Wow. That is not as fast as I was thinking a picker could pick. But when I think about it, it makes sense since these pickers weren't made for these big yields. Farmers were probably able to go faster years ago when the pickers were new.
Last year, with the NI 325 and the IH 856, I was running in Low 3rd, in 160bpa corn. Always figured Low 3rd was about 4mph. On the 234 and M, 1st is about as fast as I can go.
Last year we borrowed a 324 wide row picker. We have 30" rows. We were told we could still take two rows at a time. We tried it and it worked. I was running at about second gear low range with a 756 IH. My grandopa thought I could go a little faster so I tried third low. That almost seemed too fast for the wide row picker in the narrow rows. But it could also have something to do with the yields. When we took the ends off with the combine, the yield monitor got up to 300bpa for the highest on the ends. As we got into the field farther the yields went down to about 260-280bpa. Corn pickers probably weren't made for those big yields.
Ok, I'm a little confused, which my wife says happens often. When it comes to yield. Let's say 200 bpa. Is that shelled (56# per bushel) or what??? How do you figure bpa on ear corn? We've always sold sweet corn as 60 ears in a bushel. Is that the way that you would sell ear corn (field) or do you weigh out 70# of ear corn?
Sorry to highjack this post, just a little confused.
Volume wise, a bushel of ear corn is only 35 lbs or so. The general rule is 70 lbs of ear corn will give you 56 lbs of shelled corn (a bushel by volume). A field yielding 200 bpa shelled corn would give you 7 tons of ear corn per acre. That would be as high as you could get on the best ground here in New Jersey. We can only dream of 300 bu. corn . . . .
I sell by 70 lb bags, charge the same as what others in area charge for 56 lb. bag of shelled corn. They're getting the same amount of kernals, makes comparison shopping easier. There's probably a positive psychological effect getting an extra 14 lbs for the same money, even though its cobs. The real value comes from the additional time it takes for deer to eat off the cobs, increasing the intervals between set-outs compared to just dumping shelled corn.
SELL YOUR CORN IN 100 LB. FEED BAGS WHEN YOU SELL IT FOR WILDLIFE CORN. MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT BUY IT FOR DEER LIKE THE CONVENCE OF USING BAGS. THE PRICE DEPENDS ALOT ON THE LOCAL MARKET. I HAVE BEEN GETTING $6.00 A BAG PLUS .50 FOR ADDITIONAL FOR THE BAG MOST OF THE WINTER.
WHEN YOU SELL IT BY THE TON SELL IT LOOSE. WEIGH THE TRUCK, FILL IT UP AND WEIGH IT AGAIN. THIS YEAR 100.00 TO 125.00 A TON WAS REALISTIC.
