What to do?

[frustrated1]

We have several hundred acres of HRS wheat with a problem. Late rains made for a very thin crop and now we're getting volunteer RR canola showing up. Can't kill the canola by spraying and too thin to make a swath to pick up. Any ideas?

[ado089]

Will the canola make a crop yet? If not you're looking at Reglone.

[Hopperbin]

If you have a crop not worth swathing I wouldn't think spending money on reglone is going to help your bottom line much and you will have to spray it later again. I would swath it anyway the canola infestation should help hold a swath up. Less cost especially if you have already own a swather.

[grassfarmer]

Silage/greenfeed?

[charliep]

Has crop insurance written it off?

Would do a hard core analysis of potential revenue versus cost of harvest. Grassfarmer may have the best case scenario.

[GreenValley]

Go for spraying, don't swath as too thin may get trouble picking up. And then sit back and wait for wheat and canola to complete dry and then straight combine, I mean swath and combine same day. Good Luck.

[mcfarms]

Not registered but you could look taking a bit of a LIBERTY with a different chemical and maybe your roundup would be a little more fast forward.

[frustrated1]

Thanks guys. Have looked at the liberty and reglone options. Too much cash for a poor crop on rented land. Crop insurance has not written it off but am sure we are in a claim position. Will probably just make the best swath we can or leave it until it freezes then straight cut. If we lose an extra 2 bushels by not picking it off the ground it probably doesn't matter at this point and the insurance will pick up the slack.

[mcfarms]

Aeration available?