Franklin

Kingston

Genoa

Weekly - .85
Cumulative - 30.30

Franklin - Paul Taylor - The week ending Sept 4th brought a variety of activities on and off the farm. Weather wise, typical late summer temperatures and 85/100th of rainfall for the week kept humidity in the air and fall just around the corner.
Barb and I went to Boone, IA Monday for set-up and the first day at the Farm Progress Show on Tuesday. We have been a part of the Fellowship of Christian Farmers ministry at the show before and it is a great opportunity to share. While traveling, we saw great variability in maturity and health/condition of the corn and bean crops. Some wet holes still held water from the floods of early August that closed I-35 near Ames.
Kane County Corn Growers had a plot event on Thursday evening. Nice group of folks and lots of great looking corn there that was healthy colored yet. That plot will likely yield very well.
A group of agronomist and farmers from Parana, Brazil on a tour sponsored by Syngenta stopped by the farm Friday morning for a couple hours. We had some nice conversations about subsidies, crops and markets. They were very interested in the role of non-GMO in cropping decisions here. One thought they had about the same margin from three crops a year as we get from one. I didn’t get to check the math.
Paul W Taylor

Kingston - Russ Deverell - Happy Labor Day! A mild weekend, finally! Add .7 inches to the total for the past week. Not much going on out in the fields right now. Some haying and ditch/waterway mowing in preparation for harvest. Looks like an early one at that! Another Sandwich Fair starts this week, Wednesday till Sunday. Last chance to see some great displays of nature's bounty! Always loved the circular barn with all the crops and seed displays. Have a great week!...
Russ

Genoa - Ron Peabody - Genoa Report: Week of August 29, 2010 Rain events for the week were: Monday, 0.02”; Wednesday, 0.1”; Friday, 0.74” for a weekly total of 0.86 inches. Wow, is this crop coming on fast?
Ron Peabody

South Grove

Mayfield

Sycamore

Weekly - .6
Cumulative - 25.20

South Grove- Henry Burgweger - The week was dry (a trace on Monday) until Thursday. There were thunder storms all around us on Thursday that missed us until evening. We then got .06 in.. Beans are turning fast, Ears are starting to drop, and a neighbor opened up a field of corn. Harvest is right around the corner. Maybe by this time next week, some beans will have been taken out? Have a great Day,
Henry

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Sycamore - Ed/ Eric Gabriel - Rainfall in Sycamore Township August 29- September 4 was 1.5"
It looks like we will be starting corn harvest in a couple weeks I have checked several fields, the hand-shelled corn tested around 23 percent. In the last week one field dropped from 26.5 down to 23 percent. The beans are 3-4 weeks off yet, the later beans are just starting to turn.

Eric Gabriel

Malta

DeKalb

Cortland

Weekly - .7
Cumulative - 25.50

Malta - Jim Quincer - For the week, I had 7/10s for the week.

DeKalb - NIU Weather Station - Rainfall - 9/1 - .09: 9/2 - .58: 9/3 - .01 Total .68 inches.

Cortland - Dave Yaeger - Rainfall for the week was 1.38 inches. With the corn drying out the rain isn't helping the yield much. However, it will still be helping the soybeans fill. The fall fruits and vegetables are filling the stores. All kinds of squash, many kinds of apples are now showing up and the pumpkins are turning color fast.

Milan

Afton

Pierce

Weekly - 0
Cumulative - 21.04

Milan - University of Illinois Research Farm - Lyle Paul -

Afton - Eric Lawler / Steve Glascock (Babson Farms) - 1.1" rain for the week. Crops progressing rapidly. Market seems to be reacting to lower than expected yield reports.
Steve Glascock

Pierce - Jamie Walter - For the week ending 9/4 we received 1.4" of rain. Apologies for missing my report last week (no measurable precip). Speed of crop maturity is impressive. Hand shelled a 102 day corn yesterday planted 4/15. Sample came in @ 24% on certified tester. Even adding a couple of points for typical hand sampling error makes for some pretty dry corn on Sept. 4! We hope to nose into the field Tues./Wed. Still have a few things to get ready though. Soybeans are turning and starting to drop a few leaves. Talked to a buddy down around Beardstown. Corn there is low to mid 20's and generally disappointing. 160-180 seems to be a common range around his area -- 30-40 bushels under last year. Too much rain and fast finish being blamed. Be safe and have a great harvest!

Shabbona

Clinton

Squaw Grove

Weekly -
Cumulative - 23.89

Shabbona -Mullins Farm - Rainfall - inches

Clinton - Wesley Anderson - Weekly Rainfall - .92 inches

Squaw Grove - Leroy Cowan - .85 inches this past week. Corn and beans are really moving along. Heard of one guy going now, but most are waiting. Beans are drying some. Be a while yet. Thats all for this week.
Lee.

Paw Paw

Victor

Somonauk

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Victor - Roy & Lester Plote - Rain L- 1.5" R-1.4" We had some nice showers come thru this week. Really should help the beans, corn not as much. Lots of activity around the neighborhood getting ready for the earlier than normal harvest. Finished filling the corn bunker Sunday night with a few drips hitting the window around 10:30 pm. We combined for four days in four different fields to get wet corn for the bunker. Moistures ranged from 28-40% on the combine monitor. The samples ranged from 31-37%. Monitor yields ranged from 50-210. The only field we finished averaged below 150 dry. Yes there was a giant ragweed problem, but there wasn't any drown out in that field. It was also corn on corn, liquid nitrogen and the last field planted to 105 day corn.

There are a few bean fields around that at least part are ready for a sample to be taken. Some commercial corn was harvested south of Leland with moistures in the low 20s. While Janet accepted art entries at the Sandwich Fair, the boys, Lester and I finally worked on the cattle handling improvement installation. During the relocation of the working chute Avery had a rat run over his foot, and THAT got the boys into action. Ethan hit a different one with a gravel shovel and was surprised it didn't even slow it down. Later Lester's chocolate lab almost had one, but had to play with it a little, and it got away. Anyone with a good rat terrier they want to have put to work? Three hours later, and the project is very near completion. Hope to test the effeciency improvement later this week. See you at the Fair!
Les and Roy Plote

Somonauk - Chris Frieders - Crop Report for the week of Aug. 29th through Sept. 4th. Another week and another week closer to harvest. Not much to say this week, for the week we had 1.3 inches of rain. The soybeans have really started to turn this past week as well. Another several weeks before they are ready though but atleast its a start. Corn continues to dry down, it will probably be another week to 10 days or so before we try it though. Hope everyone has a good week and don't forget about the Sandwich Fair coming up this week
Chris Frieders

Sandwich

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