Week Ending November 8th
We finished corn harvest for the season on Thursday of this week. Corn yields remained very good with most fields averaging 220 to 250 bushels per acre. Moisture levels remained good at 16 to 18%. We were glad to see the moisture levels remain above 15% since any lower levels would have resulted in excessive head shelling and field loses.
Most of the corn remained standing well in the field despite the rain and heavy winds over the last week. We were happy to get it out before it started to go down.
Several of the fields we finished up on this week are near subdivisions in the Plainfield area. One night at about 9:30 we had a police officer stop and tell us there was a noise complaint called in on our machines that were harvesting. We only had 20 minutes left to finish the field which we did. This incident highlights some of the challenges with farming in an urban area. Many people do not have any patience for farm machinery, noise, dust, or other issues involved with food production.
Both the people and machinery are starting to get worn down from the long harvest season but the end is in sight. We have about 60 acres of soybeans left that we skipped over when the rains started 1.5 weeks ago. Hopefully we will knock those out early this week.
Limestone spreading and tillage work started back up this week after being delayed by wet conditions.
Below are some pictures from this week including one of Keith and Karoline getting involved with some combine maintenance and Keith and Lucy (the dog) sleeping in combine on the last corn field.
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