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- NSW, Newstralya
Where in the world are you combine harvesting today ?
- Thread starter Pilatus
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- Bedfordshire
Are the wheels on backwards so they don't wear so much on the road, or so when you get stuck going forwards you have more traction to get out in reverse??
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- NSW, Newstralya
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- Northumberland
Is there a similar, much considered, reason for the state of the footwear on the motherbin (if that's the right term)?both reasons
d williams
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Swaths?? You bale to sell as feed ??
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- Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos
Things must be especially difficult when you need to use the bottom step as a dunny seat, as evidenced by the bog paper.
Then further given away by the Oversize flag!
I thought you guys called a shovel a spade.
Did you lose yours? Or only buried the bit that was strictly necessary?
No offence, I’d have done the same.
But I wouldn’t mention it in my Red Tractor records!
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- NSW, Newstralya
haha
No, that’s not paper ( you had me puzzled there for a while ), but an old plastic chemical drum that was hit by the slasher in the long grass & shredded. Neighbours goats wonder around as they like & drag sh!t everywhere
- Location
- NSW, Newstralya
Is there a similar, much considered, reason for the state of the footwear on the motherbin (if that's the right term)?
motherbin, field bin, big bin, whatever works . . .
it is only moved when empty & then not very far, so the tyres aren’t too important.
the trouble is, they are second hand 10.00 x 20 truck tyres, but no one runs those sizes anymore so I’d either need to buy new ( 20 tyres ), or change over the hubs to be able to access current sizes second hand. Either way, at the moment neither expense can be justified
What sort of tonnage will that mother bin hold?
I had never heard of “Mungbeans” so thanks for that.
I will Google “Mungbeans”
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- NSW, Newstralya
What sort of tonnage will that mother bin hold?
I had never heard of “Mungbeans” so thanks for that.
I will Google “Mungbeans”
80 tonne of wheat
mungbeans are an important part of Asian cuisine, either as fresh sprouts or ground into flour & used in a whole variety of things.
If you’ve ever had “bean sprouts” at an Asian restaurant, chances are they were sprouted mungbeans
mungbeans are also very high in protein, so are now also used a lot to manufacture “plant based” or “fake” meats
for us, they are worth between $1300 / t ( for #1 “sprouting” grade ), to about $800 / t ( for #3 “processing” grade )
low yielding & highly variable though
90 day crop
- Location
- NSW, Newstralya
- Location
- NSW, Newstralya
no swaths, maybe you’re just seeing where the stubble has been flattened by wheel tracks & it looks like a swath ?
No, we don’t bale any straw. Apart from the fact it’s not really worth anything ( apart from during extreme droughts ), I want to leave as much straw & residue on my soil as possible, it’s far more valuable there than anywhere else.
Those pics show 2 different crops side by side. The field with really short stubble, cut close to the ground, was mungbeans ( planted on metre rows direct into standing wheat straw ), which are a short plant with low pods.
The other taller stubble is sorghum, which is usually cut around waist high. That stubble will stay there until it decomposes or the next crop is harvested. We will plant straight into it as it is, next month
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- Shropshire
- Location
- Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos
Hello @mahammad .
Your brother Anwer has sent me some great videos of harvesting wheat in Erbil, Kurdistan (Iraq).
Please post some photos on this thread.
Many of us will remember @mahammad asking about Massey Ferguson 30 seed drills and it would be interesting to see pictures of you harvesting the crops you planted with your imported MF drill.
Happy harvesting,
Regard Two Tone (Richard).
Your brother Anwer has sent me some great videos of harvesting wheat in Erbil, Kurdistan (Iraq).
Please post some photos on this thread.
Many of us will remember @mahammad asking about Massey Ferguson 30 seed drills and it would be interesting to see pictures of you harvesting the crops you planted with your imported MF drill.
Happy harvesting,
Regard Two Tone (Richard).
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Great to try and encourage members from all around the globe to send in pics comments about the state of crops in there
part of the world.
Off topic.
Price of fuel per litre in their part of the world would be interesting to know.
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- Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos
I’m having a WhatsApp conversation with Anwer as we speak.Great to try and encourage members from all around the globe to send in pics comments about the state of crops in there
part of the world.
Off topic.
Price of fuel per litre in their part of the world would be interesting to know.
It is extremely interesting to see farming in Erbil.
He tells me that wheat is about 500 dollars a tonne, right now, compared to 300 last year.
Anwer says fuel is 60-70 US cents/litre.
A 7 tonne/ha crop, where they would usually get an 8 tonne crop and start harvest 15 days later.
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- NSW, Newstralya
In December ( harvesting wheat ) we were paying around Au$1.39 / litre diesel. With our fuel rebate scheme ( for eligible off road use & industries ), we were able to claim back $0.44 / l. for an on farm cost of $0.95.Price of fuel per litre in their part of the world would be interesting to know.
Today, diesel is $2.12 / litre ( the same as 98 petrol ) & our rebate claim ( which is the road tax component of the price ) has been reduced to $0.22. So, an on farm cost of $1.90.
from Dec 21 to June 22 . . .