Wheat grading

[Blaithin]

Starting to see some frost pop up in later stuff. Nothing major but it’s there.

[wmoebis]

Starting to see some frost pop up in later stuff. Nothing major but it’s there.

Frost or heat stress there were a couple very hot days last couple weeks. Looks the same and has same effects on end use. As long as no green frost is showing up. THX for the heads up.

[Blaithin]

Frost or heat stress there were a couple very hot days last couple weeks. Looks the same and has same effects on end use. As long as no green frost is showing up. THX for the heads up.

I would say frost. We had frost here the 19/20th so low spots would be hit. Doesn’t seem wide spread enough to have been heat. If the crop was going to show heat stress, I would think it would be a LOT more grain showing it 😂

[Blaithin]

They got the magnifying glass out looking for sprouts !

Are your eyes good enough to make sure a grain is sprouted and if it's severe or not? Mine aren't always. Better to make sure with a magnifier than just toss it in a bowl and weigh it up.

Don't worry, if it is sprouted and they miss a few, you'll still get caught by a shitty FN

[fjlip]

or DEW, or Harper

[Blaithin]

Two years ago around here, but more so east, some had major issues with canola sprouting. Seed Cos tried to figure out what was going on and the determination was the heat and drought had triggered a hormone response in some that lit up sprouting. I heard of samples that were 80-90% sprouted.

Or maybe it was last year and the hormones were because the seed was from the year prior in the super heat and drought.

All the years blend together 😂

Either way, it doesn’t always come down to getting rained on.

[furrowtickler]

So far one elevator graded most as a 2 hrsw , said frost and bleach with average protein at 12.6
The other elevator will buy all 4200 tn for a #1 , 13 pro . Close to $.50 difference.
Sent same samples to two other elevators yesterday.

Sure is strange how the could possibly be frost in any of our wheat as it was in the bin for a week before any frost in area . That and half our wheat was in bin before any rain that caused bleaching.
Maybe it rained and froze in the bin after harvest on that first 2000 tn ?? 🤔

This leads to the frustrations of grading wheat Blathin
Glad we have several choices here .

[BTO780]

Reminds me the yr the crooks were climbing in trucks like for deer crap. Guess deer can climb bins now. What a joke.

[jazz]

I dont know furrow, everything is being graded super easy around here. Durum with pieball, #1. Canola with 10% dockage, called 1%.

These guys are hungry for volume.

[furrowtickler]

I dont know furrow, everything is being graded super easy around here. Durum with pieball, #1. Canola with 10% dockage, called 1%.

These guys are hungry for volume.

Well I know this area is not grading supper easy on wheat , as does every other farmer in this area
Magically come spring it all changes

[furrowtickler]

It just comes down to some common sense , there was zero frost here before the majority of the wheat was off and in the bin in this area .
Makes one really question the grading in some elevators.
And it can add up to huge dollars in a year when profits will be very tight in most cases .

[zeefarmer]

Same with LGL samples. One place, all #2, another had some #1, x2 and #2's, while pulse plant 3 was almost all x3-#3's. At $0.07/lb spread between a #2 and #3, it's pretty clear on who got the business and who didn't.


ALWAYS do your due diligence and shop around. It's dangerous to get married to one place.