We were on at 11. Rained off at half five. Had cut the best part of 85ac in 4 fields. Looking at the straw it is not really ready. Looking at some local stubbles it is *really* not ready. All cut today was under 9% though. 75ac left in the field but it has pee'd it down for the last five hours to the point where there could easily have been half an inch. Alas.
osr harvest 2017
- Thread starter tw15
- Start date
- Location
- Minehead,Somerset
Was forcasted to rain here yesterday by 11/12 at the latest but put header on combine at 8am and in order to get handler [on header trailer]out cut 50 yds which flowed in nicely. So went back for trailer and started at 8.20am with a veiw of maybe getting 2 loads [18tonne trailers] before rain. However apart from spits of drizzle for 5 minutes every hour, rain kept off until 3 pm so managed 35 acs on my own which was 5 loads so well pleased and its yeilding well by look of it. Off to central store on monday so will have proper weights. Moisture was 12.2 % but dropped to 11% at end. Got 10 acs to finish OSR this morning hopefully as more rain forcasted for lunchtime and looking crap for the week .
Mr Charisma
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- Location
- stratford on Avon
Finished a 65 acre field at 6.30 yesterday evening , it was started on Monday evening , took 7 attempts to cut the field , that's how many times we have been stopped by showers apart from Tuesday afternoon when I bunged it solid ,
But I moved straight into a next door field last night and straight away I knew it wasn't fit to cut , green stem still running up into the canopy , so will be back in 5 or so days I hope , off to cut a neighbours Campus as soon as it dries out ,,,,,
But I moved straight into a next door field last night and straight away I knew it wasn't fit to cut , green stem still running up into the canopy , so will be back in 5 or so days I hope , off to cut a neighbours Campus as soon as it dries out ,,,,,
- Location
- East yorks
Quite a lot of Osr to cut in north Lincs and yorks, quite a bit of it looks white at the top from the road. Not sure if the pods are empty or just as it's died off
- Location
- South Oxfordshire
Any Oil results yet
Just three loads straight to crush 43.8% Oil / 7.3%MC / 0.6% admix £29/t bonus
Just three loads straight to crush 43.8% Oil / 7.3%MC / 0.6% admix £29/t bonus
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Mr Charisma
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- Location
- stratford on Avon
Been and tried this afternoon ,,,,,,,,, 14% So it will stay were it is
- Location
- Durham, UK
Finished our bit of osr last night. Annistasia. 1.7 ton ac 11.5%. Chuffed with that as its on heavy clay and the first time iv not ploughed it. Seems to be very oily so fingers crossed for a decent oil bonus.
Captain Mainwaring
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- Location
- E. Sussex
Had a try again last night but 13% so just finished the last few acres left in the block and moved the combine. There's a lot of wheat ready now and some oats to do so it's getting cut today regardless.
- Location
- herefordshire
hi anybody else have trouble with very green stalks ours has been sprayed 3 weeks. just tried to cut some and its horrendous
solo
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- Location
- worcestershire
Glyphosate should have worked by now but all you can do really is skim the pod canopy off the top and then deal with the stalks another day.
- Location
- herefordshire
trouble is its 6 feet tall and gone down in place tram lines are also about 1 ft off the ground and it is sold for litter
- Location
- MK43
Managed to get ours finished today with a slightly nervous moment when a shower came on with an hour left, but it didn't come to anything. Yield overall 30cwt/ac with the best at 33 and the worst 25.
Had 2 fields next to each other, one with 2kg/ha berseem clover as companion the other didn't. Drilled on the same day and treated the same throughout, the one with did 33cwt/ac the one without 30.
Had 2 fields next to each other, one with 2kg/ha berseem clover as companion the other didn't. Drilled on the same day and treated the same throughout, the one with did 33cwt/ac the one without 30.
d williams
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It will be esyer to combine when layered from that height a nd fit may have to cut one way I feel your pain into last field today be glad to see the back of the f**king stuff this yeartrouble is its 6 feet tall and gone down in place tram lines are also about 1 ft off the ground and it is sold for litter
spikeislander
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- Location
- bedfordshire
You were lucky we were combining at ravensden and got rained off. Stevington still dry.
Well done respectable yields.
Mr Charisma
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- Location
- stratford on Avon
Still battling along ,,,,, showers still seem to be against me but did get started at 5 pm , rape is on the floor and slow going but hoping to finish this block today which leaves us another good days work. But at least this is stood , at least it was last time I saw it !!!!!!!!
- Location
- MK43
Surprising how often the rain seems to split and go either side of us, was wetter at Stagsden.
Pleased with those yields normally average 27/28ish.
Managed to make a start on our rape 7pm last night, Elgar not desiccated, 12%, no yield meter but appears to be yielding well, filled 14T trailer from about 3ha. Using a Vario header for the first time handles the crop very well but it did start lumping a bit after sunset. Like all these things you wonder why you didn't get one years ago!
- Location
- Somerset UK
Just had my weights back from a central store, 1.78t/ac 44.6% oil.
FSS, at about 7kg/ha had one very shallow pass with an Xpress then 'direct drilled' with an amazone primera. It got battered by the high winds in June and lots had gone flat, but I think that bit yielded better than the pigeon ravaged part that was later and had remained standing, there was a 2acre field included in the total acreage that barely produced 1t in total so that dragged the average down a bit.
Variety was Campus
FSS, at about 7kg/ha had one very shallow pass with an Xpress then 'direct drilled' with an amazone primera. It got battered by the high winds in June and lots had gone flat, but I think that bit yielded better than the pigeon ravaged part that was later and had remained standing, there was a 2acre field included in the total acreage that barely produced 1t in total so that dragged the average down a bit.
Variety was Campus
Charlie--chalk
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- Location
- Hampshire
First time grower here and was wondering what sort of bonus I should expect from 45% oil 0.200 admix? Cheers
