Posted by billonthefarm on June 04, 2008 at 18:08:28 from (205.161.2.144):
Here, just outside Farmington Il, we havent had to bad of a spring. Lots of places have had more problems than we have. The crops are mostly planted and look really good, a few beans to go for guys but thats about it. Yesterday we got a hard inch of rain in the late morning. Didnt hurt much, no wind, no hail just rain. Then last night in about a hour we recieved 2 inches of rain. Lucky again no severe weather just a steady downpour. I took these pictures this morning while I was looking at the fields. Hasnt rained so far today but looks like it may be building in the west and we dont need anymore right now if we can keep from it. bill
Kinda thought this one set the tone for the day. They wouldnt eat my corn would they?
This field is just a little lower than most everything around it so it catches alot of water. Got a rain on it like this last year and lost close to ten thousand plants per acre. If it doesnt rain again it wont be as bad this time.
The other picture was the farm north of my house this one is the farm my house is on about 80 rod south of my house. This water will get away in a day or so. There is tile in all of this. The outlet is about a mile away. My great great grandfather put most of this tile in by hand.
This a farm we rent that has 4 parallel terraces in it. Lots of water behind them still this morning.
This is another terrace on that farm and you can see the water went over the top sometime last night. I dont recall that happening before.
This waterway runs at an angle across one half of a 160. Lots of water comes down this waterway. There is a culvert under the road here as you can see the current coming from outside the picture. The water was still running over the road this morning while I was there and there is a 8 inch tile in that water way so in order to take pressure off of it they put risers in to let the water bubble up to the surface. We havent had to fix a tile blowout since.
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