Friday, October 23, 2026
Boy, oh boy! It sure was foggy this morning. That guarantees that we will not be starting DCB harvest today before noon! It takes that long to burn off the fog/dew. But that gives us an opportunity to deliver some loads of corn to GPC at Washington or VT (see paragraph below) some DCB acres, and to get the combines fueled and serviced… and even write a blog post!
It has been a good weather week for soybean harvest. We were held out of the bean fields last week because the soybeans were just not quite dry enough to harvest. But we’ve really buzzed through them this week. The work days have been comparatively short…start at noon, too tough to cut by 8pm (or so). This favorable weather is predicted to continue at least through next Wednesday, October 28. If that happens, we should be able to wrap up #harvest26 by then. The hitch is that the late replanted soybeans at Nellie, Grubb, and Shake may not be dried down by the 28th.
Nutrien has been very diligent in getting the 2027 corn and soybean fertilizer applications caught up. They go right to work as soon as practical after we get the 2026 crop harvested in each field. They are also applying lime where the soil tests call for it. As they get the granular P & K and micros applied, John has been following them to work that into the soil on fields that were DCB this fall. We like to use our VT tool for that incorporation. It works shallowly, and mixes the wheat/soybean residue into the soil. If that residue is left solely on the soil surface, it keeps the soil from getting warm and dry next spring, delaying the corn planting. With this operation this fall, the fields will be ready for the NH3 application as early as needed next spring. We usually don’t touch the corn stalk residue into which the soybeans will be no-tilled.
John has been using morning hours to run the JD 2660VT vertical tillage tool on recently-harvested DCB acres. Here, he is headed to the nearby Roberson farm. In the field, this machine operates best at 8 to 10 mph. At 43 feet wide, it covers about 45 or more acres every hour.
Have a wonderful weekend. The weather can’t be better!
