Down corn pics

A storm went through a while back and left this
behind. Going to be fun to pickup in a couple weeks.

Crop insurance?

Insurance gets dicey. The corn is there, it is up to you to harvest it....... Might not work out how you think.

Paul

We had corn like that around here last year. Best advise is install a corn reel on your head and prepare to spend more time harvesting it. I would also bet corn root worms are a significant factor. Next year use full rate insecticide plus rootworm corn.

MN Scott has it right . Root worm damage. If you have corn on corn, especially on clay ground. Stalks will still be attached to the ground , but "goose necked" and twisted. I had some of this in a feild this year, where I know the ground is very heavy, and I had planted a root worm resistant seed. Bruce

It happened around here last year. Most of the guys harvested what they could, then went back in with a V-rake and a pickup head and got the rest. Said it was terrible hard on the combines, but the big guys around here trade them every year anyway.

Has happen many times in he past-- but only the Amish and some dairy farmers have the cattle, hogs and fenced fields to do the animal assist gleaning after picking attempt to get in rest of downed corn. Iowa, and some other Midwest fields had the problem in late 1960s to mid 1970s when southern corn rootworm migrated north and the corn varieties had sort of weak roots and lighter stalks, overwintered stalks gave worms a winter home. resistant varieties with stronger roots, pesticide and clean up fields, back to some fall plowing and occasional burning, quicker rotation with beans helped. old 5 way rotation of corn, beans, small grains,hay, pasture then back to corn had been replaced with corn, corn, beans, beans with second crop planted between rows of first years crop, minimum till with no fallow or critter pasture, cleanup. Large spring farrow with the pigs finished on the corn field ground after picking got worm and grubs eaten as a protein supplement, ground lightly tilled and fertilized, leftover corn picked up so next years bean crop was simple spring disking and plant. take down fence, don"t do a oats and hay for 2,3 years as part of rotation and pests get to survive winter-- equipment needs less- no mowers, balers, seeders needed, just big disk blades, planter and combine with corn and bean head and a sprayer instead of cultivator. Downed crop is a minor risk to be worked with until gets real aggravating, then special heads for pickup rented-(Teasing Alert!)-or Amish invited in to glean or insurance man takes pictures. Some places have the deer to do the gleaning or some feral hogs- then the 150 grain 30 calibers get some meat harvested.

Was that Pioneer corn?