May 8 to 14 was a good week.

Tuesday, May 16, 2022

#plant22

Last week was a very productive one for Carnahan & Sons. Daytime temperatures were near 90ºF (32C). No rain; blue skies! By Friday night, Brandon had completed planting the corn crop. And, as of today, we stand at about 80% of the soybeans planted. The field work began on Tuesday morning, the 10th, and ran through Saturday afternoon on the 14th, when a sudden downpour of rain drove me from the field at Nellie where I was almost to complete the planting of that field of soybeans.

Planting soybeans at the new Leser farm location

Planting soybeans at the Huey farm, one of our largest fields, 243.1 acres

Here is my last pass at the Nellie farm on Saturday afternoon as the rain drove me from the field…

For the soybean planting during the week, I had to move about from one field to another and back again, as the fields became dry enough to plant. It required more than a typical amount of moving around from field to field, and I had more ‘road time’ than usual. But now the soybean planting is down to 3 fields, and I just need about a day-and-a-half to get them done! The forecast tells us more rain is coming tonight, and towards the weekend. The fields are still too wet today from Saturday and Sunday’s rain, so I won’t be planting today. But there will be a day when it will all work out okay.

Upon a drive-by inspection of the planted fields yesterday, we discovered only one little area that may require replanting corn. Also, there was only one farm location that may require some acres replanting of soybeans. Maybe that’s the benefit of this year’s delayed start to spring planting… fewer occasions of replanting.

Another result of the yesterday’s drive-by was that most planted crops have emerged and are looking pretty nice. It is always a great relief and happy sight to see the corn and soybeans come up out of the soil and begin to turn the field ‘green’ again.