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HARVEST WEED SEED CONTROL

Conversations with Farmers

Each month we chat about how they use Harvest Weed Seed Control in their
farming operation and how the Seed Terminator fits into their farming system.
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Taylor Grain, Lockhart NSW

16/6/2018

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A seeder miss last year (canola) on an old fence line □‍♂️
Wheat 2016. Wheat 2018
Most of cover here is ryegrass straw □‍♂️
Roundup at Windrowing.
Sakura this year.
No knockdown. @seed_terminator on combine #PrettyGoodResult pic.twitter.com/XVLQ1alDf3

— Mark Taylor (@markt8040) June 13, 2018
Next Up Glenlea Partners
Mark and Dave Taylor crop around 2000ha at Lockhart NSW, growing wheat, canola, fava beans and lentils. Taylor grains was one of our early adopters, we fitted up their Case IH 7120 with a Seed Terminator in time for the 2016 harvest. Despite a run of bad luck in the maiden year mainly due to factory faulty bearings, they managed to add great value by developing new chute work to spread material through MAV chopper (see tweet below).

We have @seed_terminator shooting into @strawchopper airflow #IhelpYou,YouHelpMe creates pretty big airflow, gets full width #mostOfTheTime pic.twitter.com/B3nyDAAfSn

— Mark Taylor (@markt8040) November 13, 2017

What prompted you to move to mechanical weed control?

We used to windrow burn just on our canola. Windrow burning works really well as a weed control method, but it removes the residues from the paddock and that really goes against the grain for our farming system. The reason we moved to Seed Terminator was really our ability to retain our residues with the associated nutrients and moisture as well as doing something about weeds.

How important is spread of residue while employing Harvest Weed Seed Control Measures?

Chaff Lining, Tramlining and Chaff carts are all options, but all the nutrients from the residue are confined in lines or chaff dump sites rather than putting those nutrients back across the whole paddock. Then you have the weeds, which you have put through the header, being put back on the paddock with the residue and you either hope they rot or burn them. I believe Seed Terminator is part of the answer, chemicals do their bit, but we need to ensure their longevity.
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What about the future?

Power was much higher than we thought it was going to be and an issue with our smaller 7120, but we still got 400ha done in 2017. We're looking forward to the upgrades coming out this year, 30% less power will certainly be a game changer for our operation.
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Schutz Grains, Grass Patch WA

8/6/2018

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Our second legends of the month are Mick and Heather Schutz from Grass Patch Western Australia. Mick is the owner of the 'Triplets', three John Deere S680's fitted up with three Seed Terminators. He has been instrumental in our Research & Development program, traveling to Kangaroo Island with our Test Stand to work with Nick on power with Aero-Impact 2.0 in early 2018. We caught up with Mick in June 2018.

About Schutz Grains

Mick, Heather and sons Dylan and Tyson crop 7500 Hectares at Grass Patch WA. They have always planned and farmed for the long term future by setting up CTF (Control Traffic Farming) interrow seeding and making their own chaff decks to maintain stubble and place weed seed on tramlines.

2017 was your First Year with Seed Terminator, what encouraged you to invest in three units?

We had taken a keen interest in mechanically devitalising weed seeds at harvest but know the power losses associated with a hydraulic drive from our own design and engineering work. When Seed Terminator evolved we got interested again with the Mechanical Drive and 4 modes of killing weed seeds. We were only going to fit one Seed Terminator, but we saw the new drive on the 2017 models, we bit the bullet and went to three to start the next step into the future of weed seed control. This also allowed us to compare wear and performance against each header. We don't have any major weed seed issues but just wanted to stay in front of control, we believe this is the next step on from chaff decks.

How important is residue retention?

Retaining chaff and stubble is critical organic material to maintain soil health, we have never burnt stubble for weed control!

Why are you passionate about seed terminator?

Using a mechanical method (not cultivation) to control weeds is brilliant. This year we had no mouse problem because they got hungry and died. After one year we had no weed seed germination in relation to chaff spread from headers - very happy one year down.

What about the future?

Power and wear were our two Big Questions after 2017! After being on Kangaroo Island helping Nick with testing this has been address for the 2018 season.
< Nick, Mick and Mark 'the three amigos' at the Kangaroo Island Research & Development Facility in January 2018 working on Aero-IMPACT 2.0 31% reduction in power.
Next up Lloyd & Christine Berry
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Laharna Farms, Dowerin WA

8/6/2018

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Our first legend of the month is Andrew 'the trail blazer' Todd from Dowerin Western Australia. Andrew and Jacinta run a 100% cropping enterprise on 4200 hectares in the central wheat belt. He was one of the first farmer research partners to get a Seed Terminator fitted up and running in 2016, it was his effort and persistence early on that enabled us to head off many issues before other machines were fitted up. Here is a Q&A we had with Andrew in May 2018

2016 was our Maiden Year, why did you choose to add a Seed Terminator?

The move to Seed Terminator was the next logical step in a HWSC journey that began with windrow burning for a number of years followed by 9 years of chaff cart. The main reasons being full residue retention and retention of the nutrients in it and reduction in time, energy and risk involved with burning. To me putting mills on the back of the harvester seemed to be the ultimate option in HWSC. It would save us time by not having to do firebreaks and burn dumps, and it would improve our harvest efficiency in that we could get back to harvesting as we pleased rather than managing the logistics of dumping the cart in right spot and doing bigger headland turns so as not to jack knife. They might sound like small gains but if you’ve ever towed a cart will understand the limitations. So we agreed to take on one of the first 11 Seed Terminators.

Why is mechanical weed control technology important for the future of farming?

A reliance on herbicide only as a weed control method has led to herbicide resistance, the very reason for the birth of HWSC measures. Mechanical weed control will aid in increasing the longevity of efficacy of the herbicides which are yet to be affected by the development of resistance.

Herbicides are a critical part of weed control in cropping system and their cost is also a significant part of the total cost of grain production. Generally the older herbicides are cheaper as they are no-longer under patent, new herbicides are few and far between and are often expensive and so we need to protect and prolong the efficacy of those older and cheaper herbicides as a measure to help maintain profitability. Mechanical control is crucial to preserving and protecting the efficacy of herbicides.

How does it feel not burning and what did you do instead of burning this year?

Burning an entire program of either windrows or chaff dumps was quite a time consuming job when you consider the time involved in the whole process from installing firebreaks around chaff dumps to lighting and monitoring fires and weather conditions. One of the things I enjoyed this year was not having to constantly monitor the wind forecast looking for good opportunities for burning dumps and then having to adjust the other farm activities to fit around this. This year we spent more time on doing some more liming, equipment prep for seeding. It certainly felt like we had more time. I think this is a difficult thing to put a value on but I believe that when I have seen it estimated at $2/ha it is  undervalued…..obviously depending on what you choose to do with that time

What do you think not burning does for your soils and future productivity?

I think maintaining soil cover is important. Spreading the residue evenly across the width of the harvester is still a challenge though. We may see some N tie up from the build up of cereal stubbles in particular but I think the return of K into the system along with some moisture retention improvements should go a long way, if not beyond offsetting this.
NEXT UP SCHUTZ GRAINS, GRASS PATCH WA
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