Ag guys, what’s going on here

[Howboutthemdawgs]

I see this in places like Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa specifically. It’s like sections of harvested amongst not harvest or a different crop that was harvested early? I can’t figure out the mosaic I’m seeing up north. I never see this by me on satellite images.

 

[PatinPA]

Sometimes around me they'll harvest the outer edges of a cornfield to allow the inner parts to dry that still have too much moisture. Maybe it's to get some air flow in there. It all looks pretty green yet to be harvested.

 

[BuckSutherland]

They are contour farming and planting alternating crops to try and keep their soil on those hills. If you wanna see it in action check out a youtube channel called "how farms work." He is from SW Wisconsin area. They do lots of contour farming on their ground cause they farm so many erodible hills.

 

[Howboutthemdawgs]

Great explanations. That makes perfect sense given that it is the hills regions

 

[TreeDaddy]

clearly, efforts to communicate with extra terrestrials

thanks

bill

 

[T-Max]

We picked up a planter by Council Bluffs, IA last year and we drove by some of that. Weird looking for sure!

 

[westonwhitetail]

We picked up a planter by Council Bluffs, IA last year and we drove by some of that. Weird looking for sure!
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We had a wedding near Council Bluffs a couple weeks back and it's a unique practice they have in that area. They are like small berms running on the contour of the hills. I wonder if there is NRCS incentives for this type of practice to reduce soil loss and probably promote infiltration?

 

[BenAllgood]

That's got to be some fertile soil to go through that much trouble?

 

[T-Max]

We had a wedding near Council Bluffs a couple weeks back and it's a unique practice they have in that area. They are like small berms running on the contour of the hills. I wonder if there is NRCS incentives for this type of practice to reduce soil loss and probably promote infiltration?

It reminded me of those rice paddocks in China. Almost terraced.

 

[Wind Gypsy]

It reminded me of those rice paddocks in China. Almost terraced.

A lot of it IS terraced far as I can tell.

First time i really noticed it and considered the work involved was snow goose hunting some of those fields in MO. I was surprised they went through that much trouble.