The Official Farming Thread...

[Hedgerow]

Corn round here, is just stalks now, after the last two hail storms that moved threw here.

This one is one of the better ones I've seen, some of the fields are just stubble stickin' out of the ground a foot or so.....

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Is that irrigated?

 

[maulhead]

Is that irrigated?

No, that was dry land.

 

[jakethesnake]

Hard to believe we've had around 8" of rain in the last 2 & 1/2 weeks. Beens are looking good.

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That them thirty inch beans. ? They look good man. If you’ve never dealt with them watch the end rows when you cut em. A full swath of 30s in one straight perfect shot like on the end row can break a knife. So much product all at once

 

[Hedgerow]

No, that was dry land.

Why are they growing dryland corn in Wyoming? Or was that pic Colorado?
And why do I get the feeling we all are paying for that..??
Lol..

 

[concretegrazer]

That them thirty inch beans. ? They look good man. If you’ve never dealt with them watch the end rows when you cut em. A full swath of 30s in one straight perfect shot like on the end row can break a knife. So much product all at once

That's them. I hire the combine & I'm pretty sure he's run 30's before. But I'll pass the info along.

 

[concretegrazer]

Why are they growing dryland corn in Wyoming? Or was that pic Colorado?
And why do I get the feeling we all are paying for that..??
Lol..

I read a paper on corn a few years ago that said corn in Colorado had the highest potential in the country. Just had to miss the late freezes, get the rain, miss the early frost, & evidently the hail.

 

[Hedgerow]

I read a paper on corn a few years ago that said corn in Colorado had the highest potential in the country. Just had to miss the late freezes, get the rain, miss the early frost, & evidently the hail.

Yes, unfortunately, 7 out of 10 years, it ends badly.. That part of the country just don't seem very corn friendly.
Today, with crop insurance, I guess it's worth the risk.

 

[jakethesnake]

Yes, unfortunately, 7 out of 10 years, it ends badly.. That part of the country just don't seem very corn friendly.
Today, with crop insurance, I guess it's worth the risk.

Crop insurance doesn’t pay much. My premiums are good and you can’t make money that way. Maybe stay afloat at best

 

[Hedgerow]

Should go by yield history correct?

If no history, defer to county average?

 

[concretegrazer]

Crop insurance doesn’t pay much. My premiums are good and you can’t make money that way. Maybe stay afloat at best

Sounds better than the dairy insurance.

 

[sgrizz]

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Well johns beet looks uglier then the truck in my opinion.

 

[jakethesnake]

Should go by yield history correct?

If no history, defer to county average?

They keep history on individual plots and if you actually try you can improve your premiums based on prior yields.

 

[Hedgerow]

Sounds better than the dairy insurance.

It is...

Sell them Holsteins Mark..

You’ll thank me later...

 

[ajschainsaws]

neighbours cattle are happier since the rains its like spring grass again

.

 

[czar800]

Cleaning up some fence this morning.

 

[Steve]

You beheaded a Stihl and put it on a post to warn other stihls from trespassing?


Seriously I love a clean fence line! Looks great.

 

[concretegrazer]

It is...

Sell them Holsteins Mark..

You’ll thank me later...

Selling them is the easy part. The what to do after is the hangup.

 

[czar800]

Some of the cows come over to see what was going on.

 

[deedskelly]

You guys posting all these pics of green grass are making me envious! Mine is just now getting green again but is still patchy.

 

[ajschainsaws]

Cleaning up some fence this morning.

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Looks good there’s something very rewarding about tidying up a fence line