Today at work

[Clockwatcher]

What would you recommend for Wheat, need to take 2% out of it

Usually dry wheat at about 80*c, takes a bit less than an hour to take out 2%

 

[Adeptandy]

Usually dry wheat at about 80*c, takes a bit less than an hour to take out 2%

Is that plenum temp ?

 

[Farmersboy]

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Thankfully an uneventful day with the dryer, new drive belt on and buffed up the smoky beans.
1 load gone and a bit more work on the kennels

When I am drying beans, I set the flame temperature lower than the burner cut off setting, so it never switches off. Just take a sample every half hour and manually switch off at 16.5%, then let cool. Note the burn time for the next batch. Usually use a flame temperature of 120-130*F, ie very cool, trying not to cook them.

 

[Clockwatcher]

Is that plenum temp ?

Yes 190*F in old money
opico book recommends 170*F but we haven’t had a problem with it a bit higher
grain temp is usually around 106 - 108*F at the end of the drying cycle. Then we cool it to 90*F before unloading, final cooling is done using pedestals in the heap.

 

[Adeptandy]

When I am drying beans, I set the flame temperature lower than the burner cut off setting, so it never switches off. Just take a sample every half hour and manually switch off at 16.5%, then let cool. Note the burn time for the next batch. Usually use a flame temperature of 120-130*F, ie very cool, trying not to cook them.

I may have had them a tad hot, but also think I may have an issue with the plenum stat, gets to temp then I have to manually reset it on the top lever. Ended up with beans, plenum 220f and grain temp of 110f 2 hours cook, 2 hours cool to 70f

 

[Adeptandy]

Yes 190*F in old money
opico book recommends 170*F but we haven’t had a problem with it a bit higher
grain temp is usually around 106 - 108*F at the end of the drying cycle. Then we cool it to 90*F before unloading, final cooling is done using pedestals in the heap.

I’m cooling in the dryer

 

[Muddyroads]

Anyone recommend a seed rate for winter sown rice?

 

[CPF]

Anyone recommend a seed rate for winter sown rice?
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80 - 100 kg per ha But as it grows you will have to start to thin it out a little bit.

 

[Muddyroads]

80 - 100 kg per ha But as it grows you will have to start to thin it out a little bit.

I’ve got sheep to do the thinning bit!

 

[Martyn]

Anyone recommend a seed rate for winter sown rice?
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Is this part of the NT flooding rewilding strategy?!! I see a herd of Limi are being sold at Exeter soon after looseing acres to it!

 

[thorpe]

i see the beavers are holding the water back,

 

[Hfd Cattle]

He's 13. I'm right behind him encouraging him to get involved with everything we do, especially the hand muck fork work so that he sees both the good side and the warts and all of farming.

Good on him ...and you !
When my lad was younger we were cleaning out a shed and I said to him " get the muck fork and clean the corners out " ...his reply .. " if I do that what are going to be doing " ...... watching you I said when I'm satisfied you can handle the muck fork properly then I will teach you how to use the loader ! ...about 2 mins later he broke the fork handle ! He said " I think it's going to be a while before I can use the tractor "! ......I think he was about 10

 

[George from SJM Planning]

Good on him ...and you !
When my lad was younger we were cleaning out a shed and I said to him " get the muck fork and clean the corners out " ...his reply .. " if I do that what are going to be doing " ...... watching you I said when I'm satisfied you can handle the muck fork properly then I will teach you how to use the loader ! ...about 2 mins later he broke the fork handle ! He said " I think it's going to be a while before I can use the tractor "! ......I think he was about 10

Went to Diggerland this week and said to my 2 year old that I'll buy her a mini-digger if she can fill the hole with the 5 tonner.

Does anyone have a mini-digger for sale????

 

[Hesstondriver]

Everybody should have a @Hfd Cattle day now and again I want on tonight on the lottery

What , where someone wins the jackpot- decides they don’t want it and then pay you to take the winning ticket of their hands ??

 

[Farmer Roy]

Air con still not fixed on tractor ( waiting for a part for over a week ) so heading out ( 6.30 Saturday evening ) to plant the last 100 ha of sorghum in the cool of the night.
Apart from not being able to sit in an A/C cab with no A/C during the day, the cab actually gets that hot that the screen on the auto steer shuts down ( just like if you leave your iPhone on your dashboard in summer ) & the terminal then shuts down - which is a bit of an issue when you are planting row crops on metre rows in zero till . . .
Bit of caffeine to keep me going

 

[Farmer Roy]

My auto steer base station setup - RTK

the satellite antenna is fixed to the old bore casing, as my fixed reference point & the UHF aerial for the link to the tractor is at the top of the old windmill tower.
Couple of solar panels to keep it powered up

 

[Farmer Roy]

 

[Farmer Roy]

 

[Farmer Roy]

Durum planted straight into grain sorghum stubble after it was harvested. Can’t see in the photo, but there are two wallabies sitting in it, their heads just sticking up, looking at me

 

[d williams]

Durum planted straight into grain sorghum stubble after it was harvested. Can’t see in the photo, but there are two wallabies sitting in it, their heads just sticking up, looking at me View attachment 994375

Is harvest far away on osr and barley???