Wheat harvest 2018

[snarling bee]

Forget the drought. Blossom midge will be my biggest yield robber this year judging by the ears I have just rubbed out. Unaffected grains are plump if a bit small, affected grain sites have no grain at all.

 

[Clive]

Just tried a bit of Montana (one lap of the field) 14.5% mc 15.7% protein but terrible sample as really just not fit yet

 

[Wombat]

I think one good wet day in June with say 25mm in it would have made ok into excellent here.

 

[Flat 10]

Some parts of even this area got a good dose of rain when most of the rest of us didn't. I would have thought on well bodied land that those areas should be expecting pretty good yields.

You are not helping

 

[Flat 10]

Forget the drought. Blossom midge will be my biggest yield robber this year judging by the ears I have just rubbed out. Unaffected grains are plump if a bit small, affected grain sites have no grain at all.

I have way too much of that in resistant varieties too

 

[John Slejpner]

Bushel 77 (Hag 300+) protein 14.5%!!

Yield at least 8 t/ha. crop is way too thick for the season but seems to be getting away with it

14.6 ha finished - looks like 130-135 tonnes in shed - give or take 9 t/ha.
If true then 1.0t/ha more than same variety in same field last year (this field is year 8 straight wheat).
But last years drought was different and worse than this years, here.

 

[John Slejpner]

Forget the drought. Blossom midge will be my biggest yield robber this year judging by the ears I have just rubbed out. Unaffected grains are plump if a bit small, affected grain sites have no grain at all.

Sorry to hear that, lemons have mugged us here more than i would wish in some varieties - not variety fault just random timing of what was vulnerable when lemons about (i assume).
As far as i can tell, nobody, inc ag industry sponsored entimologists, was alert to the lemon threat in time.

 

[solo]

Second wheat grafton 78 acres produced an estimated 198t at 74kg and average moisture of 14.2%
First wheat grafton 74 acres produced an estimated 207t at 76kg and average moisture of 14.4%
Yield are down by about half a ton per acre compared to better years but are better than I first feared. The aim now is to cool it as yesterday’s loads were 28degrees

 

[Feldspar]

Nibbled at some Skyfall today and it's 16% going to start in earnest tomorrow. Barley finished today. Haven't really started OSR, but luckily APH have lent us another combine to do it. About time we can start to motor though acreage after a frustratingly slow start. Starting wheat on 21 July feels really weird.

 

[MrNoo]

Got into some droughted out Skyfall and was pleasantly surprised but then as the soil type changed to heavier as we went across the field the crop was not fit and moisture shot up, it was 13.5% at the start, so packed up. Reckon it'll realistically be a week or so before we get going properly into it. I think the wheat around here won't do too badly speaking to a chap cutting his today, he found the same thing, so is on stop too, he said his was yielding very well indeed on his heavier soil before he stopped. Rain here this evening which should help it ripen off.

 

[Euro fighter]

Cut some Crusoe yesterday pm, 13.9% moisture, 79.1 specific weight and 13.1% protein. First time ever didn't put liquid N on the ear as was too hot - have I just wasted 20 years of religiously apply the stuff?! But I know every year is different......

 

[Badshot]

I went and rubbed some skyfall out a couple of days ago, was very hard , but other parts of the field weren't . I might try it again this coming week.

 

[Hammer]

Cut some Crusoe yesterday pm, 13.9% moisture, 79.1 specific weight and 13.1% protein. First time ever didn't put liquid N on the ear as was too hot - have I just wasted 20 years of religiously apply the stuff?! But I know every year is different......

No I'm sure you haven't! I think it's the season, I reckon proteins will be pretty high in the main.

 

[Mr Charisma]

I went and rubbed some skyfall out a couple of days ago, was very hard , but other parts of the field weren't . I might try it again this coming week.

Same here , on fri evening we took the combine to a field of Skyfall that I thought was fit to go , biggish field so went down the hedge and then cut up the middle of the field and back again , by the time I got back to gateway I had 12 ton ish on the trailer , so sample was from headlands , tramlines and infield , ,,,,,, lots of soft grain and the trailer sample read 16.5 %. But infield sample 13% , the other object of this exercise was to have a good idea of estimated yield so we know which shed to put this variety in , don't want to be disapointed with a variety and end up with a shed only 3/4 full , On my sample 12 ton load the yield meter came back with 3.7 t / acre , ,,,,,,yes it's got to be calibrated when we start but it's not a million miles away going by what's on the trailer ,,,, oh yes Spec weight 77 to 78

 

[MrNoo]

Yup, just got to be patient!!! Think the wheats will do well this year, not epic but certainly better than expected

 

[yellow belly]

Yup, just got to be patient!!! Think the wheats will do well this year, not epic but certainly better than expected

Fresh combined wheat never gives an accurate reading on small sample farm moisture meters

Last year we had readings between 14 .5 and 19 when we started on wheat took it to Openfield lab and got a proper test at 14.5 cracked on combining and did not need to dry any all outloaded at under 15 %
If it is hard to bite is a good indication it is dry the old soft grain can skew the reading up to 19% and cost a week harvesting time
You can see if most grains are ready then a few day more sun needed
This is often the case for the later maturing majority of varieties

 

[Clive]

Cut some Crusoe yesterday pm, 13.9% moisture, 79.1 specific weight and 13.1% protein. First time ever didn't put liquid N on the ear as was too hot - have I just wasted 20 years of religiously apply the stuff?! But I know every year is different......

Didn’t do it here either due to heat but I guess we are unlikely to be getting the yield dilution of protein that would happen if it hadn’t been so dry through grain fill

 

[bankrupt]

Think the wheats will do well this year, not epic but certainly better than expected

That's very good to hear, MrNoo.

Currently feeling slightly encouraged here because oats are down only 30% compared to the 40% which I earlier proclaimed widely and loudly as my expectation.

However, our barley was down the 25% as expected and still think our wheat will be down 40%.

In a linear drought, the later the crop, usually the more the damage.

 

[Feldspar]

Did 130ac Skyfall today. 8.4 t/ha. 1st week scratch-tilled into OSR stubble. A bit disappointing. Going on to no-till Siskin tomorrow which I expect to be a fair bit worse. Coming in at 16% to start and then down to 12%. Sample not amazing but OK.

 

[John Slejpner]

For the last day and a half here its been the battle of the Gp4 heavyweight contenders Gravity and Kerrin.
Both look the part, but neither is at all inspiring where it counts. 8t/ha conservative guestimate. Kerrin especially unlucky with a heavy lemon midge handicap.
Kerrin probably gets the nod by the slightest of margins.

A small bit of Zyatt on great soil did about 8.5 but had the ironic advantage of minimal lemon midge damage as it was sprayed for OBM !! Skyfall retains its Gp 1 crown here.

So 1-1 draw between KWS and RAGT