Wheat harvest 2018

[John Slejpner]

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.

Second wheat Siskin is my least exciting looking wheat - not looking forward to that one.

 

[Hobbit]

Second wheat Siskin is my least exciting looking wheat - not looking forward to that one.

Our Siskin was a 2nd wheat, did 2.23t/a on some very thin crap. Cut some Siskin later that day for a customer as a 1st wheat on slightly better ground and it did 3.3t/a

 

[Wheatonrotty]

Tried a bit of Bassett today as we'd finished the block of osr next to it and a hand rubbed sample had tested at 11.5 on Thursday. Not thrashing out very well and too many greens put it in the mid 15s so it's back to osr tomorrow.
Only done a bit of headland and a strip across the field on a less than good bit but not overly optimistic on yield.

 

[Case290]

Diego 3.5t looked like 4.5t amazing all leaning couple of small flat bits. . V disappointed. loads and loads of straw tho.

 

[Daniel]

Made a start this evening, been too busy mucking out poultry sheds to get to it any earlier. Crusoe at 10.7% moisture!

 

[jondear]

Our neighbor is cutting his today parish record I should think!

 

[MrNoo]

Still 16% here and a friend who farms up the road reckons he's still got partially green flag leaves!! I reckon we may get going again at the weekend.

 

[Farmerdunk]

Just finished 40 acres of Costello. 12%, 78 bushel 4t or 10t/hectare.
Just started next field, 75 acres of Costello again.

 

[bobk]

Just finished 40 acres of Costello. 12%, 78 bushel 4t or 10t/hectare.
Just started next field, 75 acres of Costello again. View attachment 697090 View attachment 697092

Nice crop , don't look 4 ton to me .

 

[Warp Land Farmer]

Nice crop , don't look 4 ton to me .

Why not?

 

[Farmerdunk]

Nice crop , don't look 4 ton to me .

Yes surprised us a bit, it's all been over our weigh bridge, combine was spot on!

 

[Chickcatcher]

@Farmerdunk its that their chicken muck again. oh no its not its that boys ground you farm.

 

[Farmerdunk]

@Farmerdunk its that their chicken muck again. oh no its not its that boys ground you farm.

No it's not at home so no chicken muck here lol! On our heavy ground.
Just good farming

 

[Farmerdunk]

@Chickcatcher, got that bailer yet, got 50 acres down in swath today.

 

[Chickcatcher]

@Chickcatcher, got that bailer yet, got 50 acres down in swath today.

I am told it needs at least 250 down in front of it for a days work

 

[phil]

Finished OSR so tried some wheat, still few green grains

 

[Zippy768]

Made a start this evening, been too busy mucking out poultry sheds to get to it any earlier. Crusoe at 10.7% moisture!

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What's your Dominator?

 

[snipe]

Just started today..gallant, 2t/ac. Came out of winter very water logged and never recovered, then just burn up. Worst field on the farm. Hope for an improvement tomorrow. 14.5%

 

[Feldspar]

Started a block of no-till (the only true bit of no-till wheat we have) Siskin. Some 1st wheat and some 2nd. Threshing pretty nicely and feeding much better than our Skyfall / Mulika mix. Nice high protein looking grain and not as pinched as I thought it would be. 2/3 way through first field and 8.55 t/ha. Should end up about 8.7t. A good 0.5t better than I was expecting. 2nd wheats could be a decent bit worse. All in all a lovely evening to be combining.

 

[Feldspar]

One question for the sages, how fast should a knife cut? Ours seems to start bunching at 7 kph. I am cutting quite high, so have tried lowering cut height a bit and speeding up reel. Really I think the solution is a new knife, but should it easily cope above 7kph? Really could do with a 12m header on this 9090 in these conditions. 60 tph and only 85% engine load.