Custom Combiners

[sumdumguy]

I was thinking, there must be some combines that may not leave the shed this year because crops are fried. Has anyone heard of neighbours who would go custom combining? The weather forecast has extended the cloudy cool showery weather into September, it appears. Totally ripe lentils, peas around here are greening up again now.

[the big wheel]

Yes insult to injury these late showers and
Crops short to the ground some swathed because
Well it never rains right??? Wrong, mother
Nature trying hard to completely zero more
Fields. Barley sprouted can even bale it.
But who wants to really shave the ground
With their equipment to do someone else’s with
The cost of machinery and repairs? Would take
Someone with a bit of a kind soul to want to help
And there are some but less and less all the time
The way farming has gone. It’s sad.

[Old Cowzilla]

Cattle operation down the road from me is doing custom combining so they can get enough straw. Cattle and grain guys in the area trying to help each other as much as they can. Lots of crop not seeing a combine,tough for grain guys hoping to cash in on some of these grain prices and cattle guys not having much fun baling a short crop.

[jamesb]

We went out combining in the flood year when we only had a half section planted. If you know someone with a crop its a lot easier as for us we had to pay to get it hauled a few hours to get into a good area. Made enough for a combine payment so I was happy. great experience on one hand as all I did was look after the combine and didnt have all the other management issues to worry about. Enjoyed it on one hand but hope to never do it again. some neighbors went custom swathing at the time too.

[zeefarmer]

I know one neighbor has put an ad out looking. I put it out on my Twitter that I'd be willing to do custom combining or provide labor after we finished our harvest. Had alot of interest in labor and none in combining. Harvest is definitely taking longer than I had anticipated back a month ago

[sumdumguy]

Drizzled here since 4:00 yesterday, amounts to 3/4 inch. It looks like a lull in the harvest, hopefully next week go-time again.