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A couple ?'s about Minnesota farming. (OT)

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John in Ne.

11-14-2006 07:27:50




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My wife and I took a road trip up to Mn. to see her brothers over the week end.I saw a couple of things that I didn't understand.We made our way to Sioux Falls,SD.Then went up to Long Prairie on 23/71.I could see that the elevators were near capacity,but we saw where shelled corn was piled at the end of the field.Then on Sunday we went down to the "Cities" to see brother #2.Alot of the farm ground had been worked already,is it plowed or disced or how is it worked ? Just wondering, John.

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Paul G. in Mn

11-14-2006 13:18:43




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 Re: A couple ?'s about Minnesota farming. (OT) in reply to John in Ne., 11-14-2006 07:27:50  
I used to work on a large corn/soybean/sugarbeet farm close to Clara City, a town you drove through. Each year the corn ground was choped then plowed because the next year that ground would be used for sugarbeets and as meany passes that were made with the culivator through the beets there was less plugging on the shields. The soybean and sugarbeet ground was chisle plowed. Meany of the Elevators and Farmers store corn that way, plovides cheap storage for a while. Starting to see some of the elevators putting up polebarns to store corn in as well.

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John in Ne.

11-14-2006 19:14:57




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 Re: A couple ?'s about Minnesota farming. (OT) in reply to Paul G. in Mn, 11-14-2006 13:18:43  
Thanks,not only did we drive through Clara City,we had lunch there.John.



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MN Mike

11-14-2006 08:11:12




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 Re: A couple ?'s about Minnesota farming. (OT) in reply to John in Ne., 11-14-2006 07:27:50  
Whenever we have a warm period after the harvest you'll see guys in the fields (discing/plowing) getting ready for planting next spring. Spring can be uncertain at best around here and the growing season can be short so it's nice to be ready to plant right away when things dry up.



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JayWalt

11-14-2006 08:01:55




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 Re: A couple ?'s about Minnesota farming. (OT) in reply to John in Ne., 11-14-2006 07:27:50  
Here in northwest ohio, we have like 3 milling factories in our little 19,000 town. Each has more then 50 HUGE silos. Well last year musta been an AWESOME year, cause they blocked off one of the parking lots and filled it up. The piles musta been 20 feet high if they were a foot.
Pretty crazy looking, I hope they wash that stuff before they process it =)



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RustyFarmall

11-14-2006 07:35:52




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 Re: A couple ?'s about Minnesota farming. (OT) in reply to John in Ne., 11-14-2006 07:27:50  
I'm not from Minnesota, but I would guess the reason for the corn being piled at the end of the field is because there simply is no other place to put it. As the elevators begin to empty out, that pile in the field will be loaded up and transported in to the elevator.



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John in Ne.

11-14-2006 08:19:51




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 Re: A couple ?'s about Minnesota farming. (OT) in reply to RustyFarmall, 11-14-2006 07:35:52  
Thanks for the replies,My brother-in-laws didn't have any answers.We only get up there every couple of years or so,sure enjoy the people and the drive.It looked like "RED" was king up there,enjoyed that too.John.



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Jossette

11-14-2006 15:28:24




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 Re: A couple ?'s about Minnesota farming. (OT) in reply to John in Ne., 11-14-2006 08:19:51  
the elevators are full and even some farmers are at the mercy of the elevator because they have no place to store it. when the elevator goes as fast as it can dry, its a long wait. The river is so low that the barges can't go at full capacity, so pile it up until it is all out and down the river..



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RustyFarmall

11-14-2006 08:27:55




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 Re: A couple ?'s about Minnesota farming. (OT) in reply to John in Ne., 11-14-2006 08:19:51  
RED seems to be the king around here also. Just a few years ago it was green just about everywhere you looked. Maybe folks finally realized that green paint is too costly?



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