Farmer Josh Profitability Written on November 25, 2009, by Josh.Baynes.
If you have wondered about the financials of my project, I have created a link with all the information you’ll need. You can find it here: http://images.bimedia.net/documents/Farmer+Josh+Profitability.pdf. It was created by Jim Jensen who works for Iowa State University Extension. Most of the figures you’ll see are estimates based on state averages, not necessarily for the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
The Corn is Up! Written on May 27, 2009, by Josh.Baynes.
The corn is up out of the ground! On Thursday, May 21, I headed out to the field to see how the corn was doing that we planted on May 8.
It doesn’t look like much now, but the farmer that has been helping me says this might be knee-high by the end of June if [...]
Farmer Josh Plants His Corn Written on May 9, 2009, by Josh.Baynes.
On Friday afternoon, May 8, I planted my corn with the help of Brian Lensch! According to the computer in the tractor, we planted 2.99 acres of field corn. It was a little warm and we got it in only a few hours before heavy rain passed through. We did end up using the Auto [...]
Farmer Josh Putting Final Touches on Field Before Planting Written on May 7, 2009, by Josh.Baynes.
The day is drawing very close for me to plant! Recently, a few things were done to the field to get it ready to be planted. This included adding fertilizer and the harrowing the field.
A few weeks ago, Innovative Ag Services out of Central City did what is called a grid sample of the field for [...]
Farmer Josh Watches Anhydrous Ammonia Application Written on April 29, 2009, by Josh.Baynes.
To help corn grow, anhydrous ammonia (NH3) is applied to fields. In most cases, it is “knifed” into the field and not sprayed. Anhydrous ammonia was added to the 2.85 acres I am going to plant corn on very late one Friday evening a few weeks ago and I was not able to take pictures, [...]
Farmer Josh Witnesses Seed Bed Preperation Written on April 17, 2009, by Josh.Baynes.
Before planting, farmers must sure their field is ready. All fields are different. Some need more work than others. Below are some pictures of a field getting prepared for planting with a device that discs, cultivates, harrows and then essentially smooths out what is done a little bit. Below in pictures, it is the blue attachment and it is [...]