tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30391928.post546068883449509957..comments2022-05-07T19:10:48.527-06:00Comments on Gold Forest Grains Inc.: still planninggoldforestfarms.blogspot.cahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03000577922412768699noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30391928.post-7292238462427751692010-03-09T10:41:08.187-07:002010-03-09T10:41:08.187-07:00Hayland in our area is Alfalfa and is almost never...Hayland in our area is Alfalfa and is almost never sprayed or fertilized. I am not familiar with one single case of someone fertilizing or spraying alfalfa in our area. Around here it is just kind of a given, but you are right about the certification process if inputs were used for some reason.goldforestfarms.blogspot.cahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03000577922412768699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30391928.post-48418965342067844222010-03-09T10:30:39.064-07:002010-03-09T10:30:39.064-07:00Unless its never been fertilized etc organic certi...Unless its never been fertilized etc organic certification wouldn't be immediate for hay.<br /><br />Basement is a tough issue - expensive to build but has a "free" roof. Also great food, water and tech storage space.<br /><br />Good luck with finding a new space, I hope it won't be too stressful!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30391928.post-42758616554223763372010-03-04T14:55:33.450-07:002010-03-04T14:55:33.450-07:00No Rich...we are not paying any attention at all t...No Rich...we are not paying any attention at all to the certification of the land. We are simply looking for a quarter section of land in the area that we want that is free of rocks and hills and has #1 soil. I suppose if the land was in hay, then all the better because the organic certification would be immediate without a three year wait.<br /><br />In good soil around our area it is typical for barley to yield in the 80bu/ac range organically. Wheat would be 30-50. Peas 25. Buckwheat 30. Soft White Wheat 70. Rye 60. Flax 30. No corn around here at least not for anything other than silage. We will be experimenting with sunflowers down the road.goldforestfarms.blogspot.cahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03000577922412768699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30391928.post-43120357760052647212010-03-04T14:44:41.349-07:002010-03-04T14:44:41.349-07:00I'm curious about how the Organic Certificatio...I'm curious about how the Organic Certification process works in Canada.<br /><br />Are you only looking at land that would be easier or quicker to certify or the process about the same for most farms?<br /><br />I have also been wondering what kind of yields (and crops) are typical for farmland in Alberta?Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11412944120622315804noreply@blogger.com