Harvest
This year, more and more farmers are learning first-hand the importance of combine safety in droughty years as machine fires combust across the U.S.
It’s full steam ahead for many farmers to finish 2020 harvest before Thanksgiving. While droughty conditions have enabled a faster harvest, they’ve also created wide swings in yield based on maturity and geography.
A key piece of Ohio State University’s extension is helping farmers’ improve productivity. That includes large-scale research with efields, digging into everything from high-speed planting to questions about compaction.
In the hustle and bustle of harvest, it might be crazy to think about stopping in between fields to clean your combine. If you don’t, you might set yourself up for bigger challenges next year, and in years to come.
The first two of 16 U.S. Crop Watch fields were harvested last week, though for the most part, the producers report that harvest activity has been on the lighter side and will likely ramp up in the coming days.
Because corn went down green, and before black layer, there is an incredible amount of biomass in fields that needs managed. Start strategizing what you can do now.
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A wet weather pattern isn’t helping harvest progress, and the forecast may be more of the same heading into spring. Meteorologists talk about their forecast for the winter and spring months.
The 2019 harvest story is far from over. Normally, harvest would be close to wrapping up, instead, snow covered corn fields are a common sight in some states. So, just how will USDA count those bushels in January?
At this point, is it worth the risk of tearing up fields to gather the grain only to spend money to dry the crops? Should you instead take the gamble of in-field loss and just leave the crops until next spring.