How much harvest left ?

[No5]

Finished the last 40acres of beans today before the rain. Longest harvest ever. Started 5th July (2 weeks earlier than normal) and only just finished (1 week later than normal)

 

[Sandy]

I've personally never seen such a wet harvest the ground is sodden, almost 6" of rain for September between 4-5" each month since June.The wheat is greening up, barley battered by rain wind its relentless up here

 

[Chae1]

I've personally never seen such a wet harvest the ground is sodden, almost 6" of rain for September between 4-5" each month since June.The wheat is greening up, barley battered by relentless rain wind its relentless up here

It's been a fair day. More like January. Too wet to even bother trying to dry barley.

I've a old grain dryer that fan comes on when relative humidity reaches a certain level. It's only been on once this harvest.

 

[neilo]

I once baled some in February with a particularly laid back neighbour. His comment, as we finished, 'well at least I am the first one to get finished baling this year.

I round baled my last 8ac of straw just before Christmas in 2012. I remember because 'I'm dreaming if a white Christmas' came on the radio, which made me chuckle, as only an insane person baling in December can do.

I didn't bother netting it though, just backed it up and unloaded into a pile for spreading in the Spring.

 

[DRC]

I round baled my last 8ac of straw just before Christmas in 2012. I remember because 'I'm dreaming if a white Christmas' came on the radio, which made me chuckle, as only an insane person baling in December can do.

I didn't bother netting it though, just backed it up and unloaded into a pile for spreading in the Spring.

Sacrilege ! You should've turned it every day for three months , then scraped up what was left into a wheelbarrow.

 

[Willie adie]

Its the worst Hearst I can recall ,
There will be issues with stuff germinating .
Up in this corner we often miss the worst weather as the Grampians shelter us .
Not on this occasion.

 

[franklin]

Holy crud it is wet now.

 

[Skimmer]

Its the worst Hearst I can recall ,
There will be issues with stuff germinating .
Up in this corner we often miss the worst weather as the Grampians shelter us .
Not on this occasion.

2004 was our worst but this was a month earlier

 

[Sandy]

Its the worst Hearst I can recall ,
There will be issues with stuff germinating .
Up in this corner we often miss the worst weather as the Grampians shelter us .
Not on this occasion.

It came from the north nothing to shelter us here

 

[marshallfarm]

I think next week could the week that I will be drilling winter wheat in the morning and combining it in the afternoon. pee'd off, tired and underpaid.

 

[Fraserb]

I think next week could the week that I will be drilling winter wheat in the morning and combining it in the afternoon. pee'd off, tired and underpaid.

This is the first year ive drilled wheat while still having some to cut, less straw to deal with now.

 

[Wombat]

Well the rice, sorry Spring wheat is wet again

 

[solo]

Someone in Lincolnshire still had 2000 acres to cut when my daughter spoke to him yesterday. Neither of us could believe it.

 

[Chae1]

Someone in Lincolnshire still had 2000 acres to cut when my daughter spoke to him yesterday. Neither of us could believe it.

Maybe he was just trying to impress your daughter that he'd a big farm.

 

[Clive]

Sent trailer and borrowed muck fork to a field today to scrape up the only single swath of straw we didn't put through the chopper on all harvest !

Tried a sraw chopper on it yesterday and it was to wet to even go through that

 

[Bob lincs]

Cut 80ac of beans yesterday at 18-20% . 50ac left but raining this morning . Maybe tomorrow .

 

[marshallfarm]

Just tested the barley at 19% out of hand. Make a start about 2pm

 

[Chae1]

Just tested the barley at 19% out of hand. Make a start about 2pm

We're in the same country. But farm in completely different worlds.

 

[radar]

Still 50 acres of S beans to cut - 25% pods black, rest green still. Out of curiosity put some in moisture meter (marconi) and squeezed. Water oozed out! Any suggestions on how to speed up the ripening welcome -patience in short supply!

 

[Drillman]

Still 50 acres of S beans to cut - 25% pods black, rest green still. Out of curiosity put some in moisture meter (marconi) and squeezed. Water oozed out! Any suggestions on how to speed up the ripening welcome -patience in short supply!

Mobile batch drier!! We did ours at over 30% 2 years ago.