Never Understand Canola

[jazz]

Jazz quick question, in your first post you say you combined on a 24* day and binned 20* canola, I usually find my grain is warmer than the daily temperature, is this correct?

It's been rushed days but the temp of the test samples we ran was 21-22deg. I seem to remember that day getting to about 24deg. We have had some cool mornings so who knows. Maybe some hotter stuff came in later.

If it's just binned a bit on the warm side we can deal with that but if this is actually sweating up that much in only a week could be a problem.

[fjlip]

Just a STO, but we test and record MT, temp of sample, time of day for every load.

Then Temp cables to verify a cooling. Fans for a few NIGHTS to remove sweat.

Grain always 2-8C warmer, especially hot dry days. Saw 36C barley at 11% MT, cooled that too.

[fcr]

What we have experienced over the last several years is anything we swath we have no issues, its the straight cut we had some issues with.

[Taiga]

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Slightly off topic but I can’t read the cables on three bins in the yard where the cell service is blocked. The rest of the bins have poor cell service and the App really struggles and crashes constantly trying to get a reading but is usually successful if you waste enough time. It is frustrating beyond belief. I just want to plug in, read the cable temps, and move on, not sync all the data every time. I don’t need the ‘extras’. Just read the cable and show me the temperatures.
Bin Sense I am talking about.

[biglentil]

Slightly off topic but I can’t read the cables on three bins in the yard where the cell service is blocked. The rest of the bins have poor cell service and the App really struggles and crashes constantly trying to get a reading but is usually successful if you waste enough time. It is frustrating beyond belief. I just want to plug in, read the cable temps, and move on, not sync all the data every time. I don’t need the ‘extras’. Just read the cable and show me the temperatures.
Bin Sense I am talking about.

Agreed the new web software sucks too. I checked and have 5 broken antennas, Trying to get replacements has been lame so far. I'm fine with a cable to plug into, I'm sick of having bins not transmitting. Hunting for new receivers, lithium AA's , antennas is it really a time saver?

[furrowtickler]

What we have experienced over the last several years is anything we swath we have no issues, its the straight cut we had some issues with.

That is nearly always the case
Swathed cured canola is rarely an issue

[biglentil]

Preventing a loss of a bin will pay for a lifetime of over doing the fans.

[GDR]

On a year like this with practically worst drought in recent memory, canola coming off at half the usual moisture, low oil, standing ripe for nearly a month and rises 8 degs after a week in the bin?

I'm not sure the canola was really as ripe or cured as everyone thought this year with the wierd dry conditions. After the August rains we had here a lot of the plants and pods turned sort of dry and brown instead of the yellow and purple normal color and most guys panic swathed. I kept looking and had really not much seed color change, took a long time to get to 60% scc. Haven't tried any canola yet, maybe later this week.