Without a doubt I would swath first. We plant oats and cut them with our hesston hydro-swing first. Drop the crimper off as well as a ffew other peices, and let it fall on the ground.
It doens't save as much grain as a draper head on a self-propelled swather, but it's far better than cutting it standing. We plant it with alfalfa so there's always something green along with it.
We hire the combining out. Couple years ago they tried to do it standing and they broke a belt that cost more than they could charge us. We told them we could swath it but they said not to and they paid the price. So did we because the ground was a bit damp and very soft. If we would have swathed it first, that machine would heve been lighter and wouldn't sink in as much. It would also give the ground a day or 2 to dry out before the big combine runs on it.
All in all, in any crop like that around here that's full of weeds it's swathed first. Lots of the bigger guys do their wheat standing, but they also spray it to control weeds so no problems.
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