We knew it wouldn't be an early day due to the high humidity...it had sprinkled a few times during the night, which didn't help. Al went over to Java to get fuel and look at the next field we were going to, just to see how close it was...the spring wheat is ready to go.
After getting our lunches packed, we went out to the field and did a bit of servicing, then did a test. It was 13.5%, which was dry enough, but with 80 bu/ac wheat, the straw was wayyy to tough to start...it wasn't spreading very well and there was no wind to speak of...so we waited.
We finally got going around 2:30pm and managed to cut those three acres we were short yesterday before the sprinkles started falling again...done for the afternoon, and back to the camper.
The sun came out a couple times and it cleared off, the humidity never did get much below 55%, but we went back out around 5pm to see how much we could get done. We filled a couple or three semis before it got too tough to carry on...the sun was getting low and the clouds were making their way back in 70% humidity. We got 40 acres covered but this time we were done for sure.
Hopefully we finish the winter wheat tomorrow...
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