Posted by paul on October 10, 2010 at 19:49:35 from (66.44.132.41):
In Reply to: Re: Combine acres posted by billonthefarm on October 10, 2010 at 18:07:11:
I'm in Minnesota where everyone owns a combine too.
My understandingf is in wheat country, you start in the south, and cut your way north, and you can use up a combine in a single fall, just cutting and cutting and cutting wheat. No need to ever go backwards, it's all wheat, just keep going north....
In our part of the world, you have minor crops of oats & wheat that need combining in the mid-fall, then soybeans, then corn. Need 2 or 3 different headers, harvest is a long drawn out affair. Just hauling away corn takes a whole lot more equipment & time when you are pulling 180-250 bu off an acre, harvest is slow compared to 30-40 bu wheat.
Wheat is a real low-cost affair, corn & beans can pencil out a combine on less acres.
All together, it works well for wheat to hire it done, the custom guys can be much cheaper than owning your own - they are very specialized in one thing and don't need any extra headers, carts, come back for a different crop, etc.
Our crop rotation takes more different stuff, and doesn't lend itself well to the specialized harvest of the West.
Might not have it perfect there, but kinda sorta anyhow.
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