From The Fields

Fields see first frost, but weather forecast looks good  Andy Pulk — Wannaska, Minn. Sept. 10 “Still having dreary, damp,  FROM T  Todd Wentzel — Murdock, Minn. Sept. 11 Andy Pulk wet, weather.” The Land spoke with Andy Pulk on Sept. 10 as he reported that while the farm didn’t get a lot of rain in the last two weeks, it was just enough to keep everything damp. That dampness delayed the completion of oat harvest. Pulk will finish that up today. “The quality is good; yield is less than average due to drowned out spots.” He will    FIELDS H E Colby Deters — Sauk Centre, Minn. Sept. 15 Compiled by KRISTIN KVENO – The Land Staff Writer Todd Wentzel “We’re doing fine.” The Land spoke with Todd Wentzel on Sept. 11 as he reported a low of 29 degrees on Sept. 10. “It’s certainly not unheard of, but it’s early.” Wentzel believes that the majority of his soybeans are far enough along to not be that negatively affected by the frost. be having the oat straw customed baled. “We got a pretty good frost yesterday, every bean field I’ve seen up here is wilted. Everything was white in the county yesterday morning.” Unfortunately, because of that early frost, Pulk “We’re on the last day of corn silage today.” The Land spoke with Colby Deters on Sept. 15 as he reported he’s been harvesting corn silage for around 10 days with great results. “We’re putting up a lot of silage this year, the Black bean harvest was complete last week. “It went good. Gave them plenty of time to dry down. The crop is about average.” For Wentzel, it was a learning curve this year, but he hopes that he can plant black beans again next year. believes that could result in a 20 to 30 percent tonnage is good. We’re building up our invenFor the corn, it didn’t get cold enough, long yield reduction in beans. tory.” The weather cooperated most days as enough to kill the crop. Wentzel has found The frost took the corn leaves off. Pulk took a test sample of his corn. “Test weight is poor, but there was only one day that silage couldn’t be harvested due to rain. Colby Deters some of the corn ears that are now black lay ered. better than what I expected. Vast majority of corn Once corn silage is done, Deters will focus on earlage, which He hopes to start bean harvest by Sept. 16. will sit until spring harvest.” Pulk may also chop he hopes to start later this week. He expects that earlage will That’s a little earlier than average. Wentzel some of the corn in October for feed. take two to three days to complete. estimates that it will take two to three weeks While the frost was definitely not welcome, Pulk is happy where he is sitting now in getting field work accomplished. “I feel we’re right on track workload wise.” The forecast looks great to get the earlage done. “I think it’s supposed to be pretty nice. I think it’s supposed to cool off after today.” This fall has provided good conditions for harvest unlike the wet fall that Deters had to contend with last year. to get the beans finished. Next week’s weather looks close to ideal for combining. “As soon as we get the last of the soybeans done, corn should be ready.” “We’re happy with where we’re at.” Deters is pleased that he hasn’t had to deal with a lot of breakdown issues this harvest season. This fall, so far, has been fairly smooth sailing when it comes to harvest and Deters hopes that will continue throughout While things are going to get even busier at the farm with bean harvest about to start, fall is exactly what Wentzel loves about farming. “It’s everyone’s favorite time of year.” the next few months.

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