Farmers Harvesting Corn Cobs? Written on November 4, 2009, by Josh.Baynes.
A new ethanol plant is expected to be built in the northwest Iowa town of Emmetsburg that will turn corn cobs into ethanol. Typically, corn cobs are left on the ground after a combine harvests corn, but now farmers may have reason not to leave them because it could mean cash in their pockets. Farmers recently [...]
Farmer Josh Tests Corn Moisture Written on October 15, 2009, by Josh.Baynes.
My corn is mature, but it is still pretty wet. On Thursday, Oct. 15, we checked the moisture content of the corn by pulling six ears of corn from my field. As you’ll see in the pictures below, the corn has 29.4% moisture. Ideally, you want the corn to be about 15% or less in order [...]
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 [...]
Farmer Josh Practices Harvesting Written on September 24, 2009, by Josh.Baynes.
Well, I can now add combining corn to the list of things I’ve done in my life! The farmer who is mentoring me began harvesting this past week and I was able to go out for a day and learn how to operate the combine so I am ready for when it comes time to [...]
Chopping Corn Written on September 10, 2009, by Josh.Baynes.
Perhaps you have seen corn fields this early September that appear to have been combined. Actually, they have not been combined, they have been chopped. Below are some pictures of corn being chopped for silage. Silage is used to feed livestock. Essentially the machine you see in the pictures below, called a chopper, is mowing [...]
USDA Forecasts Record Iowa Corn Crop Written on August 12, 2009, by Josh.Baynes.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The U.S. Agriculture Department
estimates Iowa will produce 2.47 billion bushels of corn,
surpassing the record of 2.38 billion bushels set in 2007.
The state is also expected to harvest 506 million bushels of
soybeans, which would make it Iowa’s third largest crop.
According to the USDA, Iowa growers are expected to harvest a
record 185 [...]
Farmer Josh Checks Corn Written on July 23, 2009, by Josh.Baynes.
Today, I headed out to the field to check on my corn and here is what I found!
Using my best guess, the corn is around 10 feet high. I am 6 feet tall and it was well over my head.
There was an ear present on the stalk! It reminded me of baby corn that you can buy [...]
Lots of Stalks Written on July 2, 2009, by Josh.Baynes.
I recently shot another video story with an agronomist from Golden Harvest. It will likely air on Wednesday, July 8 during the 6 PM news. We talked about how the corn is doing so far including how long until a tassel will show and that I have approximately 100,000 stalks of corn in my almost [...]
Corn Yield Looks Promising According to Expert Written on June 11, 2009, by Josh.Baynes.
Check out this article recently puplished in the Iowa Farm Bureau Spokesman. It is a weekly subscription of state and local agriculture news. To become a member, go here: http://www.iowafarmbureau.com/.
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New Corn Pictures Written on May 31, 2009, by Josh.Baynes.
These pictures were taken on Friday, May 29. This is 21 days after it was planted.