2025 field work

[ISUAgronomist]

You have me worried. Hoping my office that has just a few staff (but they are the greatest) are taking some needed time off and will hit it hard next week

Ours was signed the 2nd week of May.

 

[JEFF420]

Speaking of soybeans, anyone have some favorite bean varieties to deal with IDC? Our soils are almost all prone to it at least in some portion of the field. Thinking next year I might want to go harder into IDC tolerance than I have been so far.

is IDC your biggest issue in beans?

every year?

 

[cowboycurtis]

Speaking of soybeans, anyone have some favorite bean varieties to deal with IDC? Our soils are almost all prone to it at least in some portion of the field. Thinking next year I might want to go harder into IDC tolerance than I have been so far.

20Z14E and 27Z41E are rated a 7 on IDC. The 20 look really good in some hot spots around here. Also VRS has helped improve some beans on IDC.

 

[WISCY1895]

20Z14E and 27Z41E are rated a 7 on IDC. The 20 look really good in some hot spots around here. Also VRS has helped improve some beans on IDC.

Can confirm P20Z14E is excellent for IDC prone environments

 

[Sparkplug]

Ours was signed the 2nd week of May.

Mine were bids and are dependent on federal cutoff numbers. Bid applications closed on June 6th. Now I’m not so worried.

I don’t want to have to find a tenant and it’s too far from my home farm for my custom guys

 

[Iastfan112]

is IDC your biggest issue in beans?

every year?

I don't have as long of track record as some, it's my 4th year farming in earnest but I'd call it the most consistent one at the very least. Combination of high soil ph and some poorly drained soil means it'll rear its head in parts of fields every year.

 

[Sparkplug]

Mine were bids and are dependent on federal cutoff numbers. Bid applications closed on June 6th. Now I’m not so worried.

I don’t want to have to find a tenant and it’s too far from my home farm for my custom guys

Got verbal confirmation today. Big relief. 15 year contract so that it becomes my estate’s problem