Week Ending 11/14/21
We where able to make some good progress on corn and beans this week around Yorkville despite the wet condtions.  We cut soybeans early in the week. Yields remain good and moisture levels were around 13%.  Beans are cutting much easier now that we have had a frost. 

We were rained out mid week and we moved back to corn. Corn progress was slowed up on Friday when we had our first snow flurries.  Winter is coming.  

We also started hauling corn out of storage this week.  We will run out of on-farm storage space due to the good yields.  We are hauling to the corn processing plant in Chicago.

Below are some pictures from the week. 

Week Ending 11/7/21
We harvested corn this week in the Yorkville/Oswego area.  Field conditions were dry enough for corn but not for soybeans.  Yields continue to be very good with some field averages exceeding 250 bushels per acre.  Moisture levels are around 20%. We are fighting some down corn in places impacted by high winds. 

Belowe are some pictures from the week. 

Week Ending 10/14/21
We moved machines back south to run on soybeans this week. We mades some good progress between the rain showers.

Week Ending 10/10/21
We switched back to corn this week due to the wet field conditions.  Several fields in the Farmer City area had over 5 inches of rain this past week.  We were able to get most of the corn done there before getting rained out mid week.

We moved one of the combines home late in the week to try corn around Yorkville.  Corn moisture levels were around 20% when we started around home.  This was good since we had heard reports of corn falling below 13%.  Standability is becoming an issue. Wind damaged fields from summer storms are lodged. 

It was good to be harvesting back around home and family.  Below are some pictures from the week.  

Week Ending October 2
We had a productive week harvesting soybeans.  Soybean moisture levels continue to drop lower than we would like.  Most beans have been below 11%.  Warm temperatures and lack of rain have resulted in rapidly drying crops.  Yields have been good where we did not have standing water this summer.  Our best fields are averaging 85-90 bushels per acre.

Rains came in Friday night. We switched to corn Saturday only be to chased out of the fields Saturday afternoon.  Heavy rains hit Saturday and Sunday.  We have some fields with 4 inches of rain in the last 2 days.   Our dry field conditions have disappeared. 

Corn moisture levels dropped from 25% last week to 17% this week.  The race to get this crop out before it deteriorates in the field continues. 

Week Ending 9/26/21
We had a good week of harvesting despite the rains that hit the area mid week.  We had about 1.2 inches of rain on Tuesday and Wednesday which shut us down for awhile.  We were able the get some more corn done and get started on soybeans late in the week.  

We were able to get started on fall tillage as well.  We are running a new Challenger MT 867 and a new CaseIH 875 ripper.  We are liking the new tractor so far.  It is fuel efficient and rides nice.  It has a CVT transmission.

Below are some pictures from the week.

Week Ending 9/19/21
Harvest started this week in Farmer City for us.  Corn moisture was in the mid 20's.  Yields were good but variable.  Many areas in the fields were hit with too much rain back in June which killed the corn.

We are running a new Claas 8700 combine and a Claas 780 machine this year.  Both have 16 row heads.  We also took delivery on a new Challenger/Fendt 867 tracked tractor this week.  We are looking forward to putting it to work.