12 Year Canola Virgin

[jazz]

You think its bad now?
Wait until your kids have to deal with 48% to 50% oil content.

Most of this is 40% oil, so that should be storable I would think. I know some was testing 9% moisture when we first started but haven't run across anything that low in the bin since harvest. Also a lot of this was combined very cold. Surprised it heated.

Extra sweating this year?

[AC man]

Most of this is 40% oil, so that should be storable I would think. I know some was testing 9% moisture when we first started but haven't run across anything that low in the bin since harvest. Also a lot of this was combined very cold. Surprised it heated.

Extra sweating this year?

Just wondering was this straight cut?

[jazz]

Just wondering was this straight cut?

Yup, sprayed with glyphosate and heat to cure it. I usually swath, next year I will start again.

[LEP]

One thing we have found by experience is that frost on the plant makes the stems and chaff a source of heating. Last year I had a bin of 6% moisture, cold (-3 C) canola start to warm up in about 3 weeks after it was binned. Caught it on my monitor when it was up to mid 20’s C. Hauled before it heated though.

Same thing happened Maybe 10+ years ago when we combined the last few acres of a field in a light drizzle.
canola was 7% at the time of binning.

[farming101]

Higher oil content or specialty oil canola seems to heat up faster.

Under 9% and 10 degrees for storage is what I am comfortable with. Anything that tests very dry and heats is usually respiring yet or binned warm.
Straight cut canola is much more likely to be respiring in my opinion and must be cooled as quickly as possible and watched like a hawk for 6 weeks or so. The cooler the better. Tough/damp straight cut canola has a very short safe storage period.
Probably cut these numbers in half for straight cut.

Have also found that the same canola stored in a hopper bin can heat faster than flat storage if there is a warm fall.
Sorry to hear some heated on you

[jazz]

Sorry to hear some heated on you

Yeah its unfortunate but the other option was leave it in the swath for the winter.

This crop wasn't even supposed to be here. Germinated on June 25th. Lucky there is anything at all.

[fjlip]

CGC harvest sample says ours is 44.8%. All under 10% MT, and below ZERO C.

[farming101]

Yeah its unfortunate but the other option was leave it in the swath for the winter.

This crop wasn't even supposed to be here. Germinated on June 25th. Lucky there is anything at all.

Some swathed canola still out in the field in the area has already been destroyed by wildlife. Surprised they got into it so strong