Harvest 2019

[carbonfibre farmer]

Did our seed peas yesterday.
Had held up well.
Another not quite so new model

 

[Steevo]

Did our seed peas yesterday.
Had held up well.
Another not quite so new model
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That's some serious grain tank extensions you've added on.

First a stone one, and then it appears to have been upgraded to a larger wooden version!

 

[Gong Farmer]

That's some serious grain tank extensions you've added on.

First a stone one, and then it appears to have been upgraded to a larger wooden version!

Still overflowing badly in the second pic! Where's the effin' trailer??!!

 

[Auckland Blue]

We had a hell of a problem a few years back, we had a NH8080. Kept changing filters etc, but the only solution in the end was to drain and clean the fuel tank out. Then start with fresh diesel and additive from then on. We had the same trouble with an old DB tractor. Seems once it’s in the tank it’s hard to get rid,

Hmm that doesn't sound to handy. thanks for the heads up though.

 

[Flat 10]

Did our seed peas yesterday.
Had held up well.
Another not quite so new model
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Why are you leaving straw? Obviously to bale but for what purpose?

 

[DRC]

20mm here last night, so no chance of doing anything. tried winter oats yesterday, but the straw was unfit, and could not find any wheat that was ripe enough to cut. raining hard again now

 

[MrNoo]

30mm overnight here, wont be cutting for a while me thinks, ground very wet in places. SB still standing thankfully.

 

[4course]

looks like thats it for a bit though nowhere near as much rain as was forecast yet thankfully. Will spend rest of today getting sorted in grain stores cos dont reckon we will be cutting dry enough to store when we do get started again . Got a couple of load sold for movement asap so will dry and move the first bit we cut . Finished a field last night the last load will need drying as came in damp .just 10 acre of straw not baled behind combine and yields are as hoped so far. Weve cut 1 field of each so far this last couple of days a 2nd 3rd and a continuous wheat which the later has amazed us

 

[Steevo]

30mm overnight here, wont be cutting for a while me thinks, ground very wet in places. SB still standing thankfully.
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Not nice!

Just looked up a local(ish) weather station and that showed 20mm.

It will certainly be a while before many get going again. Cutting leaning wheat with volunteer barley yesterday evening and the soil kept bulldozing up - I hate to think how that field would be now.

Spring barley here went down/leaning in that torrent 3wks or so back (Friday) so keen to get into that when we can. Looking around locally very few have touched any fields of wheat.

 

[Steevo]

Got another 25ac cut yesterday - started at 16.8% around 2pm, but was down to 15ish late afternoon before climbing up a little further when it got darker.

I wouldn't be surprised given the forecast if we cut nothing for potentially a week now.

 

[PSQ]

Started harvest 2019 yesterday, going like a dream with a heavy crop of OSR (Farmers Meekly type yield too!) when 5 hours in a sealed bearing gave up and took a pulley with it: Claas want £2500 for a new one, a common fault with rotary Tucanos apparently, or to put it another way a design f**k up. It would have been cheaper to fit a grease nipple at the factory
Currently watching a field of wheat going progressively flatter with every shower on the opposite hill; isn't it 'funny' how nature balances the weather out between years...

 

[teslacoils]

locally very few have touched any fields of wheat.

Very little wheat cut on the clays here. Few had a nibble yesterday. Still winter barley and osr to finish on many farms. Let alone acres of wet straw.

 

[ZXR17]

First let me say sorry to everyone getting crap weather.
We finished harvest yesterday with the final field of spring barley being finished as the rain started . The last field of spring barley was only just fit and came off at 16 per cent moisture but with the weather forecast I thought it was better in the store than flat on the ground.
Yields for us have been good with good bushel weights and very high yields of straw.
Combine yields , not weighbridge , but usually pretty accurate are ,
Osr 2.8 t / ha. Looked a lot better than that so disappointed .
W barley 9.32 t / ha . Well pleased .
W wheat 8.48 t / ha . Above our average .
S barley 7 t / ha . Not really a spring barley grower so pleased but not had it tested yet so don't know if it has made malting.

 

[Wombat]

First let me say sorry to everyone getting crap weather.
We finished harvest yesterday with the final field of spring barley being finished as the rain started . The last field of spring barley was only just fit and came off at 16 per cent moisture but with the weather forecast I thought it was better in the store than flat on the ground.
Yields for us have been good with good bushel weights and very high yields of straw.
Combine yields , not weighbridge , but usually pretty accurate are ,
Osr 2.8 t / ha. Looked a lot better than that so disappointed .
W barley 9.32 t / ha . Well pleased .
W wheat 8.48 t / ha . Above our average .
S barley 7 t / ha . Not really a spring barley grower so pleased but not had it tested yet so don't know if it has made malting.

We were in Dorset last week on hols and the weather was really nice apart from Tuesday nice area as well

 

[Big-Al]

Combining and Chaser Bin
Rugby on the 6th Aug, skyfall Direct drilled 26th sept after rape at 16% moisture straw like silage

 

[manttys]

Another old lady waiting for unloading

About 7 tons/hectare down here inLithuania. Winter crops are done and mostly dry.

 

[DRC]

This is light land in Shropshire today, after more heavy rain. Had to go and give the neighbours a hand. If your getting stuck here , it doesn’t bode well for our heavier stuff.

 

[Chae1]

Be a few days till we're going again.

 

[Steevo]

Be a few days till we're going again.View attachment 826499

You're supposed to leave the water in the paddy field when you harvest the rice!

 

[AndrewB]

Be a few days till we're going again.View attachment 826499

36mm here today, you any barley flat now?