Monday, June 6, 2022

We worked yesterday to plant and replant.  Yes, it was a Sunday, and we’d prefer not to be in the fields.  But rain was predicted for Monday, and it is June already.  So, it felt urgent enough for us to be working on a Sunday.   We had lots of company.  You could see farmers all over the area who were spraying, side-dressing, planting, and/or replanting!  It was a very busy weekend in SWIN.  Every farmer was aware of the weather forecast.

We went to work in the afternoon to do more planting and replanting.  Brandon used the big CIH STX 420 Rowtrac and the 2150 24-row planter and finished off the replanting of the corn.  I was in the JD 9520R with the 1890-1910 air drill and finished off the planting and replanting of soybeans.  All in all, 56 acres of corn was replanted and 265 acres of soybeans.  These replanted acres will be great if the predicted rains this week will be not-so-heavy!

Folded up and ready to move home after the last field of #replant22

I must say it feels pretty good to have #plant22 and #replant22 behind us.  The rainy April and May extended the planting season into June.

We will begin today with the clean-up of the corn planter.  It got pretty messy doing its work this spring, but Brandon will make it shine like new before long.  The clean-up of the soybean drill will wait until after the planting of the double-crop soybeans (DCB).  It looks today like the harvest of the wheat crop may begin in about 2 weeks, and the DCB will be planted after the wheat is cut.

On to the next project… preparing the combines for wheat!