Wheat School: Flattened! Three tips for managing lodged wheat

Recent weather events in parts of Ontario have really flattened some wheat crops. There's an awesome crop out there, but harvesting it will now be much more difficult.
In this episode of the Wheat School, Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson talks about combine set-ups, the possibility of applying a pre-harvest burndown, and is later joined by Andrew Dawson, grain trader at Bacres Grain, to chat about what the elevator can do to help out.
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[@deere7227]

Jeez Peter. Thanks for reminding me how wonderful it is to grow wheat

[@ashleyflint3501]

On the headers in Australia , we would put lifters on the fronts, no worries. we rolled crops years ago so the winds would not blow the grain out the head, especially with barley.

[@davidszentimrey3339]

Please review the management steps to have avoided so much lodging in the province....

[@staceyellis9193]

Might be a good year to pull out the swather to help with ripening and drying. When cutting sideways to the lean it makes a difference which side you start on so try both sides to see which is easier. Usually I find that the downed side is easier.

[@5er593]

What abaut striper header?

[@JesseBrunner]

Stripper headers work really well in lodged grain. If you were thinking about getting one, this might be the year.

[@infiniteadam7352]

Pre harvest Glyphosate. I wonder how much of that ends up in our bodies...we know its not good for out microbiome, and that it causes leaky gut, which leads to a vast array of diseases. I wonder if you just used sea salt instead of Glyphosate salt, would it dry the grain out the same, probably, and it would be better for human consumption. It would also be cheaper, but who will be the first to try it? Big Ag doesn't want you to do anything that will lose them money, so expect them to discourage. You know Bayer bought Monsonto, the same company that made the chemicals that were used in the gas chambers during ww2. Are they ethical today? I wish I could believe they were, but it's all about feeding the monster in big business these days, so it doubtful...