Friday Crop Report on a Thursday!

[woodland]

Tried to bale the corn we swathed over a week ago
Make good bales with very little waste .. 95% or more of the cobs staying in bale securely.


But moisture still very high at 45% plus
They are going to try to get a bale wrapper to make silage bales . Most likely will not dry down enough now to bale for long term feed as is .

Or may have just bale and feed out ASAP ?

At 45% that’s prime silage bale moisture. Without wrapping it’ll probably start heating in a day or so and getting mouldy within 3 days or so. Those stalks hold moisture into mid winter when we graze them.

Wrapping would be the best solution. Or chopping with a pickup head possibly?

[Guest]

you are an inspiration woodland !

[furrowtickler]

Bump thread

Wheat stubble from our ole Bourgault 8910 12 in space , 3 1/2 in paired row . Never sprayed any pre harvest but got er just after harvest. Weed control was very good this fall 😉👍

[AllisWD45]

Clean up tractor with blade.

Wow that is a good looking AC HD11 for its age impressed and jealous. Lol

[Guest]

Nice stand that was, furrow!

[makar]

Wow that is a good looking AC HD11 for its age impressed and jealous. Lol

Last time I saw one of them running was 45 years ago, not many around here, some 16 and 21. Dads opinion was more hp than a cat less iron, FIL says similar, apparently nice to run.

[furrowtickler]

Corn getting wrapped up ...



Got 65 bales off 18 ac
54” bales at 900 kg each

Not bad considering the drought

[shtferbrains]

Be interested to hear how that works out for % waste and palatability.

[Sodbuster]

How would it work if you used a bale processor on the corn bales?

[AlbertaFarmer5]

How would it work if you used a bale processor on the corn bales?

I can imagine getting hit by a flying cob, or the damage the cobs might do to the deflector when they hit it.