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I believe we are the only ones in this area but we started rolling Saturday morning and with one 12 row planter and 2 15' drills we now have over 500 acres of corn and about 350 acres of soybeans in the ground!

We also rented another 15' drill to cover 50 acres of alfalfa.

Last year we finished planting corn on April 20th and finished soybeans on May 10th but we have been very wet and with the 1 1/2 inches we got last night we are wet again - - - rain forcast for the next 5 days so we can rest up.

My son was able to trade the 8630 JD (215 hp and 24' finisher ) off this spring for a 9170 ( 400 hp and 32' finisher ) International - - -good move with the crazy weather we got as it will pull a 32' finishing tool at any speed we want and with it tripled up it seems to have a light footprint. We have tried to have equipment sized so that we are able to do any needed function in 10 days but this year we might not have the 10 days. Last year we ran 2 12 row planters but someone offered my son way more than what he thought it was worth for the older unit and he sold it - - - he is having second thoughts but with the extra lights and improved supply trailer we are almost planting as much with one well supported unit as last year with two - - - mostly as the operator of the finishing tool has free time to help move - - - in the past the finishing tool was the hold up.
 
George said:
I believe we are the only ones in this area but we started rolling Saturday morning and with one 12 row planter and 2 15' drills we now have over 500 acres of corn and about 350 acres of soybeans in the ground!

We also rented another 15' drill to cover 50 acres of alfalfa.

Last year we finished planting corn on April 20th and finished soybeans on May 10th but we have been very wet and with the 1 1/2 inches we got last night we are wet again - - - rain forcast for the next 5 days so we can rest up.

My son was able to trade the 8630 JD (215 hp and 24' finisher ) off this spring for a 9170 ( 400 hp and 32' finisher ) International - - -good move with the crazy weather we got as it will pull a 32' finishing tool at any speed we want and with it tripled up it seems to have a light footprint. We have tried to have equipment sized so that we are able to do any needed function in 10 days but this year we might not have the 10 days. Last year we ran 2 12 row planters but someone offered my son way more than what he thought it was worth for the older unit and he sold it - - - he is having second thoughts but with the extra lights and improved supply trailer we are almost planting as much with one well supported unit as last year with two - - - mostly as the operator of the finishing tool has free time to help move - - - in the past the finishing tool was the hold up.
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Sounds like you been busy,just got through with my hay planting,nuthin like you did but nice to be through and see it turn wet...............good luck
 
Haven't seen anybody moving around here, it's just been too cold. It freezes every night and the ground isn't warming up. I think we're maybe going to start planting peas this weekend, they can take a little cold.
 
We got the peas in and are now working on the haybarley. Got about 1/2' rain last night. So that will stop us for a while. I would say we a running a week or two later than normal.
 
Hey George, I keep hearing how wet it is east of the Mississippi River. Is that true and will there be enough planting delays to get a rally in this dreaded corn market? I thought it would be up on Monday after all the rain back east and the news of the Swine Flu trumped all the markets. It used to be that ag news dictated the markets, now it's every news story or the stock market that runs the markets.
 
Silver said:
ummmm..... what the heck is a 'finishing tool'?
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I guess differnt locales have "finishing " tools that work their dirt for that crop,around here a "finishing" tool is a disc,set to finish.............good luck
 
A finishing tool has one row of disc gangs on the front ( cuts trash residue ) then four rows of field cultivator sweeps ( roust the weeds out ) then a five bar harrow ( crumbles and levels the seed bed ) all in one unit.

You can go in on ground that was worked the privious fall or on soybean stubble and make one pass and have a great seed bed.

The weather man just reported we have had the wetest April on record for central Indiana - - - - We are supposed to have 1 1/2 inches in April and finished with a little over 8" = = = The pasture is jumping out of the ground and the corn we got planted is just poking through - - - -the beans are right at the surface but haven't popped yet - - - -a little sun will have them up - - - -rain is forcast for the next 7 days in a row.
 
Not much happening in S.W. Ontario for the past 2 weeks. The early-planted grain is up but getting drowned out in the hollows. A tiny bit of corn got planted but now it is wet, wet, wet. Oh well, makes for lots of grass.
 
DeepDan said:
HAY MAKER said:
Sounds like you been busy,just got through with my hay planting,nuthin like you did but nice to be through and see it turn wet...............good luck
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Have you planted an annual hay crop or something perennial? Just curious what ya'll use in your part of the country.
Dan
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Plantin the annual's,cane types, red top and some sudan crosses,but with the cost of seed,sure might start spriggin more of the bermudas.
good luck
 
Sorry HayMaker, I deleted that post cause I got to thinking maybe I was highjacking a thread and I posted a new thread asking what folks grow for forage. Thanks for the reply. Maybe there'll be some interesting responses on the other thread, too.

Dan
 

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