I rode with the sprayer, on about 100 acres worth, looked pretty good, old 7000 JD 6 row planter my farmer friend keeps going, monitor must have had a loose connection kept tripping the alarm, thought there might be skips, was none of those.
Fields looked good, some areas looked hungry 2 weeks ago, one had a serious weed problem, same one that was forgot during the 2nd round of spraying, but we got it done a few days later, darned milkweed can get out of control, and one other weed was in there too.
Last week the sprayer did the dry application of I think Urea ?, not sure, as he was up and able to show him the fields, so that will give it the boost, and with this week coming up, supposed to be sunny, ought to be knew high by the 4th of July !
We got caught up on the rain, spring was a dry one, but the rain intervals started to increase, early June was dry, then the rains soaked the soil to the point you could not do any tillage, so it was good to be done, 200-215 acres worth, I never realized it, he used to do 500 in corn, getting to be a bit much, wish he was younger, he says he's have gone for bins, dryer etc. 44 tandem loads box is 39 cu yds. struck & 40+ miles one way to the elevator, stop and go and with all these different fields, not all that easy to get in/out etc.
Oats look great, think he could have went heavier on the population, just a little, think it was 3 bushels/acre he put down, all topped out now, about 65 acres worth.
Right now the hay situation is hard to figure, should be cutting today, he's got 150 acres in that, + 3 custom jobs, he could keep that baler real busy in good weather, not sure how that will work out, I hope we can get out there somehow, 2nd cut off these fields is really nice stuff.
I've enjoyed working and helping out on all this, it is a shame ag crops don't bring more money, and everyone is borderline break even or close to that, well the corn at least, oats seem more promising as does the hay, if you can get that in without rain.
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