Friday Crop Report on a Thursday!

[rumrocks]

For those who have run both Deere and MacDon headers which do you prefer and why, I like than Mac in lentils but after that they're similar, but the MacDon has more moving parts.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Finished our wheat last night, started to rain as I left the field, rained 1/2 inch over night.

Just canola left now.

Very unusual year.

Yellow peas were 120% of normal, for those who want yields that is 65 bushels per acre. Keep in mind we area relatively small farm. I grew one field of peas.

Barley still can’t believe it, same as peas 120% of normal. I didn’t believe the scale on the cart, so I looked in the bins and the scale appears to be right.

Wheat was a different story. Hard red was pretty good about 85% of normal. My CPS was 65% of normal, apparently doesn’t like the dry weather. So hard red was about 60 bushels and the CPS about 50 bushels per acre.

As for everyone talking about the new Deere combine, I might be able to afford a used one in 10 years lol. After being a New Holland guy for many years I bought a new to me Case 8230 this year. Still have my CR9070. I have been pleasantly surprised by the Case, works very well. As part of a barley trial we ran the Case and New Holland head to head and much to my surprise on all 3 attempts, by weight the Case saved more grain, still can’t believe it. The 9070 does need rub bars though.

The fall rain certainly is greening everything up including the standing canola. Lots of canola around here not in the bin. What has been combined yielding 30-50 bushels per acre with most in the 35-40 range which would be 70-75% of normal.

When I went through your area in mid July, my impression was that crops weren't far off of average, I was really quite impressed considering the weather. But only a few miles east of there, they really fell apart, and stayed that way all the way east. Your neighbor read off the rain amounts from the calendar, and as of mid July, it sounded like they had received quite a few events that we missed completely out west.

We got started yesterday, CPS wheat seeded May 5. Running comparable to the past 2 years, but half the straw, and half the moisture too(not exaggerating, what we got harvested in fall of 2019 was at least twice that) ranged from almost dry up to 17.5. Been a long time since we've had dry grain out here. Or half way standing grain. Or harvested in September.
Canola still green. Barley seeded end of May is turning fast. Grass growing again. Neighbor could probably get a third cut of hay, unheard of out here.

[biglentil]

Finished our wheat last night, started to rain as I left the field, rained 1/2 inch over night.

Just canola left now.

Very unusual year.

Yellow peas were 120% of normal, for those who want yields that is 65 bushels per acre. Keep in mind we area relatively small farm. I grew one field of peas.

Barley still can’t believe it, same as peas 120% of normal. I didn’t believe the scale on the cart, so I looked in the bins and the scale appears to be right.

Wheat was a different story. Hard red was pretty good about 85% of normal. My CPS was 65% of normal, apparently doesn’t like the dry weather. So hard red was about 60 bushels and the CPS about 50 bushels per acre.

As for everyone talking about the new Deere combine, I might be able to afford a used one in 10 years lol. After being a New Holland guy for many years I bought a new to me Case 8230 this year. Still have my CR9070. I have been pleasantly surprised by the Case, works very well. As part of a barley trial we ran the Case and New Holland head to head and much to my surprise on all 3 attempts, by weight the Case saved more grain, still can’t believe it. The 9070 does need rub bars though.

The fall rain certainly is greening everything up including the standing canola. Lots of canola around here not in the bin. What has been combined yielding 30-50 bushels per acre with most in the 35-40 range which would be 70-75% of normal.

Moving the blocks on the shoe from corn and bean to SG (small grain) really seemed to help our Case's with throw out over the seives. Also the fixed Harvest airfoil chaffer made a huge difference in all crops with cleaning capacity. Now with the cleaning system improvements our biggest issue is rotor loss. Guess we could move the veins to keep the mog in longer but that reduces capacity and increases load on the cleaning system. We are below .25 bushel loss in canola at speeds upto 5mph.

[6V53]

I've got an airfoil in a Case and don't eaven change settings on the bottom Sive , just change the wind and never see snow geese in neat rows after harvest.

[GDR]

For you guys with the airfoil chargers. Can you still hit the chaff spreaders with the majority of the chaff? Or does it blow past? I used to have one in a Massey rotary and really liked it because it was so easy to set. Anyone have one in a CR New Holland?

[biglentil]

I've got an airfoil in a Case and don't eaven change settings on the bottom Sive , just change the wind and never see snow geese in neat rows after harvest.

Yes bottom seive left at 16mm or so always. Probably should be a fixed airfoil as well except don't think anyone makes one.

[SASKFARMER]

Doing fungicide test plots 40 ft x mile long strips each company has two they are 120 ft wide x 1 mile but we’re cutting 40 ft.
You can see a line on untreated strips go figure but will it be a yield difference.

All gps done and scale

[Freightshaker]

Farm at yorkton ordered 3 x9's after the demo against their 3 claas..

Know of Qty 5 - 8700/8800’s that will be on Pattison’s lot this winter in the northwest.

If you build it they will come.

[SASKFARMER]

Huge amount of Class coming to a Patterson lot near you.

[Freightshaker]

Huge amount of Class coming to a Patterson lot near you.

And me with my S series will get F all for loyalty bucks. But the claas guys get a stupid retarded bounty. Guess don’t hate the player hate the game.