Spring combining.....

[hillbillyreefer]

We're still working on drying some we took last fall. It was waaayyyyy too tough, but it's inside without all the rodent problems. At least we have a chance at keeping it in condition.

Good luck gittin'er done guys. It's going to be a long ****ty spring, stay safe.

[Bushmaster]

The difference between spring and fall mouse populations would be ASTRONOMICAL !! The mice have had 5 months to populate and thrive in a near perfect environment, basically protected from a majority of their predators. Mice can have a litter of 8 to 15 young per month, and their young can start to reproduce at one month of age. I'm no mathematician but one pair could produce a bunch of offspring in 5 months of perfect conditions.

[Rio56]

bottom line is MICE or chit in the food chain is out the door ..so sorry ... the pic was and is stupid ... no sympathy here ...

[crownb]

Originally Posted by Rio56

bottom line is MICE or chit in the food chain is out the door ..so sorry ... the pic was and is stupid ... no sympathy here ...

I don't understand your angle here. What are you so mad about?

[Rio56]

not mad at any thing .. why show a poor and sick pic that's introduced into our food chain .. what's the purpose of showing mice in the food chain .. maybe the grower cant sell it ? or do you wanna feed that to your kids and grand kids ? answer it yourself

I cud give a mouses"s arse whether it's in the combine now , you lost money so what ? ... KEEP it cause you just started a big issue ...

[KBF]

Originally Posted by crownb

I don't understand your angle here. What are you so mad about?

Thinking the same.

[trophybook]

Think someone needs their safe place

[Smokinyotes]

The majority of barley and wheat combined this spring will probably end up being fed back to livestock.

[Rio56]

Originally Posted by KBF

Thinking the same.

the reason for the thread was looking for sympathy as to why his crop is still out and to the fact no major grain company will buy it ... because of the pic show MICE and disease infected to the point the companies won't but it for food production ... good on them .. to the farmer ..next year

[Rio56]

Originally Posted by Smokinyotes

The majority of barley and wheat combined this spring will probably end up being fed back to livestock.

I hope you know what that means and wear mad cow came from , feeding animal parts backto our food chain ... CAUSE it was cheap .... not to mention CWD ...go for it

[Smokinyotes]

Originally Posted by Rio56

the reason for the thread was looking for sympathy as to why his crop is still out and to the fact no major grain company will buy it ... because of the pic show MICE and disease infected to the point the companies won't but it for food production ... good on them .. to the farmer ..next year

Huh? I think you are going to have to type slower or clearer for me to understand what your putting down.

[Bushmaster]

I don't own any crop.....and as has already been pointed out to you, the mice are on the sieves, about to be spit out the back of the combine. And I'm not looking for sympathy. Merely showing the farm related guys what could be in store for them as they try to work with any crop still out. I'm sure the ag guys find it interesting.....

[KBF]

Originally Posted by Rio56

the reason for the thread was looking for sympathy as to why his crop is still out and to the fact no major grain company will buy it ... because of the pic show MICE and disease infected to the point the companies won't but it for food production ... good on them .. to the farmer ..next year

Re-read the original post.

[KBF]

Originally Posted by Bushmaster

I don't own any crop.....and as has already been pointed out to you, the mice are on the sieves, about to be spit out the back of the combine. And I'm not looking for sympathy. Merely showing the farm related guys what could be in store for them as they try to work with any crop still out. I'm sure the ag guys find it interesting.....

Thank you, made me not miss combines as much. Air seeder fans gonna be running soon to fill small parts of the void.

[Rio56]

every grower on here should pay attention ...mice spring is not accepted by any food buying company , ....fed you your mice and feed hinto yur hogs ....... oh well good story but all BS

[covey ridge]

I was out north of Vulcan today. I saw combines and trucks working in a field. The worst I could imagine was maybe mould. That was till I saw the mouse picture.

Moose are more interesting. Saw this pair right off the 23 in a slew. When I got closer it appeared to be an old cow and a very large bull calf. Sorry for the pic quality. From my phone.

[Rio56]

very nice ..just how does this equate to MICE and chit in a combine coming to your food store ...geeeze what are you people missing

[Digger1]

Originally Posted by Rio56

every grower on here should pay attention ...mice spring is not accepted by any food buying company , ....fed you your mice and feed hinto yur hogs ....... oh well good story but all BS

Try that in Engrish. What's your problem? We always screen the mice out of our food grade wheat.

[KBF]

Originally Posted by Rio56

every grower on here should pay attention ...mice spring is not accepted by any food buying company , ....fed you your mice and feed hinto yur hogs ....... oh well good story but all BS

Just out of curiosity what's your occupation and profession? Just curious.

[KBF]

Originally Posted by Digger1

Try that in Engrish. What's your problem? We always screen the mice out of our food grade wheat.

Maybe we could genetically modify some rodents that will make them gluten intolerant so they will stay out of wheat fields. Might make people feel better.

[blgoodbrand1]

Originally Posted by Rio56

very nice ..just how does this equate to MICE and chit in a combine coming to your food store ...geeeze what are you people missing

Drunk much ?


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[Digger1]

Originally Posted by KBF

Maybe we could genetically modify some rodents that will make them gluten intolerant so they will stay out of wheat fields. Might make people feel better.

Now there's an idea! I'm a mechanic at a grain trucking company, and I still occasionally get to go out on the road and see what's in grain bins. LOL Hey, it's all fiber.

[Blastoff]

Originally Posted by KBF

Just out of curiosity what's your occupation and profession? Just curious.

He's a grain buyer for UGG

[skidderman]

Protein man, protein. Ha!!!!!!!

[NCC]

Rio56, I'm not sure what you're trying to get at but spring thrashed grain will hardly be suitable for cattle feed. There is no chance that it will make any grade that will get it into a human food chain.

There are insects and spiders ground up into peanut butter also but I still eat it.

[Tfng]

Originally Posted by NCC

Rio56, I'm not sure what you're trying to get at but spring thrashed grain will hardly be suitable for cattle feed. There is no chance that it will make any grade that will get it into a human food chain.

There are insects and spiders ground up into peanut butter also but I still eat it.

I'll be thrilled if my swathed wheat goes feed.

[crownb]

Originally Posted by Rio56

every grower on here should pay attention ...mice spring is not accepted by any food buying company , ....fed you your mice and feed hinto yur hogs ....... oh well good story but all BS

WHAT???? Ahhh never mind. Wow

[HunterDave]

What's the Spring grain going to be good for? Someone told me that it would grade "sample" but that doesn't mean anything to me.

[KegRiver]

Originally Posted by last minute

Spring or fall what’s the differents I am sure it happens more than you think just think for a minute bakeries etc.stuff you never hear of unless someone takes a pic or reports it .Just saying

Big difference. In the fall there are always a few mice, but they have not had enough time to build up.

By spring each female has had one or more litters. And up to four I believe.
I'm told that they become reproductively mature at one month of age, so babies born in November could also have up to two litters by spring.

Whatever the case, I know that a field with a population of let's say, 100 mice per acre in the fall can have 10,000 per acre in the spring.

On top of that, in the fall the swaths sit more or less on top of the stubble which means that as the combine lifts the swath, the mice jump down onto the ground and escape.

Come spring those same swaths are sitting on the ground and any mouse in them has to dig his way out the side to escape or what happens more often is they have runways at ground level which they use to try to run down to escape. Problem is those runways run length ways to the swath, so the combine overtakes them and they get picked up in the swath.

[Bushmaster]

Quite likely nothing......but you still need to get rid of the crop before you can seed this year.