Wind

[Rareearth]

Well the latest greater invigorating variety doesn’t have pods splitting open they just fall to the ground with the wind 😒

[farmaholic]

Gusts to 70 N of winnipeg. Straight cutting swathed canola.

Not a "Like".... "Straight cutting swathed canola", heard of it being done before. But is sounds ridiculous.

I am so greatful it didn't get as bad as forecast,,,, but it could have just as well been 10-15 kph more than less! And that would have been real bad.

On shittier note, the Iron Maiden developed a shaft seal leak on the hydraulic pump that drives the cleaning fan hydraulic motor. That will slow us down a bit......the pitfall of a single combine farm.

[sk_wheatking]

Gusts to 70 N of winnipeg. Straight cutting swathed canola.

Sorry to hear that, like farming isn't stressful enough.

[agstar77]

No life like it! Fortunately B.T.O. neighbor not us. 2 swaths rolled together. I can't even speak. Another reason we don't grow the weed.

[rumrocks]

Gusts to 70 N of winnipeg. Straight cutting swathed canola.

Ya I've done that, but I never figured how to retrieve canola out of the tree rows. Dockage.

I just hope my canola would never blow onto a Monsanto/Bayer parking lot, it could get complicated.

[Jay-mo]

Lots of really ugly scattered canola swaths around here. Also some fields with a bit taller stubble holding the swath are not damaged too badly.
Standing canola is hardly bothered by this wind if you ask me. I was sitting and watching a field this afternoon in my pickup. Wind gusts were shaking my truck while I was parked but the standing canola just kinda sways slowly back and forth. No real violent movements when its all woven together.

[Guest]

Gusts to 70 N of winnipeg. Straight cutting swathed canola.

yea thats a real kick after getting that close
its surprising how good the header works in scattered swaths , have done it a time or two
doesn't help the shelling though

[FarmJunkie]

Case that depends if the scattered into piles bigger than 5 round bales. 🤬

[Rareearth]

Jay, watching from road doesn’t reflect reality in the field.

I’ve lost about 10 % of our pods which are sitting on the ground unshelled. It’s different now with these varieties, where In the past you could see the white pod shelling from a distance, now it’s pods sitting on the ground.

[J88]

Had the wind move swaths bad in Oct of 15 the day before we were ready to combine. Two combines with 14 foot pickup headers covering every foot of that field moving forward and backward constantly on the feederhouse reverser so can really feel for anybody that has to deal with that