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Done combining #6652556
10/29/19 08:48 PM
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Finally got done today here in north central Iowa, how are other people doing? Now it’s time to get ready for trapping season especially since it opens Saturday.

Last edited by Bob_Iowa; 10/29/19 08:51 PM. Reason: Wrong date
Re: Done combining [Re: Bob_Iowa] #6652571
10/29/19 09:00 PM
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I don't think anybody is close to being done here. A lot of beans and a lot of corn.


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Re: Done combining [Re: Bob_Iowa] #6652576
10/29/19 09:04 PM
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Still have 600 acres of beans and 200 acres of corn. Snow forecasted next two days, it’s not looking good

Re: Done combining [Re: Bob_Iowa] #6652578
10/29/19 09:06 PM
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A lot of prevent planted acres here, and what got planted was late so it is late harvesting. Probable 2/3 of beans done and most corn to be done.

Re: Done combining [Re: Bob_Iowa] #6652582
10/29/19 09:09 PM
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They are finishing beans, most of the corn not ready yet. old243

Re: Done combining [Re: Bob_Iowa] #6652588
10/29/19 09:20 PM
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I’ve heard a lot of guys around say that the corn isn’t ready and it’s still standing in the field, and snow is coming, and they are trying to do those stupid beans, we are corn, alfalfa, and small grains, our old dryer set up ran as hard as it has in years for the amount of corn. Hopefully next year we can change it to handle more bushels per hour.

Re: Done combining [Re: Bob_Iowa] #6652593
10/29/19 09:24 PM
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We Finished up last Friday. Corn is just about wrapped up here. Still lots of beans to go

Re: Done combining [Re: Bob_Iowa] #6652599
10/29/19 09:29 PM
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Finished up Friday. A lot of other guys are done or just about. Earliest finish in 2 decades. 2 combine fires. Battery cable rubbed and sparked one. Grabbed extinguisher and put it out which also blowed it over the side and started 5 more piles! No harm done, hosed her down, wrapped the cable and rolled.

Re: Done combining [Re: Bob_Iowa] #6652606
10/29/19 09:30 PM
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Done here and glad to be!


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Re: Done combining [Re: Bob_Iowa] #6652621
10/29/19 09:41 PM
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Our corn is completed. 70 acres of beans to go and the weather is not cooperating.

Re: Done combining [Re: Bowwhitetail] #6652627
10/29/19 09:48 PM
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Most silage is coming off around me but maybe 20% of silage acres left. Very little HMSC is being combined yet ( wet corn and wet ground). No body combining dry grain yet. There are many fields of beans left as ground is too wet. Some fields will need to freeze hard before harvest can be done. Some surprising silage yields reported in some areas, but most is below the 5 year average. We had 2 plus inches of wet snow that mostly melted so that stopped harvest and adds moisture to beans and the soil. Silage harvest is taking way more time, way more fuel and is adding a lot of stress to the farmers in our area. When conditions are OK everything is 24 hours per day and it is just slower in the dark.

Bryce

Re: Done combining [Re: Bob_Iowa] #6652707
10/29/19 11:28 PM
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Hey Bob- those “stupid beans” you speak of pay a lot of bills around here. Perhaps you’d shell 20% moisture corn and let the snow lay your beans down but here we do things a little different. That corn will take the snow much better than beans. My hats off to those fellas trying to get beans out.

Re: Done combining [Re: Bob_Iowa] #6652708
10/29/19 11:28 PM
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Starks have the beans done, my old friend Norm said they have just over 10,000 acres
What's the corn moisture running?

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Re: Done combining [Re: Bob_Iowa] #6652722
10/29/19 11:44 PM
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They hit the beans hard here this week and last week but still a lot of corn still in the fields maybe we get a good freeze and they can get around better without sinking. See a few rat houses but nothing great yet it will take a few years for them to spread out.


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Re: Done combining [Re: Bob_Iowa] #6652754
10/30/19 02:32 AM
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Done with beans 2 weeks ago. Tremendous yields, averaged 86 bushels an acre. One 160 acre field made 91. 3/4 done with corn, 1500 acres left. Yields are averaging 250 an acre. With a 12 row combine, it won't take long.

Re: Done combining [Re: Bob_Iowa] #6652804
10/30/19 06:45 AM
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Got all my beans done last week and another week of good running will finish up mine and my old mans corn. That’s if we can get trucks, our bins are all filled and peaked to the max.

Re: Done combining [Re: Bob_Iowa] #6653438
10/30/19 08:06 PM
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No fires here latest we’ve been in close to 30 years, trapper bo in this area we are lucky to break 50 bushel beans compared to 200 bushel corn we can make more money in corn the bank also prefers it because you can guarantee money money though federal crop, most guys here raise them because they think they can combine them faster than corn and it didn’t work that way this year, also we don’t raise any for this reason. Corn around here has been 18 to 20 percent on some but some is still up in the 28 range. Yeah Jerry here I’m guessing the rat population is going to down because we had so rain it raised the ditches fast and multiple times around here thats hard on the rats because they can’t leave fast enough then if the do they don’t have bank dens that high they can get into to hide from predators. We’ve got the most corn ever, bins are full and fortunately stock trucking could get here and haul when we needed them to.

Re: Done combining [Re: Bob_Iowa] #6653442
10/30/19 08:14 PM
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Hats off to you guys, lot of hard work and a lot of risk every year, financially and physically. Keep safe and thanks from a non farmer......jk


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Re: Done combining [Re: Bob_Iowa] #6653445
10/30/19 08:15 PM
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Hey, you farmers! What time of year should you spread manure on a field? Would November be okay, or is it more likely to be done in the spring?

I grew up in farm country, and can remember the smell when they were spreading manure. I kind of liked it, actually.

Jim


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Re: Done combining [Re: James] #6653449
10/30/19 08:21 PM
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Interesting thread. What kind of beans are you growing? And is the corn all feed corn?







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