Friday, May 30, 2025
Brandon went up to the Dunn farm yesterday and did some replant in the flat field next to the Roberson Ditch. In one (or more) of the flood events we’ve had this spring, that field was covered for too long, and resulted in a need for some replanting. He planted again 27 of the 70 acres in that field. He remarked that the JD AutoPath feature helped him with this task. Again, we found another reason to like AutoPath!
I fully expect that there will be patches (not necessarily whole fields) of soybeans that will also need replanted.
The corn planter is parked indoors. Now that Brandon has done the replant, it may be finished for the year! We will make that call on June 10, the last day we will replant corn.
I have started with roadside mowing. I did a bit at home and at Shake, and then at the Pond location. It looks much better in the “after” pictures! The rain prevents me from continuing today… I wanted to mow at the fields near Wheatland. That will be next week now.
Before…
…and after
John has sprayed the first post-emerge herbicide treatment on the April-planted corn and soybeans. The corn also received a light fungicide, in our attempt to manage Tar Spot. Here he is, loading the sprayer, using the sprayer support trailer mixing system he developed a few years ago. It works very well.
We received another rain event overnight. We got 0.94″ (24mm) in this one. Yes, it has been a remarkably wet spring, but not quite as wet as spring of 2024. We were able to plant corn and soybeans this spring for 2 days in April, and we got finished (well, essentially so) in late May. As I write this at 10 am this morning, it is pouring down rain again.
The April-planted crops look pretty good. I would not say “excellent”, but pretty good. There are areas where the emergence of the corn and soybeans have not been uniform, but still, under the cool and wet conditions, we are grateful for what has been done.
Some April-planted soybeans…. not bad!
Next week, we will be working VBS at church. It is a great pleasure and privilege to work with the talented people to serve those kids. But, at the end of the week, we will all be pretty tired! But it’s a good kind of tired, knowing you helped the youngsters grow a little closer to Jesus.
Have a beautiful weekend.
