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Sep 14, 2023 | 07:10
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Good morning, if you’re done harvesting I would say the crop wasn’t so good and Sask Ag should quit being so proud we’re almost at 70% done. Like it’s a badge of honour.
We hit the 37% done and now have a rain delay from last nights showers, south of us way more rain.
Yes yields are better province wide than some thought thanks to late summer rains and the smoke. I would say 5 to 10 bushels better.
Crop report.
Peas lentils all done and guys are fall spraying these fields plus working stubble or harrowing. Yield good to excellent in our area.
Barley harvest is all done except for late seeded or green feed. No frost yet. Yields were good but maybe not highest ever in our area.
Oats some fields are harvested but yield is down from last year. Later seeded look better.
Hrs and Durum harvests are getting wrapped up slowly. Yields are good to excellent. Still can’t get 100 bpa across the board but trying. We still have lots to go. Protein is 11.5 to 15.
Flax some has been harvested and results are ok.
Canary seed harvest are happening and yields are great.
Canola we have done 800 acres it’s not last years big yields but it’s close and good. We did pod shatter resistant stuff that’s not true pod shatter and very happy with results. Some now getting into canola and really surprised.
Pastures are greening up and green feed seeded late is getting cut.
Basically it’s a normal September fall run, couple good weeks and our area will wrap it up. Over 10 in in growing season helped out.
Take care and keep safe. It’s only a crop and they are working over time to take it for nothing.
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Sep 14, 2023 | 07:30
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Not that you don’t know what ur doing but I will say if ur trying for 100 on canola or wheat, I’d look up Dennis Bulani and get his wild ass mix. If he can do it in butt F$&? biggar, you’d get there no problem…..
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Sep 14, 2023 | 07:34
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 Originally Posted by Herc
Not that you don’t know what ur doing but I will say if ur trying for 100 on canola or wheat, I’d look up Dennis Bulani and get his wild ass mix. If he can do it in butt F$&? biggar, you’d get there no problem…..
Dennis has irrigation on his own stuff
No doubt he pushes the yield limits, but also your wallet.
They do get very interesting and detailed info though . 100x more than any line company .
It’s like an all you can eat buffet, just need to pick over what suits your farm from their data .
But ya , in high moisture areas , his wild ass mix can push crop yields no doubt .
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Sep 14, 2023 | 07:51
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You just have to be careful how much you spend cause when the rains stop , and they will for everyone at one time or another , when one gets to **** sure
Like our agrologist said this spring, when we were thinking about manipulator , extra N , etc, “keep some for yourself “
I never thought we would be cut off rains like we were in the swamp , but it can happen anywhere
The 30 % we fungicided gave us back nothing, and I mean SFA !
Done lots of test strips and checked with cart , if was a complete donation to chem CO’s , so when they show you these slides showing that you always get your money back it is complete and udder horseshit
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Sep 14, 2023 | 08:01
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Originally Posted by caseih
You just have to be careful how much you spend cause when the rains stop , and they will for everyone at one time or another , when one gets to **** sure
Like our agrologist said this spring, when we were thinking about manipulator , extra N , etc, “keep some for yourself “
I never thought we would be cut off rains like we were in the swamp , but it can happen anywhere
The 30 % we fungicided gave us back nothing, and I mean SFA !
Done lots of test strips and checked with cart , if was a complete donation to chem CO’s , so when they show you these slides showing that you always get your money back it is complete and udder horseshit
They have to have their winter meeting in Florida to come up with more useless new varieties and chemicals. Someone has to pay for the golf, food, etc.
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Sep 14, 2023 | 08:01
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Some that have tried the full meal deal here the past 4 years are now done or struggling hard this year . Without moisture it’s a complete waste of money to shoot for the stars . There will be only one winner , and it ain’t the farmer .
Here we get the right conditions maybe 2/10 years . So 80% of the time you are donating to the input companies vacation funds
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Sep 14, 2023 | 08:32
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Maximum yields feed the ego?
Optimum yields feed the family?
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Sep 14, 2023 | 08:58
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StansCan is staffed with utter morons.
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Sep 14, 2023 | 08:58
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Our outfits could have gotten finished and parked for the winter in a couple of days but 3/10 rain here yesterday will delay the celebration by some, but the forecast looks great for the next week. That should have pretty well everything cleaned up around here. Average yields in this small pocket, happy with that considering what could have been if we would have missed a couple of 7/10 and 1 1/4 inch showers around July 18. When will we see those general 3-day rains that sent us on a fishing trip back in the nineties? Hurry on back Rain Man.👍
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Sep 14, 2023 | 09:09
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Originally Posted by shtferbrains
Maximum yields feed the ego?
Optimum yields feed the family?
50-60 bu on canola and durum is the economical target. Not going to try for 100 unless we have much better insurance backing in the business, especially with the regs on tap for this business. Maybe in the US they can do that, but thats a much higher risk profile here in Canada.
We have some canola in that 50-55 range, no fungicide, no pre harvest. The excess moisture we lucked into and that month of cool nights made the difference more than any agronomy could.
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Sep 14, 2023 | 09:16
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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 .
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Sep 14, 2023 | 09:24
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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.
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Sep 14, 2023 | 09:44
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With 3 X9's/50ft heads can you do a 1/2 section of wheat in 4 hrs?
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Sep 14, 2023 | 09:51
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Couple hours a quarter  
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Sep 14, 2023 | 10:01
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Originally Posted by shtferbrains
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…..
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Sep 14, 2023 | 10:09
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Originally Posted by Herc
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.
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Sep 14, 2023 | 10:42
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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
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Sep 14, 2023 | 12:13
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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.
Last edited by biglentil; Sep 14, 2023 at 12:15.
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Sep 14, 2023 | 12:35
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Originally Posted by 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.
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
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Sep 14, 2023 | 12:47
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Changing Subject- Just interesting - I met 4 farmers last night from Maryland. They were at Glenavon duck hunting. They are going home to combine corn and seed winter wheat. Their wheat yielded 130 bushel/ acre and they received more than 30 inches of rain this year. Just thought this was just ducky. 🙄
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Sep 14, 2023 | 12:59
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The trick with inputs is knowing when the lowest stave in the yield barrel will be environmental.
I funged the peas and barley and early wheat. 10-30 bus difference from non fung A-B line.
Very surprised as I went into full shut down mode in my head very early. Later rains came and went all to berry fill.
25% done. Will have a 2 week break from 2 stage crop.
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Sep 14, 2023 | 13:41
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Originally Posted by 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
Those new holland innards sure solved the “long green line” problem , lol
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Sep 14, 2023 | 13:42
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Originally Posted by 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.
it’s the new math
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Sep 14, 2023 | 13:51
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Lovely with no chance of rain at all …. Oh until it rains
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Sep 14, 2023 | 18:08
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Originally Posted by furrowtickler
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
How does your 1400-1700 bpa compare to the Case combines you ran previously? And wasn’t it Massey before that?
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Sep 14, 2023 | 18:15
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Originally Posted by Hamloc
How does your 1400-1700 bpa compare to the Case combines you ran previously? And wasn’t it Massey before that?
The case 9240 with Mad concaves was comfortable around 1200 , the Massey was around 1000 .
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Sep 14, 2023 | 20:12
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Can you reverse the rotors on the Deeres and New Hollands yet?
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Sep 15, 2023 | 05:49
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Rain delay yesterday afternoon. South of valley wet.
For oats two carts.
Rotor doesn’t reverse but new front reverse that works. I have had the accelerator plugged with green canola and it was easy to unplug.
All combines will be twin soon.
Case and NH new machines are on their way
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Sep 15, 2023 | 07:44
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Originally Posted by SmallTimeOperator
Can you reverse the rotors on the Deeres and New Hollands yet?
I dont know about Deere but I dont think you need a reverser on a New Holland....
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