Welcome to spring in God’s country,

Central Oregon.

Well the good news is that the mountains are full of snow so water is not a problem this year and grain and hay, prices are staying up. The bad news is that fuel, fertilizer and major inputs are up in price as well.

Unfortunately, there is only one way to sum up this year’s fertilizer markets  -- crazy.  We almost decided not to print a price sheet this year as we were getting increases on all Fertilizer products several times a week.  We hope that we are reaching the peak for fertilizer pricing but that may only be wishful thinking as demand is high and supply is on the short side.  On the other hand, commodity prices have been climbing to record highs as of recent, giving much optimism to a profitable year even with the increased costs of fertilizers.

CHS has many services available to you such as agronomy consulting, grass seed contracts, agronomy inputs, product application, white wheat storage and marketing, alfalfa and grain seeds, GPS guidance tower and systems, and up to date agronomy information. We are here to help you make the best agronomy decisions throughout the year.

There are still many opinions on the adequate amount of Nitrogen required to achieve maximum yield and protein in Red Wheat.  Current research confirms that providing ample nitrogen is necessary in order to achieve high protein in DNS.  We recommend applying 2.8 #/N per bushel of wheat yield goal and adding 3 gallons of Coron slow release N at flag leaf with your fungicide for disease and protein enhancement.

CHS is sorry to say but, we will not be accepting delivery or storage of   DNS (Red Wheat) for 2008, we simply don’t have the storage.