BuckSutherland
5 year old buck +
I finished planting my crops (corn and soybeans) on Saturday, April 25th. That is the earliest ever for me by a long ways. Most of the corn (85% or better) is planted in my county along with about 25% of soybeans. My corn has 1/2" sprout already and beans are planted, rolled, and sprayed with pre emerge herbicide. I left most of my soybean stubble last fall unworked and just ran my field cultivator over it once and then planted. It worked up like flour. Most importantly there was no mud. Mud and corn planters do not mix. I worked most of my corn ground last fall with my chisel plow, but I left some for a no-till experiment. The no-till worked much better than I expected. I have some pretty heavy residue so its hard to get our heavy soil dried out. We have the first ingredient for a HUGE crop. We need to avoid heavy rain for the first 8 weeks. Got a million dollar rain this morning and the weather really looks good for the next ten days. Yield goal for corn is 225-250 bushels per acre, 65-70 for soybeans.
A few pictures. Corn planting stuff.
A few pictures. Corn planting stuff.