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Post by Woody Williams on Oct 21, 2007 7:51:44 GMT -5
I've NEVER seen so much of it. Fields are green. They look like early spring fields. This is every cornfield that I have seen. Beans too.
Woodmaster and myself saw some volunteeer corn in Illinois that were at least knee high and very thick.
Is this spillage/missed picking normal? How much do these farmers leave in the field?
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Post by hornharvester on Oct 21, 2007 8:52:55 GMT -5
I'm seeing them here too. A picked bean field across the road from one of my stands is green from beans growing. I thought the deer would be on it so I hunted that stand Friday evening but nothing crossed the fence.
We had a lot of volunteer beans either last year or the year before. We need a good freeze to get the season half way back to normal. Ive got some foxtail weeds that are taller than I am in my food plot that I planted in August. Turnips grew to waist high. I'll be glad to say goodbye to El-Nino......h.h.
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Post by raporter on Oct 21, 2007 9:19:28 GMT -5
Same thing around here. At first I thought it was winter wheat it is so thick and green.
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Post by daworz on Oct 21, 2007 10:23:29 GMT -5
Ya i thought maybe they came out with a new seed, to get another harvest? Some bean fields look as if they were planted again
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Post by buckeater on Oct 21, 2007 11:22:27 GMT -5
yes it normal. it is so dry that it is shattering and falling out of the corn head when being shelled. we have the same thing in our fields that we shelled back in september, but we are almost done now about 500 acres left to do
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Post by whiteoak on Oct 21, 2007 12:16:25 GMT -5
They will probably be cutting and baling some of it. Have you seen the price of hay lately.
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Post by daworz on Oct 21, 2007 15:34:43 GMT -5
What there is? My uncle said he starting feed hay already just because the pasture did'nt grow.(Lack Of Rain)
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Post by danf on Oct 21, 2007 16:18:17 GMT -5
We had a discussion on hay a couple weeks back in the campfire....
Needless to say, fill the freezer with venison, 'cause I'm afraid store-bought meat will get to be un-affordable within the next 6-8 months or so...
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Post by freedomhunter on Oct 21, 2007 16:20:46 GMT -5
That explains it. I though the farmers had lost their minds. The plowed bean fields look re-planted. The deer love it.
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Post by danf on Oct 21, 2007 16:27:33 GMT -5
I think another reason why you are seeing more of the volunteer corn & beans is many of the farmers are starting harvest earlier when they can (not just this year), which gives the grain time to germinate. I don't remember seeing much of the volunteer growth last year since it was so wet many of the fields weren't out until it was too cold for the grain to germinate.
I've got a feeling that many of the volunteer growth fields will probably be baled for hay, too.
As a side note, a farmer we were doing some work for just finished up harvest (corn and beans both) last week on the 16th. He farms several thousand acres, so he's not a small-time farmer. If all the others keep it up, crops will be 95% out in our area by the end of the month! Unbelievable!!
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Post by mbogo on Oct 21, 2007 16:28:45 GMT -5
It is pretty common for a lot of corn or beans to be missed and the deer waste no time taking advantage of that. This year since it has been so warm most of it has sprouted and will be of no use to the deer after a freeze or two. I'm a bit concerned that the lack of acorns coupled with all of the crops that have sprouted will leave the deer in a bad situation if we have a rough winter.
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Post by Woody Williams on Oct 21, 2007 16:51:29 GMT -5
It is pretty common for a lot of corn or beans to be missed and the deer waste no time taking advantage of that. This year since it has been so warm most of it has sprouted and will be of no use to the deer after a freeze or two. I'm a bit concerned that the lack of acorns coupled with all of the crops that have sprouted will leave the deer in a bad situation if we have a rough winter. I thought the same thing. They picked early and that gave them more time to disc it under.. |
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Post by bill on Oct 21, 2007 18:50:21 GMT -5
I was showing my wife the corn and bean fields today. Looks like the bean pods were so dry that when they were cut many of the beans got knocked to the ground. Same with the corn.
Bill
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