Harvest rolls on...

What a great harvest!  Mother Nature has provided us all but two days of great weather this fall. We are down to our last 700 acres of corn and yields have been better than expected. We have not cut an acre of soybeans yet, but plan to this week as we have quite a few acres ready. While we have been busy harvesting, lime and fertilizer has been applied to our corn stalks. Soon thereafter the chisel plow turns the soil over and returns the dirt to it's winter black color. We ran the continuous flow corn dryer for the first two and half weeks of harvest and as we experienced more 90 degree days the corn moisture dropped rapidly. Now corn is dry enough to be put directly in the bin and not need artificial drying. Today was only our second rain day since we began back on Labor Day. We spent the day moving equipment and performing routine maintenance so the machines are ready when it dries out.

Beautiful yellow corn being loaded into a semi.

The grain cart dumping on the semi which is sitting over the auger as we top off the bin on the University of Illinois farm.