Corn or Bean Crops?
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Topic: Corn or Bean Crops?
Posted By: DMiller
Subject: Corn or Bean Crops?
Date Posted: 12 Aug 2023 at 9:36am
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Seems many farms here are worried of Winter as have Livestock besides Crop acreage, are currently inspecting field potential production levels and cutting or baling considerable as a Silage Crop for Winter as Hay did so poorly here. ALL are 'Expecting' a BAD Cold and fierce winter based on past outcomes of Dry stoic Summer/harvest seasons.
Thoughts?
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Posted By: DanWi
Date Posted: 12 Aug 2023 at 6:22pm
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Unfortunately you don't have to travel far to find places that got missed by rain. Talking with a friend who only got 1 and1/2 3x3 big squares per acre of 2nd crop. They only had a couple showers in July with a few tenths of rain. Talking with another person who has land 15 miles north and that corn field has only had 2 inches of rain since it was planted. I think bushels of corn will be less then they predict this year. We could use a good soaker here. Had a storm last night and only got 3/10s. Hay on the hills isn't doing much right now.
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Posted By: Lars(wi)
Date Posted: 12 Aug 2023 at 6:28pm
Be one of those years to harvest off the corn stalks. Makes fairly decent feed for beef cattle, lots of sugar in the stalks. Put out a couple mineral/salt blocks, and is a good way to stretch out the baled hay.
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Posted By: dr p
Date Posted: 12 Aug 2023 at 8:06pm
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Going to chop extra silage this year. Hay crop first quality was great but yield was really bad, especially grass. Won't stop raining long enough to make second cutting
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