Ha!
its all good. I grew up on a rowcrop farm in western iowa so this was all new to me as well.
I honestly hope we move back to a more localized food economy. There is a ton of demand for good local produce. Just gotta get the right growers!
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its all good. I grew up on a rowcrop farm in western iowa so this was all new to me as well.
I honestly hope we move back to a more localized food economy. There is a ton of demand for good local produce. Just gotta get the right growers!
Both. Had really good yields in fields that didn’t have tile in it. We have 600 acres with not a lot of tile. The beans struggle but corn does well.
Wet, possibly immature beans are just more annoying to deal with than wet corn.
That and we haven't really noticed any benefit the past few years from the later beans. In northern Iowa and we've planted 1.8-2.7 with Pioneer 18A73's(1.8) being our best beans. Theory being the longer varieties have taken more of a hit from dry late July into August weather.
We broadcast dry fertilizer on every acre every year. Put NH3 on bean stubble and just pull the bar through corn stalks to make strips. We left some blocks of no till beans. They were as good as the strip till beans but matured about 5-7 days later.
I have a couple neighbors that have 60 foot NH3 bars. Just add row cleaners and rolling baskets and you have strip till. Works good in bean stubble
The one neighbor who does all has a pretty wide sweep that is like a mini ripper
Sooo just out of curiosity want to drop us a pin on those watermelon plots.
But that does bring up the question has anyone ever raided your test plots?
I mean for food not to sell seeds seedstock to China.
Sooo just out of curiosity want to drop us a pin on those watermelon plots.
But that does bring up the question has anyone ever raided your test plots?
I mean for food not to sell seeds seedstock to China.
well Syngenta (china) has the best watermelons out right now.
and yes, i had a small plot next to this old guy in southern indiana. he 100% helped himself and thats a part of the business! ha
A nice D melon. Anything bigger is clumsy to deal with.
We pulled in a little tile this week. Probably start nh3 this next week. Yesterday’s rain was a bust here.
I looked at our planter and manure tanks this past week. My father in law wants to use the insecticide boxes on the planter for the first time ever. Getting them working shouldn't be too bad.
I have a few spots on a hill that I need to do some dirt work and then I'm going to try a prairie mix.
I was hoping to build an autosteer system this winter but I'm running out of time to get it finished.
I have a few spots on a hill that I need to do some dirt work and then I'm going to try a prairie mix.
I was hoping to build an autosteer system this winter but I'm running out of time to get it finished.
what do yall do for sweet corn? I'd like to know... is it free seed from your rowcrop guy? do you buy from a catalogue? roundup ready? Are you no longer growing?
My parents still put in a patch every year for freezing.
My parents still put in a patch every year for freezing.
There is some new things hitting the market that might replace insecticide, maybe. We will know more this fall.
I order sweet corn seed from a larger garden seed supplier. In your part of the world, I would check out Rupp Seeds. They have a very good selection of varieties and are reasonably priced.
I'm back in this yr, my sisters kids are all expanding their families. I get to plant and help process(more than likely) going to be a bicolor from my rowcrop guy. Doesn't need to be RR.
The one niece adopted a older kid I'm going to let her sell whatever is left after we're done. Give her a chance to make some money for school or whatever. Mainly so I don't have to spend my time hawking it out of the back of a pickup.
I'll deliver a few dozen ears to businesses I deal with easy way to build up good will.
Cheaper and easier to buy from my old classmate who supplies the north 1/3 of Iowa.
Only reason I'm back in is because my sisters supposedly want to freeze a bunch.
