Friday Crop Report on a Thursday!

[Partners]

Crops all look good in this area.
Some are real late..but the big guys were seeding mid June so they will need no frost for a long time yet.
Wht price on the rise so might even make some money on that crop?
Nexera 1026 looking VG might even take the top yield prize on our farm.
Last new combine I drove was a 1982 JD 7720..all have been used since then.
It's your money..enjoy life..

[bucket]

My father in law always said ..." you need guys buying new to have used equipment..."

Made sense to me. but then again he could trade for 15000 after 4 years on tractors and wheat was a better price.

[farming101]

Here is another calculator

estimating wheat yield or any grain that is 60 pounds/bu:

seeds/sq. ft (use your best modest guess)

times 1.6 (Flax-1.7, Canola-1.9, Barley-2, Oats-2.8)

times seed size in grams/1000 seeds expressed as a fraction
(example: 33 grams/1000 seeds is .033)

Example calculation for 1000 seeds/sq. ft. @ 33 grams/1000 seeds:

1000 X 1.6 X .033=52.8 bu/acre

[farmaholic]

I'll do a bin inventory when I'm done harvest.
Then I'll know for sure.

[SASKFARMER3]

Pit is best guess.

I like scouting and checking with gator or quads.

[jazz]

SF3, if it makes you feel better, there are farmers out there like me that will never sit in a new machine.

Might not even be able to sit in an STS - trying to keep the 9600 going as long as I can.

[bucket]

The pit is the only measurement that counts. everything else is noise.

[jazz]

And the best way to estimate crop yields is to count it when its in the bin. Its never as much as you expect, just like the cheque you get from the terminal wen you sell it.

[bucket]

I had a 1850 hopper bin full of flax one year ...when I was done hauling it was only 3800 bushels...very light flax...threw my calculations out

[SASKFARMER3]

The machine example shows how idiotic deals are Getting. Difference on three is same as just ordering a new one. Other farmers around the world rebuild combines etc and our way more hours than we do maybe a new thing to start doing in winter strip down and repair and run again costs way less than trading and new last series has all bell and whistles as new one except scale and cameras. Scale on grain cart and camera is cheap addition. If you have active cylinder your half way their.

It’s examples boys.

Cool two more days then heat and chance of rain tues