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Post by Woody Williams on Sept 19, 2010 18:39:51 GMT -5
We saw this at a farmer's silo in Gibson county as we were hanging stands. Biggest pile of corn that we had ever seen. The white thing behind it is another big pile of corn covered up with a huge tarp.  |
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Sept 19, 2010 18:43:08 GMT -5
Wow! Talk about a bait pile  I have never seen that before. |
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Post by speckle on Sept 19, 2010 18:47:09 GMT -5
Yep guys do that up here also. They waste alot doing that
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Post by deerman1 on Sept 19, 2010 19:36:46 GMT -5
Actually those piles are on giant concreat pads with a one or two foot bunker barier around them it waistes very very little as they use payloaders and a large sucton auger to retreive it at a later date we do it here on the farm not even a quarter the size of that one and the local co op has 5 such pile bunkers that they use to stor it til it shipd laye in the season.
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Post by jecole360 on Sept 19, 2010 19:48:22 GMT -5
Actually those piles are on giant concreat pads with a one or two foot bunker barier around them The big pile with the excavator on top is not inside a concrete barrier. We do that around here as well though. If you ever go to the Badlands in Attica they have a huge storage pile right at the entrance to the park. |
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Post by drs on Sept 20, 2010 5:56:28 GMT -5
HUGE corn crop down here also. Noticed many fields have already been picked. Soybeans look great too.
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Post by trapperdave on Sept 20, 2010 7:20:40 GMT -5
its a big pile, but I dont know about a bumper crop. from what Ive heard yields are down as much as 30 % on the acre due to the dry weather in july/august. It is nice seeing it all come out of the fields early though  |
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Post by crappiepro on Sept 20, 2010 7:49:21 GMT -5
A farmer that owns property I hunt said they were hauling corn to an old rock quarry and dumping it there, the reason was because the local co-op was full and most all the corn being dropped there was going to be headed to the new ethanol plant. I dont think the ethanol took off like thought it would. I have also seen the pile at the co-op extention in attic, man thats alot of corn, maybe good dove hunting there! lol
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Post by maddog on Sept 20, 2010 8:22:21 GMT -5
Well, preliminary reports on corn are kinda all over the place 130 -230 bu./acre. It's dry, because we are about 4 wks. ahead on heat units[the corn thinks its mid/late Oct.]. But we had a lot of water damage in our area, so I don't think we are going to have a bumper crop. Beans, I have heard are 50-65+ bu./acre.
maddog
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Post by saltydog on Sept 20, 2010 8:39:01 GMT -5
Remember all residule is too be removed two week before season !!!!!! LOL
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Post by speckle on Sept 20, 2010 8:41:38 GMT -5
Yep not a good crop here in central indiana this yr. At least where Im at.
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Post by tenring on Sept 20, 2010 14:05:18 GMT -5
Got some reports yesterday that some relatives were getting 135/140 bushels per acre where they were normally getting way over 200. No rain at the "right" time.
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Post by deerman1 on Sept 20, 2010 15:41:30 GMT -5
its a big pile, but I dont know about a bumper crop. from what Ive heard yields are down as much as 30 % on the acre due to the dry weather in july/august. It is nice seeing it all come out of the fields early though The yeilds are down only for the farmers that sat and waited and got the crops in the ground late . I can not speek for far away areas but here and the counties around here the crops were in the ground two weeks to a month earlier than any yerar past and the yeilds are some of the highest in our lifetimes and so are the prices as well . SOO Chachinggggggg! ;D |
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Post by DEERTRACKS on Sept 22, 2010 6:25:52 GMT -5
The Oaks are dropping a pretty good crop of big fat juicy acorns in my neck of the woods.
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Post by cambygsp on Sept 23, 2010 6:05:52 GMT -5
The Oaks are dropping a pretty good crop of big fat juicy acorns in my neck of the woods. YES! I have never seen acorns as big as I am seeing them this year. Kinda wierd how it all works out......the farmers are taking the standing crops early so mother nature is providing extra large acorns.....lol |
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Post by hountzmj on Sept 23, 2010 9:24:58 GMT -5
Couple places around here that pile it like that.
One place has a HUGE concrete slab poured. Maybe 100x150. They sit those interlocking concrete barriers around the edge and start dumping it in the middle. Once it's full they tarp it off.
From what I've seen they don't really lose that much.
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