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R2D2

04-30-2005 20:54:06




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Planted corn today in Southest SD with snowflakes hitting the windshield. Just don't know anymore!




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Bill(Wis)

05-01-2005 10:34:24




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 Re: Corn Planting in reply to R2D2, 04-30-2005 20:54:06  
Old Indians said to plant corn when the leaves of an oak tree were the size of a squirrel's ear.



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paul

05-01-2005 09:11:17




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 Re: Corn Planting in reply to R2D2, 04-30-2005 20:54:06  
Same here is southern MN yesterday. It's up to 37 degrees now, snow spits every now & then. Trying to talk myself into or out of planting some more today. 37 degrees????? ? Sheez. Dad wouldn't plant corn until May 9th back in the day.....

--->Paul



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Mike3501

05-01-2005 10:21:00




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 Re: Corn Planting in reply to paul, 05-01-2005 09:11:17  
And there's the reason your Dad wouldn't plant until May 9 th You think the old timers didn't know something ?



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migraine

05-01-2005 07:39:35




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 Re: Corn Planting in reply to R2D2, 04-30-2005 20:54:06  
Helped my brother in law run the last few nights here in Northwest Washington, and the ground here works beautiful. Ran his 8070 Allis Chalmers with 5 bottom rollover plow and the Allis 4W-220 on the field prep rig. It's hard to believe how much ground you can cover in a short time. The corn he planted on Wed night has inch long sprouts and should be up in a few days. Hard to believe that we could use a little shot of rain but its dusty in the fields. Migraine

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Allan in NE

05-01-2005 07:55:46




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 Re: Corn Planting in reply to migraine, 05-01-2005 07:39:35  
Hi Howard,

How in the heck do you guys plant corn at night? Straight rows are not an issue?

I just cannot imagine doing that, but I'm always reading on here where fellas are planting after dark. :>(

Allan



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ShepFL

05-02-2005 09:49:11




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 Re: Corn Planting in reply to Allan in NE, 05-01-2005 07:55:46  
Heck Allan -
those rows shaped like an "S" just mean more yield. I also plant at night cause it about the only time I have any more.



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the tractor vet

05-01-2005 18:44:21




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 Re: Corn Planting in reply to Allan in NE, 05-01-2005 07:55:46  
Most of my corn planting is done at nite and my rows are as good as the steering on the old junk will allow after ya get the the starting rounds in it is no problem , Oh it helps to have good lites and a deep marker farrow and no BARLEY POP . Learned that lesson many years back when my buddy and i went to town on a friday evening and the local watering hole was dead but we stayed till 10:30 and got lubed up then got the bright idea to go back out to the one farm and finish plowen so that is what we did then the neighbor farmer that was about our age came over with his 504 and 3 bottoms and three bottels of home made wine and we plowed and drank till we thought that we were done then went to bed when we woke up and went to check on our handy work them fields were a mess and fixen what we screwed up with bad heads cured us of that .

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migraine

05-01-2005 08:10:20




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 Re: Corn Planting in reply to Allan in NE, 05-01-2005 07:55:46  
Hi Allan, I've actually done quite a bit of planting at night especially back in Iowa. I worked for the family farm and would use the planter at night so as not to delay the main farm acreage. I started on 80 acres of beans at 9 at night and ran till 4 a.m. and loaded all the beans myself and you could shoot an arrow down the rows and not hit a thing. You best know the fields and the borders or you will be calling for help at midnight and somebody won't be happy! Nothing like the sound of an 856 with turbo pulling 6 row late at night under moon lit skies. Man I miss those days ( and nights).Oh well maybe in a year or two I'll do some on my own again. I've definitely been watching your saga unfold and can really relate. My 806 and 966 are both setting here full of fuel and rady to work and no party to go to. Hate that!! MIgraine

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JMS/MN

05-01-2005 16:26:46




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 Re: Corn Planting in reply to migraine, 05-01-2005 08:10:20  
I agree on the value of knowing the field- makes it much easier. Did some night custom planting a few years ago and made sure to outline the second field while still light out. Hit the third field about 2AM and had a good fenceline to start with. Middle of the field had a meandering ditch in it so I waited til daylight to strike out past one of it's lumps. Needed a nap by then anyway. Planted 110 acres overnight. Side lights front and rear to see a 24 foot FC show up fine on an 8-30 planter. I've planted almost as much at night as in daytime and the JD monitor has never failed- would rather plant at night with that, than in daytime without one. I plugged the annoying buzzer with duct seal, and at night use a magnet to hold a shop towel over the light bar- can still see the lights but don't lose night vision from glare.

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Allan in NE

05-01-2005 08:23:16




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 Re: Corn Planting in reply to migraine, 05-01-2005 08:10:20  
Now Darnit!

How in the heck can ya afford to have two tractors full of fuel? :>)

Allan



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Nebraska Cowman

05-01-2005 03:13:12




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 Re: Corn Planting in reply to R2D2, 04-30-2005 20:54:06  
I'm leaving the corn in the bag til it warms up. I hauled dirt and graded the driveway.



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Scotmac

05-01-2005 08:24:32




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 Re: Corn Planting in reply to Nebraska Cowman, 05-01-2005 03:13:12  
I live in SE Iowa and 95% of all corn is in and probably 45% of soybean planting completed. It's cold and it's dry by our standards! I'm only 50 years old, but it wasn't that long ago that we were just getting started good the 1st of May. A lot of corn has been in the ground for almost a month and not emerged yet. A couple of bean fields that were planted early and emerged have been froze off and will have to be replanted. I think sometimes we just get in too big a hurry and need to slow down a little. If it doesn't warm up and rain a little this week, I think a bunch of replanting will need to be done!

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