Wheat fit? / yields 2014

Clive · Jul 29, 2014

John said:
Cut 10 ha sting barley after turnips did very close to 8t/ha. Came home started cutting Santiago Going to be very close to 13t/ha figures of the combine will check trailer weights tomorrow
Happy days

Just need wheat to be £200 a ton now

yield thread in benchmarking

http://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/2014-wheat-yields.28476/

also be great i you could submit those yields to the TFF survey

http://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?forms/tff-combinable-crop-yields-2014.7/respond

robbie · Jul 29, 2014

We cut a small area of hybrid wheat this evening moisture ranging from 13.1% to 14.5% where there was tramlines.

Clive · Jul 29, 2014

robbie said:
We cut a small area of hybrid wheat this evening moisture ranging from 13.1% to 14.5% where there was tramlines.

As bad as expected ?

tw15 · Jul 29, 2014

Cut 60 acres of j b diago for a friend today grains fit but straw really want another few days to dry a bit more coming off about 4 tons acre tops i recon . Got one more bit to finish off there then back to try some relay here at the home farm.

robbie · Jul 29, 2014

Clive said:
As bad as expected ?

Yes.
I've got to weigh the trailers in the morning and test bushel but don't think its quite done 3tons/acre but it is a very bold sample so we'll see

franklin · Jul 29, 2014

Another week for the earliest. Will spray another block off tomorrow but apart from 50ac, its going to be a fortnight away from the combine for me.

tw15 · Jul 29, 2014

LONGER IN THE BED MORE IN THE HEAD , static that is the saying.

Wombat · Jul 29, 2014

I have a bit of relay that had take all in one spot that will prob go end of next week. Some relay and Santiago that will prob go the week after and then some 1st wheat Leeds that's still hanging with quite a bit of green in bottom that hopefully will be gone by August bank holiday

franklin · Jul 29, 2014

tw15 said:
LONGER IN THE BED MORE IN THE HEAD , static that is the saying.

There are a lot of sayings. To be honest, a day off the combine; an evening playing Lego with the children; and a Chinese meal with the wife suits me better than trying to grind out milling wheats when they arent fully fit. Cordiale isnt going to loose its hagburg with a light shower or two. Would be thinking different if undessicated Hereward.

Use my head - spouse in the bed is my take on the saying.

martian · Jul 29, 2014

Tried some solstice on Sunday, 17+% so gave up. Went in again this pm and it's below 14%. It's not hanging about. The combine is though, unfortunately. A pulley came off...

Jim Bullock · Jul 29, 2014

Just to make to those of you that are not getting exceptional yields feel more comfortable...started some second wheats today...13.5%m/c, Spec wts 72 off the combine and yielding around 6.25 tons/ha so no bumper harvest here!!!! and looking at the number of bales of straw in some of the fields of harvested crops in the area I suspect we are not the only ones with crap yields. We can only hope the first wheats will fill the gap..

warksfarmer · Jul 30, 2014

Seed field done.

Headlands and two cuts between varieties 3.5t/ac.

Crusoe 3.42t/ac, 76 bushel, top of field
Solstice 3.32t/ac, 70 bushel, middle of field
Edgar 3.23t/ac, 65 bushel, bottom of field

Weights off these bit are not totally 100% accurate because the combine was not recording the area it cut totally accurately due to area meter sensor switch.

Also lots of part widths so it reliant on the driver to knock header width down. I suspect each of those figures might be + 0.25t/ac.

Total field average 3.42t/ac as the Edgar in the bottom really let it down as well as the headland overlaps with the drill (red bits).

Milling grade tests next.

Also to point out ryegrass was bad in places and it robbed yield terribly.

JACK F · Jul 30, 2014

Combine's starting to roll again in Essex. Saw three going locally last night.
Rain the other night seems very variable with friend 3 miles away recording 8mm versus our 40mm.
Nice drying night though and grain down to 17% this am so get going later.
Early enough and enough ground cleared to wait until below 15% plus some fields not totally fit yet. (May regret this in a few weeks time as weekend and next week weather not looking brilliant.)

Honest john · Jul 30, 2014

Jim Bullock said:
Just to make to those of you that are not getting exceptional yields feel more comfortable...started some second wheats today...13.5%m/c, Spec wts 72 off the combine and yielding around 6.25 tons/ha so no bumper harvest here!!!! and looking at the number of bales of straw in some of the fields of harvested crops in the area I suspect we are not the only ones with crap yields. We can only hope the first wheats will fill the gap..

Well Jim our yields are not that great.
We had issues with poor N spreading not getting to 36 Meters as well as it should.
But that apart, the meter is running at 5 tpa at times but not often.
The thinner parts with less straw are yielding the most.
The thicker better looking areas yielding a bit less.
The Deigo looks to be around 4.3 tpa not finished yet as cutting Peas.
For me it looks a little below the long term mean.
At this early stage.
Weights 76 / 80 is what my daughter is testing in a lab.

tw15 · Jul 30, 2014

Had a look at our relay wheat still got a lot of green straw so needs a few more days . So stopped again more waiting.

warksfarmer · Jul 30, 2014

Combine yield meters are generally very poor devices. Yesterday we did a 'test weigh' on the first load. Then the bushel and moisture was tested on every load and bushel altered in the combine.

All loads over a ministry tested weighbridge.

The result was the combine was miles out! What else can you do? At times it was reading 14t/ha but the reality was more like 9t/ha.

The calibration factor was 0.96.

Brisel · Jul 30, 2014

That's Claas for you. Pub yield settings!

T Hectares · Jul 31, 2014

Started some dessicated Gallant today, which is exceptionally early for us.
This day last year was the day we started cutting, this year we are 45 % cut !!
Before I post the results I will say this is from the NH yield meter which is calibrated and consistent, we have sent off alot of our WB off farm so far and it's within a couple of tonnes over the 1000 tons that have left as it generally is. precleaning would count for most of this.
34 ha second wheat Gallant @ 12 % mc, 80 g/hl. 11.75 t/ha av over the block....amazed to say the least !!
I will counter this by saying our osr was a poor average and the extra wheat yield is needed.
Second wheat Crusoe tomorrow.
I don't think the protein will be too special but being tested tomorrow.

tw15 · Jul 31, 2014

The jb diago we cut for a customer was what i would only describe as a reasonably yield and there was quite a few shriveled grains in it, 76-78 g/hl . We have decided to give ours a few more days as just not quite fit. I do think a lot of the early cut stuff around here has died off rather than turned naturally . Most people have been out cutting varieties first that were showing greater signs of septoria in them at ear emergence.

solo · Aug 1, 2014

Started grafton wheat on sat 26th. 7.4t/ha @14.3% off sand. First, second and third wheat of same variety ranged from 7.5 to 9.2t/ha all off light land bar 30 acres. 200 acres done over the week averaging 13.4%. Record yields and yet to turn the dryer on here is a first. It hasn't been easy to separate the grain from the straw as the straw was barely fit but at those moistures couldnt resist going.

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