Canola harvest

[Quadtrack]

Standing canola really slow to come around here. Swaths all done a week or more ago. Significant yield penalty for swathing in the heat tho-10% for sure.
Lack of rain to finish the crop was problematic. Our irrigated canola finished/ripened normally and straight cut it dry, and easy. Dryland crops taking a lot longer even after diquat.
I think the risk of having it out longer is being offset by the yield gain. If it were to start snowing, that risk equation would look much different.

[SmallTimeOperator]

Only one guy in my neighborhood has combined any canola. Everyone else, nothing yet.

[Partners]

Some people still cut canola real green.
Yes loss foresure in heat.
But with pod shatter and swathing when seeds are blk half way up the plant has changed the rules on that.
Canola dry in 12 days leaves straight cut in the dust..

[Sodbuster]

About 10% done in my area all swathed, lots of standing canola this year compared to last year.

[Guest]

Very little crop left out in this area
Lots done

[furrowtickler]

Some people still cut canola real green.
Yes loss foresure in heat.
But with pod shatter and swathing when seeds are blk half way up the plant has changed the rules on that.
Canola dry in 12 days leaves straight cut in the dust..

Both have their place
No doubt there was yield loss on early swathed stuff here for sure , was unavoidable with the continued heat and wind . Was no real good time to swath . We swathed on the later side what we could , there was very little yield difference .
Standing thin spots had a fair amount of pod drop in areas . So it’s a give and take here . Lighter swaths were blown in areas , headlands not fun on a few fields

[furrowtickler]

North of here , straight cut is a train wreck with wet green straw and pods going straight out
Canola dry , straw green and wet . Impossible to separate with any machine . It need time and frost , but farmers are farmers and impatient lol

[Taiga]

Less than 10% here, I only know one field that is done actually. Likely everyone going soon though, probably start up by the weekend. Some swaths have been down for over 3 weeks.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

were to start snowing, that risk equation would look much different.

Snow is the reason I straight cut everything. We have combined standing canola with snow on the ground more years than not. No hope of doing swaths in those conditions.

[jamesb]

In my area of the SE mostly standing canola left. It hasn't been ready until the last few days. We are just finishing cereals and will be in canola soon. A few just trying to go early were losing unripe post over the sieves last week. A lot better now.