Brutal cold front

[Hopperbin]

Moreso than direction is the proper rolling. This year I actally had some north south swaths with no stubble under them that faired better than some of the neighbours east west ones that were not rolled quite as tight and even had stubble. Don't want to roll too tight either as could be trouble picking up. We got done with our canola yesterday thank goodness.

[fjlip]

Perfect timing, hopper. We have the June seeded still in swath, hoping not to lose it. A lot of N-S are wrecked around here. Huge rolled up piles. Very sad, best late canola still out there.
I rolled tight, but very little stubble.

[tman]

From my half hour eastern commute from S'toon, looks like the east/west cut fields are handling the wind much better than the north/south swathed ones...so far.

[ColevilleH2S]

Hedgehog. No one in my area uses one. So I don't
know.

[riders2010]

I swathed all I could east west and on 3 quarters I estimate 30% of the swaths that when I went eastward are gone the ones that I travelled west with the swather are only 5% gone. How heartbreaking after all these bad years

[furrowtickler]

Agree with all, this fukin wind demolished some canola. Heavy hail in about a 10 mile wide stip from Macklin to north of Denholm caused 75-100% loss, and 75% of the canola was still out. Also Half of that was a good 30-40 bus crop. To boot anything 30 miles north of south of that line is 20-80% wind damaged from wind.....This was very, very wide spread. Wheat was shelling out for *** sake.

[farmaholic]

Riders: My experience was that if the swath was laying the same direction as the wind was coming the ones with the pods facing the wind got somewhat scattered or shook so hard it shelled alot of it, the tops of the swath looked white. If the pods(swaths) were leaning away from the wind they actually did very well and didn't suffer too much damage.

[bluefargo]

I think your odds are better on east west swaths. However up until yesterday my worst damage was from a south wind.
After yesterday I have the experience of watching my swathed lentil field blow away. To the farmer who in Manitobe who harvests my lentils please send me my crop share!

[sumdumguy]

That would be neighbourly. Actually, I would have
let you come over and pick up your own lentils
Bluefargo.