Wednesday, April 26, 2023

We continue to plant corn and soybeans this week.  Even though the nights are chilly, with some frost, the days warm into the 50s and 60s.  The soil conditions are pretty good.  Brandon finished with the nitrogen applications yesterday, and switched his tractor back to the corn planter.  John wrapped up the application of herbicides to the corn acres.  Then he thoroughly cleaned the sprayer, inside and out, and today he will return to applying herbicides to soybean acres.  He has a lofty goal of getting that all done today.  The weather forecast shows rain again tomorrow, so it would be great to get those herbicides on today.

Here’s what it looks like from the driver’s seat of the JD 9520R tractor as I plant soybeans.

We will continue our planting and spraying progress today, and tomorrow until the rain comes.

It feels good to get some acres planted in April.