Week Ending September 28 We started harvesting corn in the Farmer City area on Monday September 22. We had a good week of running with warm/dry conditions each day. The first corn we picked was 109 day corn. The moisture was around 24%. By mid week we were into full season 113 day corn which had a moisture of 25%. By the end of the week the moisture had fallen to 20% on even the full season hybrids.
Yields have been very good. Field averages have ranged from 230 to 250 bushels per acre. Yields across the fields have been varying considerably based on where water stood during the growing season. The low areas typically fall to less than 200 while higher areas can reach 280 to 300.
Field conditions continue to be on the wet side. Some of our fields still have standing water from the recent rains. Total rainfall for some of the fields since we planted them was 36 inches which is about twice the 10 year average.
We have a good crew of guys helping us with harvest this year including Efren Real, Randy Wilkening, Jim Naughton, Phil Aulis, and Bergen Nelson as well as our immediate family.
The corn in Farmer City is going to the ADM facility there. The elevator was able to keep up well. By the end of the week we were running 6 trucks to keep up with the corn coming out of the field.
We hope to finish corn in Farmer City next week and get on to soybeans.
Below are some pictures and videos from this week.
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