Desperate times... wheat and snow harvesting

[@hoperichardson8569]

it is better than nothing....God Blessed you with that amount and when it's warmer there will be more

[@lukestrawwalker]

Yep had some years like that where it's about salvaging what you could... All the best! OL J R :)

[@mftech1607]

You are freaking hilarious!! Been watching for a while and enjoy seeing what you are up to. Just subscribed!! Keep the vids coming!

[@mftech1607]

Also, hope you can get your crop threshed.

[@SouthSaskFarmer1]

Lol I will hahahaha thanks !!!

[@AASparkChaser]

Find an old New Holland round baler with the chains. Lock the tailgate in the up position and then use the baler as a swath lifter. We did that one year on barley and it worked great!

[@SouthSaskFarmer1]

That's a pretty good idea!

[@markinfrance5740]

Thanks for sharing with us, farming in your climate must be so hard. Good luck and I hope things start looking up for you soon.

[@SouthSaskFarmer1]

Well usually it's not anywhere near this big of an ass pain lol

[@thedonleroy]

That's something I've never seen before. This weather is something else. It is snowing here in Minnesota as I watch this. Just flurries now but around 6 pm it was snowing pretty good. They actually have a winter storm warning for the Fargo area. Crazy for October 10th. We also had over 2 inches of rain the last three days. It seems this weather is going nuts all over the place. Thanks for the videos.

[@SouthSaskFarmer1]

I thinks it's got something to do with the hurricane honestly

[@stevenstart8728]

Wow! That’s is imaginable for an Aussie farmer. Now I know why our 2388 has a heater fitted.

[@SouthSaskFarmer1]

Ya that i was a once in 20 years disaster that one

[@timp2888]

Were you and Antoine able to salvage anything from this field? It looked like it was a good crop before it froze.

[@SouthSaskFarmer1]

I'm actually just going to try combining in it again as we speak lol

[@howespine8642]

That weather you’re getting sucks, I’m in eastern On. and it’s been raining and quite warm. Do you have cattle you can feed that stuff to.

[@SouthSaskFarmer1]

Nope I dont

[@odf8782]

I understand your grief. I have the same conditions right now here in Alberta. We have barely turned a wheel on our canola because of this bloody weather.

[@SouthSaskFarmer1]

Ya most of Canada is in the same boat as us this year eh

[@philpeek5412]

Can you run the swather offset to one side to give it a " shake" knock the snow off it and move it from where it can sit onto fresh drier ground???? Phil from New Zealand.

[@SouthSaskFarmer1]

Not really the straw and heads are so rotten from rain and drying over and over it's just turning to dust

[@philpeek5412]

Well, your kinda buggered for a while mate.. I really enjoy your uploads!! Spring planting is all but done here but heaps of rain coming ( maybe 60mm ) in the nxt 24hrs.

[@totaledmyGN]

Don't worry your not the only one going through this. Out of the 1500 acres I farm I have 30 acres of swathed wheat like yours,140 acres of somewhat standing wheat and the real kick in the nuts about 830 acres of swathed canola. I have no idea how the canola will dry with these cloudy/low temp days.

[@SouthSaskFarmer1]

At least canola wont deteriorate like wheat Haha that's one plus lol

[@oldretireddude]

What is the advantage of a two pass process vs running one pass with a conventional grain header on the combine?

[@SouthSaskFarmer1]

Well instead of the snow having the crop beat flat into the ground that you cant pick it up its 9n swath. Dont need chemical to get it cured to harvests. Can usually be combining it 3 days sooner then if done with chemical list goes on haha

[@northern1937]

I feel for you. I thought we had it bad. Keep your head up.

[@SouthSaskFarmer1]

Ya itll turn around

[@Northern_Farmer]

Better check your sieves after that...the friction from the combine melts the snow and plugs off the sieves. Still have 3 inches of snow on our canola..

[@bryancovert9821]

My heart goes out to all of you . Y'all are the best of humanity any more , and it just sucks to see this , but mother nature can be a bitch !!!!!

[@SouthSaskFarmer1]

Ya I'm gonna go look in the daylight and see might have to let it thaw out in th shop

[@KawaBrute06]

If its cold enough, which i'm sure it isn't, it will blow through but yeah, that was my first thought as well. Spent plenty of time poking and scraping sieves from combining corn in the snow.

[@SouthSaskFarmer1]

Well it was minus 10 at the time

[@Northern_Farmer]

Yea they say if its close to 20 it wont melt in the combine

[@greggballanger3291]

Hi. Make more videos. Where do live. Show us around your town and grain elevator.

[@SouthSaskFarmer1]

Well I've sorta made one already of hauling soybeans to the elevator haha

[@svennilsson8459]

Could the swats be flipped over with a rake to shake and shudder off the snow while it is still frose? I suppose meaning a certain loss of grain falling to the ground. But at least he geese would have to bend down a little bit more to get it. I wish you all the strength, this year has been cursed, we are out of drinking water after the drought of the century.

[@SouthSaskFarmer1]

No the swaths are way to heavy for a rake to be able to move it's just all bung up Haha wow that sounds like us last fall and over the winter

[@roosty6]

Snow on the swaths. Thats pretty desperate. All my canola is out and I don't own a dryer. So my combines will sit in the shed until things improve. Hopefully this fall and not next spring.

[@SouthSaskFarmer1]

Ya I've got hope that itll turn around

[@aaronjarvenpa1743]

The part of Minnesota I live in it's going to be in the high 50 next week .

[@SouthSaskFarmer1]

Lucky guy haha

[@donald1056]

How many acres is like that

[@SouthSaskFarmer1]

120

[@LVFFarmVlogs]

Looks like one hell of a mess!

[@bigDH123]

Our snow just melted enough that we might be able to try it again, but now the forecast is saying 90% chance of rain again this evening and over night, So trust me ,we feel your pain.I really hope you guys get it done.

[@SouthSaskFarmer1]

Ya wel are all in the same boat across Canada this year eh

[@nolanbrodrecht400]

None of our corn is drying down here in sw Ontario it was 27 degrees today too hot for that

[@farmermatt629]

Will Justin give you a subsidy check if you can’t get it ?

[@SouthSaskFarmer1]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@farmermatt629]

I thought you might get a laugh out if that....

[@SouthSaskFarmer1]

@@farmermatt629 I did lmao

[@brentreid7031]

Winter Wheat .

[@SouthSaskFarmer1]

Ha....Haha.....ha... lmao

[@thegumbofarmer2383]

I did this with canola swaths a few years ago. All the old boys said " when its -20 it goes like fuck all" So I waited till then and it did go through the combine like fuck all but was 1/3 snow. Good luck fella!

[@SouthSaskFarmer1]

Ya I've heard of that befor Haha

[@AASparkChaser]

We combined sunflowers in the snow one year. As long as the temperature was 20 degrees Fahrenheit or colder the snow went out the back like dust. We even screwed the local elevator on the moisture discount because they didn't take the time to do the temperature correction.

[@codyludwig2811]

I hate winter its the stupidest season and yet the longest, Im just glad I dont live up in Alaska where it can get down to 50 below coldest it ever been where I am in Alberta was 42. Dumb season screws everything up including its self its fucked

[@greggballanger3291]

Hi. Please make lots of video.

[@SouthSaskFarmer1]

Ok I make lots video

[@waynegalvin4639]

That is a really shame, feel for you guys.

[@heretohelp1805]

Dude that's crap. You poor buggers. All the best.

[@jonym45]

The average consumer thinks farmers are all super rich and are scamming Joe public at the food store. Waiting on weather for harvest is tough. The stress alone should be worth double the price of grain!!!

[@noelhohberger1188]

Looks like your combineing frosted mini wheats. Damn thats no good

[@SouthSaskFarmer1]

Nope not at all Haha

[@clinterinturner9659]

74 more possible combineing days to Christmas lol

[@SouthSaskFarmer1]

Lol that's a scary thought lol

[@averysenior6571]

Go home get worm and have a couple rye until it gets better!

[@SouthSaskFarmer1]

Lol

[@marksandquist4275]

now yer talkin👈😉

[@MrJohndeere3720]

weather here has been dicked.. :( what a fuckin year...

[@davidschad7326]

First

[@SouthSaskFarmer1]

Lmao

[@rossgallinger9383]

That’s sickening seeing a crop deteriorate like that and there’s fuck all you can do about it

[@ontarioagguy2769]

Man that sucks why don't ya come out east to Ontario and farm instead lol!!!! Jk!!!

[@SouthSaskFarmer1]

Hahahahahha no

[@keenankelley187]

Fuck Me!!! Your frozen and we’ve gotten 6:4 inches of rain here feel your pain!!!

[@George-os1qf]

Son of a bitch!! I feel for you guys.

[@claycomb556]

Holy heck that’s awful, frosted wheat cereal, lol

[@SouthSaskFarmer1]

Ya the seeds are crispy with frost lol

[@baccO000]

omg this made me sick

[@SouthSaskFarmer1]

Makes me sick aswell but itll turn around I hope

[@baccO000]

up here by north of yorkton it snows every 3 days we still have 180ac of wheat but its standing .... starting to lose hope

[@Farmall450]

Sorry man Farming ain't easy

[@SouthSaskFarmer1]

No good thing or pays Good. Lmfao

[@retiredinmoosic772]

what's with all the fuckin cursin, eh?

[@tiger5551]

Oh wow, a really old video lmao