When to cut Rye

farmer steve · Jul 14, 2014

I have 10 acres of Rye. I"d like to know what you all suggest as the earliest time I can cut the rye to harvest grain. Rain is forecasted for the weekend so either I start today/tomorrow and harvest thursday/friday or wait until next week. In the past I"ve waited too long and lost kernels during swathing. This Rye will be swathed with a JD and harvested using a gleaner F with sund pickup. right now it"s got full heads and the berries are sweet, juicy and green.

IaGary · Jul 14, 2014

juicy and green

Sounds like it could use another week to me.

Gary

Formerly PaMike · Jul 17, 2014

You got more than a week. We combined our last week. Grain was hard, but didnt snap. We went for it cause the stuff was lodged and rain was coming. I have an areator in the wagon to keep it from heating.

When to cut Rye

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