It’s been about three weeks since our last update and a lot has been done. We have finally finished up planting both corn and beans. Corn was finished on the 6th of June and soybeans were finished the 12th. Replants on the corn were minimal, about 5 acres due to poor emergence. The soybeans struggled […]
It has become a very interesting and complicated spring planting season, to say the least! Cool WET conditions, markets, crop insurance, trade, and changes to government programs have become the daily challenges of the 2019 crop year. While we have accomplished much less in the field than we’d like, that time hasn’t been wasted. It […]
Rain has continued to be the story for central Illinois this week. Since the last update we have had 4.4-6.4” more rain depending on location. The only field work accomplished was to re-spray our cover crop fields with a burndown and pre-plant herbicide. Hopefully the weather breaks soon. We have never experienced a prevent-plant crop […]
Rain and wet conditions continue to be part of our daily routine. The first part of last week was spent driving fields to clean up down trees and scout which areas suffered the most from erosion. We have many areas that will need repaired before planting. The tear down of the old pole shed on […]
Since the first of the the month we have had 1.7″ of precipitation. The fields are saturated and if the weather would cooperate with some warmth and sunshine we are still, at least, a week from field work. We’ve stayed busy cleaning up trees, burning some CRP, and finishing up some prep work on equipment. […]
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