The Crop Year Is Above Average…
A Good Crop
…but not outstanding, Trent Brandenburg sums it up. The excellent harvest weather enabled smooth field work. The dry days helped field drydown which lowers post-harvest cost for drying. Trent is happy with his yields.
The nice fall weather enabled fall tillage to proceed rapidly. Trent is done with his fall field work. Now he is cleaning up his tillage equipment and storing it for the winter. He will also catch up on any needed maintenance, trying to avoid any planting delays for that next spring. The fall foliage has been beautiful in central Illinois this past month. Illinoisans put up with hot summers and cold winters in order to get beautiful falls and springs.
More from The Field Report
Wind And Sun Dried The Fields Fast
This morning (June 6, 2022) Trent Brandenburg was considering if he should start mowing roadsides. Watching the cloudy skies, he wondered if he would be caught in the rain. Trent finished his planting over a week ago. He has a [...]
Spring Planting is Really Really Slow
Trent Brandenburg has been hunting dry fields to plant. At the end of April 2022, he has planted about 20% of his corn and 20% of his beans. Trent doesn’t believe the early planting will make much difference because the [...]
Growers are Ready for Fieldwork – Soil is Not
It's Pretty Spongy Trent Brandenburg wants to begin his spring fieldwork, but reports the soil is "pretty spongy". He is hauling grain and is hampered by the wet soil in getting his trucks into his bins to load. This past [...]