Wednesday, October 6, 2021

It’s raining again this morning.  A gray, drippy day.  Harvest is stopped because of it, but the trucks are going out delivering corn to market at GPC and at ADM in Newburgh, Indiana.  The weekend’s rain kept us outta the field on Monday, but we ran in corn all day on yesterday (Tuesday).   The yields are pretty good, and the moisture was running 16.5-17.9%.  A couple loads of corn could go directly into storage, bypassing the dryer!  So, we are making progress… just not field progress today.  IF the rains stop by noon (as predicted) we could go back to corn this afternoon.  We will see… it may be tomorrow.   By the weekend, several days of warm sunshine are predicted, and we are eager to get back to soybeans.  They are all ready to cut, and the double-crop soybeans (DCB) will be ready in a couple weeks–they’re going fast.

Some pictures from yesterday.

SE Knox County Indiana sunset, October 5.

Had to replace the slip clutch on the auger drive on the 712FC corn head. It was a bigger job than I expected!

So, it is busy here today, just not in the field harvesting.

Larry departs for Newburgh with a load of corn.

An finally, we are beginning to see the 2022 wheat crop emerge.  Soon, we should have a beautiful, green covering on these fields!

The Soft Red Winter wheat is sprouting up.

Got a notice yesterday that fertilizer prices took another jump.  We are grateful for what we’ve already applied, and we will be examining closely what is left to do.  Suppliers are already beginning to claim there could be shortages of our herbicides and other pesticides for next spring.   Supply chains are quite a mess right now.  The costs are a concern, too.  But we will not despair, we will work to figure it out, and trust that it will all work out… in some satisfactory fashion.  This old song is probably appropriate:  “The Lord will make a way somehow…”

Enjoy your day!