Four years ago Kevin Elmy wasn’t happy with the rate of return he was getting on his canola crop.
Inputs had gone through the roof to around $350 an acre when he factored in seed, fertilizer, chemicals and overhead.
At $10-per-bushel canola he needed 35 bushels an acre just to break even. He realized there were other crops he could grow without having to spend $350 an acre — and one of them was cover…