Michigan - Saginaw County | Last year two fields side by side - only a wire fence between...
Neighbors was planted in very early April during a short break in the cold rain...
Mine was not planted till mid May later due to wet ground...
Then it turned hot and the rain stopped...
Neighbors field pollinated during 95 degree days with bone dry ground - and burned up...
Then we got a short rain the week my field pollinated...
My field made 130 bu...
I would rather be lucky than good any day...
I did not plant this year until May 14 to 20...
So far it is looking like a rerun of last year and I am praying I get enough rain now to get it through to pollination and a little bit then...
But it is dry, even here in the Great Lakes rain machine...
We are better off than the middle part of the corn belt - for now... You guys have my sympathy..
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Planted my corn earlier than normal...
