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Topic: harvest progress

Posted By: ac hunter
Subject: harvest progress
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2018 at 7:53am

I am wondering how the harvest is going around the country. It is already wet here and depending which forecast you listen to we are supposed to be getting 2-3 inches more of rain here in central Ohio today and tomorrow. Talked to our renter a couple of days ago and he said he is about 50% done with corn and 80% with soy beans. Still see a lot of crops out in the field yet.

Lots of ears falling off the corn and weak stalks. He said it was due to the growing season weather and not specific to any variety or brand of corn seed. He plants several different brands of corn. Generally test weight is off and some damage to ears still on the stalks.

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Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2018 at 7:56am

Corn is pretty well complete here, at least for a six to seven county surrounding area. Beans are remarkably still standing(some laying) in a great deal of fields, do not understand the wait and now is raining again.

Posted By: CrestonM
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2018 at 8:24am

Usually we are always too dry, but this fall has been the opposite. This time last year lots of cotton was stripped, but this year it's been too wet for most farmers to get in the field.

Posted By: Pat the Plumber CIL
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2018 at 12:46pm

Most if not all the beans are harvested .Some corn still out there. A BTO that my brother drives a semi for still has 3000 acres of corn to get out. Lots of diesel being burned doing fall tillage.

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You only need to know 3 things to be a plumber;Crap rolls down hill,Hot is on the left and Don't bite your fingernails

1964 D-17 SIV 3 Pt.WF,1964 D-15 Ser II 3pt.WF ,1960 D-17 SI NF,1956 WD 45 WF.

Posted By: Tbone95
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2018 at 1:04pm

Progress??? That would be nice.

Posted By: bakwoodsfarm
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2018 at 5:57pm

Finally finished corn a week ago, cut 30 acres of beans. Still got more to go and the rain seems to come every 4-5 days.

Posted By: omahagreg
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2018 at 9:13pm

I rode in my friends JD combine on Saturday. He said they had 110 acres of beans left, and 1000 acres of corn. He just jumped up to a 12 row corn head, but has lots of terraces. He found a third party that splits that 12 row head and makes it smile and frown, all automatic, as needed! Flex Split is the company that did that. Or, on youtube, search for smiling cornhead and it should show up!

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Greg Kroeker
1950 WD with wide front and Freeman trip loader

Posted By: SteveM C/IL
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2018 at 9:30pm

I'm surprised to see corn still standing around here because we had all kinds of good weather for harvest.No bin space? Don't want to pay storage? Don't want to sell cheap? Makes no sense to me.Cost them more to leave it.Getting muddy out,stalks falling down,quality going south.Don't have any sympathy.