This is turning out to be quite a year. First we had an extremely late spring. When we did get in the fields it wouldn't quit raining. We barely got the crop planted between rain showers. Two weeks after we finished the beans got hailed out and we had to replant them. Then it quit raining and we didn't have any measurable rain the rest of the growing season. When it was time to harvest it started raining again and we have been fighting wet conditions again this fall. Our soybeans didn't yield very good between the hail and lack of rain. The overall yield was only 57% of last years crop. The best ones ended up being the ones replanted the end of June. So far the corn yields have been all over the board relevant to soil type. The best fields this year are just a little better than the worst fields last year. We still have a ways to go on the corn but my guess would be that is will be about 2/3's of the crop we had last year. Hopefully the weather can hold for a few more weeks so we can finish up the corn and get most of our strip-tilling/fertilizer applied for next spring.
Soybean Combining
Rainy night shooting hoops in the shop
notice each kid has their own size hoop.
Hauling manure after soybean harvest
Corn Combing
