OT Corn Still Standing

super99 · Mar 15, 2014

My wife and I drove from the Quad Cities to Aurora on I 88 for our daughter and grandson's birthday. West of Aurora there are 2 fields of corn that haven't even had the end rows harvested yet and a little farther west is a field that is partially done. That field is down pretty bad, probably 75 to 80% laying down. Anyone else see any crops to be harvested yet? Chris

David G · Mar 15, 2014

Pretty good here, winter came on hard and fast, caught some off guard.

Don-Wi · Mar 15, 2014

Some guys were going in January yet, but I think most guys got it off before then.

One of our neighbors though got his corn planted in late July, and then took over 2 months to chop it all, starting after Thanksgiving. Not sure what took him, because he has no other job, no animals to care for, and only a girlfriend. I suspect he was too busy chasing tail and sticking his nose in everyone else's business, instead of minding his own and getting the job done.

Donovan from Wisconsin

Anonymous-0 · Mar 15, 2014

I see a fair amount if it standing yet in northwest lower Michigan.

Eldon (WA) · Mar 15, 2014

(quoted from post at 18:57:37 03/15/14) My wife and I drove from the Quad Cities to Aurora on I 88 for our daughter and grandson's birthday. West of Aurora there are 2 fields of corn that haven't even had the end rows harvested yet and a little farther west is a field that is partially done. That field is down pretty bad, probably 75 to 80% laying down. Anyone else see any crops to be harvested yet? Chris

Coming thru northern California via 395 last Tuesday we saw a small field that hadn't been picked yet. Kinda strange to even see corn in those parts. Saw an ad on CL Thursday where someone is offering U-pic corn in the basin of central WA for $75 a pickup load. Field pictures looked irrigated and nice big ears. Never said if it was GMO...most people stupid enough to pick by hand want non-GMO out this way.

Mike M · Mar 16, 2014

Ohio. I still see some beans and corn they could not get in.

IHRedRules · Mar 16, 2014

There is a fair amount of corn an even a few soybeans around central michigan. Given the rough winter, I don't think it'd be advantageous for them to waste their time trying to harvest it this spring. I'm sure the deer did a good job cleaning it up.

sammydwm · Mar 16, 2014

2 neighbors with standing corn yet. Snow was up to and over the ears so it didn't go down. We'll see how it fares now that the melt is on...

Craig2 · Mar 16, 2014

Seen one guy around me (east central IN) shelling his corn a few weeks ago with the grain head on the combine. Didn't hear how much he was able to get. The corn was down pretty bad.

Lazy WP · Mar 16, 2014

Back in the late 70s, we picked corn for a couple neighbors. Had a Massey 510 with a 3 row head on it. I don't remember ever starting before Thanksgiving, and there were quite a few years, I was finishing up a field while they were farming the other side, in May. I think the most acres I ever picked with that set up was 3000. Never had more then 2 old farm trucks hauling corn off, and they had to go 35 miles. Most bushels I got out in one day was 4000.

Wemedeeres · Mar 16, 2014

There is a guy up here that has three quarters still standing. A couple years ago corn was 28-35 moisture late in the fall a few guys made out like bandits by leaving it stand until late march into early April and then harvesting, it saved them all their drying expenses. Although there is no true way to see how much they lost over the winter from breakage but they were saying less than 10% so compared to drying charges they felt they did O.K.,....it was odd to see a combine going in the field and a planter going across the road!

Don-Wi · Mar 16, 2014

I should mention his first wife died from cancer 6 years ago and he's 68 years old.

His farm was the best in the neighborhood when his dad still ran it, but when he took over he just ran it into the ground. Now what's left of the barn looks like he'll. The roof fell in on the newer section, and he hasn't done anything about it since it started to fall in years ago.

Donovan from Wisconsin

RGMartin · Mar 16, 2014

I talked to a neighbor at an auction yesterday. He still has 80 acres out. Said it was worth $1 a bushel more right now locally than November. He may come out better than he would have in the fall, even with the deer and wind damage.

Some other small parcels of beans and corn out there too. There have been lots of Good frozen days without snow this winter. It would kill me to leave it this long.

farmerwithmutt · Mar 16, 2014

Road trip to charles city one large field north of waterloo .had one neighbor didnt have a big enough harvestore for shelled corn so he would wait and refill in winter snow would help moisture

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