More pics from seeding in Sask.

[putsie]

We're beginning to see the end, and I'm feeling ready to be done. While we have not had as wet of a spring as the last couple. The showers have been steady enough to slow progress and drag it on a bit longer that I'd like. That being said, We're done everything but about 400 acres of flax. So to be in that position by May long weekend..... I'll take it!

This past weeks you could tell the intensity went up in this district. With an ugly forecast set to "unload" Friday (yesterday) and more rain expected next week. The neighborhood was crawling with action.

After managing to control myself and seed at a slower speed, while maintaining the same acre/hr as previous years. I decided it was time to get serious come Wed. and shifted back up to my old speed and ripped off 800 acres in 2 days and finished seeding the cereals 2 hour before the rain started.

here's a few pics from the last couple weeks.....

..... something I haven't done in years was spend time rolling, but once the peas were in the ground The drill had caught up to the sprayer burn off. So with only 2 of us around this year I spent a day getting the rolling finished up while the father-in-law got on the sprayer.







Once the rolling was finished up I had to transport the land roller 20 miles south to it's co-owner so he could get it out on his fields. Thought I'd catch all kinds of action going on in that district but was disappointed, It was a lot more wet down there and only saw one guy out in the field working.
Heading for the hills.... well the edge of them maybe.....


I was wishing I had my good camera with me. This guy had 2 Versatile/ Harmon air drill outfits working together. This was the big outfit of the 2. The other (down behind the hill) was a Series I 700 pulling a slightly smaller Harmon.


Went past this pasture full of "stuff" on the route. Only other thing of interest to me was a old cockshutt one-way/discer.



Back on the drill and into seeding cereals....

This was a qtr section of 1/2 flax, 1/2 lentil stubble and a coulee(valley) that separated them. Toughest pull for the 9370 on the new outfit was the hills on this qtr. Beginning to think maybe a bit more hp/traction maybe in our future a bit sooner than expected.




using up some blended fertilizer left over from Canola.

usually it's separate phosphorus in the front, N in the rear.


durum loading up



The rest of these are neighbors that were out working next door to wherever I was at the time. Really a new small sized camera with better zoom for these occasions.

9280 Steiger pulling a 60' Seedhawk and 5440 tank



Valmet with a Quickie loader, out rolling peas


This could of turned out so much better if I would have slowed down as I drove past...
854 Rogator at 5:00 am


8430 with 36'(?) Morris cultivator working water runs...




4930 Deere



NH on a 39' Flexi-Coil 5000 and 2320 cart



9420T on Seedhawk with 6550 air cart



Hope you enjoyed

[70ds]

Nice pics. I have a dumb question. Why do you roll your peas? I have always seen the pics of rolling. That is something that you don't see in this area.

[AGrall]

I see you use dry fertlizer, I immagine you have to use dry fertilizer you couldn't use liquid?

[steelin81]

Must be a nice feeling to be just about done, most guys up her are around the halfway mark and It's slowed down enough that I can finally get rolling.
Does your Seedhawk dealer also sell Bourgault? Around here almost everyone is running Flexi-Coil or John Deere tanks with their Seedhawks or Seedmasters, they say they are more compatable with the Seedhawk distribution system.

[putsie]

Clayton, our main purpose for rolling peas and lentils is to push the rocks back into the ground and smooth out the soil for an easier time combining. We set the header on the ground and go. A lot of guys will say the rolling helps germination but I personally think it's the press/packer wheels on the drill that helps that the most. Lentils will actually benefit from rolling them once they are up. The stress of being rolled will strengthen the plant, you can roll lentils up until flowering without issue. Peas... not so much, the plant isn't as "tough" as lentils. We don't roll them if they're out of the ground more than an inch.

Austin, dry fertilizer is by far most common around here. That being said there is quite a few guys around that will also put down liquid as well. Especially when/if the price comes down closer to that of dry. We don't, we're not set up for liquid, but have talked about setting up our old sprayer to try some top dressing. Probably won't happen though (in the short term anyways). One thing you won't find around here is guys putting down NH3. Gotta go 100-150 miles north or north-east to find anyone using that stuff.

Steelin, The local Young's equip here in town is a Seedhawk dealer while next door the NH dealer (Bourrassa and Sons) is the Bourgault dealer. Majority of Seedhawks running around here (like over 75%) are using Bourgault's of all sizes. In every instance, that I can recall, they're using the Bourgault style main distribution to the drill and then switch over to the SH towers. I think a lot of it has to do with price. The Bourgault tank is cheaper than most (their drills are pricey though) and easy to use/set-up. Only know of two Flexi-coil tank setups out there, and one is set up as a second tank pulled behind the SH tank. Got one neighbor pulling a 700 bushel Bourgault and 85' SH behind his 9630T Deere..... massive unit, and he's got some serious hills to pull that rig over. Also took the tranny out of the tractor last year.....

Our local Deere dealer is a Seedmaster dealer so you do see Deere tanks behind them but there are very few SM's around vs the SH's (they're everywhere now).

[nctobfarmer]

NH3 is not used much in my area of NC either. It's been a long time since I've seen any NH3 rigs here. Most fertilizer is liquid for side dressing or dry applied prior to planting.