMT -8
Yes. color field is bush league. We can have a legitimate conversation about real grass though. You know being here in the central Willamette Valley and the grass seed capital of the world and all. but colored turf is weak AF. Unfortunately, right now the fields around Corvallis are heavily green and yellow from canola. You mean Rapeseed
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Post by obf on Apr 29, 2024 13:23:24 GMT -8
My guess:
Rapeseed, an unfortunate name. Brassica family. Oil producing.
Canola and Rapeseed are essentially the same plant. Canola is a genetically modified version or Rapeseed. Canola is derived from "Canada" and "Oil" - Canola oil Which is why farmers around here specifically plant rapeseed and not canola, to get around restrictions on GMOs, and it is used mostly to re-enrich the soil and not as a bumper crop itself
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Post by NativeBeav on Apr 29, 2024 13:42:57 GMT -8
Canola and Rapeseed are essentially the same plant. Canola is a genetically modified version or Rapeseed. Canola is derived from "Canada" and "Oil" - Canola oil Which is why farmers around here specifically plant rapeseed and not canola, to get around restrictions on GMOs, and it is used mostly to re-enrich the soil and not as a bumper crop itself I am thinking the current field near me was planted mostly to clean up the soil - either till it in before it goes to seed, or harvest seed, and till field. The current field usually has Perennial Rye or Tall Fescue planted on it.
Interestingly, Canola and Rapeseed are actually identical, Canola a version of Rapeseed created through breeding, not GMO, in the 1970's. It wasn't until the 1990's and beyond that Round-up ready Canola was created, and now a large percentage (80%) of the "wild" Rapeseed is herbicide resistant - thus the ODA not wanting that crop here. Canola isn't the problem - GMO Canola is.
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Post by NativeBeav on Apr 29, 2024 15:27:55 GMT -8
Understood - I have a large field of what I think you are referring to near my home, and it appears to be a radish seed type crop. Yes, canola is a brassica, I just never think of it as being one. I always think of broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage. I just got back from Oregon. Across the way from my mother's house is a field covered in yellow flowers. An agricultural governmental official told my brother, who is also in agriculture, that it was rutabaga, which is another brassica. Well, the jury is in on the field near me. Turnips being grown for seed. You were the closest! Not Rapeseed or Canola!
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Apr 29, 2024 15:55:37 GMT -8
I just got back from Oregon. Across the way from my mother's house is a field covered in yellow flowers. An agricultural governmental official told my brother, who is also in agriculture, that it was rutabaga, which is another brassica. Well, the jury is in on the field near me. Turnips being grown for seed. You were the closest! Not Rapeseed or Canola! Rutabaga, the Swedish turnip. I had not heard that it was being grown for seed. I believe that it is being grown partly for honey. I kept seeing hives in the turnip fields. I have heard that turnips are good as slop for pigs. Part of what fueled World War II was that Germans were reduced to eating turnips during World War I, which historically was viewed as only good as pig slop. The Germans called the Winter of 1916-17 the Steckrübenwinter, the Turnip Winter. The Germans were very upset that England had reduced Germany to eating turnips after the war.
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Post by TheGlove on Apr 29, 2024 16:40:02 GMT -8
Benny’s House: Come for the Football takes and Hot Crop Talk.
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Post by NativeBeav on Apr 29, 2024 17:39:58 GMT -8
Benny’s House: Come for the Football takes and Hot Crop Talk. Sorry Glove - the troops are bored - the football fan doldrums! On a side note, in the next few weeks, season ticket holders will be able to select their seat location, if they wish to move!
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Post by NativeBeav on Apr 29, 2024 17:43:57 GMT -8
Well, the jury is in on the field near me. Turnips being grown for seed. You were the closest! Not Rapeseed or Canola! Rutabaga, the Swedish turnip. I had not heard that it was being grown for seed. I believe that it is being grown partly for honey. I kept seeing hives in the turnip fields. I have heard that turnips are good as slop for pigs. Part of what fueled World War II was that Germans were reduced to eating turnips during World War I, which historically was viewed as only good as pig slop. The Germans called the Winter of 1916-17 the Steckrübenwinter, the Turnip Winter. The Germans were very upset that England had reduced Germany to eating turnips after the war. Well, I am answering this specifically for Glove . Actually, the hives are for fertilization only, the farmer pays a rental fee for the hives, to increase yield. In this case, they will process and sell seed, the more viable seed, the more yield per acre. For many of the apiarists, they make more money on the rental fees for their hives. I suspect, if you have ever smelled a field of Brassica, you may not want to eat that honey!
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Post by ag87 on Apr 29, 2024 17:59:31 GMT -8
Where's osuprof? This thread is in his field of expertise.
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Post by beavaristotle on Apr 29, 2024 18:25:35 GMT -8
Where's osuprof? This thread is in his field of expertise. I heard he was out standing in his field
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Post by sparty on Apr 29, 2024 18:41:49 GMT -8
Where's osuprof? This thread is in his field of expertise. I heard he was out standing in his field As a farmer, I hear lots of jokes about sheep. I'd tell them to my dog but he'd herd them all.
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Post by Judge Smails on Apr 30, 2024 4:46:31 GMT -8
I heard he was out standing in his field As a farmer, I hear lots of jokes about sheep. I'd tell them to my dog but he'd herd them all. Ewe would tell that joke. That was baaaaaad.
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Post by ee1990 on Apr 30, 2024 20:26:21 GMT -8
A bright orange shade of green then? So, kind of a dead grass look? In Texas we just call that grass.
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