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Tom Bond 08-12-2012 13:37:10 98.212.12.115 Report to Moderator	Was out hanging a few stands today and thought I'd share some pics of what the beans and corn look like. Beans OK although pods not too full. Corn kernals are just about nill and the rest rot. Sillage chopping has begun around here. Must of had a microburst or small tornado come thru. Lot of corn down and silo damage on a couple other farms. The one storage bin is a large one. Not sure of capacity. [Reply]   [No Email]
BillyinStoughton 08-13-2012 14:15:40 208.100.40.42 Report to Moderator	Re: North Central Illinois Crop Pictures in reply to Tom Bond, 08-12-2012 13:37:10   I dropped down into Pecatonica, IL last weekend and saw some pretty stressed crops too. I think everyone is just lookin' forward to putting this year behind em'. [Reply]  [No Email]
SweetFeet 08-13-2012 04:07:32 70.35.110.213 Report to Moderator	Re: North Central Illinois Crop Pictures in reply to Tom Bond, 08-12-2012 13:37:10   Pictures like this make me really glad that we rent out our farmland. Though our renter's crops do look good considering the dry spell and high temps we had earlier this summer in MN. [Reply]  [No Email]
Vito 08-12-2012 15:04:58 75.130.91.54 Report to Moderator	Re: North Central Illinois Crop Pictures in reply to Tom Bond, 08-12-2012 13:37:10   Tough conditions this year for your area.Hate to see it. Vito [Reply]  [No Email]
The Red 08-12-2012 14:30:50 69.246.205.0 Report to Moderator	Re: North Central Illinois Crop Pictures in reply to Tom Bond, 08-12-2012 13:37:10   Soybeans around my farm in east central Indiana look good from the road but a different story when you walk well into the field. Rough year for a lot of folks. I live on the westside of Indianapolis. Fields west of us in eastern Hendricks county are basically a failure. [Reply]  [No Email]
rrlund 08-12-2012 13:52:04 207.241.137.116 Report to Moderator	Re: North Central Illinois Crop Pictures in reply to Tom Bond, 08-12-2012 13:37:10   Looks like what I saw in western Ohio last week. Trees down,several grain bins damaged just north of Paulding,corn about 4 feet tall. Bet they're just wishing it had been accompanied by a lot of large hail that would have just cleaned house on the whole mess. [Reply]  [No Email]
gtractorfan 08-12-2012 14:43:24 71.66.229.3 Report to Moderator	Re: North Central Illinois Crop Pictures in reply to rrlund, 08-12-2012 13:52:04   Did you think about the windmills while in the Paulding area? The windstorm that wrecked some grain bins and barns didn't seem to bother the windmills. A lot of power poles also went down, our electricity was off 5 days and some lost theirs upwards of 2 weeks, and that was back while the temp. was around 100. Speaking as you did in another thread about eating in a deserted restaurant, the local Wendy's does very well Sundays at noon. Ours was packed today and everyone talking so you could hardly hear yourself think. Don't know which is worse. [Reply]  [No Email]
rrlund 08-12-2012 15:54:14 207.241.137.116 Report to Moderator	Re: North Central Illinois Crop Pictures in reply to gtractorfan, 08-12-2012 14:43:24   That thought crossed my mind about those windmills. As fast as that wind must have come through you wouldn't have thought whatever computerized gizmo that controls them would have had time to adjust to it. Didn't see a one of them with any damage though. [Reply]  [No Email]
gtractorfan 08-12-2012 16:37:11 71.66.229.3 Report to Moderator	Re: North Central Illinois Crop Pictures in reply to rrlund, 08-12-2012 15:54:14   About a week ago there was a storm front coming. The national weather service had a severe storm warning for the storm coming from the northwest. Previous to the storm arriving the wind was blowing the opposite direction (had to be opposite higher up) I wanted to see how fast the windmills shut down or turn around when the big push of wind comes from the opposite direction. UNFORTUNATELY it got dark right before the front came so I didn't get to see how the windmills adjusted. We live in sight of a bunch of them. [Reply]  [No Email]
rrlund 08-12-2012 16:40:31 207.241.137.116 Report to Moderator	Re: North Central Illinois Crop Pictures in reply to gtractorfan, 08-12-2012 16:37:11   How many thousands of those things are there? Does anybody know? They go west all the way to the state line. [Reply]  [No Email]
gtractorfan 08-12-2012 18:25:35 71.66.229.3 Report to Moderator	Re: North Central Illinois Crop Pictures in reply to rrlund, 08-12-2012 16:40:31   In this "field" there are something like 260 -- at around $3.5 million each. The intent is (was?) to put up upwards of 600 in this area! Interesting there's an ad lately telling us Ohioans to call Bob Latta and tell him to vote for the windmill tax subsidy or "tens of thousands of good paying jobs will be lost". The windmills stood on their own in a windstorm but maybe they can't otherwise. [Reply]  [No Email]
rrlund 08-12-2012 18:29:00 207.241.137.116 Report to Moderator	Re: North Central Illinois Crop Pictures in reply to gtractorfan, 08-12-2012 18:25:35   How many are there north and west of Van Wert,do you know? [Reply]  [No Email]
gtractorfan 08-13-2012 05:44:08 71.66.229.3 Report to Moderator	Re: North Central Illinois Crop Pictures in reply to rrlund, 08-12-2012 18:29:00   That's the area I was referring to.. around 260. Kind of interesting, on windy days often not all are turning. On calm days obviously none are turning enough to produce. I don't see how they can be depended on when we need electricity ALL the time. [Reply]  [No Email]
rrlund 08-13-2012 12:22:31 207.241.137.116 Report to Moderator	Re: North Central Illinois Crop Pictures in reply to gtractorfan, 08-13-2012 05:44:08   Sure looks like a lot more than that doesn't it? Looks like it must be in the thousands. [Reply]  [No Email]
JMS/.MN 08-13-2012 08:27:24 209.237.107.155 Report to Moderator	Re: North Central Illinois Crop Pictures in reply to gtractorfan, 08-13-2012 05:44:08   Those that are not turning on a windy day are unwinding. There are ground to top cables that carry the electricity. Towers can make 4 turns following the wind, then they stop and unwind the cable. If you watch them you can see them moving. And no, they are not intended to provide all the electricity......unless a storage system is invented. [Reply]  [No Email]
JMS/.MN 08-13-2012 08:27:10 209.237.107.155 Report to Moderator	Re: North Central Illinois Crop Pictures in reply to gtractorfan, 08-13-2012 05:44:08   Those that are not turning on a windy day are unwinding. There are ground to top cables that carry the electricity. Towers can make 4 turns following the wind, then they stop and unwind the cable. If you watch them you can see them moving. And no, they are not intended to provide all the electricity......unless a storage system is invented. [Reply]  [No Email]