ot- Hows your corn look?

Don-Wi · Sep 7, 2011

My brother cut some corn out of the corner of our 1st planted field for shocks and I saw it once it was in the drive way. In the corners it's a good 8'-9' tall, and most stalks had 2 cobs almost as big around as my forearm and almost as long too. The stalks were atleast 1 1/4" in diameter at the base.

Once you go inward in the field, I can tell you it's atleast 12' in spots, if not taller. Can't imagine how big those cobs are.

It's gonna be atleast 3 weeks before we start to chop as it's not even dented yet, but it's looking good. Even with the 75-80 MPH winds we had on Friday. It knocked some down, and our worst looking field (7'-8' tall and maybe 3 acres) got almost flattened. I just got our silo blower put back together today (replaced 2 bearings and straightened it out after taking a hit by the shaker pan from my brothers loader tractor, which forced the side tin into the blower fan).

My next project will be to fix the green chopper so we can pick up with that what the corn head won't get.

Donovan from Wisconsin

larry from md. · Sep 8, 2011

Well mine is all brown and black with some under water.Most of it had the tops broke off during the huricane,lots of other guys have it laying on the ground.I got 3 loads shelled before labor day a first for me.Had 3 inches of rain yesterday and much more last night.

K. Peters · Sep 8, 2011

Overall I'd say my corn looks ok. Due to all the wet weather it didn't get sprayed only cultivated, by the time the fields dried out enough to spray the corn was too tall, so I'm sure the weeds robbed nutrients from the corn.
Last year my corn averaged 173 this year I'm guessing (hoping) for 140.

showcrop · Sep 8, 2011

A lot in Vermont is flat with silt around it.

Dave from MN · Sep 8, 2011

Majority of my corn is great. 95 day corn is all open husked, starting to hang and drying down fast. About 50% of my 85 day of one hybrid, looks like total junk, mixed through out the feild, in two different feilds. First field we blamed it on lack of micronutrients, now that I realize it is two seperate feilds and only this hybid looks bad, I am confident it is the hybrid,( or what ever was all mixed in the hyrid bag) There is corn that is 7-9' tall with huge cobs, then less than 2 feet away or even the next row over the corn is 2-3' tall and has a pickle sized cob's. Thinking I need to call the seed rep. Trying to decide if I am better of chopping the bad spots, which are all over, or just combining it all. Can use a small bag of silage for the cows, or could always buy more feeders, but for $7 corn I really think I need to combine the higher yeilding areas rather than chop. I have no chopping equipment but can get help from a friend or 3. These were a well drained lighter to average soils that recieved adequate moisture, one even received 3 ton/acre of breeder litter.

Big M · Sep 8, 2011

Cut my corn with a 6620 and a JD row head last Saturday. Short corn, small ears and it made 25 bushels per acre. It has not rained a drop in the last 4 weeks. Soybeans have 2 beans per pod and are going to be the size of BB's.

RLA · Sep 8, 2011

If we don"t get a early frost here in N/W Pa
we"ll do OK.. Most of it 9" 10" some might
be taller.......

IaGary · Sep 8, 2011

We could have used a rain about a month ago and we
would have had some of our best corn ever. Oh
well, could have, would have, should have. I'm
guessing we will be in the 150 bushel range.It was
to hot and dry thru August for us.

You guys that talk about the height of your corn
is great for silage but for grain, height is not
the determining factor for grain yield.

There are short great yielding hybrids and the are
great tall hybrids. There are poor yielding short
hybrids and there are poor tall hybrids.

I have had short hybrids right next to tall
hybrids where the shorties (as we call them here
in the Iowa) out yield the tall hybrids by 20
bushel or more.

Everyone have a safe harvest.

Gary

CWL · Sep 8, 2011

Most of the corn in south central ks is burned to a crisp from high heat and little rain. Even the stuff that was irrigated looks pretty sad.

glennster · Sep 8, 2011

did a few test plots. looks like we should do about 160 bu/acre. lot of the ears only half pollinated. soy beans look a lot better.

NW Ohio Tim · Sep 8, 2011

Around here, it depends where you are. I talked to friend of mine last night, 10 miles east of us, who said he figured all of his would make 200 bu +. Ten miles south of us I think they'll be hoping for 100 bu.

Right around here, it just depends on the location. I think the worst of it right here will go 125 to 150 bu/a.

It was just a screwed up year, late start, hit and miss rains. We had plenty of moisture right here, but it was never a nice rain, we'd get an inch or two in 10 minutes, then it would be sunny again......

Beans look very good, loaded with pods top to bottom and they are all full. If the frost can hold off until the first of October, we should be OK.

Tim

806man · Sep 8, 2011

Well,this is my take on tall varieties vs shorter varieties.If you are chopping it for the silo then absolutley you would want a taller variety. As far as shelling it, tall variety corn that yields the same as a shorter variety means that much more trash to run through the combine. ie: slower field speed, slower seperating action, more fodder & stalk residue to get rid of. Not to mention the risk taken when we get these rainy periods just when you are thinking about starting shelling corn. Hard to pick it up off of the ground. Dad always said what we could not run through the combine the cows would get. That was his true meaning of a Gleaner. Happy Trails....

paul · Sep 8, 2011

One of the farm meetings I went to talked about that - they were saying a 4 foot tall corn would be perfect, it would use less energy for all that top growth & put more energy into the ear; as well would not fall over so easily. Less 'trash' to deal with in fall, and less material to pass through the cornhead as other bonuses. The problem is the tallest corn gets more sunlight than it's neighbor, so we just naturally select for tall corn as the best yielding stuff. They wondered if breeders weren't working on that issue.

I won't complain about corn here in southern MN, many have t a lot worse, but I hear of good looking corn from the road has a lot of small ears once you get 20 rows into the field, not filled out, etc. I suppose 140-150 is where we will be, was way too wet at planting, way too dry the past month, glad to see the corn out there that is there for the conditions.

--->Paul

rls_ia · Sep 8, 2011

Here in southwest Iowa our corn is flat on the ground due to 100 mph winds, didn't do the beans much good either.

kj(seil) · Sep 8, 2011

southeastern Ill several getting going april corn yieding 180- 200 and coming in dry out of field, may and june corn still 25-30% and 150-160 range, beans need a rain.

David G · Sep 8, 2011

Probably average in the 140-150 in East Central Iowa. The July
and August were dry. We did in the 190's last year. Beans will
probably be in the 30s.

It all depends on when things were planted, the later plantings
(June) look pretty good compared to the late April or early May.

Absent Minded Farmer · Sep 8, 2011

40 acres of 30" rows & I can't chop any of it cuz it's the renters! Lol!

Mike

elmersooner · Sep 8, 2011

crispy, stunted and dead. drought killed it long ago.

cumminspuller · Sep 8, 2011

In north AL and southern middle TN we have some that burned up but also have some that did good. I've heard anywhere from 150 to 241 bu./acre for dryland ancd haven't heard anything for any irrigated yet.

Don-Wi · Sep 8, 2011

I guess I should specify- For us this is all silage corn so the taller the better. With the wind we had and some of the corn being along trees, I think I'm gonna find a spot to carry the chainsaw on the tractor this year so if I come upon a downed tree I can get off and cut it up enough to get it out of my way. Always a PITA to go around it on the first go round the field.

We've had the thought about having our neighbors with a 4 row SP chopper come and take the outside round and split down the middle in a few spots. Guess we'd have to find out the cost to have it done and decide if we want to go that route.

Donovan from Wisconsin

jm. · Sep 8, 2011

Three days into shelling here in West middle TN.
April planted and so far running 180 bu + pretty satisfied. Dry enough right now that we can pretty well run about all nigh if the boys can hold up.

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