Winter Barley 2021

Started into my own yesterday afternoon. I dont know what way its yielding per acre yet but it's not weighing in the trailers like it should. Moisture started out at 21% in the first field which I ended up leaving as it was increasing as I crossed it. The field I finished up in last night was down to 13.6 moisture.
I had to leave a field yesterday also but the grain was 14% only the straw was absolute silage
 
We could do with another week of this weather to get straw saved nicely. I can't see any of what I've cut so far been anywhere near fit before this rain arrives tomorrow.
 
Finished up baling straw, it was rattling dry after all that sun.
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A 4x4 and a 5x4 bale, the 4x4 is 4 ft 2 inches high and the 5x4 is 5 ft 10 inches high.
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Final load of Valerie was getting low on moisture, total average yield of just over 4 tons/acre.
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Banging away here at the Cassia since Tuesday. Some crops that were standing up until recently have brackled in the heat making a bit more work for the combine but the weather is certainly a dream. No yields yet as grain is being tipped in the shed. Grain isn't holding for long without aeration so we started delivering this evening. First load was 15.1% and 70.6kph.
 
Still have 2 days winter barley left, 1 day still isn't ripe as regards green straw and the rest is delayed by nearly 2 days with a breakdown which hopefully should be fixed sometime tomorrow, its great fun these days wrinching at a combine in the heat listening to all the neighbours flat out.
 
Still have 2 days winter barley left, 1 day still isn't ripe as regards green straw and the rest is delayed by nearly 2 days with a breakdown which hopefully should be fixed sometime tomorrow, its great fun these days wrinching at a combine in the heat listening to all the neighbours flat out.

Did you get a big break?
 
Straw hard enough to bale, pickup choked a good few times, very dry. That’s 10.4%.
Anyway, all baled now better than messing in the rain. Like Rebelman trying to get customers to commit to how many they want is the biggest issue.
 

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Still have 2 days winter barley left, 1 day still isn't ripe as regards green straw and the rest is delayed by nearly 2 days with a breakdown which hopefully should be fixed sometime tomorrow, its great fun these days wrinching at a combine in the heat listening to all the neighbours flat out.
It must be the year for it. I picked up this little chap yesterday and the results are beside it. If it had made it to the drum I dread to think what the outcome would have been. I think it was gone 9 last night when the combine was up and going again. Thank God we've another 865 for spares. 20210722_193714.jpg
 
Finished harvesting here yesterday. We had all pixel again this year and we were happy with it. But pixel is gone now and wondering what variety we should be looking at for next year. Joyau looks like the best replacement on paper. Has anyone on here had joyau this year and how did it preform?
 
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