[AT] Test: trying to solve my problem

[Mike M]

I'm just south of you Greg and we had the same situation. There were
farmers around here that didn't even bother harvesting their corn, the
yield was so low, they just disced it in, or cut it green for silage.
Mike M

On 12/30/2019 12:39 AM, Greg Hass wrote:
> Although I have not solved my problem, I did get Ralph's reply and his
> weather report. Our weather here in Michigan's thumb is different.  We
> have had the year from He$$.  Spring was late and cold and wet. We
> started planting when we should have been done planting.  Then it quit
> raining and we had only about an inch for the whole summer and that
> came in about 5 small rains of only a tenth or two. Then we went from
> summer straight to winter with over a foot of snow the first part of
> November just as corn harvest started along with temperatures of as
> low  as 7 degrees F.  We broke all kinds of records the first half of
> November. Harvesting losses on corn were quite high as I had to keep
> the header above the snow.  One time I guess I wasn't high as the
> sieves in the combine plugged with snow and I lost about 75 bushels
> before I caught it. Also with all the snow and mud, and there were
> many like me, each bin load in the combine had to be taken to the road
> and unloaded there, further slowing things down. The seasons have
> reversed because as I write this after 11 P.M. it is 40 degrees out
> and raining with around 2 inches expected. The weatherman on the TV
> station for our area said in the next 2 days mother nature is going to
> throw us everything but the kitchen sink; rain, snow, sleet,cold and
> high winds. Our normal temps for this date are 30 daytime and 15 night
> time.
>                    Greg Hass
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