ALL DONE 10/15

Todd Easton Coles County October 15, 2010: With harvest in the rearview mirror for virtually everyone the combines have retired for the year and tractors have taken over across the countryside. Fall tillage is beginning to wind down as lime and fertilizer spreaders take their turn across the field. I have been waiting in long lines at the quarry waiting for lime as it is being hauled out as fast as they can make it. With the limited opportunity to apply lime last year everyone is taking advantage of this early fall to catch up. Now that everyone is getting caught up producers are anxious for conditions to allow anhydrous ammonia application but we will need a good stretch of cool weather before we can get the toolbars out.