Dennis (VA
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In my area, Eastern Virginia, I think the corn crop is doomed and the beans are not far behind. 100 degrees and no rain for days on end.
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Southern MN, we had too much rain in May, 3-4x average, so the low spots drowned out.
Now it's been very hot, humid, and no rain, the sand & gravel areas are showing a lot of stress.
But still, so far, we can't complain, looks to be an averagwe year so far, which is good compared to many of you. Average here is too much rain and too dry at some point in the year, the bottoms and hill tops always get a little thin....
--->Paul
Now it's been very hot, humid, and no rain, the sand & gravel areas are showing a lot of stress.
But still, so far, we can't complain, looks to be an averagwe year so far, which is good compared to many of you. Average here is too much rain and too dry at some point in the year, the bottoms and hill tops always get a little thin....
--->Paul
mudcreek183
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Very dry in Morrison TN. 90 degree Plus days in April and May 100's in June we broke the all time for the state last Friday 109 early bad late corn even worst saw some the other day side dressed it with liquid it look just about dead alot of bean had to be replanted my wife heard at work several that several around here that their crop insurance was not enought to cover there input cost on their corn.
Fergienewbee
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One half of my food plot, apparently with the most organic matter plowed in, is bright green and growing. The other half, on lighter ground will be gone if we don't get rain soon. It's been a month or more since any rain much over a brief sprinkle. Learned the value of plow-down.
Larry
Larry
Just west of Indianapolis in Hendricks county near Lucas Oil Raceway Park, the corn looks awful. Only 1/10 of an inch of rain in June. It is trying to pollinate in 100 plus temperatures this week. Soybeans still have some time.
On my little farm in east central Indiana, we have been getting some rain but not much. My corn is contracted for silage. Last year 29 tons an acre. My guess this year of 10 to 15 tons per acre. We might cut it in a couple of weeks while it still has some moisture. Union Go Dairy will make that decision when to cut.
On my little farm in east central Indiana, we have been getting some rain but not much. My corn is contracted for silage. Last year 29 tons an acre. My guess this year of 10 to 15 tons per acre. We might cut it in a couple of weeks while it still has some moisture. Union Go Dairy will make that decision when to cut.
I think the raccoons will destroy any ears that form. They won't even need to stand up on their hind legs to reach them this year. Hello 1988, I knew you would come back.
Today's forecast 95 degrees with humidity at 52%. Tomorrow, humidity at 60% and 100F high, same for Saturday. Chance of damaging winds, hail, lightning. 14 acres of wheat that should have been cut last week is still standing. I hope I get it out of the field today. Westmoreland County, PA, in Paul_swpa's backyard got golfball sized hail the other day. I hope he didn't get wrecked.
Today's forecast 95 degrees with humidity at 52%. Tomorrow, humidity at 60% and 100F high, same for Saturday. Chance of damaging winds, hail, lightning. 14 acres of wheat that should have been cut last week is still standing. I hope I get it out of the field today. Westmoreland County, PA, in Paul_swpa's backyard got golfball sized hail the other day. I hope he didn't get wrecked.
Well on the Northern Neck of Virginia it's dry. Had a little rain last week and maybe small shower couple of days ago. That's why I don't wait to plant--as ealy as the temperature will allow, so the corn is made by the dry spell. Although the dry arrived a little early this year.
Just came from rhe grocery store in N.E. Iowa. Apple suppliers have already been around advising the crop from traditional suppliers will be minimal if any at all.
I suppose some apples will be found someplace but the price will go through the roof.
It is neither sides fault but I think food inflation will be an issue by election time.
I suppose some apples will be found someplace but the price will go through the roof.
It is neither sides fault but I think food inflation will be an issue by election time.
Central Ontario - 100 miles east of Toronto- Corn is shoulder high, oats and barley crops are staring to turn (2 weeks early). Field peas will swath in 3 weeks. Soybeans are nearly waist high.
We have had normal rainfall and heat is rising to noral summer highs.
I have been watching the conditions in the US; wish I could send some water down.
Chas.
We have had normal rainfall and heat is rising to noral summer highs.
I have been watching the conditions in the US; wish I could send some water down.
Chas.
S.E. Indiana the corn is alittle over head high down to 3 ft. and tassling out . Beans are ankle high for the most part . I started feeding hay 2 wks. ago . Most hay fields are dormint . Took a ride into Ohio mon. and things look alittle better but I did not see anything that looked real good .
larry from md.
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In MD its the same.I only contracted small amounts and i might make that.
Walt Davies
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Funny up here in the northwest we have to much rain an to cold. Corn needs some heat to get going.
Walt
Walt
In the Eastern part of SC the corn crop should be made without irrigation, but I haven't been in that area to see. Usually only areas with wells or a swamp to pump out of and center pivot irrigation make corn. In Western SC where I am there is not so much irrigation but I know of some corn fields that are looking fine, they just got in under the wire. Corn in my garden made with no rain, though I have seen better corn. A late planting I watered out of the hose Sunday and as I was watering we had a serious thunderstorm which gave is 1/2 inch. Grass in pastures is green. Hay crop was good, but intermittent rains have made harvesting difficult, in my case tractor breakdown has slowed things up.
KEH
> It is neither sides fault but I think food inflation will be an issue by election time.
I am concered what knee-jerck reaction both sides will do to come out 'winners' in the Charley Sheen sense of 'winning'.
If we truely are short a bit on feed supplies for the nextyear, congress, EPA, nor a president can't magically fill bins. They can do stuff to mess up prices, and that can mess up grain supplies into future years, along with most of the rural ecconomy.
Making all of us losers.....
Just heard a rumor on another site, EPA is thinking of looking into cutting the ethanol mandate 20% to help the situation if corn crop continues to deteriorate. Will sound good to some; but eliminating that much DDG's will create a need for 175 million bushels more soybeans - and soybeans are tighter than corn in the 'real' supply chain at this point.... If sugar prices remain high, Brazil will continue importing ethanol from us; We use fuel, cutting the ethanol will increase the petrol demand raising fuel price...
It all links together. Knee jerk changes by govt tend to have long tails, effects reach out tomany more people, lasts lots longer than intended....
--->Paul
I am concered what knee-jerck reaction both sides will do to come out 'winners' in the Charley Sheen sense of 'winning'.
If we truely are short a bit on feed supplies for the nextyear, congress, EPA, nor a president can't magically fill bins. They can do stuff to mess up prices, and that can mess up grain supplies into future years, along with most of the rural ecconomy.
Making all of us losers.....
Just heard a rumor on another site, EPA is thinking of looking into cutting the ethanol mandate 20% to help the situation if corn crop continues to deteriorate. Will sound good to some; but eliminating that much DDG's will create a need for 175 million bushels more soybeans - and soybeans are tighter than corn in the 'real' supply chain at this point.... If sugar prices remain high, Brazil will continue importing ethanol from us; We use fuel, cutting the ethanol will increase the petrol demand raising fuel price...
It all links together. Knee jerk changes by govt tend to have long tails, effects reach out tomany more people, lasts lots longer than intended....
--->Paul
flying belgian
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Just curious. What population do you plant silage corn? I would think you would plant extremely heavy for more tonnage. Or do they dock you for small to no ears on stalk?
Not too bad all things considered. We got .4" the other night, but we could use some rain now. The heat has corn starting to curl some, but it doesn't seem to be hurt yet. Areas to the south got some rain last week, and central Pa. has been getting a good bit up into the mountains, but it has been drying up just before it got to us. They're calling for more showers tomorw.
My operator populated roughly 10% more than he did last year hoping for 35 tons an acre which I believe was around 33,000. This is all kind of new to us. We just sell by the ton. I don't know if there will be a dock if ears develop or not. It was cut last year the first week in August because moisture was dropping fast. Last year was the first year for us to cut for silage as opposed to harvesting for grain.
fixerupper
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Northwest Iowa. My crops are showing major stress on the light sandy spots but on the dark soils it's holding it's own. We do need good rain to get us through the summer. If we don't get any more rain our yields will suffer big time. A few miles north of me there's an area that has had more rain than us and the crops there look lush. Same way for 15 miles or so south of me. A week ago there was a good 2 incher that fell about ten miles west of me and it was headed my way but it petered out and I got a tenth. This morn they had a little over 2 inches in a small local rain about 60 miles north of me.
Our earliest planted corn looks great at over my head in plenty of spots. Our late planted corn was planted 5 weeks ago, and that looks a little dry but still looks pretty good. It didn't germinate for a week when the soil was so dry, but then we got a good soaker and it took off. We haven't had much rain since then, but it's still doing ok. It's almost knee high.
Lots of poor corn though. ONe of the custom guys didn't plant the corn very deep, so lots of what he did looks bad and is really spotty, some shoulder high, some barely knee high because of different germination dates in the same row. Might not be good for combining if some isn't mature before the frost comes. Funny how our corn planted with an old 495A planter looks so good but corn planted with a nice shiney new planter looks terrible. We put in silage specific hybrids, and we plant around 28-30,000 with starter fertilizer only. We got our late planted corn sprayed last weekend, but we never caught the early corn before it got too tall.
Our hay could be better. 2nd crop got the same rain that our late corn did and it really helped out a week before we cut it. We did get a little rain shortly after cutting it, so we're hoping 3rd crop does atleast as good as the 2nd crop did. Oats & peas, and peas and tritical were dissapointing.
Overall, it could be much worse for us.
Donovan from Wisconsin
Lots of poor corn though. ONe of the custom guys didn't plant the corn very deep, so lots of what he did looks bad and is really spotty, some shoulder high, some barely knee high because of different germination dates in the same row. Might not be good for combining if some isn't mature before the frost comes. Funny how our corn planted with an old 495A planter looks so good but corn planted with a nice shiney new planter looks terrible. We put in silage specific hybrids, and we plant around 28-30,000 with starter fertilizer only. We got our late planted corn sprayed last weekend, but we never caught the early corn before it got too tall.
Our hay could be better. 2nd crop got the same rain that our late corn did and it really helped out a week before we cut it. We did get a little rain shortly after cutting it, so we're hoping 3rd crop does atleast as good as the 2nd crop did. Oats & peas, and peas and tritical were dissapointing.
Overall, it could be much worse for us.
Donovan from Wisconsin
Just came back from a walk down the road here in central Iowa. The tassels have been trying to come out for the last couple weeks, but it's like the plants are froze. Pollen is dropping from the tassels and they are only about 3/4 emerged. Instead of smelling like pollen from all the corn fields around us, it smells like grass hay from it dying off. Some plants don't have ears and others the silks are dropping off. It's rough around here.
Fuller Farmalls
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Here on our "farm" our corn shot up after almost 2" of rain the other night. Potatoes look great. Sweet corn is tasseled. The late sweet corn is getting close. Didn't get very tall but looks healthy. And field corn is looking pretty good. Wish everyone was in our boat. I live in Westmoreland county too but we didn't get hail. Just lots of wind and rain.
mudcreek183
Member
We got an inch of rain here last night every little bit counts.
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