Monday, September 26, 2022

We got started with #harvest22 last Tuesday.  We began harvesting corn, and ran in that for a couple days.  By Thursday, we found some soybeans that were dry enough to cut, and switched over to those.  On Saturday, we had cut all the soybean fields that were ready, so we moved back to corn.  We’ll run more corn today, and the plan is to go back to soybeans tomorrow (Tuesday).  Yes, the field conditions dictate our harvest pattern and work.

The yields of the corn are running pretty good.  Not quite up to last year’s record numbers, but very satisfying.  PTL!  We have not encountered any of our fields that were flood-damaged…yet.  Yes, in those fields there will be some acres with no crop to harvest, but for what we have been through so far, we are grateful.

Larry will begin the planting of our 2023 wheat crop today.  We don’t have all the prospective wheat fields ‘uncovered’ from soybeans just yet, but we should make some more progress on those beginning tomorrow.  Here, we prefer to begin wheat planting on September 25,  (if field conditions permit), and by starting today, we’re not missing the target by much.

I’ll add some pictures from our work last week.

Unloading on-the-go adds to our productivity.

This sample is of some DeKalb 63-57, a 113-day corn. It shells pretty nice at 22% moisture.

John adds fuel and DEF to the CIH 8250 combine

A view from the seat of the JD S780 combine.

While the dew of the morning dries off, we service and fuel up the combines.

We are looking forward to another week of #harvest22 progress.  The weather forecast is pretty favorable.  Of course, that can change.  For example, just yesterday morning, we were awakened by thunder.  We got a little rain to start the day, and that was not in the forecast!  As of today, it appears that the remnants of Hurricane Ian will not reach us here in SWIN.  We are hoping for more sunny and dry days.

So, in summary, a good week in the books.  Yes, it had some challenges, but we look back on it with gratitude, and ahead in hope.

Have a great week.