Weight per grain is not the same thing as test weight. You can have fairly consistent test weights where the weight per grain(we measure it in weight per 1000 grains) can vary quite a lot. That is mostly a factor of genetics so we look for relatively high kernel weight within a specific variety. I will say there is a correlation of high test weight to high kernel weight, but it doesn't tell the whole story and is not a perfect correlation. Relative kernel weight is much more important for yield than test weight. If your relative kernel weight isn't high then your yield was definitely not as high as it could have been.
I had a 550 Massey Ferguson combine in the 1980's 15 foot header with a straw chopper was able to process soybeanstubble and wheat stubble as well as spread adequately for all crops.
2 1/2 years ago I sold my wheat for $3.90 per bushel. I lost money even making 90 bu/ac. Wheat needed to be over $6 to pay the cost to grow it back then. We have always had a big surplus here in the Western High Plains area. This area of Texas used to be called the Golden Spread. Now wheat has been replaced by other crops because it takes $8 to grow. Now inflation is caused by government deficient spending that is not going to stop.
Yield is irrelevant. Net profit per Ha is the only figure that matters. Plus you should be improving soil carbon, soil water holding and infiltration rates or you are just running down your assets towards bankruptcy. Plant diversity and integration of animals along with the other of the 6 principals of soil health are important to any long term success. If you are growing monocultures and relying on chemical inputs you are going to go broke and ruin your soil in the process. The only advice in this presentation that’s useful is to start with good soil as if you follow the rest of the device you are going to have poor soil at the end of the process. Run a mile from people who only talk about yield as they are just trying to sell you inputs.
Rather short sighted. The biggest problem (At least in the US) is a complete lack of rotational options for most growers. Wheat is known as "poverty grass" precisely because US farmers have hyper specialized in corn and soybeans, and wheat takes a seat far enough back that it literally cannot pencil out to be profitable in their operation. Once US farmers grow wheat with high enough yields to make a profit, then you can start talking about introducing cover crops/grazing/etc. since you then create the July-April growing season that can be used to put in covers for soil improvement and grazing. In short, any of the soil preservation priorities you advocate for are mostly unattainable without farmers figuring out what Phil is presenting here first.
Weight per grain is not the same thing as test weight. You can have fairly consistent test weights where the weight per grain(we measure it in weight per 1000 grains) can vary quite a lot. That is mostly a factor of genetics so we look for relatively high kernel weight within a specific variety. I will say there is a correlation of high test weight to high kernel weight, but it doesn't tell the whole story and is not a perfect correlation. Relative kernel weight is much more important for yield than test weight. If your relative kernel weight isn't high then your yield was definitely not as high as it could have been.
I had a 550 Massey Ferguson combine in the 1980's 15 foot header with a straw chopper was able to process soybeanstubble and wheat stubble as well as spread adequately for all crops.
2 1/2 years ago I sold my wheat for $3.90 per bushel. I lost money even making 90 bu/ac. Wheat needed to be over $6 to pay the cost to grow it back then. We have always had a big surplus here in the Western High Plains area. This area of Texas used to be called the Golden Spread. Now wheat has been replaced by other crops because it takes $8 to grow. Now inflation is caused by government deficient spending that is not going to stop.
Pls do mention bushel into kilograms. Good interesting information.
Best wheat yields that I had was about 60 to 70 bushel per acre.. back then.
Dear How many kg in 1 bushel?
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Yield is irrelevant. Net profit per Ha is the only figure that matters. Plus you should be improving soil carbon, soil water holding and infiltration rates or you are just running down your assets towards bankruptcy. Plant diversity and integration of animals along with the other of the 6 principals of soil health are important to any long term success. If you are growing monocultures and relying on chemical inputs you are going to go broke and ruin your soil in the process. The only advice in this presentation that’s useful is to start with good soil as if you follow the rest of the device you are going to have poor soil at the end of the process. Run a mile from people who only talk about yield as they are just trying to sell you inputs.
Rather short sighted. The biggest problem (At least in the US) is a complete lack of rotational options for most growers. Wheat is known as "poverty grass" precisely because US farmers have hyper specialized in corn and soybeans, and wheat takes a seat far enough back that it literally cannot pencil out to be profitable in their operation. Once US farmers grow wheat with high enough yields to make a profit, then you can start talking about introducing cover crops/grazing/etc. since you then create the July-April growing season that can be used to put in covers for soil improvement and grazing.
In short, any of the soil preservation priorities you advocate for are mostly unattainable without farmers figuring out what Phil is presenting here first.