Sunday, April 25, 2010

Corn Planted in April ?

Well it was Monday the 12th we were planning on putting anhydrous on but when I got to the farm that morning and saw the other three over in the field scratching their heads I thought crap they're thinking again. Conditions looked perfect for planting so the paln changed so we decided to take a small chance and let ALL of the anhydrous go on post planting and get the corn in the ground. So far the plan looks like it worked the corn is in the ground just ahead of the perfect bunch rain showers and we have a small start on the side dressing. What corn is up already is looking great and weather permitting beans should be in the ground in the next few weeks. One observation made by area farmers is that after the last two years farmers have learned how to get over acres faster than ever before putting in around 90 percent of the corn crop in the ground in ten days or less. Looks like we will have to pick corn in August if we want to use the dryers this year.

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