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Trent Is Harvesting The Downed Corn First

September 19, 2011 The Field Report
Trent Is Harvesting The Downed Corn First

This picture of wind-blown corn in mid-season illustrates the problem with getting a combine and its corn head through a field of corn downed by wind damage. Trent Brandenburg has several of areas of fields like this from a windstorm this summer. Because it’s slow going, Trent is harvesting these first, while waiting for the […]

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Every Different Color of Tractor

September 2, 2011 The Field Report

Every different color of tractor and every kind of farm implement you can imagine, were on display at the Farm Progress Show this week in Decatur. Seed and chemical suppliers had elaborate displays to explain their latest developments. Trent went. “It’s great that they have it,” he said. Trent sees the show as more to […]

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Corn Tassels, But Not All At Once

July 19, 2011 The Field Report
Corn Tassels, But Not All At Once

Trent Brandenburg is happy to see all the corn tassels but he would prefer that all of his plantings were tasseling at the same time. Due to the “water stunting” of plants which were in wet ground during the the protracted wet weather in May and June, the crop maturity progress is uneven. Trent foresees […]

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Corn and Soybean Planting Completed – Almost

June 14, 2011 The Field Report
Corn and Soybean Planting Completed – Almost

Trent Brandenburg has completed his corn and soybean planting, except for about 5% of the acreage he farms, which is either ponded or too wet for good crop growth. Unfortunately, a big part of that 5% might be found in half a 40-acre field that doesn’t drain very well. In order to get maximum returns […]

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