Winter Wheat 2019

Did a hand sample on cellule wheat today and it was 24, combine might make an appearance in the field tomorrow if the stays a dry night and a good morning tomorrow

Started Cellule around plots today. Lovely sample. 18%mc. Then adjustable screen broke again. It’s more weld than original at this stage.
A good samaritan collected a brand spanking new one in Wexico and it’s back here ready for the morning. Phew!
 
Started Cellule around plots today. Lovely sample. 18%mc. Then adjustable screen broke again. It’s more weld than original at this stage.
A good samaritan collected a brand spanking new one in Wexico and it’s back here ready for the morning. Phew!
wexico , the new xanadu :yes:
 
Does that mean you will be giving free accommodation for all F4F members :Whistle2:

:laugh:
I don't think anyone in their right mind would stick our gaff. Like a mad house and probably end up giving a hand with some emergency and missing the ploughing
 
How long with this wether will we see wheat starting to sprout ??
Two years ago I seen Costello put up with full month of wet weather and there literally wasn’t a sprout in it. I wouldn’t be too worried about it yet.
 
Started Cellule around plots today. Lovely sample. 18%mc. Then adjustable screen broke again. It’s more weld than original at this stage.
A good samaritan collected a brand spanking new one in Wexico and it’s back here ready for the morning. Phew!
I'm surprised one was available for a trials combine, thought the screens would be an odd size for that one. Byrnes to the rescue?
 
How long with this wether will we see wheat starting to sprout ??
I'm surprised one was available for a trials combine, thought the screens would be an odd size for that one. Byrnes to the rescue?

We use a 2385 which is actually a commercial combine that was converted, so fortunately we can get bits.

Yes, Byrnes had a new one in stock! Happy days. If I knew a new one could be got so easily, I would have got it years ago. The screen had been welded when I joined 17yrs ago and I did some strengthening on it since. It was just fatigued I think.
 
Two years ago I seen Costello put up with full month of wet weather and there literally wasn’t a sprout in it. I wouldn’t be too worried about it yet.

Yes, Costello would be excellent.

Varieties of wheat will vary greatly in their resistance to sprouting.

A good indicator of a variety is its Hagberg Falling Number (a measure used by the milling industry).

The higher this number, the better.

Some varieties will be as low as 150. I wouldn't progress a variety with a HFN less than 240. Such a variety would be fine in a dry year but in a wet year it would just sprout too easily.
Costello would be excellent and often has a number of about 300.
Cellule would be even better, I saw HFN's of 400 in Cellule.
 
A little earlier than expected but got stuck into the wheat plots today. 18-20%mc.
Got 70% of them done before the rain (which is absolutely POURING down at the moment.

Plenty of action in the trials field today. A couple of Deeres and Lemken implements turned up for the stale seedbed demo tomorrow.
A Krone big X picking up WOSR straw for a local biomass burner.

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Yes, Costello would be excellent.

Varieties of wheat will vary greatly in their resistance to sprouting.

A good indicator of a variety is its Hagberg Falling Number (a measure used by the milling industry).

The higher this number, the better.

Some varieties will be as low as 150. I wouldn't progress a variety with a HFN less than 240. Such a variety would be fine in a dry year but in a wet year it would just sprout too easily.
Costello would be excellent and often has a number of about 300.
Cellule would be even better, I saw HFN's of 400 in Cellule.
How does JB fair out on the HFN?.
 
I went for a look at some of mine over the weekend and a few days of good weather is all it needs to get it fit for knife.
 
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In keeping with tradition of not being able to grow wheat here is this years shite. Last 2 weeks it began to look poor, its wheat after 2 crops of maize in very fertile ground. Probably the best looking wheat I ever had. Black heads started to appear, looks a bit like take all but it showed no sign of it whatsoever until about 10/14 days ago, grains shrivelled up, not exactly sure is it BYDV, showed no signs of it all along and was sprayed in January and had deter, might also be some sort of fusarium foot rot type thing, doesnt look like eyespot, either way I’m not happy, it’s really going to knock yield. In general wheat down here is only average enough. The few small bits that are harvested are very average.
 
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In keeping with tradition of not being able to grow wheat here is this years shite. Last 2 weeks it began to look poor, its wheat after 2 crops of maize in very fertile ground. Probably the best looking wheat I ever had. Black heads started to appear, looks a bit like take all but it showed no sign of it whatsoever until about 10/14 days ago, grains shrivelled up, not exactly sure is it BYDV, showed no signs of it all along and was sprayed in January and had deter, might also be some sort of fusarium foot rot type thing, doesnt look like eyespot, either way I’m not happy, it’s really going to knock yield. In general wheat down here is only average enough. The few small bits that are harvested are very average.

Black heads like that are most usually BYDV, grains look the part too.
 
Maybe only 1 plant or 4 heads are in trouble and all plants around them are ok for maybe a foot or 2. Never saw virus so sporadic or evenly dotted across a field if it is it

Yeah, that’s the way I’ve seen it here in the past.
 
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In keeping with tradition of not being able to grow wheat here is this years shite. Last 2 weeks it began to look poor, its wheat after 2 crops of maize in very fertile ground. Probably the best looking wheat I ever had. Black heads started to appear, looks a bit like take all but it showed no sign of it whatsoever until about 10/14 days ago, grains shrivelled up, not exactly sure is it BYDV, showed no signs of it all along and was sprayed in January and had deter, might also be some sort of fusarium foot rot type thing, doesnt look like eyespot, either way I’m not happy, it’s really going to knock yield. In general wheat down here is only average enough. The few small bits that are harvested are very average.

Did you get a new camera?
 
I have Graham a bit similar, I've a picture of it looking fantastic on the 15th July. I rubbed a few ears out yesterday checking it for ripeness, like you was disappointed to say the least. Mine is a first after oats, sown early October.
 
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