Anyone else nervous?

notjustair

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We've had about four years of drought and now this rain. I'm beginning to panic. I have 500 acres of beans that need to get in. All of the ground will either need to be resprayed or reworked. Right now I am doing things like getting the combine ready for wheat, but I fear that "round the clock farming" will commence if it ever dries out. We had another three inches last night and it will start raining again this afternoon. I remember years like this but of course you don't remember the stewing you did about it at the time. I hate taking prevented planting but it may end up that way on some of this table flat ground that won't drain. If it stopped raining right now I might get it all in by the last week of June - there's a good 10 day dry down needed before anything can go. Anyone else in a sweat?
 
Not often but occasionally I will see beans planted behind wheat around here. They do not do as well as early planted beans but seems that they still do alright with them. Normally wheat is harvested here in Mid to late July or early August.
 
Up here in Northwest Iowa a couple of years ago some guys had replant beans that were planted in very early July yield 50! True story. The replants yielded better than the early ones planted in late April. Go figure! All i have left is one 60 acre field that won't dry out till sometime in June bit I'm not too worried about gettng it planted. The bummer is that's my highest rent land.
 
I haven't picked up my seed order yet, but have some 3's and some 4. I would have to go look, but I think I went with the majority 3.6. That one impressed me the most last year and did the best. It was kind of apples and oranges as I drilled some of the beans as the new planter wasn't ready in time to start. I planted the rest, so there were too many variables to really know. I just felt better about the high 3's although the seed boys had me with some 4 last year, too. It didn't do bad, just not quite as good. It could have been the ground, as well. I have ground that runs a wide spectrum.
I know they have been planted late and done well, but I can see wheat being ready about the third week in June and I will still be in the field working and/or planting. That's fine, a cab is the best kind of office.
 
Where are you?

Here in WI, planting was completed at a record pace. We are wondering what that means... even 2012 and 1988 (drought years) planting was further behind. I believe MN and other states are in a similar situation.
 
If you plant later might want to reconsider maturity. We will see but they are predicting below average temps in your neck of the woods. El Niño.
 
Last year we were just getting started at this time, This year everybody is done or been done for a week or two. Right now we need some rain that hopefully we will get starting today. I had to hire a guy to plant the last 40 acres of mine so I could be done, First time I ever had to hire planting done but when to planting tractor goes down and problems with the planter and I'm done except for this 40 acres it just made sense to have it done and be done with it for the year. As we all know farmers are the biggest gamblers in the world and for us doing it it's one extreme or the other, I really don't know what a normal year is anymore. Bandit
 
Not this year. I finished planting corn Friday. That's the earliest I've been done in a lot of years.
Two years ago I finished planting silage corn on June 23rd. I planted the 21st,22nd and 23rd that year,so yes,I know exactly how you feel. Naturally the haying was late that year too,and when I was planting corn,I should have been cutting hay. All you can do is remember that no two years are alike and that next year will be different. Whether it's better or not remains to be seen,just know it'll be different.
 
Yep, I'm nervous here in ND. Most have started and many are done planting but germ has been slow and uneven. I think those few days of mid 20's and snow over night didn't help. I seem to be in a habit of breaking everything this year. hydro hose/cylinder on the 5020, hitch on the disk/drill, tire on the cultivator and front axle on the versatile 800. I better have a bumper crop this year or I'll be in the red for sure.
 
Been breaking a bit of equipment this year, but weather wise it's been a bit damp but not horrific here. We're all hillside though, so we do drain off well.
 
we just finished drilling our soybens here in Georgia. Ihave a good stand but haven;t had any raininover a month. Due for some tonight
 
Water standing in the fields, most the hay down from being soaked with strong winds, what in the cat hair is their to get nervous about? It is what it is, just see some very long days ahead. Started a big shop project and that seems to get my mind off the screwing old ma nature is giving us at this time. I have to go get bean seed tomorrow, I think I will be using a group with as early maturity as I can get. When I get nervous I just think of my friends that are looking to get 1800 acres in.
 
We were out in the field extra early this year, planted all my corn on an open tractor and never wore a jacket, and no mud! Unheard of here.

Beans planted 5/6 with a jacket but into dry ground, was a litle cooler. Then came the rains and bitter cold, hurt the corn a bit.

Was a struggle to get that last 1/6 beans planted, now we are getting several all day showers that is forming small puddles in the fields.

But, everything is planted early, and looking fair, got nothing to complain about so far.

Sorry for all the mess south of me, sounds like a real struggle.

Paul
 
I have been building plastic models (planes, army equipment, ships) to mitigate cabin fever, not only this past winter but still at it. Been an enjoyable experience. Just decided that when I can get her cut and baled it will happen. Till then it won't and worrying about it won't hurry things up.
 

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