Friday Crop Report on a Thursday.

[furrowtickler]

We will try to push yields on one field of canola and wheat if conditions are there . If not, like this year , best to just save money for bugs if they become a problem. Lucky this year , no issues other than some grasshoppers. A lot of areas not so lucky .

[SASKFARMER]

I know the rain will end here and frost will hit us again or massive rain that's farming
It's a goal of mine to see if I could hit it one day. A goal not betting the farm on it just an interesting goal.

Now today were probably shit down with 1/4 inch or less it will depend on the rain but a nice 5 day window is coming.

[shtferbrains]

With 3 X9's/50ft heads can you do a 1/2 section of wheat in 4 hrs?

[SASKFARMER]

Couple hours a quarter

[Herc]

With 3 X9's/50ft heads can you do a 1/2 section of wheat in 4 hrs?

Don’t believe mother deeres claim of 30ac/hr in heavy spring wheat…..

Them there X9’s are a 22-23 ac/hr machine in heavy wheat. At that they are 15-20% larger than the other greenish combine…..

[shtferbrains]

Don’t believe mother deeres claim of 30ac/hr in heavy spring wheat…..

Them there X9’s are a 22-23 ac/hr machine in heavy wheat. At that they are 15-20% larger than the other greenish combine…..

That seems to be what they are doing here but only have seen 45ft. Wondered if the 50ft actually gives more productivity in heavy wheat?

They are definitely grain eating monsters.

[SASKFARMER]

They can eat but yes on heavy crop your moving a bit faster and nice sample plus little throw over and cheap on fuel. Ours are 45 ft headers because 50 and we roads don't work

[biglentil]

An acre is 8.25ft per mile, a 45ft head covers 5.45acres/mile so to do 30acres an hour ignoring turns at headlands a combine would need a ground speed of 5.5mph.

[shtferbrains]

Couple hours a quarter

Can you do oats with the one cart?

[furrowtickler]

An acre is 8.25ft per mile, a 45ft head covers 5.45acres/mile so to do 30acres an hour ignoring turns at headlands a combine would need a ground speed of 5.5mph.

They can go 5.5 , but if you want to keep grain that you grow , with heavy crop you ain’t travelling those speeds with any combine and 50ft heads . Maybe under 30 bus wheat .
Speed has nothing to do with capacity. It’s bus/hr at lowest loss achieved. That’s capacity
That could be 2.5 mph or 6 .
These NH 9,9’s can achieve 1600-1700 bph in good average wheat with .5 bpa loss or so .
Anything over 1700 and rotor loss climbs
I would thing the X9’s should be same possibly better .

I always get a kick out of sales guys , regardless of colour that claim you can go 5-6 mph , blah blah …… until you throw the pans behind