View of the day-According to the prediction of one of the locals…”she’s gonna break loose today”…and it certainly did, the dust was flying everywhere around us. Al had a feeling it would be dry enough to give it a try around 2pm…which means he wants to try it at 12:30-1pm, so we had an early lunch and headed out to the field. Al cut a sample, then we took it in to the elevator…12.3% moisture…good to go!
We started in along the waterway and the combine was showing way higher than the test sample, so we cut over to the road side and were able to blend everything quite nicely since it was down to 10% moisture on that side. Marilyn took over combining while Al got the farmer’s truck out so we could fill it with seed wheat, which didn’t take as long as everyone thought it would. I averaged around 40bu/ac and the test weight was 62lb.
We got the first patch finished, then moved 10 miles over to the next field and started right in on that one. It turned out to be an amazing day…got to hear the hopper full alarm and got to use the lights, which meant no wet ground and we got to combine into the night…at least until the elevator closed.
The weather looks like it will be hot and windy for the weekend, so we should be able to get the rest of the wheat lapped up.
Hopefully the canola will be ready by then…
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