Corn Question????

[nwut05]

Yes you can feed it. Just a little late in the season to plant though. Most of the corn around here is starting to tassel.

Thank You again, it says 112 day corn. I am looking more for the fodder/maze end but just wanted to know that I had options for the actual corn ears left over after they dry on the stalk and don't get eat by wildlife etc.

 

[the old grind]

Hey, the mods cn move the thread to another forum but the IMO title was well chosen & I was able to catch it and can learn something.

Anyway, IMO an earlier planting has a better chance to have the soil moisture to get a good start and grow roots that will be deeper when drier weather happens later in the growing season. Seems any crop would be vulnerable to drought conditions and results are often a matter of having a 'good year' no matter what.

btw, don't think hay farmers aren't 'real' farmers and don't know that.

 

[nwut05]

Hey, the mods cn move the thread to another forum but the IMO title was well chosen & I was able to catch it and can learn something.

Anyway, IMO an earlier planting has a better chance to have the soil moisture to get a good start and grow roots that will be deeper when drier weather happens later in the growing season. Seems any crop would be vulnerable to drought conditions and results are often a matter of having a 'good year' no matter what.

btw, don't think hay farmers aren't 'real' farmers and don't know that.

Thank You and agree with moisture, however I can irrigate my 2 acres fairly easily if it sets in dry. Also, I think any farmer is as real as the next farmer just scaled differently and takes a different gamble. And I agree with learning something new always.

 

[the old grind]

I planted 175 white pines here ~ 15 yrs ago expecting to lose up to every other one on my dry sand dune but was able to irrigate with a 2" pump and 1 1/2" fire hose. Now I have three stands of whites that are closer together than they ever needed to be.

 

[mx1alex]

I work in ag all over the the country. There's all types of "professional farmers". To say that guys who cut hay aren't real farmers is a slap in the face. The hay goes to feed live stock just like over half the millions of acres of corn that gets planted does. Tell the farmers in AZ who cut thousands of acres of alfalfa 10-12 times a year for hay that they aren't farmers and see what kind of response you get.

To the OP. Here in MO here's a few guys who do big (like 40 acres big) corn mazes every year and they purposely plant late so that the corn is still green come fall for the kids to run through it.

 

[MossRoad]

Why do we not split this site into two part as "Real tractors and agricultre" and "Toy tractors club".

Farmers like the OP and me and some others striving to make a contribution to the World get lost in daily gossip of retiree elders.

Maybe this site is not the best fit for your needs and you would be better served somewhere else.

 

[Gee Ray]

Maybe this site is not the best fit for your needs and you would be better served somewhere else.

Why would you say such a thing?

There is so much on this site that has nothing to do with tractors. Then when some one suggest that there ought to be an additional forum about farming you tell them to go away.

Chick on "Today's Posts". How many of them have nothing to do with tractors in anyway and there is nothing about them to go somewhere else.

There are not very many people that come here and post info about farming. Much of what is posted is to stroke your own egos. Oh, I just spent 30 or 50 thousands of dollars on a new tractor to clear my 500 foot of driveway in Texas because it snows here every 100 years. Should I buy a red box blade or a green one?

Maybe he did not phrase the statement very diplomatically but he makes a legitimate observation. A thread on how to spread gravel might be important to some newbie with his 1025 or his BX, just as a thread about the grain market might be important to others who farm for a living.

If you take the time to learn outside of your own comfort zone there is a lot that could be learned from others.

 

[Gee Ray]

And tell the person who would spent nearly $200,000 for a hay baler that he is not a farmer.

https://www.tractorhouse.com/listings/farm-equipment/for-sale/204744505/2020-new-holland-big-baler-340-plus-s

 

[MoKelly]

Why would you say such a thing?

There is so much on this site that has nothing to do with tractors. Then when some one suggest that there ought to be an additional forum about farming you tell them to go away.

Chick on "Today's Posts". How many of them have nothing to do with tractors in anyway and there is nothing about them to go somewhere else.

There are not very many people that come here and post info about farming. Much of what is posted is to stroke your own egos. Oh, I just spent 30 or 50 thousands of dollars on a new tractor to clear my 500 foot of driveway in Texas because it snows here every 100 years. Should I buy a red box blade or a green one?

Maybe he did not phrase the statement very diplomatically but he makes a legitimate observation. A thread on how to spread gravel might be important to some newbie with his 1025 or his BX, just as a thread about the grain market might be important to others who farm for a living.

If you take the time to learn outside of your own comfort zone there is a lot that could be learned from others.

Have you actually read what he posts? Has he posted one thread on farming? One?

Or, has he posted comments about Capitalism being evil and toy green tractor farmers and ignorant retirees?

To use a farming term - you reap what you sow.

MoKelly

 

[K5lwq]

He is a kid pretending to be a farmer. He does not have a clue. Instead of trying to learn from those that know, he would rather make himself out to be something he is not. Just the facts.