Farmer Josh Harvesting Soon? Written on October 15, 2009, by Josh.Baynes.

There is a chance that we will be harvesting my 3 acres of corn tomorrow (Friday, Oct. 16)!  I’m told that we can harvest if the corn field is a little wet, but not too much.  No heavy rain is expected the rest of the day, so the ground will likely be okay.  The real question is the moisture content of the corn itself.  My mentor will be heading to the field today to check on the moisture content by hand shucking the corn and then testing it’s moisture.  He said if it is 30% or less, we can go ahead and pick it.  If it is up around 35%, then will need to continue to sit.

At whatever point we pick the corn, it will likely need to taken to a storage bin to be dried.  To take it to market, I’m told the corn needs to be dried down to at least 15%.  Once it is dry, we will then take it to market.

Stay tuned - I will keep you posted!