Posted: 11/1/2009 10:22:16 PM EDT
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just out of curiosity, are there any farmers here or any one that my have an answer to my question
its kind of a dumb question, but does any one no whats going on with the crops this year. i have noticed that there are more corn fields picked than beans, usually this time of year almost all the beans are out. but this year there barely any corn or beans out, i would thin they would want to get em out before the frost starts fucking them up. is the moisture in the crops still high, or what? the reason i ask is just that the guy who farms the land i hunt on still has alot of standing corn. and standing corn is hard to hunt around idk if anyone understands what im trying to ask, i cant really think of how to say what im thinking 
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You've probably noticed all the rain this year?
Most crops went in late this spring, coupled with a cool growing season, made for late maturity. The repeated rains have keep the grain wet and with only 2-3 days between showers, it doesn't dry out. Corn we tested this weekend is still in the mid to upper 20s. Viable storage moisture levels should be 15% moisture or less. Field conditions are horrible. This is the third year in a row with above average rainfall and late harvest, only this year its much later. All that mud makes the harvest take longer than normal too. We have 60 acres under water from flooding last weekend and this weekend. It will need a hard freeze to be able to harvest these fields. With a higher moisture crop, drying costs are higher this year while at the same time the large, poor quality crop has the price going lower. No one wants the extra expense, so the crop sits, hoping it will dry in the field. Its the first of November, with ever shrinking daylight hours, hope for any natural drying is just about gone now. We had three dry weeks in a row back in September and made good progress, however October gave us over 8 inches of rain and little progress. I hope November treats us better. |
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i actually did not no they got planted late. i was in florida for a week in april all of may and a week in june. im assumeing that it rained alot this spring then?
and yeah i new it was cheaper and easier to let em dry naturally. i just dont no much of anything about farming, and was just wondering what this rains doing to the crops. |