It's official -- we're done planting! We finished yesterday just before the rains hit. As we pulled out of the field, the rain began falling in earnest. In fact, we got caught in a hailstorm on the drive home. It was a new record for us: 3,000 acres of corn in just over 9 days. We are all exhausted! Thanks to multiple shifts, reliable equipment, a great weather window and dedicated employees the 2011 corn crop was planted in record time.
Time for a nap. Then I gotta go spray . . .
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Well done! 3,000 acres in 9 days is truly impressive. What type of planter do you guys run?
ReplyDeleteWhen you say "time to go spray", I assume you mean a soil-applied herbicide of some sort?
Thanks for your questions! We run a JD 1770 24 row CCS planter. Thankfully it ran virtually trouble free this spring. Spraying wise -- you are correct. I am now spraying a pre tank mix of Balance Flexx + Atrazine in a planned 2 pass sequential herbicide program. Have a great spring!
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