I have 5 acres of oats that I swathed yesterday, it's a cover crop over alfalfa/timothy. They probably should have been cut earlier, since it's shelling out fairly easy, but the rains haven't allowed enough time. Rain last night was supposed to miss us, but we got about 1/4" overnight. Some wind today, so it should help it dry. Rain is in forecast again for Saturday night & Sunday, and for most of next week. The field is fairly clean, have a few patches of foxtail and some cocklebur. Tried to cut above the alfalfa as much as possible, except for a the spots where the oats laid down.
Supposed to be hot & sunny tomorrow and Saturday. Think I will be ok to combine it on Saturday afternoon? I have a #80 IH with pickup head that I'll be using. Wondering what is worst case if the weeds & grass are still damp? Will I be plugging up the combine, or just have more chance of green stuff in with the grain? I'll be storing it in a gravity wagon in the shed and grinding it with ear corn for cattle feed, so test weight isn't an issue. I'd even like to start combining it tomorrow if possible, just not sure what problems that will cause.
Supposed to be hot & sunny tomorrow and Saturday. Think I will be ok to combine it on Saturday afternoon? I have a #80 IH with pickup head that I'll be using. Wondering what is worst case if the weeds & grass are still damp? Will I be plugging up the combine, or just have more chance of green stuff in with the grain? I'll be storing it in a gravity wagon in the shed and grinding it with ear corn for cattle feed, so test weight isn't an issue. I'd even like to start combining it tomorrow if possible, just not sure what problems that will cause.