Anyone turning a wheel anywhere??

[Fransisco]

I have a neighbor that used Round-up on oat's last year and it didn't turn out too well. The stuff started breaking down a few days later and he couldn't get it through his flex header. He wound up swathing it anyways.

[Wheatking]

We have a neighbour who sprays and straight cuts his oats every year, works great. Kills all the green stuff coming underneath. Just don't tell the miller that it was sprayed because apparently it is a big no-no, I think the horse guys are even more picky when it comes to dessication.

Got 1/2 inch on Friday here. Combined 80 acres of barley today testing between 17 and 18. There where a few guys combining peas also. Its time to quit pissin around, I'm not waiting for the weather to dry it down anymore.

[ry0972]

Some of our land got 3 inches (south of Saskatoon). Hadn't moved a wheel since Aug 30. Finished 80 acres of canola on the 320 we were on when rained out. Took it at 11.7 as we also need to get going and have plenty that came off at 6 or less. Yield dropped almost 20% compared to what the field was doing before rain. Some (very little) wind/hail damage, most loss due to sprouted seeds breaking up and going out the back. Still 2 or 3 % in sample.Swathed wheat is going to be ugly !! Some sprouting in standing barley and a few heads breaking off. But they say we are gonna be rich from this bumper crop.

[furrowtickler]

Tried the hrsw today - 19%, then oats - 16%. Should have took my own advice and wnet fisihing. On the bright side it did not rain until after dark today.
Not fun taken off this bumper crop so far.
IMO, less than 20% of hrsw will make top grade in western canada. Whatever we gained last month in matureity was lost in the last five days. We are going to pay full bore inputs for the next year for haveing 30 days af high grain/oilseed prices last feb. Like pigs at the trough with half a slop pail. As for now I would rather have a gun than the slop pail for the buyers.

[furrowtickler]

Time to invite these so called experts to have a ride in the combines - then come to the elevator for a true reality check. The net returns are going to be far worse on average than last year. Then factor in next spring, people in Cuba will be better off.
20% of the producers will do ok , 80% are f&*^%^&(.

[GrainBeetle]

furrow: it wasn't only the Ag input dealers who thought farmers were going to get rich from the "30 day" price spike. Take a look at the machinery dealers lots, both new and used equipment are gone, and were sold at inflated prices.

Also,land rent has been bid up for next year. We have to blame ourselves also .

[parsley]

"it wasn't only the Ag input dealers who thought farmers were going to get rich from the "30 day" price spike."

I agree with you GrainBeetle.

Parsley

[mcfarms]

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