Friday Crop Report on a Thursday.

[furrowtickler]

Grain broker told me the good areas on the prairies will make up for the poor arears, hence low prices.We also had the huge variables in our crops this year mostly in canola.Go from 35bpa to 5bpa in a matter of feet,very discouraging.

Grain broker gonna be sad come spring

[Hamloc]

Sorry I forgot a few details. Both combines have a large tube rotor. Both have the 40 blade chopper. New top sieves on the 8120. 8120 is programmed to 485 hp. The 8230 is programmed to 530 hp. Only running 60-65% engine load doing wheat. Both going roughly 2.8-3 mph. Only difference is 5 foot wider header on the 8230. Viewfield wheat, hard to remove whitecaps. Yielding between 70 and 90 bpa depending on the field.

[blackpowder]

Simplified answer to me.
The 8120 was and is a dog.

[biglentil]

On Cases that seemed to be down on power take the canister type fuel prefilter off right by the bottom of the fuel tank. Open the fuel valve if fuel just trickles out the filter housing, blast a little compressed air in where the fuel trickles out, fuel will then come gushing out. Someone may of left the fuel cap off for a day of combining and was too embarrassed to say somethin.

[Guest]

Sorry I forgot a few details. Both combines have a large tube rotor. Both have the 40 blade chopper. New top sieves on the 8120. 8120 is programmed to 485 hp. The 8230 is programmed to 530 hp. Only running 60-65% engine load doing wheat. Both going roughly 2.8-3 mph. Only difference is 5 foot wider header on the 8230. Viewfield wheat, hard to remove whitecaps. Yielding between 70 and 90 bpa depending on the field.

MADD conclaves solves the whitehead problem

[Herc]

MADD conclaves solves the whitehead problem

And a lexicon solves every other problem….

[Dr Tone]

I’d take flood years any time filled bins with 100 acre fields !! But one thing is forsure about flood years don’t miss dragging chain and slings!

Not a chance, I'll take our lack of rain for the last 2 years every year please!

[poorboy]

Header size

Local guys have been buying 45’ and 50’ headers on case 9250 and used to run 40’. They found running side by side the 45’ ran same ground speed as 40’ and 50’ was only marginally slower than 45’.

They have no idea why, but it seems the wider headers have capacity increases for case combines. These side by sides were in 100 bus barley, 70 bus wheat and 50 bus canola.

Everyone has been pleasantly surprised and can not explain why

[zeefarmer]

Local guys have been buying 45’ and 50’ headers on case 9250 and used to run 40’. They found running side by side the 45’ ran same ground speed as 40’ and 50’ was only marginally slower than 45’.

They have no idea why, but it seems the wider headers have capacity increases for case combines. These side by sides were in 100 bus barley, 70 bus wheat and 50 bus canola.

Everyone has been pleasantly surprised and can not explain why

Found out the same thing when I was on a custom combining crew 20+years ago. Had identical JD 9650 STS, one with a 30' JD d r a p e r and one with a 36' JD d r a p e r. The one with the 30' could go a touch faster, but it definitely wasn't 20% faster. Bigger is better I guess

[furrowtickler]

We cover a lot more ground per day with 45 ft heads going slower in standing canola than 35 ft swaths .
Not sure if that has any relevance here but it’s noticeable.