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Post by kevlar on Aug 7, 2020 20:26:51 GMT -6
When do you guys think you will get going with harvest? Was towards Winnipeg today, seen a few fields done, not sure, maybe fall rye or winter wheat. I think we will be close to a couple weeks before we start to swath here, yes we swath! Maybe sooner, a shot of rain sure wouldn't hurt, just not another 15 incher. The forecast looks hot and dry so it might come in sooner than I expect, but crops look surprisingly good considering all the extremes it has had thrown at it this year. Lots of wild oats this year, not just ours but everyone, was so dry on top that they never germinated until we got the heavy rain, then they took off. We waited as long as we could to spray in hopes that it would rain but it just never came in time. Have a couple quarters we hope to put something down this fall for wild oat control next year. Really hope we get some weather that cooperates this fall for spraying, has been 3 falls in a row that just never gave us a day to spray an acre, that is starting to show up. Not dropping any straw this year, can't risk that holding us up like last fall, not to mention the mess with twine and compaction from bailing and hauling them off.
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Post by SWMan on Aug 7, 2020 21:34:10 GMT -6
I haven't seen the first pea field in a week so I'm likely gonna get a shocker when I see it, but my guess is a week away still. Mechanic was here today getting my old combine ready because my new one hasn't landed yet, so at least that is done. I'm still far away from ready on other stuff, no hurry for me to get in the field. And we missed the rain again today, some yield potential will be coming off with this hot weather. Good weather for getting work done though, you'd think I would be ready.
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Post by meskie on Aug 7, 2020 21:38:08 GMT -6
Iām thinking we got a couple weeks yet if there weather stays warm and dry. We are harvesting some barley for silage right now if that counts.
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Post by shmiffy on Aug 7, 2020 21:49:34 GMT -6
Week to 10 days away, depends on the wheather 13 degrees C at supper time Today. Did see a couple combines going yesterday on early seeded lentils
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Post by jcalder on Aug 8, 2020 6:05:24 GMT -6
Thinking maybe at the end of next week we will spray the wheat. Then another 10 days or so.
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Post by bob123 on Aug 9, 2020 7:45:38 GMT -6
I started Wednesday on fall rye, it didnt handle the lack of rain so well, lots of ergot too
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Post by jcalder on Aug 9, 2020 21:28:08 GMT -6
What do you do with rye that has a bunch of ergot in it? Is there a market somewhere for that?
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Post by bob123 on Aug 10, 2020 12:23:59 GMT -6
What do you do with rye that has a bunch of ergot in it? Is there a market somewhere for that? It is being brought to red river seeds, they buy it off the field, color sort it, and then send it off to the end user
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Post by garyfunk on Aug 12, 2020 8:05:20 GMT -6
I don't expect anything to be ready until the last week of August. In the meantime we're going to shuffle a few bins around and finish hooking up a new to us dryer. (Maybe get a few fishing trips in as well š)
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Post by meskie on Aug 17, 2020 14:30:45 GMT -6
Neighbours are doing barley today. It was swathed Friday as it had some green spots in it. Early reports said 14.5 moisture 51lb sample. The other guys across the road are just getting their barley chopped for silage.
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Post by generalchaos on Aug 17, 2020 20:15:53 GMT -6
Started swathing some wheat today. Strips of green due to the floater sinking in while spreading fertilizer this spring. Only came up after the rain we received two weeks after seeding. Head lands nice and ripe. May try to combine that on Wednesday.
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Post by torriem on Aug 17, 2020 20:21:04 GMT -6
Peas are going strong around here in southern Alberta. Lentils underway also. And wheat is starting, mostly winter wheat, some barley ready, and some spring wheat. Like most years here if we waited for all the green areas to ripen on their own we wouldn't harvest any spring wheat until the 3rd or 4th week of August, and the weather starts to get more variable then. So we're taking full advantage of the hot weather right now and swathing most of the wheat, even on dryland. I dunno what it is lately but the plants just kind of harden instead of ripen in recent years. Straw and grain can be tough, but you cut it down and it's ready to go in just a few days. Very glad we still have a swather! So far yields are at least average, if not slightly above for us (irrigation). On dryland, yields are very good, above normal, thanks to the 8-9 inches of rain.
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Post by kevlar on Aug 17, 2020 21:24:53 GMT -6
We have have some barley we might open up tomorrow with the swather, was the first stuff we sowed and the flood took it's toll on it somewhat. The rest of the barley isn't far behind. Looking like we might have all the barley and oats swathed and maybe all combined before we have any canola ready to come down. That of course can change, remember last year??!! Pretty sure there is no chance of straight cutting canola this year, all over the place.
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Post by SWMan on Aug 17, 2020 22:17:53 GMT -6
Started peas today, field is barely ready but we did 25 acres to get the bugs out. Nice crop. There is some early wheat getting harvested in the area and all the reports are that yields are down from previous years on that. Later crops got rain at better time and should be better. Time will tell.
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Post by victory on Aug 18, 2020 10:35:26 GMT -6
Just curious what barely ready means. Lol Are the peas testing over 20%? Haven't grown peas for a number of years, but found they seemed to thresh the nicest around 18%.
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