2014 harvest looks bigger yet.
I was thinking I looked a little dry in the field but just got .5 inches Friday and 1.5 last night for a total of 2 inch rainfall. The corn is pollinated and cool temperatures helped that. The soybeans are setting pods and no insect pressure. Both crops have lots of potential. Can we finish with as good of weather and what then?
Record harvest needs lots of storage space. Will everyone have storage and will harvest be slowed down by trucking further to find it?
Lots of bushels to dry to safe storage moisture. We are behind normal in maturity and harvest of a wet crop with high yield might start late and take longer than normal. Will we see standing corn in December?
Crop prices are much lower than recent years, how will that impact fall fertilizer applications? With lower income expected in 2015 how much do you spend on crop inputs? This big crop just took a lot out of the soil but with income questions some may reduce applications if the soil has been built up over the years.
Others may just run out of time because of a late harvest. How will this effect fertilizer prices?
On my farm I have taken new soil tests and will apply lime to correct ph and fertilizer to continue to build up soils, but with grid testing and GPS application I can reduce rates where soils are higher than needed.
I am buying the lime now and will soon price the fertilizer.
Serving together, Dean
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