Short wheat

[furrowtickler]

Everyone can't go out and buy a 125000 header for a short crop?????

The first combine I bought in 1997 9500 brand new was 155200 with a pickup header...

I could still be using a combine that was equivalent to that 9500 and be pretty happy. Solid , simple , good value...

The new combines have to much "stuff" on them...

Tom farms some of the most valuable land in western Canada and is generally one of the most stable high production areas as well . Producers in that situation live in a total different financial world than the majority.

Makes it interesting on here to see such a wide view .

[Hamloc]

Give farmers lots of cheap glyphosate and an impressive and fast sprayer and several glyphosate resistant crops and of course you get overuse and abuse.

Lots of weeds showing up in heat stressed and water short crops along with plenty of glyphosate resistant volunteers in some fields in some areas.

Two glyphosate resistant weeds, kochia and fox tail are going to be a big pain again in many fields.

I would certainly agree on resistant Kochia but with foxtail barley it is more of a timing issue in my opinion. A pre seed app in the spring is quite often ineffective due to the growth cycle of the plant but in my opinion does help. Many of my neighbours skipped a pre seed app this spring and the foxtail barley has gone crazy. A pre-harvest in the fall is quite often too late and the plant has already gone to seed. Tillage certainly helps. Foxtail barley in no doubt a challenge but not a resistance issue in my opinion.

[helmsdale]

Durum taking it on the chin now. early stuff thick and burning and not filling top, later stuff shorter thinner.

Everything running on fumes.

Cereals here got kicked in the junk during that late june heatwave.

Weve had bad heat early, and are VERY used to bad heat in july, but the timing of this was about the worst I've ever seen. Cereal crops that were in the process of head development in the stem got absolutely roasted. Heads have just barely emerged from the sheath if they were far enough along, and many others aren't even going to get a head out!

Those heads that didnt make it out of the boot are sterile! They aren't changing color yet, but they have not flowered either! Completely empty. There are a few fields where only 15-20% of the heads made it out, and even if they had theres a stand for maybe 15-20 if they all filled. So 20% of 20bu/ac now? All a few guys will do is hit low spots, water runs, and around rock piles with the combine.

[Guest]

Cereals here got kicked in the junk during that late june heatwave.

Weve had bad heat early, and are VERY used to bad heat in july, but the timing of this was about the worst I've ever seen. Cereal crops that were in the process of head development in the stem got absolutely roasted. Heads have just barely emerged from the sheath if they were far enough along, and many others aren't even going to get a head out!

Those heads that didnt make it out of the boot are sterile! They aren't changing color yet, but they have not flowered either! Completely empty. There are a few fields where only 15-20% of the heads made it out, and even if they had theres a stand for maybe 15-20 if they all filled. So 20% of 20bu/ac now? All a few guys will do is hit low spots, water runs, and around rock piles with the combine.

But, but , but.....
Neil said it’s above average

[bucket]

Cereals here got kicked in the junk during that late june heatwave.

Weve had bad heat early, and are VERY used to bad heat in july, but the timing of this was about the worst I've ever seen. Cereal crops that were in the process of head development in the stem got absolutely roasted. Heads have just barely emerged from the sheath if they were far enough along, and many others aren't even going to get a head out!

Those heads that didnt make it out of the boot are sterile! They aren't changing color yet, but they have not flowered either! Completely empty. There are a few fields where only 15-20% of the heads made it out, and even if they had theres a stand for maybe 15-20 if they all filled. So 20% of 20bu/ac now? All a few guys will do is hit low spots, water runs, and around rock piles with the combine.

Everything will turn when the moisture comes...it will be like using reglone...Rain will be desiccant from now on ,,,,oh and a weed grower

[bucket]

I would certainly agree on resistant Kochia but with foxtail barley it is more of a timing issue in my opinion. A pre seed app in the spring is quite often ineffective due to the growth cycle of the plant but in my opinion does help. Many of my neighbours skipped a pre seed app this spring and the foxtail barley has gone crazy. A pre-harvest in the fall is quite often too late and the plant has already gone to seed. Tillage certainly helps. Foxtail barley in no doubt a challenge but not a resistance issue in my opinion.

Quizalop...heavy...???????

[TOM4CWB]

Cereals here got kicked in the junk during that late june heatwave.

Weve had bad heat early, and are VERY used to bad heat in july, but the timing of this was about the worst I've ever seen. Cereal crops that were in the process of head development in the stem got absolutely roasted. Heads have just barely emerged from the sheath if they were far enough along, and many others aren't even going to get a head out!

Those heads that didnt make it out of the boot are sterile! They aren't changing color yet, but they have not flowered either! Completely empty. There are a few fields where only 15-20% of the heads made it out, and even if they had theres a stand for maybe 15-20 if they all filled. So 20% of 20bu/ac now? All a few guys will do is hit low spots, water runs, and around rock piles with the combine.

In 2002 we had wheat fields where anything double seeded didn’t make it into head and the heads were sterile just as you have indicated.

On running a good header, yes it looks extravagant but:
My 10 year old combine puts on 30% less hours in badly pushed down peas and can pick that hailed flat crop at 4.5mph missing very little crop.
Then this spring we were able to seed through this mulch that remains without working in the pea vines… while providing wonderful cover to preserve moisture.

When We were seeding the Canola this spring, I figured if we slowed down to 3.5mph and worked through the pea vines without vertical tilling them in, perhaps we could save an extra 1” of moisture for the 2021 canola that we hope to harvest this fall!
The MacDon Flex D r a p e r Dividers work second to none as the split reel can be set very close on the outside of the header while not cutting any of the reel fingers off in the middle of the header when it flexes over uneven ground flawlessly.

Sometimes good equipment can pay back much more than the increased cost of owning it! Plus the combine works better than ever without ingestion of rocks etc.
Cheers