What moisture would you start at

bankrupt

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EX17/20

• Aug 30, 2020

• #101

Warp Land Farmer said:

What moisture meters are proving to be the most reliable this year? Recommendations please.

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(1) Thumbnail - very reliable for anything over 30%.
(2) Trailer test - Good moisture correlation between tipping angle and when it comes out (need to do your own calibration for this) - if it never does it was probably too wet to cut.
(3) 4lb hammer - especially good for testing beans
(4) Marconi - anything below 26%.

 

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Hjwise

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Mixed Farmer

• Aug 30, 2020

• #102

What’s a sensible % to start cutting spring beans? Have underfloor drying but no experience of growing beans.

 

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thorpe

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• Aug 30, 2020

• #103

got going in sb at 3 oc meter says 20% cant belive it it flows like shot! dont care what it is its in the shed 15 acres tomorrw 12 mile move another 130 acres to go at but at least the dryer is at that farm.

 

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DRC

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• Aug 30, 2020

• #104

After a couple of false starts , managed a few acres of nearly flat barley . Wouldn’t cut at all before lunch, so put lifters on, which was no better and one came off, breaking two sections , so off they cane again .
Found I could tease them in with the reel half out . Was going well until the sun went down .
Not a bad sample and seem to be yielding quite well considering . Moisture got down to 17.5%

 

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4course

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Location

north yorks

• Aug 30, 2020

• #105

got started about 4pm filled the trailers well over 20% but awkward little field shorts and a headland off so ready to rumble tomorrow

 

bankrupt

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Location

EX17/20

• Aug 30, 2020

• #106

silverfox said:

Found I could tease them in with the reel half out .

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So, only half flat.

 

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DRC

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• Aug 30, 2020

• #107

JCfarmer said:

I have a 12t Masters dryer for sale on here.

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Mine is a 12 ton Masters . In to its 23rd harvest and has averaged about 100 hrs drying a year. We used to grow a lot more corn and beans and I’ve dried for other people in the past . Ticks along on the 3 phase and doesnt to seem to use much

electric.

 

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DRC

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• Aug 30, 2020

• #108

bankrupt said:

So, only half flat.

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Yes, holding each other up of the ground, just

 

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HAM135

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Arable Farmer

Location

Forfar,Angus,Scotland

• Aug 30, 2020

• #109

Got a kind offer of a demo JD T560i today, between the 2 machines got 75ac cut,quite a lot on the ground and a lot of wet holes although should have expected it after 5 inches of rain in the past week,started at 20% never really improved.

 

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SilliamWhale

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Does it matter anymore how far WalterP is from me?

• Aug 30, 2020

• #110

Barley got down to 16.3% today to my surprise. Its a trudge mind as gone flat and header bulldozing. And lost a few heads.

Will finish barley tomorrow and maybe even wheat. Beans in a week or so then.

 

jed

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Location

Shropshire

• Aug 30, 2020

• #111

Better today wheat 5 pm last night 21 % 11am this morning 18.6 down at 17.4 by 3pm fingers crossed couple of days and we should have the job done sunshine and a good breeze all day just the job

 

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Dave488

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• Aug 31, 2020

• #112

Wheat was 23% yesterday morning, so went into barley, which was 19%, wheat was down to 20.5% by 5pm, so hoping to go back into that today as got Cx8.90 with 30ft header on demo, so with my little Cx8040 and 20ft header hoping to rattle of the last of the milling wheat

 

PSQ

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Arable Farmer

• Aug 31, 2020

• #113

Into 1st wheat this evening, 16% and yielding significantly better than the 2nd and 3rd wheats. Drier just running on the pilot light
Decided to sell the straw too, to pay for the repairs on the T7030 which shat it’s clutch packs after lunch.
2020 just keeps on giving

 

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Gedd

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Livestock Farmer

• Aug 31, 2020

• #114

All done finished today wheat was pleasantly good 3.5 3.75 ton acre at 17%18% pleased with that after the year its had

 

spikeislander

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Location

bedfordshire

• Sep 1, 2020

• #115

S beans through a mecmar?
I’ve tried peas and takes forever , we’ve done ours earlier but got a customer wanting me to dry , I’m thinking the time, cost and damage to the beans would be too high ?

 

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DrWazzock

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Arable Farmer

Location

Lincolnshire

• Sep 1, 2020

• #116

I’ll start at whatever it is after lunch.

 

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SilliamWhale

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Location

Does it matter anymore how far WalterP is from me?

• Sep 1, 2020

• #117

spikeislander said:

S beans through a mecmar?
I’ve tried peas and takes forever , we’ve done ours earlier but got a customer wanting me to dry , I’m thinking the time, cost and damage to the beans would be too high ?

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I'd do it for yourself. Be less keen for someone else.

 

Woldgrain Storage

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Hemswell, North Lincs

• Sep 1, 2020

• #118

R J said:

what are the drying charges at central stores ?

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Here are our drying charges, unchanged since 2016.

 

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Woldgrain Storage

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Hemswell, North Lincs

• Sep 1, 2020

• #119

Wombat said:

I don’t have one so over 20% will be £15 a tonne in charges at least

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bankrupt said:

Commercial grain dryers are making an absolute fortune with kerosene at 25p/l, due to the big jets being grounded.

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Our charge would be £7.18 for full spec malting, or £6.12 for feed barley.

 

bankrupt

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Location

EX17/20

• Sep 1, 2020

• #120

Woldgrain Storage said:

unchanged since 2016.

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Should have gone down, this time.