Taking an age

[Farmer Roy]

Had to stop yesterday afternoon as it got too dry here, down to 11%.

Gave it a couple of hours and set off again as the sun dipped below the horizon. Came back up to 13% by midnight.

Bloody hot here today, weather station north of 83 degrees

why did you stop when it got to 11% ?

we can’t actually deliver wheat above 12.5 %, I’d say the vast bulk of our wheat would normally be harvested around 10 - 11 % moisture . . .

 

[Flatlander]

Had to stop yesterday afternoon as it got too dry here, down to 11%.

Gave it a couple of hours and set off again as the sun dipped below the horizon. Came back up to 13% by midnight.

Bloody hot here today, weather station north of 83 degrees

never too dry. Less problems storing and threshing when it’s dry,can cut on into the night and mix in a few higher moisture loads too from the morning start.

 

[Jerry]

why did you stop when it got to 11% ?

we can’t actually deliver wheat above 12.5 %, I’d say the vast bulk of our wheat would normally be harvested around 10 - 11 % moisture . . .

Partly as the straw was being smashed to bits. Gave it an hour and the Swarth was twice the size.

 

[Farmer Roy]

Partly as the straw was being smashed to bits. Gave it an hour and the Swarth was twice the size.

ok, we are ALL about the grain, we don’t bale straw as it’s too valuable as trash / residue / ground cover in our zero till systems.
Tbh, if it was smashing the straw that would be an advantage for us

 

[Wombat]

Wheat down to 13 tonight and I suspect the last trailer might be in the 12’s not stopping as I want everything that’s fit in the local store before the weather goes to crap and it will

 

[Zippy768]

Finished wheat today. Testing 13.5% yesterday, didn't bother testing the last bit today.
Tried my best to stop straw smashing up, but obviously didn't manage it well enough as I watched Cousin struggle to bale it this afternoon.
Not going to make the best bedding

 

[Gedd]

Wheat down to 13 tonight and I suspect the last trailer might be in the 12’s not stopping as I want everything that’s fit in the local store before the weather goes to crap and it will

According to my phone forecast ive got till sunday then wet for the foreseeable (durham)

 

[Gedd]

For all the drying weather my wheat is taking forever to drop in moisture 16.8 this morning 17.5 friday morning

Cut some at 13% today too bloody dry now

 

[BredRedHfd]

Cut some at 13% today too bloody dry now

Put some wheat/barley/oats mix through the roller mill this afternoon. Just basically shattered through...after a while, rollers got hot, and it stopped flowing through...wheat 13.5, barley about 12, oats 12.5..

 

[possumbility]

if you test at 9.00 at 17 and its still there at twelve its not ready to cut, simples.
you can dry moisture out of a crop, fitness takes ages.

 

[Wombat]

11.1 this evening for wheat

 

[Wombat]

Spring barley at 10.5