Posted by billonthefarm on September 29, 2009 at 17:03:26 from (216.24.115.33):
There is harvest going on nearby just not corn or soybeans. Its time to harvest pumpkins. 80% of all canning pumpkins are raised here in IL.
This field is a mile south of the school at Farmington and a half mile from me. These pumpkins are taken to a cannery in Princeville and processed. Dont know alot about it. The farmers provide the ground and prepare it for planting. The cannery plants them with their own equipment in late may usually, in 60 inch rows. They usually cultivate them once. Normally they get very weedy since they dont use much for weed control. They get ripe this time of the year and the cannery has some deal on a tractor that puts them in windrows then they come along and pick them up. Sometimes it is one harvester other times there could be three of them. They run what would appear to be nearly around the clock. Rain or shine they run and boy is it fun to watch when it gets muddy! The push bars on the front of all of those tractors are not for decoration!!! Someone on here may know alot more about this subject and I am curious myself about yield and profitability of growing pumpkins. I have noticed weed control is a problem and if they harvest in the mud they make a HUGE mess but they might make it worth the hassle. I always wondered if someone builds these harvesters locally or if they are available commercially. Sure is something different to watch. bill
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