OSR YIELDS 2014

[dontknowanything]

Believe it or not it had been, it was CLAAS'S demonstrator. The whole field wasn't like that though, averaged 4.9 t/ha over the whole field. Impressed with the combine though.

They set the calibration factor high so the t/hr looks good

 

[B'o'B]

Did 2 fields of Trinity today, cut 15.06 Ha and put 76.17t over the weigh bridge so average of 5.06t/Ha. Half way through and done the better looking half, some thinner patches still looking a bit green in one field so not sure if I'll get it finished tomorrow or not.

 

[gjm]

They set the calibration factor high so the t/hr looks good

Can quite believe it, was looking for an average for the field on the screen to compare it with our weights, but couldn't find it. See how far out it really was.

 

[B'o'B]

Finished the Trinity today, cut 13.76Ha which averaged 4.84t/Ha. So overall the Trinity averaged 4.96t/Ha, I think it could have made an average of 5t/Ha if I hadn't used Aramo near the cutoff timing on one field which did 4.41t/Ha, were as the none Aramo fields did 4.96, 5.01 and 5.2t/Ha.

 

[einstein]

that is a very pleasing yield but ruins my theory about our poor soils as you are only a stones throw from our rape which barely managed 4t/ha.just out of curiosity how wide was the rotation? and did it have anything other than the normal osr inputs.my guess is after a good run of dd your soil is is much better shape than ours.!

 

[Mdt]

Dk extrovert in 19ha did 4.7t/ha. All weighed in over weighbridge.

 

[B'o'B]

Rotation between 6 and 10 years since OSR

Nothing fancy in the agronomy, but I think it benefitted from not being too forward going into winter.

 

[l'ordinary bonville]

Catana 1st 20ha done today ave just over 5.5t/ha last load to weigh yet. Better half of field will be almost 6t

Next 25ha not ready yet so knocked off. Tried a bit round headland was about 5t/ha

This is catana sown at 40 seeds/sqm sown end of august after barley no starter fert. Vaddy drilled after heva combilift disc roller. Cambridge rolled in. Heavy land but fertile thanks to dollops of pig and cow muck over the years

 

[Robert]

I think it benefitted from not being too forward going into winter.

Our experience suggests there is a strong correlation in this.....

 

[Thomas Simpson]

First field of osr cut, expower did 3.6t/ha over our weighbridge. Very disappointed as looked very well coming out of winter and below farm average.

 

[einstein]

Rotation between 6 and 10 years since OSR

Nothing fancy in the agronomy, but I think it benefitted from not being too forward going into winter.

Any idea how being to far forward can knock the yield.?Are you saying we would be better off drilling in september?

 

[l'ordinary bonville]

Any idea how being to far forward can knock the yield.?Are you saying we would be better off drilling in september?

Don't know what anyone else is saying but I will not sow before 25th August and a warm year not before September

 

[farmideas]

7-10 seeds 'per hand' is absolutely fine. If you assume a hand is say 12cm by 8cm then there are 1.04m hands per hectare so 10 seeds per hand is 10.4m seeds per hectare. If you work on say 4.25g per thousand seeds then that's just 44kg/ha or around £10/ha at £240/t.

To keep it really simple 1 seed under a hand is worth around £1 per hectare in losses at current prices.

And bear in mind losses tend to be worse right behind the combine.

Very useful calculation ... thanks for sharing

 

[KennyO]

Cracker cut Tuesday 29 and Wednesday 30 July. First time finished in July when I've been combining (15years). 82.7t delivered to store off 20 Ha/ 50 acres. 4.135t/Ha

Good but not as good as I hoped. However it will be the best I have managed in a good few years.

Was sown mid August last year.

 

[Farmer Dod]

Our first field of Cracker only did 3.3 t/ha- not exciting but crop was too bold coming into spring, pigeons had a go in parts and it seemed to ripen off rather quickly. Much better than 2 yrs ago when we lost field to hailstones. Hopefully will improve as we move into the rest of the OSR.

 

[l'ordinary bonville]

Rape now tallied up ave. 5t/ha dried including 1% store losses.

That's on 65ha. Catana did better than Extrovert at 5.5t vs. 4.5t but slightly better land.

Best patch just under 6t on 15ha, worst 4t where waterlogged for a while and 2ha completely lost.

 

[Brisel]

All my harvest osr weights now uploaded. I had 250 acres on a neighbour's farm that went into central storage to calibrate my combine weigher which was only 1.05% out anyway.

 

[moretimeforgolf]

Has anyone grown Clearfield and other varieties on the same farm? Clive's yield looks good but there is no comparison to be made. Also, what are the relative costs of growing the two types? No Clearfield varieties entered on the benchmarking list.

 

[colhonk]

Trailered my PX111cl into store, 8 to 8.6 moisture, done 1.508 tonne acre.for me that is the best crop overall I have had,easy to combine, no pointy pod ends in the sample. Have had better yields rarely, mostly worse, but the best thing is that there was 100% crop on all of it unlike other years. Have had trials of new chemicals carried out on my rape fields a couple of times, but both times they had to abandon them as my bestest top quality Runch and Charlock got the better of them. The Clearanda spray did a marvelous job of it, still needed Kerb for other things though.
At current prices it has still made a profit.

 

[moretimeforgolf]

Trailered my PX111cl into store, 8 to 8.6 moisture, done 1.508 tonne acre.for me that is the best crop overall I have had,easy to combine, no pointy pod ends in the sample. Have had better yields rarely, mostly worse, but the best thing is that there was 100% crop on all of it unlike other years. Have had trials of new chemicals carried out on my rape fields a couple of times, but both times they had to abandon them as my bestest top quality Runch and Charlock got the better of them. The Clearanda spray did a marvelous job of it, still needed Kerb for other things though.
At current prices it has still made a profit.

Thanks for that info. Is that a regular height variety? My agronomist has suggested DK Imiron which is a semi-dwarf with good disease ratings.