Check your bins

[LEP]

Had lots of 5 to 8% canola that we took off at the end of harvest. Daytime temps were in the low teens so I thought I was safe.

Found one bin at 28 degrees. Luckily I was able to finish hauling a Sept canola contract and moved it all.

[hobbyfrmr]

Had lots of 5 to 8% canola that we took off at the end of harvest. Daytime temps were in the low teens so I thought I was safe.

Found one bin at 28 degrees. Luckily I was able to finish hauling a Sept canola contract and moved it all.

Straightcut or swathed?
I remember a discussion where the theme was straightcut canola requires more monitoring in storage.

[FarmJunkie]

I would say yes and no Hobby. We’ve done it for a few years and we find as long as it’s cured with not many green patches it’s keeps fine if cooled in the fall. Definitely wouldn’t leave it without airing it down. Green patches and late seeded canola is a different story. Would be the first to go to crusher.

[fjlip]

Even DRY canola, combined over 20C needs cooling during harvest. All our bins are near to below freezing, zero green, 10-11% mt. Check often.

[Oliver88]

Good reminder

Temperature
Moisture level
Green count
With the forest fires this summer some varieties likely have a higher than ideal green count.

[LEP]

It was straight cut, zero green, 8% moisture combined on October 28. Only thing I can think of is early morning dew or late evening frost on the plant that made the chaff tough but not enough to really raise overall moisture much.

Moisture cables are worth the money.

[farmaholic]

Do I have to worry if there's frost on the bin roofs?

Its been foggy here the last couple of days.

[fjlip]

Snow/frost on bins or bags is good, even at 8% unless perfect fields there are tougher greener pockets standing, depending how long in swath, how cured. Ours was 43 days in swath, all straw was rotten.

[SASKFARMER3]

No frost that’s a big problem

[farmaholic]

No frost that’s a big problem

There's no snow on your bags and the snow is melted away four feet on either side of each bag...better get home!