AgWeb Crop Comments

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• 11/27 - Trempealeau, Wis.: I am wondering why no comments lately? Maybe we should turn our focus away from harvest and look at 2013. As we in this part of the country and west of here and southwest have been experiencing some major moisture deficiencies. My concern is we all say it will rain. Will it, enough to replenish for proper spring tillage and germination. Last spring we had moisture to plant and submoisture to carry us through the summer drought. Now we are at the mercy of the weather, if we do not get significant snow and spring rain to replenish the sub-moisture we will be in dire straits come mid summer. Just by looking at some fall tillage and the dryness of the soil, I wonder if it was a good idea. Any input on fall tillage soil retention vs. spring.

• 11/27 - East central Iowa: Harvest is done. Some fall field work is being done, but that may slow down or come to an end around here as temps dropped to 11-15F overnight. A lot of fertilizer has been applied as well as a fair amount of NH3 in the county. It is supposed to warm up into the 40's-50's for daytime highs, but overnight temps are supposed to be in the low 20's. Now it's bookwork time to get ready for the taxman.

• 11/27 - Hancock County, Ill.: Wheat was planted late and we’ve had limited fall growth. The soil is very dry, even after 2" of rain. (Read more wheat-related comments at AgWeb's www.VirtualWheatTour.com)

• 11/27 - Lincoln County, S.D.: It was not all as bad as the photo, it only took nine hours to fill a semi. Only needed a combine and a truck no grain cart and the truck driver was on an on-call basis. The combine did not wait for the truck to return from the elevator.
  

  -- Lincoln County, S.D. (Have any photos of the crops on your farm? E-mail (CropComments@agweb.com) them to AgWeb and have them posted on Crop Comments! Be sure to include a caption.)

See the rest of November's Crop Comments.