2025 Canola Harvest: Oil Leaks, Tough Straw & Weather Challenges

[blackpowder]

Harvest 2025 hasn’t been easy for some so far. From equipment oil leaks and tough, tangled canola straw to warning alarms and stormy weather, this season is testing both machines and farmers. Ride along in the field as we tackle the challenges and push through another tough harvest.

Had 3 of those machines at one time. Since buying and using a drop pan these last 3 years, I don't want to contemplate how much canola I lost over the years.
Swathing alone between latest tech and what we had then.

[Old Cowzilla]

Kinda thankfull canola is in the bin at 7% lots of standing canola in the area now sprouted . Won't the grain buyers have a field day with that!

[blackpowder]

And I'm whining about the yield change showing up on the variable dirt. Reminded daily to be thankful for what I get.

[furrowtickler]

Not looking forward to our last 480 ac of very hailed canola
insurance is one thing but the yield loss will still sting and the millions of pods on the ground with cause grief for a few years to come and much more expense.
be glad if you even got close to an average crop, between hail here and drought north , it’s not real fun