Thursday, September 28, 2023

The morning fog is burning off pretty quickly.  There is not a cloud in the sky, and so it should clear away soon.  We received another small rain last night after we stopped cutting soybeans.  It was kind of a surprise, for there was no indication from the weather folks that any rain was coming.  We have a few little puddles around the farmstead this morning, but it was only about .15″ last night.  The trucks are away this morning taking soybeans to Newburgh, Indiana ADM.

Larry planted some wheat last evening.  He has completed the first field of 2024 wheat!  He is out in one of the trucks this morning, but he may be switched over to wheat planting again this afternoon.  I’m going to go over to Wheatland and inspect the fields to see if they are not too wet for that work.  It feels good to get started on the wheat planting.

You can see Nutrien’s speader truck in the background putting down a blend of granular fertilizer and wheat seed. Larry uses the new JD 8R 340 and disk to work the mixture into the soil. John assisted Larry in getting started with the new tractor. I think Larry really likes it now that he has a few hours experience under his belt.

Yesterday afternoon and evening, when we returned to the Pond farm for soybean cutting, the soybeans started at 13.3%, but soon fell to 12.8% for the rest of the day.  We finished there last night, another 129 aces behind us.  Thinking there would be no rain, we left the combines and grain cart at that location.  We may have to switch over to corn for a day or so, but we will see what the late morning brings.

Ryan sent me this picture from his grain cart tractor as we were harvesting at the Pond farm.

Just before dark, these clouds caught my eye

We will see what the day brings.  I’d prefer to stay in the soybeans, but we will do what we must.  Together, we will make a plan for the day.

Enjoy a beautiful fall day!