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Allan in NE

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After all that rain we got earlier, Mother Nature decided to shut of the spigot. There is Zero moisture out there!

Guess I'll be tryin out that old addage: plant in the dust and the bins'll bust, 'er whatever.

Gonna find out 'cause she's goin' in the ground tomorrow. Know it fer darned sure it won’t grow layin’ there in the tank. :>)

Allan
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Know exactly what you mean. Drier than heck s/w of you. Got moisture but it is 3" down thru bone dry dirt. Started to plant yesterday, but hoping the 60% chance tonite produces a nice 1" or so. Dan
 
I keep telling you that if you would leave all the trash (stubble mulch) on top, it would not dry out as bad. Every time you worked that nice clean beauty full field, you lost moisture. I couldn't resist..Kenny, who loves to heckle you.
 
That one headlite shining straight up. Is that for seeing the raccoon up in the trees when you go around the end down by the lake?
 
Must be,

I caught 'er on a tree branch last time over this field. I gotta trim those dudes back a little so's I can get in and out without tearin' something up.

Think I've torn off both marker lights on the other tractor too. :>(

Allan
 
Must be,

I caught 'er on a tree branch last time over this field. I gotta trim those dudes back a little so's I can get in and out without tearin' something up.

Think I've torn off both marker lights on the other tractor too. :>(

Allan
 
I agree nothing like stirring soil to dry it out. But that is the advantage to owning the ground and not dependent on FSA; you run the entire show and can do what you darn well please.
 
I"d love to have sent you some of this 9 inches we got Tuesday and Wednesday.

I heard yesterday that our climate in Central Texas is a desert with an occassional flood and I"m starting to believe it after this year. Our normal precipitatation is 32" and this is probably the fifth or sixth time in a year it"s rained that much or a little less in two days. Then we"ll completely burn up for a couple of months.
 
don't know about things your way but leaving some(or any) residue on top sure saves moisture here in western Mn or the Dakota's. reduced tillage and no-till are some methods used here. Nobody has farmed black like that for 40 years.
 
Same here. It quit rain'n about the second week of June after a wet April and May. I planted beans June 21st and had to go around some of last years combine ruts that still had water standing in them while the rest of the field was dusty. They have had less than an inch of rain on them since. While I feel for the folks who got flooded, I am hope'n and pray'n that what is left of this huricane don't peter out over IL or go North like every other rain cloud has done this summer.

While celebrate'n "Labor" Day in the tobacco patch Monday I dug down just to see how far down moisture was and started to find just a little about a foot or so down. Don't see that much in west KY.

Dave
 
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