Barley Blown Out

derferjam

Did anyone find that there was a lot of barley blown out this year?
Could the combine be running to hard.
Its just I have seen a lot of fields where barley grain left behind after harvest is growing again.

tabby aspreme

Would agree with you , have been looking enviously at the amount of stuff growing in stubble around me, there may have been more small grain this year that the combines blew out though in a lot of fields its all over so it may have been lost at the header , but in saying all that it only takes about 60 kgs of seed to plant an acre so losses wouldn't be big

nashmach

tabby aspreme wrote: »

Would agree with you , have been looking enviously at the amount of stuff growing in stubble around me, there may have been more small grain this year that the combines blew out though in a lot of fields its all over so it may have been lost at the header , but in saying all that it only takes about 60 kgs of seed to plant an acre so losses wouldn't be big

If you use the grain size argument, it should be much improved this year.

The main issue is the poor takeup of nitrogen in the spring so it is still available for whatever is growing now.

rocketjk

I'm no expert but i thought it was due to the mild autumn that we got, any seed left this year germinated faster where as other years it would usually be heavy rain and much colder so any seed left after wouldn't sprout

knockmulliner

rocketjk wrote: »

I'm no expert but i thought it was due to the mild autumn that we got, any seed left this year germinated faster where as other years it would usually be heavy rain and much colder so any seed left after wouldn't sprout

i agree germination rates were the reason in my opinion, I be using my own seed next year, but will test germination and vigor before use.

reilig

derferjam wrote: »

Did anyone find that there was a lot of barley blown out this year?
Could the combine be running to hard.
Its just I have seen a lot of fields where barley grain left behind after harvest is growing again.

I found that there was an awful lot of whole barley through the straw that I bought. lad i bought the bales from had a brand new combine out on test for this.

lefthooker

Small light grains kill bushel weight and are no good for feeding, and since there is a bonus on the bushel with some contracts fellas will let the fan on a bit. There's growth in every field this year so it's not down to some combines thrashing better than others but it always looks worse after one of the bigger modern combines cos the chaff spreaders blow it the full width of the cut behind her. We have an old deutz and I'd be worried about green cover every winter cos she'd never leave anything behind her. Got a new set of riddles for her this year and never had as much growth behind me altho I never had as good a bushel, constant 68-69.

farmerjack

I found barley and especially winter barley hard enough threshed this year the grain was ripe when cutting but a lot of the straw was nt overly fit when cutting, just put it down to a strange year weather wise

nashmach

farmerjack wrote: »

I found barley and especially winter barley hard enough threshed this year the grain was ripe when cutting but a lot of the straw was nt overly fit when cutting, just put it down to a strange year weather wise

And the other thing was there were lots of green heads and green plants which had only spurted on in growth in late June.

Most of these will blow out the back too.