Friday, June 19, 2020

Wheat.  It is a puzzle again this year.  Some neighbors are cutting wheat.  Ross is out there with the CIH 8250 trying it.  The moisture level is not quite down to where we are comfortable, or at a point where it is a no-brainer to get the machines rolling.   The moisture level is inconsistent, ranging from 23-29%.  Our preferred start is <22%.  Also rain is predicted for Sunday-Monday, and that increases the urgency to get the wheat in the truck.  The  yields are very average; the late frost in May hurt the yield more than we had expected.   So, it looks like Ross will cut a bit over one truckload, and we will run it through the dryer.  We will not take the other machine to the field today, but maybe we will start with it tomorrow.   Like many things on the farm, figuring out what to do is more difficult than the work itself…

Today’s 90ºF is helping the ‘solar dryer’ to burn out some of the moisture from the grain.   They are telling us 92ºF tomorrow.

So, this afternoon, wheat harvest is on ‘yellow light’  I hope we can turn on the ‘green light’ tomorrow.