Posted 1/20/2019 11:04 (#7258531 - in reply to #7258031) Subject: RE: stripper head wheat
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coup - 1/20/2019 08:11
SloPump - 1/19/2019 22:20
Coup,
Is there not a straw market where you’re at? Last year I just windrowed my straw and sold it for $40/ton to someone who came and baked it, got almost 2 ton an acre. What’s the benefit of using a stripper head vs a Draper head and just clipping the wheat heads off and leaving the straw standing?
Won't sell straw no matter the price. .
-Sell straw: $80/ac
-Seed oats at 80 lb/ac: $12/ac seed cost.
-Cost to plant oats will depend on planting method
-Can sell the oats for hay or let them winter kill for the residue.
failing to convert sunshine into OM and biological activity after wheat is poor management by me..