Posted by NY 986 on November 28, 2014 at 18:00:45 from (174.236.4.65):
In Reply to: Re: bean straw oops posted by John A on November 28, 2014 at 15:59:42:
The OP had mentioned he had snow on the field and in many areas of the North so far this fall that has amounted to several inches. The crop most likely has matted to the ground. Under these circumstances from what I have seen raking and flail mowers/choppers will have minimal effect unless he can run into the soil which would be a big issue if rocks are present. If his soils are clay based there will be issues having the soil dry enough to disk without compaction under the windrow. A modern forage harvester with pickup head teeth close together will pull wet material up with minimal problems and the amount will not differ much if the material had just come out of the back of the combine. A cut and blow machine will handle wet material well enough plus a slight breeze will help with the dispersion of the chopped wet material. If the OP does not have access to a forage harvester or farms in an area where they are not found then he will have to figure out an alternative. There are plenty of reasonably priced older machines out there and he can turn right around and resell it when he is done if he so chooses. Such an operation can be done readily this time of year and make use of time that might otherwise be less than valuable for work versus adding another operation or two in the spring. I hope my first response did not come across as a personal attack as that was not my intent. Just wanted to pass along some personnel experience in a brief manner.
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