Kicking up dust

Just out doing some recreational tillage since the forecast is so poor.

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Finally getting something done.

A bit wet in certain spots and fields.

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Beans are beginning to turn.

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Not a normal picture for july 24th in north east iowa

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Corn Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRa5bGW8sSY&feature=youtu.be

Continuing the downhill slide

Pics taken 6-27, 7-7, and 7-11. last one is ground view of stressed corn.

Can you tell which one was the refuge hidden in the bag=?UTF-8?B?Pw==?=

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Beans growing better with the nice rain

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Looking good with another nice rain.

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Side dressing

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Updated look at crops

 Corn Field was planted April 24th (first field I did), it lost about 10% of its population to poor emergence. Later planted corn is about V2-V3 (or about half this size).

Bean field was planted May 18th.  You can see some spots took longer to emerge due to seeds sitting in dry soil.

Still dry but most plants are setting nodal roots

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Floppy corn

You can see the plant to the left how there's no roots in the top inch do to lack of moisture in that part of the soil.  And you can see the nodal roots are not touching the soil due to the crack. 

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A little dryer than 3 weeks ago when this was planted

That is a 3 " 12 gauge shell that fell in the crack.

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Think I can ask MON for a refund on these

Planting beans

Finished corn yesterday,  no replanting to do that i know of yet.  

If things go good i should finish on Friday. 

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Corn planted one week ago.....a ways to go yet.

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One tag filled ....... one tag to go

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Nice conditions at last

I have had a decent week to get some work done. Conditions were not so great as I started Tuesday afternoon, but sunny and windy the rest of the week really dried things out. I was able to get 300 acres planted this week, which gets me to exactly 1/3 done with corn. I would have had a little bit more corn, but I switched 90acres that was going to be corn on corn, it is now going to be beans.

My lucky Cousin's Hobby

Just about done for the yr... One more day tomorrow. 300+ miles=
8 fresh elk
42 whites
34 fresh deer
42 white deer