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Post by 70ds on Aug 28, 2011 14:39:56 GMT -5
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Post by magnum 7240 on Aug 28, 2011 17:18:49 GMT -5
hm sence this is the first time ever seeing cane to me it looked like bad tangled up corn
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Post by treymo on Aug 28, 2011 17:44:01 GMT -5
Lookin' Good. We had a double crop half circle of the stuff this year. Should get another cutting off it still...
Trey
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Post by steiger9330 on Aug 28, 2011 17:51:13 GMT -5
Looks like getting some work done. A few guys here plant sorghum sudan grass for hay, but I don't how much different that is than cane.
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Post by AgriKing on Aug 28, 2011 20:45:57 GMT -5
Nice swather, and nice pics as well  |
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Post by 70ds on Aug 28, 2011 20:50:50 GMT -5
Thanks guys. I think cane and sudan are fairly similar. The main difference I believe is that sudan can be grazed while it is green and tends to grow faster and you can get multiple cuttings. We graze our cane stubble but we have to wait for it to freeze down.
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Post by johndeere9430 on Aug 29, 2011 0:11:39 GMT -5
Powershift 4020 ? On a good year how many bales per acer should that stuff make ?
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Post by putsie on Aug 29, 2011 8:21:40 GMT -5
Very interesting, you should be able to get a couple bales off there  Honestly I'm surprised how easy that seems to go through the NH. For such a tall, thick crop I would have guessed it would have been a hassle to get it under the reel without tangling it around it. Thanks for posting those pics, really neat to see. |
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Post by 70ds on Aug 29, 2011 8:33:08 GMT -5
The 4020 is a syncro. I wish it was a powershift. The swather has a bar in front of the real that lays the crop over forward. Then when the sickle gets it the real pulls it straight to the auger. I was really suprised at how well it went through it as well. It has a 9ft crimper though so that helps get it through. That was my first time with a sickle swather in cane. I used to use the neighbors disc mower and it would take that stuff in 7th gear.
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Post by caseihfarmer on Aug 29, 2011 9:27:25 GMT -5
when will there be a journal for minkler and j&r farms
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Post by 70ds on Aug 29, 2011 12:50:42 GMT -5
I am really behind on my journals. I do need to get some done. I was hoping to get one done over the weekend, but I didn't have time.
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Post by caseihfarmer on Aug 31, 2011 9:00:21 GMT -5
ill be waiting for them
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Honestly I'm surprised how easy that seems to go through the NH. For such a tall, thick crop I would have guessed it would have been a hassle to get it under the reel without tangling it around it.