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| We always start on corn first, usually in early to mid-September. Soybeans seldom ripen before late September here. Once the beans are ripe we harvest them any day the weather allows. You can always harvest corn on a damp dreary day but not beans. So, as weather changes we will switch back and forth between corn and beans a few times. This year the beans were slower to ripen, I suppose due to a wet and cool August. But that weather in August resulted in our best soybean yield ever, no complaints there.
We do raise a few acres of seed production beans. These do require a full combine clean out, but that has to occur whether the previous crop was corn or other soybeans. We just try to make sure we have a big enough window of good weather before we start on them.
Our forecast is clouds today and rain tonight, tomorrow and Sunday. The goal for the day is to finish a field away from home and move the combine home before the rain, but not sure if the beans will cut at all given the forecast.
As to how many more harvests, my goal is 9 more. That would take me to 50 crops and a good age for retirement. Plus I have a son helping me now and I don't want to stay in his way forever. | |
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