Canola School: Reducing Canola Left in the Field Increases Your Revenue and Lessens Volunteers- Deni

[mbratrud]

Every bushel thrown over would be about 700 - 1000 seeds per square foot (depending on the 1000 seed weight). Just an interesting number to be aware of. Not arguing that some people could be throwing over five bushel but not to see 4000 seeds per square foot you would literally have to be blind.

[shaney]

I don't think Denise meant that 3-5 bushels was the average but the council must have seen this on some farms to mention it.

What is the groups opinion on what is the hardest crop to set the combine for.

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[cottonpicken]

canary seed-its at the end of harvest,your mentally
and physically damaged goods,the weather sucks,and
you get incredibly uncomfortable making combine
adjustments.

[wmoebis]

I never got a chance to look. Was there an up front charge for this clinic?

[ado089]

My dad hates it when I do it but I to crank the the wind on canola and open the chaffer pretty far and use the sieve to clean up the sample. Adjust the rotor speed to the best distibution across the chaffer and go as fast as it will feed. It's unconventional but under the right conditions you can go 1.5-2mph faster without throwing anymore over than "old school" settings. If it's really dry I try to smash the hell out of the straw to make the chaff smaller and lighter then use wind speed to keep the chaff in the air, wide open chaffer. Throwing over 5lbs is pretty low but more than 15 and you should be rethinking your settings.

[mbratrud]

Flax can be a challenge

[TOM4CWB]

Shaney,

I have seen 15bu/ac on the ground.

Straight cut... after a week of rain with a 30-50km wind... day after day...

Swaths alone... before they are in the combine... can drop 30lb/ac.

Where is the loss actually happening??>?

I choose to run with low loss from the actual threshing elements themselves... not hard to grind up 10lb/ac... and only see yellow flakes! Especially with conventionals!