Combines Getting more straw

We live in Ontario, Canada. Normally when darkness comes so does the dew. The wheat simply gets too tough to thrash. On a good day it will dry off good enough to go by 11:00 but lots of times it's closer to noon.

We get that in Kansas, but it is usually about midnight. With the standard CIH rub bars, you start leaving grain in the heads (specialty or standard rotor). However, with the St. John rasp bar rotor you can run as long as you want and do a great job. The straw feels like rope and exits the machine in one piece unless you chop it. The bad part is the cutterbar. It gets to pulling so hard that you have to eventually stop. If you need a machine that fights tough straw and gets all the grain out of the head, the St. John rotor will do it. Might help you run longer in your conditionsIJ

We get dew here starting around 10:00. Farm Kid got it right. I was having whole stalks minus the kernels come out the back. Course I don't run a Axial flow either. Why don't you cut when there is a little dew like maybe around 9 or 10 in the morning.

The moisture in the grain will probably be too high in the morning. I think they would have better luck cutting late. The moisure monitor will say that the grain has picked up moisture as soon as the sun goes down, but it's usually just on the surface and gone the next morning. Which type of machine do you run, by the wayIJ

Run a JD CTS II. It grinds the straw up pretty good on hot days. But get towards night and on cold days it will leave the straw in just as good as shape as the conventionals.

If you really want 30% more chaff and straw you could pull a baler directly behind the combine. This takes a combine with plenty of horsepower, so the ClAAS lexion with a 400+ Cat engine works the best. It also turns out good long staw quality. lexion also works the best since the Sauer Danfoss pump can be mounted directly on the end of the engine shaft and uses to drive a Hesston big square baler. The drive motor fits in place of the PTO shaft. Modified hitch consists of tubular steel frame and integrated conveyor. Ag Cameras give a good view of the baler and knotters. Complete kits are also available for NH combines. Cost is $70K US installed and ready to go to the field. Takes a good alert operator, but he can complete dual functions of harvesting and baling at the same time. Also creates a great opportunity to collect biomass or soybean stubble for high value mulch so the conversion can pay for itself during the first year by baling at least 2000 acres of straw. There are some more details on the glenvar website. Or I can send a copy of powerpoint presentation.