[AT] Corn report

[Mike]

Here in Michigan, we've had one of the wettest summers on record, the 
corn and soybeans look awesome. No twisted corn this year.

Mike M
On 8/23/2014 9:06 AM, charlie hill wrote:
> We've had plenty of rain John except for a dry spell early on that probably
> hurt corn yields a good bit.
> Beans were mostly late planted here and are still green and growing.
> I saw some cotton bowls breaking open this morning that I didn't notice
> yesterday in the same
> field near my house.
> Someone told me that corn was being picked 2 weeks ago near here but what I
> saw Thursday was
> the first I had actually seen this season.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jtchall at nc.rr.com
> Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2014 6:26 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Corn report
>
> Sounds about right, we'll probably start in 3-4 weeks. Most stuff you guys
> are 2-4 weeks ahead of us. So far August has been a lot cooler than normal,
> I think that is holding back the corn from turning. I'm planning on getting
> the combine in the shop for a once over by the end of next week. I haven't
> seen any beans starting to yellow yet but there are some gorgeous early
> beans around. About 3 ft. tall and a very dark green, shouldn't take but a
> little more rain to finish that crop. Double crop beans are all over the
> place, I've seen them 2ft high as well as bare fields behind quite a few
> farmers. We got hit with no rain for over a month during June/July. That is
> definitely going to hurt the corn yields.
>
> John Hall
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: charlie hill
> Sent: Friday, August 22, 2014 6:36 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: [AT] Corn report
>
>
> I saw two different farmers picking corn yesterday
> here in coastal NC.
>
> Charlie
>
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