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Post by jmfarms on Apr 5, 2010 21:49:59 GMT -6
Tell what all is going on at your farm anything from planting to spreading hog sh%t.
we are currently spraying some ground and hoping it dont rain anytime so we can start working ground and planting
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Post by RedFork2.0 on Apr 5, 2010 22:15:37 GMT -6
Here we're getting the planter ready to plant corn in about a week and a half and working on the combine sprayer from time to time. If it's a wet summer like they are predicting I bet we'll surpass 4000 acres on our "new" planter, which is really good.
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Post by buddyboy on Apr 6, 2010 22:11:30 GMT -6
i am from western australia we are currently getting ready to start planting at one of our farms then when we finish we will head straight to the other farm we are hoping to plant 12000 hectares this year. i just finished spreading lime. seeding all up will take probalbly 8-12 weeks
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Post by RedFork2.0 on Apr 6, 2010 22:16:25 GMT -6
i am from western australia we are currently getting ready to start planting at one of our farms then when we finish we will head straight to the other farm we are hoping to plant 12000 hectares this year. i just finished spreading lime. seeding all up will take probalbly 8-12 weeks Are you guys planting wheat at this time of the year? How do you lime your fields as well, like all equal coverage on the ton per acer or variable per acre? |
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Post by tydeere on Apr 6, 2010 22:22:47 GMT -6
i am from western australia we are currently getting ready to start planting at one of our farms then when we finish we will head straight to the other farm we are hoping to plant 12000 hectares this year. i just finished spreading lime. seeding all up will take probalbly 8-12 weeks sounds like u got a big patch of land down there. |
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Post by buddyboy on Apr 6, 2010 23:30:57 GMT -6
yer it is the start of autumm we plant all our crops at one time we grow wheat,conola, oats,,barley they grow over winter and harvest strats in november the end of spring.we spread lime with a spreader i dunno how much lime an acre we use ill ask later i know our spreader is 8 tonne and i use it in about 30 minutes to 45 minutes dad goes 20kmh i go about 15. so yeah what time do you guys plant and what do you plant.
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Post by johndeerejunkie on Apr 7, 2010 18:15:21 GMT -6
Usually wheat is planted in the fall(time varies by area) and all teh rest are planted in spring(March-May).
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Post by buddyboy on Apr 7, 2010 18:19:20 GMT -6
yer time does make it vary we have to farms we own both and one is 100km away from our home one and we are nearly ready to start out there but we are no where near ready at home
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Post by feterlj-------jft_14hotmail.co on Apr 7, 2010 18:50:05 GMT -6
Most guys around here (Salem, South Dakota) have their corn planters sitting in front of the shed, and have their seed purchased and waiting to start planting in late April and May. I saw a guy pulling a disk today and some people have tilled where it is wet to try to dry it up. Saw another guy spreading hog shit on the dry parts of his field. The fields are pretty wet around here though from all the snow melting.
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Post by jmfarms on Apr 7, 2010 20:54:04 GMT -6
well here in illinois and we were waiting to start planting in bout the 3rd week of april and now it has rained 3 inches and we cannt spray or work ground but we still got time its only 2nd week of april
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Post by tydeere on Apr 8, 2010 23:28:40 GMT -6
were gona start planting corn in a week or two.
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Post by RedFork2.0 on Apr 8, 2010 23:40:59 GMT -6
were gona start planting corn in a week or two. Is it going to be dryland corn, irrigated, or sub-irrigated? And also, how may acres. Here we plant rye in September/October, Corn in April through July, and milo, soybeans, peas, cotton, and sesame in the months of May, June, and July. |
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Post by tydeere on Apr 8, 2010 23:46:41 GMT -6
about 500 acres dryland and 150 irrigatedof corn. then plant 400acres of sorghum for silage.
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Post by RedFork2.0 on Apr 9, 2010 21:54:56 GMT -6
about 500 acres dryland and 150 irrigatedof corn. then plant 400acres of sorghum for silage. Ah, we're planting 0 acres of dryland and irrigated for other farmers but how much is yet to be determined  For ourselves this year, we'll just plant the normal peas and we're also going to try some sesame  |
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Post by tydeere on Apr 9, 2010 21:57:11 GMT -6
we would like to have more irrigated land. but its so damn exspensive to put in a pivot
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