How much done?

[TOM4CWB]

blackpowder,

We Appreciate the good parts people.

It is a deal breaker on what kind of equipment we own... parts and service are the main decision point of what brand to buy. Good dealers are very important.

We are just down to the last few hours... did 475 ac Canola in the last 24. The juice guy did great... as did our farm crew! If a guy can keep the bugs out and the 10plus year old 2nd hand equipment going... it can do the acres fast! The straw was torture... but saves the moisture... need to keep combine headers down to 10 inches... 20 inch high wheat straw stubble is annoying.

[fjlip]

Agree Tom, had to harrow twice to get through wheat straw! Lucky to be with it done before this rain.
Large efficient is an oxymoron! HA HA
Lots of slippage across the fence!

[TOM4CWB]

We have a 20'JD shredder that works well... just extra time/fuel to do this 120HP tractor runs this easy. Harrows are cheap but bad for weeds/soil mulch on top... blowing erosion. Cheaper to do the harvest right and cut straw low enough in the first place. This is why we gave up on stripper header on combine.

[freewheat]

I should mention the oat stubble I seeded the other day to canola was 140 bushel oat straw, combined damp in October, with no time to harrow afterwards. As well, the elk had gotten a taste of this field, and they had trampled a lot, so it was pretty flat in a lot of areas. All winter they fed in that field, and it was a tangled mess, hopefully my worst field. I had no time to harrow it this spring, it looks bad, but I am glad to have it seeded. I know from experience that the straw lumps flatten out, and by fall, the crop will not show you these areas.

My other oat stubble was lower yielding, no elk damage, and cut taller, as it stood better. With my seeder, tall stubble is not such a problem as poorly chopped horizontal straw, because of tough combining conditions, and less than ideal machinery. When combinin dry straw, I can chop it well, but when it is tough, it does not chop as well, and therefore spread as well...

[jd3007]

I had another oats stubble that I burnt black by accident when a small grass fire got away on me. I am actually happy it happened because I was able to seed it without any difficulty. I grow lots of oats and this has been one of the worst experinces I have had ever. I will never leave oats stubble untouched again.