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Topic: Field report

Posted By: Wayne (IN)
Subject: Field report
Date Posted: 25 Jun 2010 at 8:54pm

Just curious from some of the members on here what some of the fields are looking like in your area. We are in central IN and I just saw a friend at dinner this evening that is hoping to resume bean planting tomorrow - they have over 500 acres to do. The corn in this area can range from looking very good and being almost 6' tall to being yellow from too much water, large areas that are drowned out and everything in between. Most of the beans look good, but the weed control is gone on a lot of fields. Just wondering what some areas of OH, IN, IL, IA and other states are looking like. Good luck guys and stay safe.

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Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 25 Jun 2010 at 9:04pm

Sounds about the same as around here. Level flat ground might have 5 ponds per acre with corn from 2" to 4', and some of the hill ground close to me will be shooting tassels soon. I've seen beans that are canopied and clean as a whistle and I've seen bean fields were you can't row the 3" tall beans cause of the 3' tall weeds. A guy told me yesterday, his neighbor has beans in the bag yet for 500 acres. That might be the best place for bean seed if you have the flat wet ground.

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Posted By: John (C-IL)
Date Posted: 25 Jun 2010 at 9:13pm

Pretty much the same here. Now that the corn is getting taller you can't see the holes as easily but they are still there. Some fields look like crap and the one next to it will be nearly perfect. Still a lot of beans to plant here. A few brave souls were trying to spray today. I still have water standing in a few spots and probably 15 to 20% damage in my fields, everything from dead/no corn to 6 foot tall. I don't have beans planted yet.

Posted By: Clay
Date Posted: 25 Jun 2010 at 9:27pm

We just planted soybeans today and milo yesterday. Could really use a nice easy 1/2 to 1 inch of rain.
The corn in the area looks very good but could use a drink.
I live in the northwest part of Cowley County, Kansas.
Wheat harvest is going well. Not sure what the yields are in this area.
Alfalfa, second cutting, has been done for about a week or two. Very good yields compared to most years.
Brome has been ready for a week or two. Some has already been cut and baled.
Bermuda is ready to be cut.
Prairie hay will be ready in about two weeks.
Cotton is doing what cotton does. It is growing.

Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 25 Jun 2010 at 9:36pm

Reading Clays post got me thinking, I haven't seen any hay cut yet. At least any that dried enough to bale. I saw a patch of alfalfa yesterday that was 100% blossoms and probably too wet to cut. A guy was spraying in the field next to it but having a lot of trouble. I think it was so wet the corn was getting knocked over cause it was taller than the sprayer or the sprayer was sinking in the wet sand.

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Posted By: Butch(OH)
Date Posted: 25 Jun 2010 at 9:38pm

About the same story here. Field to field varies from decent to crap. Guy I know has beans to plant. Corn on my place is head high and looks to be in very good health. Down the road a mile and all the way south to Columbus it's curled up and needing a good rain.

Posted By: Wayne (IN)
Date Posted: 25 Jun 2010 at 9:42pm

I was thinking the same thing about the hay - very little hay has been cut around here. Also, I was noticing there just is not much wheat around anymore at all. There was never a lot planted, but it seems like this year there just arent hardly any fields. Maybe the ones that I see are 10 - 20 acres here and there but that is about it. I guess 200 bpa corn at $3.25 and 50 bpa beans at $9.50 eliminate the desire to plant much wheat.

Posted By: Clay
Date Posted: 25 Jun 2010 at 9:46pm

The wheat market is a disaster this year.
We lucked out and did not have any wheat. Planting soybeans and milo to break the wheat cycle.
This is the first year we did not have any wheat on the farm since 1954.

Posted By: Wayne (IN)
Date Posted: 25 Jun 2010 at 9:48pm

I guess thats why they say "the cure for low prices is low prices"

(and the inverse is also true)