Scorching canola

[Robertbarlage]

Better to swath a little green or wait till ripe? Or **** it just straight cut?

[jazz]

Better to swath a little green or wait till ripe? Or **** it just straight cut?

Some of the big guys who usually straight cut want it down and off. Swathing pod shatter varieties.

The chemical is so uncertain. I see guys who used some preharvest on wheat almost 2 weeks ago and its still not ready. We got the swather out.

[the big wheel]

Better to swath a little green or wait till ripe? Or **** it just straight cut?

Swathing Green and this heat and dry is a guarantee disaster. The others aren’t much better but possibly better.
Ours is fried bad.

[fjlip]

Preharvest can't KILL wheat with no leaves, burnt in the heat, plant is SHUT down. Stupid stressed weeds might not DIE either.
Swathing now with 60-80% black seeds in 7565, pods shrunk tight to seeds, dry down will make small seeds, less bu/Acre. Huge swaths but volume is uncertain.

[farmaholic]

My opinion.... If you are intending to swath non-straight cut varieties, and things are changing, and depending on how many acres you have to cover..... You might want to get at it. I think the "balance" is going to "tip" fast. There were times when things got ahead of us and there was no dew for night swathing to help prevent shattering.

We have started. Would I like to have seen more color change...yes. But I think it will turn fast.

Over ripe canola swaths are "very fluffy".... wind prone. If its shatter resistant...let it stand??????

Just ANOTHER management decision.....

Its just so easy , right furrow?

Eidt.in.... Remember we are.dry, wet areas might " hang on" longer.

[Sheepwheat]

Not much heat left in most forecasts, no?

[sumdumguy]

Swathing this fluffy dry swath seems dangerous to me. There is no weight to hold it down in a wind. Change in weather Is often accompanied by wind. Either way, the heat is the craps.

[6V53]

Leave it stand as long as you dare then swath between 2am and 11am.

[Herc]

Swathed every acre. Half in the bin. The other half in the next week.

[WiltonRanch]

Different areas different problems. Waiting for the colour to change more and worried about cold crap weekend. Wheat about hard dough, oats a couple days off. Barley last seeded quite flat and needs swathed when ready. We are wet here and I’ll give the canola till Friday before I might consider cutting. Aside from a few exceptions most around here won’t fire up till mid September. Lots of fall jobs getting done already cause it looks like this could go into the 10th inning again.
Picking rocks now