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Post by northernfarmer on Oct 10, 2023 20:08:05 GMT -6
Slowly getting it chewed off, canola was 13.9 at around 1 o’clock when we started, luckily we are working away from home right now, combined yesterday, it almost came dry but people around home was still testing 14-15, sun never shone at home until 2 in the afternoon, days are sure getting short. At least we’re pretty much done the worst of or land if it decides to snow, had this land get canola flattened by snow a few years ago, couldn’t find much worse land to try straight cutting an inch off the ground, 30-40 acres was a good day. Too bad we weren’t closer. I have canola in the bin that’s around 6%. You could be going at 14 if it could be blended
The irony is that at 6% moisture a farmer is loosing a lot of $$$ in weight loss, at 14 the drying costs are insane and once again loosing $$$ . There in lays the magic of the grain terminal as they get over dry canola for nothing extra due to no form of a rebate back to the farmer for example ( yet the oil content is still all there ) and charge plenty for shrinkage/drying for tough canola and laugh all the way to the bank as they blend the two together and don't even have to dry it. That's quite the business model I'd say !
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Post by meskie on Oct 10, 2023 20:27:46 GMT -6
Too bad we weren’t closer. I have canola in the bin that’s around 6%. You could be going at 14 if it could be blended
The irony is that at 6% moisture a farmer is loosing a lot of $$$ in weight loss, at 14 the drying costs are insane and once again loosing $$$ . There in lays the magic of the grain terminal as they get over dry canola for nothing extra due to no form of a rebate back to the farmer for example ( yet the oil content is still all there ) and charge plenty for shrinkage/drying for tough canola and laugh all the way to the bank as they blend the two together and don't even have to dry it. That's quite the business model I'd say !
I’d rather have 6 canola in my bin than waiting on snow to melt before I can combine it. Blow a lot more out the back of the combine then I loose having it 6% moisture. I’ve hauled lots of tough grain that I haven’t been charged drying for also. |
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Post by kevlar on Oct 10, 2023 20:31:07 GMT -6
Dad went for a drive this afternoon, said he seen a couple guys swathing wheat, not sure why they would be doing that, pretty sure they have straight cut headers. Another guy was doing some canola but he was zigzagging all over the field, straw was grass green so maybe too tough to put the low spots through, heard some of the earlier sprayed canola is breaking down bad, maybe that has something to do with it? Another guy still has peas out. Another guy still has some standing barley. So in the grand scheme of things, I’m pretty well off compared to some. But of course the prices are tanking now, might just have to keep the bins closed up for awhile. When harvest drags on for so long it starts to lose its fun. My wife and kids are starting to miss me, when you start swathing in good time at the start of harvest you think things will wrap up in good time, not always the case.
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Post by bigal on Oct 10, 2023 20:48:18 GMT -6
And you can always add water to dry canola. We have done it, and the local bunge knows it, and not a problem.
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Post by northernfarmer on Oct 10, 2023 20:49:33 GMT -6
Yes myself as well as per over dry canola in the bin vs a major loss in the field with shit weather, this year our canola was very dry and that showed up without a doubt on the trailer air gauge, full tridem trailer off the field to the yard and still not overloaded on the rear axles told the story. Also more canola out the back of the combine as that physical weight drops with the moisture unlike wheat it seems and blows out/straw breaking up to powder.
Never hauled in a contract of grain that was all tough and did not get docked for drying charges ( and of course also shrinkage ), only if I was hauling dry loads and they averaged out dry with the tough loads at that point in time.
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Post by kevlar on Oct 12, 2023 20:26:59 GMT -6
Canola finally came dry today! Our day started out changing the rotor drive belt and a canvas on the header, sun poked out for a bit this afternoon and evening. Still slow going but better than the 20 acres we got done yesterday.
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Post by kevlar on Oct 14, 2023 6:53:59 GMT -6
Progress came to a halt yesterday, just after supper the two speed rotor gearbox gave up the ghost 🤬. Mazer’s is going to bring out a machine this morning but now the fog is rolling in.
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Post by garyfunk on Oct 14, 2023 7:15:12 GMT -6
By the look of your forecast I wouldn't be too discouraged. Unless your weather is totally different than Brandon.  |
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Post by kevlar on Oct 14, 2023 7:39:09 GMT -6
We’re usually different than Brandon. Our elevation affects the weather up here. Brandon can have a shorts and t shirt day and we can be dreary and coat day. My brother lives in Minnedosa, about 12 miles south and we can have completely different days. Quite often drive out from Minnedosa and the temperature on the truck wil drop a couple degrees, and the funny thing is it will drop a degree at almost the exact same mile road every time.
Going to get started on drying the canola today. It can go either of two ways. Good, or really,really bad. Doesn’t seem to have an in between.
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Post by victory on Oct 14, 2023 8:56:10 GMT -6
At least you are still keeping the harvest talk going on the forum kevlar.  There is still a little bit of standing and swathed canola out this way too. Mostly from the larger acre guys. |
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Post by kevlar on Oct 14, 2023 9:24:22 GMT -6
Thanks, but I think I’d much rather keep the marketing or recreation thread going at this point 😂
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Post by victory on Oct 14, 2023 10:03:16 GMT -6
A guy just phoned me this morning if I could dry a quarter of oats for him. My bins around the dryer are all full of grain and I plan to start my "winter" driving job next week, so hope he can find someone else. I used to do a lot of custom grain drying, so I still get phone calls.
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Post by iamwill on Oct 14, 2023 17:13:57 GMT -6
What does it cost to dry grain now say 5 points? Between the cost of fuel, electricity, and labor I have lost interest in doing it unless as a last resort. Tried the corn today it's running about 20% just did some headlands but I can tell the trucks will be very busy.
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Post by kevlar on Oct 14, 2023 17:31:56 GMT -6
What does it cost to dry grain now say 5 points? Between the cost of fuel, electricity, and labor I have lost interest in doing it unless as a last resort. Tried the corn today it's running about 20% just did some headlands but I can tell the trucks will be very busy. I used to figure it out but honestly most years it’s the only way we could get our crops off. If we had to wait for stuff to come dry or close enough this year, I’d guess we’d still have 75% of our crop still in the field and all sprouted. Propane is cheaper this year than last by roughly 10 cents a litre if I remember correctly. It gets more expensive to dry as it gets later, in august and early September it costs next to nothing when it’s warmer out. When it’s minus 20 everything about drying grain sucks. |
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Post by slipclutch on Oct 14, 2023 17:32:30 GMT -6
I tried corn last Tuesday. 25%. Not as good a last year. But only 3.5” of water all year. So can’t complain
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