ollie989898
Member
Works fine, I've seen bean haulm baled and used, particularly for youngstock. Just go careful what you point the chopper at as the odd bean comes out as if fired from the mother of all paint ball guns.
Winter beans
- Thread starter Bigjon44
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Works fine, I've seen bean haulm baled and used, particularly for youngstock. Just go careful what you point the chopper at as the odd bean comes out as if fired from the mother of all paint ball guns.
ollie989898
Member
Straight forward season for you chaps on the edge of the plain then. Didn't suffer too much from the dry I hope.
- Location
- NE Derbyshire
- Location
- Dorset/Wilts
How many an acre?
- Location
- NE Derbyshire
11/acre 4'ers
Down here we have been lucky recon it could be record year lots of wheats around hitting 12t ha and s barley have been exceptional some over 10 t ha but lots in the 9 ton ha range around w beans the best smashing 5 ton ha for best . Have just about run out of storage . Before anyone cuts me down i don,t do farmers weekly yields try to be as conservative i.e. 12 ton trailer i call them as 10 ton of barley and 10.5 of wheat fully loaded. It all comes down to what the weigh tickets say + by the ha drilled that matters. Ollie were you worked last years the yield meters in the combine on sb was topping 9 .5 t ha in well stood s barley last week in the combine my nephew was driving next door to us .
- Location
- Berkshire
Tried our Winters at 5 this morning and the header losses were horrendous
The stems are so dry and light they’re not feeding that well adding to the issues
Packed up, having day off !!
The stems are so dry and light they’re not feeding that well adding to the issues
Packed up, having day off !!
- Location
- cheshire
Pleasing crop of Vespa 2t/acre at 14%all over weighbridge
Goes a long way to make up for normally thruching away mid September in a crop with fat hen taller than the beans
- Location
- East yorks
Do people use a protimeter to test beans? Mine is refusing to grind them so assume that means they are so dry and the bite test was going to leave teeth on the floor 
- Location
- NE Derbyshire
I smash then with a hammer first, then the pieces will grind throughDo people use a protimeter to test beans? Mine is refusing to grind them so assume that means they are so dry and the bite test was going to leave teeth on the floor
ollie989898
Member
I can believe that. Was intending to go there again this summer but doing a lot more childcare this summer so I couldn't. Have done the odd day locally here and there but nothing much. Should have gone on tanking for the AD job really. Some lovely farms/farm land around your way thoroughly enjoyed my time there last year, heck of a lot of toys about too and all up together.
Nephew has joined the team at D C, s loves it there been drive a new 8080 for this harvest they sure have the kit but not like some around here that think they are it because they have money to waste on stuppid big kit for their tiny contract farming op . Gerald and Neil just quietly get on with it with no bragging but do have plenty of good up together sensible kit .
- Location
- East yorks
Beans done at 6am, night and day from the other day. Done a bit less than hoped but there were some bits the rooks pulled the beans head off as the seed delivery was quite late and mine were the only ones aroun.d. Also very short compared to the pics on here, could that be phosphate?
Drought is always why they are short here
- Location
- NE Derbyshire
Good illustration of the difference this year combining beans in the heat of the day V early am (volunteers after stubbling).
