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A bad ending to a good day

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Haley

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I know what I will be doing this morning.Shoveling up 300 bushels of wet corn.Corn harvest has been rolling on here in central Ga and we are about to finish up.We are on the last 100 acres and murphys law has been all over me this season.We were fighting the weather yesterday and the guy on the cart tractor took off for the shelter when it finally started raining.When I drove up in my pickup this is what I found.My cart laid over on its side with corn scattered everywhere and the missing tire about 300 feet out in the cotton patch.It looks like the studs broke on the wheel but I cant really tell for sure.Bad part is it destroyed the auger and bent the side of the cart up pretty bad.It is not going to be fun finishing without a cart but at least we are in the short rows now.
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Any idea how the acreage and yield is compared to average there?
We got a late start here, with not much done until late May. Then we lost a lot of August as it was cold and wet. Hope winter holds off for long while!
 
Bob, there was not nearly as many acres planted this year compared to last year.Yields are way off compared to last year also.Last year we combined about 800 acres of irrigated corn and very little of it went under 180bpa.This year on about 650 acres of irrigated corn I don't think any of it has went over 180 with most in the 150-160 range.The cold wet spring really put a hurt on this years corn crop.I have pulled several spots this year under center pivots that won't do 70bpa.
 

Had a similar experience this past Tues trying to finish up before rain got us. Driver took off to get truck under sheltor when rain started. We were augering in bin and he didn't wait to lower bed of dumptruck all the way. Corn shifted and he dumped 150 bushels all the way around the barn! Took us 5 hours to get up wet corn with a small backhoe and shovels! Sure makes a good day bad!
 
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