Pictures from NW Illinois

super99 · Oct 6, 2013

Yesterday was over cast with drizzle off and on all morning here in NW Illinois ( 30 miles west of Rock Island). Forecast was for rain possible all afternoon, but I figured I'd start drilling the rye cover crop in. We had .6" rain Friday so the ground was wet enough to work nice. Along about 6, the front moved out and the sun came out and made some fantastic colors, I had to stop drilling and take a couple of pictures. Chris

Vito · Oct 6, 2013

Nice pictures.

Thanks for sharing.

Vito

Anonymous-0 · Oct 6, 2013

How can you be 30 miles west of Rock Island and still be in Illinois?

2badlybent · Oct 6, 2013

Nice pictures of your farm. One of the perks of farming is to see nature in all her glory and to be real close to mother earth. A lot of hard work and not much money in farming but not many get the feeling of satisfaction that comes from farming.

super99 · Oct 6, 2013

Look at a Map, the Mississippi runs east to west from Rock Island to Muscatine, Ia.

Anonymous-0 · Oct 6, 2013

You must be right next to the river. That is good looking land.
Thanks for your speedy reply.

samn40 · Oct 6, 2013

Nice pics! We are still in glorious sunshine here in N. Ireland after an excellent summer, for a change!
Do you direct drill the rye into the cereal stubble!, I usually broadcast it and then disc it in slightly. I usually cut it for silage around early April. What is your plan for the crop?
Sam

ShadetreeRet · Oct 6, 2013

Glad you took time to pause long enough for the photos. Those are some great shots!

super99 · Oct 6, 2013

I'm on the bluff about a little over a mile from the river, we can hear the tugboat horns. This is sandy ground, only has good crops in a wet year. Beans were lousy, less than 20bpa. Corn looks better, I'm hopeing for 120 average. Yeilds depend on the rain for the year.. in the last 12 years, beans have varied for 11 to 60bpa and corn from 103 to 180bpa. This was my grandparents place, been in the family since 1945. Chris

super99 · Oct 6, 2013

I'm planting cereal rye into soybean stubble for a cover crop. Seeding rate is 75# live seed/acre. It will be killed next April and no tilled into corn. This is Hel ground( highly erodable land), you have to leave all the bean stubble on top of the soil. Cornstalks can have some tillage as long as you leave over 50% reidue on top. The old drill does a good enough job as is. Chris

IlliniJohn · Oct 6, 2013

Can you install a Center Pivot irrigation, then grow watermelons, cantaloupes, other truck farming crops - -sell in Quad Cities or Chicago-land?

super99 · Oct 6, 2013

I'm too close to retiring to borrow that much $$ and do all the hand labor involved. Lots of melons, sweet corn and veggies grown across the river south of Muscatine, But I'm too old and tired to start that now.

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