Harvest is fast approaching. And there is one last push to make, or make that several.
One push to prepare for the Harvest Celebration Oct 18th at the host farm by our gracious hosts Gary and Jean Dau
Another to have all the committee's line up a fantastic event that will be educational and entertaining
Another by all the farmers making sure that they are prepared for the large harvest while also preparing for next years crop planning
Yet another by the Crop it's self. The corn really has a challenge to dry down to harvestable moisture levels and the Soybeans need to dodge the increased disease pressure that has arrived thanks to the cool wet weather.
I have over 800 tons of lime delivered for application to the fields this fall prior to tillage. Dry fertilizer is booked to replace the phosphorus and potassium that this years large crop is to remove, plus an additional amount to build up areas that were below optimum levels. Both of these will be variable rate spread using GPS grids.
Seeds are being booked to get the best pricing available, and other inputs ate getting close attention.
Farmers need to make some projection about income and expenses for the 2015 crop year and many are getting very worried that profits will be hard to achieve at current corn prices and current expenses of land costs and inputs.
I just read an article that farming has the highest suicide rates of any profession. Let us all remember that God can give us the strength if we can only look to him for guidence. And also sometimes that guidence is in the form of helping hands or one of us. Continue to pray for each other and get involved.
Look forward to seeing everyone Oct 18th
Serving Together, Dean
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