A Good Week
/It has been a good week in the field - we are at 90% completion with the corn planting. We pulled the planter in the shed last night at 10:30 and rain started at 1 am. It was a perfect 1"+ which should get everything in the ground up and going well. The weather has still been cool; very few days up to 80 degrees yet. Our neighbors have just a few fields slowly coming up that have been planted for over two weeks.
We have also been completing spraying all the corn fields. It's a good feeling to be done with that project for now. The new sprayer and update to the tender system have really helped with efficiency and speed of the process. I am so enjoying being able to fully participate in planting season. We are experimenting with some different nitrogen methods and hope to fine tune the corn and bean production even more this season.
Celebrated Abbott Bruer Hess's one year birthday on Wednesday. Stopped planting long enough for some burgers and delicious cake. Actually scheduled a planter service call while we ate so wouldn't miss any planting time.
Crop prices continue to deteriorate with the mostly excellent planting weather across the midwest.
Fall prices:
Corn 3.58
Soybeans 9.03
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