Not a famer, but I found the regulations there to be absolutely insane. Unless it was made up drama, but I doubt they needed to exaggerate that part.
2025 field work
- Thread starter BCClone
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Finished planting Wednesday and spraying beans on Friday. Not quite sure what to do with a weekend off lol
Finished corn today and got a nice start on beans.
Corn planted Monday the 4th, is showing up today. Beans half done.
Had to piece in some rows of corn today. Family member was planting without me, didn't realize the seed tank lid didn't get properly closed and lost vacuum pressure for a round.
I’m a strip tiller. 90% of fields around here are still conventional till. Starting to see less rippers and more VT or high speed discs though.
Everything is planted. Sprayed. Soybeans rolled. All done by Wednesday evening. Corn started April 12. Quit planting on April 16. Because of cold temperatures. Soil conditions to work ground were fine. So we planted nothing April 16-19. Our stands are perfect. We plant corn first if given the choice of planting either crop. Soybeans have a much later planting window. And like to get corn in the ground to take advantage of full yield potential and full utilization of moisture. Plus the dry down advantage. 30 inch rows both. If I have two fields able to plant on April 12, one soybean, one corn. I will plant corn every time before I plant soybeans. Gladly switch to soybeans if corn fields are not fit to work. It works for us. Hefty Boys AgPhD have the same recommendations. Conditions are now good for replanting. But moisture could become a concern as we get no rain. Happy Mother’s Day.
I enjoy the updates. Here's to a gentle 1" of rain each week during the summer!
Making sure my wife feels well cared for on Mother's Day today. Not enough to plant left that it can't wait until tomorrow, 110 acres of no-till corn left to do, a half acre of sweet corn, and we can be done.
First corn was planted April 29 and is spiking now. Soys will be a bit.
Sounds like we are going flower shopping.
First corn was planted April 29 and is spiking now. Soys will be a bit.
Sounds like we are going flower shopping.
I'm quiting to do join my mom for lunch then back to it. She won't mind she'll be glad that we are making progress. Not too much left but want to keep chugging along.
Its not the 1st Mother's day that has been worked on our place.
I would say that if the weather is nice, we work part of mom's day most years. It's really unusual for me to be this far along, but weather really cooperated this week. None of our kids can be home this year, but I'm like a child, so she gets what she gets.
I hope you didn't take it as criticism, the kids aren't back you guys get a day to relax, it will really nice. The Sunday after Easter convinced the wife to skip church and drive up to Walters MN for the Fireman dept breakfast, it was nice just to have a relaxing day. Enjoy your day!
Wrapped up planting Thursday morning. With the exception of the last pieces planted Monday to Thursday everything is up and stands look really good. Fall rye cover crop in erosion prone areas is finally taking off after essentially no to little growth last fall and early spring this year. Luckily we had no rain events that caused erosion this spring. Could use some long soaking rains.
Need to keep going on keeping trees and brush under control in CRP and warerways. For whatever reason it feels like the last few years were rough on our CRP especially our pollinator acres, but the trees and brush thrived. A lot of cutting and Tordon in my future the rest of the calendar year.
Need to keep going on keeping trees and brush under control in CRP and warerways. For whatever reason it feels like the last few years were rough on our CRP especially our pollinator acres, but the trees and brush thrived. A lot of cutting and Tordon in my future the rest of the calendar year.
Someday I pray that the powers that be will let owners rotationally graze their CRP acres, versus mowing (occasional fire is good)
I generally agree with your view. We normally plant corn before beans, but recent research shows soybeans will start losing yield potential before corn based on planting date.
I’m surprised that you didn’t at least see a couple planters running but a lot of guys are done or very little left. I have a little seed left in the shed yet to be picked up but it’s same guys every year that get nothing done.
