MerseaDavid Posted September 3, 2009 Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 I went past a mates farm today and was surprised to see 3 fields of oil seed rape not harvested yet, but they do not look in good condition, Most of the seed has been blown out of it's pods so the pigeons should live well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldrick Posted September 3, 2009 Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 I spoke today to a friend who farms up in Angus, who reckons he will have to disc in at least 300ac of winter wheat, that has been destroyed by torrential and near-constant rain. I gather a lot of farmers north of the border are similarly concerned. By contrast I'm glad we've had a spot of rain down here, as it's made cultivation work easier and boosted the chances of good establishment. I haven't seen any OSR still left to cut on my travels around N Essex, but there are still patches of wheat left to come in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerseaDavid Posted September 3, 2009 Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 I contacted my mate earlier and he said they are hopeing to combine it tomorrow and he might need some help so I might be getting my combine out of the barn again :blink: I dont think it is worth it myself because I dont think we will get anything from it, but we shall see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapwing Posted September 3, 2009 Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 We are hoping to get on the wheat again tomorrow; down to a day or so on it, then beans & spring osr next week. Saw 4 foxes in the last field, but they all sneaked out one corner; time for the lamp when we finally get done combining. I have been trying to figure out how to put up a picture for Baldrick's benefit, but my screen looks different to the one on the "how to" bit of this site... any suggestions as I dont seem to get the "browse" section to start with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldrick Posted September 4, 2009 Report Share Posted September 4, 2009 Lapwing, whilst I am not sure it's the simplest means of posting a photo, I just upload the chosen photo to my Photobucket.com account, and then copy the location of the photo into the PW 'insert picture' pop-up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcw65 Posted September 4, 2009 Report Share Posted September 4, 2009 Ive not had the combine out of the shed for 3 weeks and still got wheat and spring barley to cut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poorwullie Posted September 4, 2009 Report Share Posted September 4, 2009 That self-loading bale-fuelled burner sounds interesting, but I don't fancy having to store 700 bales of OSR straw, and spend time in the telehandler to keep the system topped up. Whilst I was out last night dealing with yet more marauding didds last night, I noticed that many other local farmers were also out discing their rape stubble. Must have some size of hoose if you need 700 bales to heat it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edward Posted September 4, 2009 Report Share Posted September 4, 2009 We have still a couple of feilds of spring rape left, then its onto the maize :blink: (after a 2 month lull ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerseaDavid Posted September 4, 2009 Report Share Posted September 4, 2009 We have just stopped for a break from combining and it has not taking us long to get through the crops but I think it has been a waiste of time and money (one field was 56 acres and I got 1 tank load out of it) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldrick Posted September 4, 2009 Report Share Posted September 4, 2009 ... one field was 56 acres and I got 1 tank load out of it... Yep, that is definitely a waste of money and effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted September 4, 2009 Report Share Posted September 4, 2009 would you use much less diesel running a chopper through it though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldrick Posted September 4, 2009 Report Share Posted September 4, 2009 It wouldn't be a significant saving in diesel, al4x, but I would not bother to put a combine through a field that I knew would be unsalvageable. Approximately 14 tonnes of rape off 56 ac is bordering on pointless as a harvestable crop (assuming a 10,000-litre tank in a JD 670). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerseaDavid Posted September 4, 2009 Report Share Posted September 4, 2009 We had 3 combines working on different fields (2 x Lexion 480's and my John Deere) it was easy cutting but I think I would have just run a chopper over it and classed it as a complete loss. But he wanted to try it so we did, I dont mind too much because I am being payed lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerseaDavid Posted September 4, 2009 Report Share Posted September 4, 2009 He has got about 123 acres left and 30 acres of it looks like an ok crop but I think he has decided to chop the rest now. I shall find out on monday what he wants to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldrick Posted September 5, 2009 Report Share Posted September 5, 2009 I hope you get to enjoy the pigeon shooting on the chopped OSR - that should be blindingly good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerseaDavid Posted September 5, 2009 Report Share Posted September 5, 2009 I would like to but the land is all for game and the game shooters dont allow anyone to shoot the pigeons I would not mind if they shot them but they dont because they dont want to scare the pheasents Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldrick Posted September 5, 2009 Report Share Posted September 5, 2009 Commercial game shooting is pretty much incompatible with intensive arable farming, from my perspective. I have had a few disputes about vermin control with jumped-up syndicate chairmen, who fail to realise that their interests are significantly less important than the farming operations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerseaDavid Posted September 5, 2009 Report Share Posted September 5, 2009 Your not the only one mate, I have had many arguments with the head keeper on our land and it nearly got to the stage that we were going to kick the shoot off and not have any shoots on the farm, but he will allow some shooting now just to keep the birds off the rape. I am going to have a word with my mate to try and get some shooting on his rape so fingers crossed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerseaDavid Posted September 5, 2009 Report Share Posted September 5, 2009 I got to play in our neighbour Challenger today before I went shooting and it is quite a toy but I think I prefer our Quad Tracks. I got a couple of pics of him in action drilling Wheat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Baldrick Posted September 6, 2009 Report Share Posted September 6, 2009 Excellent photos once again, David, but that is only the baby Challenger, David - it's not the 600hp, Quadtrac-killing Challenger MT875 that we have. Take a trip in the big Challenger, and you will find that the difference between the red and yellow machines starts to become very slim indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerseaDavid Posted September 6, 2009 Report Share Posted September 6, 2009 Yeah well when I find someone near me who has got one or we get one out on demo I shall stick with the quad track lol I was hopeing we would have had a few demos out by now but we only had the JD 8530 so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted September 6, 2009 Report Share Posted September 6, 2009 good pics david, your a good one,keep them coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyb Posted September 6, 2009 Report Share Posted September 6, 2009 Do I spot a GPS type receiver above the cab there David ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerseaDavid Posted September 6, 2009 Report Share Posted September 6, 2009 yeah it is mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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