Testing Bushel Weight

This is how I check the bushel weight on my grain using scale, measuring cup and charts. Edit: apparently I have been doing it wrong for years. The Canadian Grain Commision website gives instructions on leveling the grain in the cup without packing it. However I won't change my method since all my crop records of bushel weight are based on the roller method of leveling.

[robertrhodes]

Great weights for both .👍👍💲💲 . We used the same type system when I worked at a feed mill so we knew which silo to put it in (for feed or resale) .

[oilersridersbluejays]

Up our way I’ve had heavier bushel weights too this year.

I’m only 35 but I really follow a hybridized Saskatchewan measuring system. I use pounds, bushels; and acres. Seeding is pounds per bushel. Spraying is litres per acre. Most liquids are measured in litres like spray and fuel prices are listed dollar per litre. Yield is bushels per acre. I talk miles when on grid roads but kilometres on provincial highways. Speed is measured in km/h when driving a vehicle but miles when doing farming operations. Farm implement widths are in feet. Fahrenheit though is a very goofy way to measure temperature in my eyes so it’s Celsius unless I’m speaking to someone older or an American. I usually have a fairly decent idea of what the Celsius equivalent would be if someone says Fahrenheit. It’s just a person really never hears it used anymore. For nuts and bolts, I dread metric. I know what a bolt head size is in standard and might be off by one. Metric bolt and I’m cursing and swearing trying to figure it out.
While I suppose I use close to an equal amount of metric and standard, some things I will never convert to metric. Acres is one I will most definitely never convert to metric. Pounds and bushels are more I would never convert. I can picture what an acre, a mile, or a bushel looks like. Acres and miles work because the land is surveyed that way. I can’t look inside a grain bin and say “oh yeah I have 15 tonnes left to sweep and shovel.” It’s like “yeah 200 bushels left in there” or whichever.

[whiteout]

wow great test weights. My oats was only 36 and highest spring wheat was 63.

[GosselinFarmsEdGosselin]

Pretty much like the elevators used to do here..
We use a little plastic bushel scale, works good enough..

[morganwilson]

Absolutely don't compact the grain in the cup. SOP is to drop it in through a funnel from above and strike the excess off with a zig zag motion. You're getting big bushel weights because you're doing it incorrectly.

[samtalley]

Very neat system. I have a question about your grain bins I see lots of them in your area scattered about farms in odd places compared to here.(That’s not meant derogatory) I’m guessing these bins do not use air floors or bin fans? I’m from SW Indiana and find what you guys up in Canada do interesting and thought I would ask.

[brentreid]

When you mentioned wild oat's you don't have those in Saskatchewan right.

[ikonseesmrno]

Neat! I've never seen that process done before. The wheat looked ok, but those oats sure are nice. What variety are both of those? I doubt that wheat is Garnet. Lol!

[hughperkins]

You’re supposed to scape it off without rolling it in. You’re packing it, which is WRONG!!