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Posted on 1/22/19 at 10:20 am to KemoSabe65
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You always hear about no-till and then the say grain left over. There is very little grain left over anymore using half million dollar combines.
And whatever is left is cleared out in a week by the deer, pheasants, quail, possums, coons, cows, mice, rats, etc...
Posted on 1/22/19 at 10:24 am to wickowick
fellas i saw a lot of leftover grain in the fields in KS, OK and SD
Posted on 1/22/19 at 10:26 am to KemoSabe65
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very little grain left
when you have millions of acres of it, it adds up though
eat out one dry field then go to the next, roost on the rivers at night rinse and repeat
Posted on 1/22/19 at 10:36 am to choupiquesushi
Those aren't good farmers 
Posted on 1/22/19 at 10:52 am to KemoSabe65
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There is very little grain left over anymore using half million dollar combines
I'm not sure what you're calling a little. But the fields I've hunted up north have plenty of grain left in them.
Posted on 1/22/19 at 11:01 am to KemoSabe65
quote:
You always hear about no-till and then the say grain left over. There is very little grain left over anymore using half million dollar combines.
I don't chase ducks the way I used to but spend most of my winter deer hunting bean fields and their woodlines. Neighboring farm had bean fields being cut two days before Chirstmas. Ours cut in October still have a few scattered beans in the field. There is a lot more waste than you would think.
Posted on 1/22/19 at 11:01 am to Capt ST
<1% would be my guess, i think some believe no-till means bushels upon bushels left in the field. Modern harvesters do a damn good job of cutting.
Posted on 1/22/19 at 11:02 am to choupiquesushi
I read what Mr. Warren said on Facebook. It was all going good until he started talking about robins. I lost my train of thought and my mouth was watering,
Stuffed robin....at least that’s what I heard
Stuffed robin....at least that’s what I heard
Posted on 1/22/19 at 11:08 am to Capt ST
quote:
I'm not sure what you're calling a little. But the fields I've hunted up north have plenty of grain left in them.
Same here.
Posted on 1/22/19 at 11:15 am to nolaks
No clue about 83, but 89 is the best I can ever remember. Ducks were dropping out of the sky into any and every body of water imaginable.
Posted on 1/22/19 at 11:15 am to KemoSabe65
No idea on corn but say for rice even if you leave 0.5% on the ground that’s still about 45 lb per acre.
Posted on 1/22/19 at 11:23 am to KemoSabe65
quote:So let's say 1% loss on average per acre. 2017 reported average corn yield is 176.6 bu/ac, 82.7 million acres harvested. Do the math.
<1% would be my guess, i think some believe no-till means bushels upon bushels left in the field. Modern harvesters do a damn good job of cutting.
I'll do it for you - at 1% it's 98.9lbs/acre. Keep in mind the average yield is likely higher than average in the "corn belt", so the waste grain will be more than say in LA. Also, no-till/minimum till supposedly on 60-70% of those 82.7 million acres.
This post was edited on 1/22/19 at 11:27 am
Posted on 1/22/19 at 11:34 am to KemoSabe65
This post was edited on 1/22/19 at 11:35 am
Posted on 1/22/19 at 11:39 am to White Bear
A duck (farm duck anyway) eats roughly half a pound per day. So that means each acre is almost 200 duck-days.
Posted on 1/22/19 at 11:40 am to KemoSabe65
I have hunted Kansas and Oklahoma the last 5 seasons. There is a lot of grain on the ground. In Ok, they hunt a lot of winter wheat, meant for the cows, but the geese and Widgeon get thick in there. One field was completely mowed down to nothing by the geese. The millet field we hunted was cut and rolled into round bails. Lots of spillage...
Posted on 1/22/19 at 11:44 am to KemoSabe65
"normal agricultural practice"
Posted on 1/22/19 at 12:29 pm to KemoSabe65
quote:Illegal for them, but not you. Am I rite?????
That should be illegal
Posted on 1/22/19 at 12:49 pm to White Bear
He makes all the points I would; with the westerly fronts attributed to an El Nino winter. When the birds that did come got here, we had so much water they were scattered everywhere, favoring the ducks this season. Next season, maybe not so much and it'll swing back our way. Glad to see someone putting out some real analysis rather than DU this and that.
"Heated ponds!! Large nets!! Rabble rabble!!"
"Heated ponds!! Large nets!! Rabble rabble!!"
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