[AT] Ralph, do you only have one enormous field in Canada?

[David Bruce]

Move a "few" miles west of Charlie and a huge field is 20 acres.

Creates challenges for the grain farmers here.  They have to move 
equipment over county and state roads so width is always an issue.
That is one reason tobacco did so well here for generations - small 
plots would generate enough income for a family.  Part of that is now 
turning toward wine grapes and winemaking but there are still some grain 
farmers and tobacco farmers around.

David
NW NC


On 8/20/2010 11:55 AM, charlie hill wrote:
> Ralph,  most of our land is in small cuts between creeks and rivers with
> towns and big woodland tracts all around but there is one farm about 40
> miles from me that is 30,000 + acres all in one cut.  Here's a link to
> google maps.  You will not have any problem finding it in the photo.
> http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=34.848403,-76.504618&z=10&t=h&hl=en
>
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> From: "Ralph Goff"<alfg at sasktel.net>
> Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 11:14 AM
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> Subject: Re: [AT] Ralph, do you only have one enormous field in Canada?
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>> Mattias, I'm not sure what you mean by the combines not cutting the straw.
>> I'm guessing you refer to the fact that the combines sometimes pick up a
>> "swath" of grain rather than direct cutting the standing crop. We don't
>> see
>> as much swathing now as we used to. Now most cereal grains are direct cut,
>> sometimes desiccated prior to harvest although I prefer to just let nature
>> do it's own desiccating.
>> Canola is almost always swathed as the pods will shatter if left standing
>> until they are dry enough to harvest.
>> And my fields would be considered small by local standards. I think the
>> biggest is 130 acres on my farm but I know of one in the area that must
>> contain well over 1000 acres of canola. Of course he has 5 big New Holland
>> combines to harvest with.
>>
>> Ralph in Sask.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Mattias Kessén"<davidbrown950 at gmail.com>
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>> Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 8:48 AM
>> Subject: [AT] Ralph, do you only have one enormous field in Canada?
>>
>>
>>> It looks so strange when the combines don't cut the straws.
>>>
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