Corn cut

[ReelTimes]

Any thoughts on when we can expect corn to be cut and out this year (both MN and SD)?

[rundrave]

I know it has been very dry in areas up until this past weekend. I would think that with all the rain especially the folks in SW MN(worthington area) got dumped on so I think that may put a bit of delay for getting some crops out.

As for SD, I havent spoke with any relatives west or North of here. Will post as soon as I hear some results. The time is nearing!

[Bigfife]

I have talked to many farmers around the Marshall, MN area and it looks like it will be a few weeks. Most were planning on starting right after the pheasant opener. There is a ton of corn in and around the WMAs, so the birds will be a little tougher to find on opener.

[OUTDOORNUT]

With the rain it is getting tough to even get the beans out. With the beans going late, the wet weather and the price of propane, your going to see corn standing a lot longer than years past. Farmers are not going to be tearing corn out early and then spending the money to dry it down.

[lawdog]

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With the rain it is getting tough to even get the beans out. With the beans going late, the wet weather and the price of propane, your going to see corn standing a lot longer than years past. Farmers are not going to be tearing corn out early and then spending the money to dry it down.

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That really depends on a lot of variables though. Some of the bigger outfits have to go regardless so they are sure they can get it out before snow. I know several operators around here who don't even think of waiting for drying because they can't risk having that stuff socked in by another Halloween blizzard type situation when they have a couple thousand acres to pick. Guys were hitting beans pretty regular around here last week, but the rains did slow them a bit. I don't think it will be substantially different schedule than the past few years and it all depends on the weather now.

[Dotch]

With a good start on the soybeans, most will continue to stay after them until they're done. By and large, the game plan this year around Bugtussle has been to let the corn dry in the field as long as possible. However, after the 6" - 8+" dousing we got over the weekend, farmers will be watching to see if the corn crop starts to lodge. If it does, there may be fields taken while the weather is still warm, especially hybrids in the 100 day and lower CRM range. The overall stalk and root quality generally isn't as good as the later maturing hybrids. That and some of them are already in the low 20's for moisture. It also doesn't take as much gas to warm 70 - 80 degree air to 180 - 210 degrees as it does 20 - 30 degree air. One thing is for certain, it will be interesting to watch events unfold. Hopefully, we will not see another batch of moist, juicy air get trapped between a cold front on the north and hurricane remnants on the south. Too many more events like this and we will be waiting until the ground freezes to get some of this crop out. Expect to see some extremely grumpy farmers in that case.

[Eric Wettschreck]

I pretty much don't know diddly about farming, or when to combine. However, knowing the projected cost of lp and natural gas some farmers may let it dry in the field as long as they dare.

As little as I know about farming, I know this much....when to combine the crop is always kind of a dump shoot.

[BLACKJACK]

Personally, I hope that we keep getting some periodic rains throughout the pheasant range. More crops in the field on pheasant opener means less birds shot on the opening weekend and more birds around later.

With the big equipment that the farmers have nowadays, they'll get the crops out, it would take 3 inches of rain or a foot of snow a week to stop them, and we know we're not going to get that type of percipitation.

[Powerstroke]

I was out yesterday and about 50% of farmers were harvesting beans and maybe 5-10% were pulling in the corn. We didn't get nearly as much rain up near the cities and the windy days have really helped to pull moisture out of the crops.

[ortonville]

around the ortonville are i would say 95% of the beans are out. and the corn will be a couple of weeks at the earliest i know i will be waiting for mother nature to do the work of drying it for me and not be spending the money on a huge propane bill.i would think by mea, a person should see corn starting to come out

[LuciandTim]

Halloween is always the time I see most of it out.