Cut barley yesterday

[jon f mn]

Is there anything as pretty as barley ready to cut?

Spent the day cutting with my 955 slather.

Sure wish it was going to yield as much as it looks like, but the hail on the 4th and 7th did a lot of damage.

Hope to bale some hay today and maybe combine the barley by Friday.

 

[Steve in VA]

Is there anything as pretty as barley ready to cut?

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Spent the day cutting with my 955 slather.

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Sure wish it was going to yield as much as it looks like, but the hail on the 4th and 7th did a lot of damage.

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Hope to bale some hay today and maybe combine the barley by Friday.

Please let us know how you make out. Hail may be the worst.

 

[560Dennis]

Looks good to me . Keep us posted , interested

 

[matthies]

Didn't Hesston make those swathers ??

 

[jon f mn]

Didn't Hesston make those swathers ??

Yes but some things are to case specs. The cutterbar is at a different angle and some drive parts are heavier duty. Most case models came with case engines.

 

[Gordy in Mn.]

Is there anything as pretty as barley ready to cut?

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Spent the day cutting with my 955 slather.

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Sure wish it was going to yield as much as it looks like, but the hail on the 4th and 7th did a lot of damage.

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Hope to bale some hay today and maybe combine the barley by Friday.

I was wondering how it turned out, will get a little back. How did the corn fare. Did it come back? Gordy in Mn.

 

[NFI]

I was wondering how it turned out, will get a little back. How did the corn fare. Did it come back? Gordy in Mn.

We started today. Coors brewing barley

 

[jon f mn]

I was wondering how it turned out, will get a little back. How did the corn fare. Did it come back? Gordy in Mn.

Corn looks ok, we will see how it does.

 

[Mike Fitz]

What does spring barley normally yield? we planted about 10 acres that made about45 bpa.

 

[paul]

I grew a little barley for a neighbor for a few years, he was feeding heritage hogs. Keeps the tallow more white than a corn diet.

So now on the recalculated Fsa acres I will have 2.5 acres of barley on my records for decades I presume, instead of the 10 acres of wheat I’ve had on the records for decades. Don’t think we grew wheat since the early 90s….. govt records are funny aren’t they.

Sure was hot enough this week for swathing. I volunteered to cut my neighbors small grains again this year, then found out he tripled his acres and his oats lodged. Wow that was a long hard hot 2 days. I actually finished under more moon light than sunlight the second day, surprised the dew hadn’t shut me down. But got through it and happy to help.

Paul

 

[jon f mn]

What does spring barley normally yield? we planted about 10 acres that made about45 bpa.

It depends on fertility, but 80 bu is not uncommon around here.

 

[Mike Fitz]

Good to know, our patch was an experiment so room to improve if we do more in the future.