Friday, June 3, 2022
I’m getting ready to return to #plant22 tomorrow. I will be heading out early to the Freddie farm to plant around the water holes, and get done what I can do there. Of the 310 acres, I estimate that I can do 275-280. Time will tell if the water standing there today will be gone in time to go back down there and plant the holes… tomorrow may be all I can do there for ’22.
No doubt I’ll be driving around that spot tomorrow!
After the Freddie farm, there will be a 21 acre field that remains to planted, plus about 180 acres of #replant22. The forecast for next week has a couple days of rain, and that will affect what we can get done. The Huey farm has a larger spot in the corn field there that needs to be replanted, but the calendar is getting to the place where we won’t plant corn any longer… about June 10, we will need to make the hard decision about stopping.
John is out today spraying the earliest-planted corn fields. He has pretty much ‘caught up’ with the soybeans, and he could be in the same position with corn by Monday. The rainy days and windy days have compressed the in-crop spraying into a pretty small window. But he is working at it with every opportunity, and his progress is promising.
John spraying soybeans at the Huey farm location a couple days ago.
So, I’ll be out in the bean planter (air drill) tomorrow, trying my best to put a major dent in what remains of #plant22. I might even have to put in some hours on Sunday afternoon…
Dad always told us that if you want a really good wheat crop, you need “a cool, dry May”. Well, April and May have been anything but that. However, with our utilization of some effective fungicides, maybe the result will still be one of which dad would be proud. We are hopeful. It’s probably about 3 weeks away from the the wheat being ‘ready’ for the combines. During that time, we have several tasks to accomplish: 1. Get the combines out and converted internally for wheat. 2. Finish #plant22 and #replant22. 3. Get the corn and soybeans sprayed with herbicide. 4. Start the mowing of roadsides.
The wheat is “turning” or changing color from green to gold.
“Wheat week” is always a busy one, packed with the urgency of harvest, and typically accomplished with temperatures in the 90s. Once that is done, summer should simmer down for us… at least that is the plan…
God made a beautiful sunset on Wednesday evening.
Have a great weekend.
