Wow it’s November already! Harvest is coming to a close on this farm week in pictures. Soon harvest will be history, but we’ve still got a lot of work before it is over!
Young Farmer
Our son headed to the office.
Corn, Corn, Corn
This week was all about corn harvest. Take in the sights!
Ready to Eat!
Weigh In
This year we had one plot for Great Lakes. 27 varieties .10 acre each meaning I had to unload on this weigh wagon 27 times for just 2.7 acres! Generally when you grow a test plot for someone you get the corn at no cost as compensation for giving them the space and time.
Location, Location, Location
In the top photo you can spot a stretch of shorter corn running across this field. This corn is growing on the purple band in the Northern part of the soil map shown above. The different colors represent soil types within the field. The purple band is a sand ridge. Sand doesn’t grow much corn. With the variable rate seeding plan we set up before planting season in place the planting equipment automatically planted less corn on this ridge and more corn in better areas of the field. Soybeans would have their population just the opposite of that.
In the near future we’ll have access to planters that can also instantly switch varieties on the move. So not only will I be able to change rates based on the yield potential of a particular area, but I can be equipped to put a “race horse” variety between the sand hills while instantly switching to a drought tolerant variety in the sand. All this while never stopping the tractor.
Rain Makes Grain
This is the final yield number from the same field shown in the previous picture. 160 might not seem that great since we exceeded 200 in other fields, but it really is quite good for sandy soils with no irrigation. The four fields we have on this farm of marginal soils averaged 166 bushels per acre with yields 20-60 bushels better than in 2009 and 2011.
Corn Head Ache
This field received some serious sprayer induced ruts earlier in the season. It was just too wet to be out there. Here the corn head found a good rut and tried to eat dirt. I had to stop for a while in order to clean a bunch of black, wet dirt out.
Ouch!
Make a mental note. Don’t climb the back of the corn head because you think it’s convenient. My son wanted to know if I was brave and didn’t cry because of my ouchie. He’s still confused as to why I would climb there. I might be about 28 years older, but maybe he is wiser. And yes I know my leg is very white. You don’t have to remind me!
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Hi Brian Scot, Thank you for sending me Real Value Created Pictures.I love this whole process.Agriculture created Civilization and with this came the Business,slavery,stealing.Most of the anti civilization stuff came with the great civilization.When this happened we knew nothing nor the civilization neither anti civilization.We are on the cross roads to make and built civilization and to abolish all anti civilization. Thank you.
How many of these pictures were taken in the fields northeast Idaville?
Most of them!