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From The Fields
A collective sigh of relief as 2020 crops are in the books Andy Pulk Andy Pulk — Wannaska, Minn. Nov. 6 “We’re finishing up corn today.” The Land spoke with Andy Pulk on Nov. 6 as he was just hours of away from wrapping up harvest 2020. “The field conditions are awesome.” Unfortunately, the same can’t be said for the corn yields. “Corn is subpar, a little disappointed in this.” The crop took a FROM FIELDS T H E Compiled by KRISTIN KVENO – The Land Staff Writer Todd Wentzel — Murdock, Minn. Nov. 5 “We did finish corn.” The Land spoke with Todd Wentzel on Nov. 5 as he reported that he wrapped up corn harvest on Oct. 24. That was about a week earlier than normal. “We had some excellent, excellent Todd Wentzel hit this fall. “Early frost really did a number on it.” “All of the crops have been below what I hoped for,” Pulk said. The excessive amount of rain in June hurt the crops overall. Planting and harvest went great; it was the weather in between that was the issue. “I haven’t talk to anyone that was overly excited about crop yields. It’s probably my poorest yielding corn.” Colby Deters — Sauk Centre, Minn. Nov. 10 Grain corn harvest is finished on the Deters farm. The Land spoke with Colby Deters on Nov. 10 as he reported that the last 70 acres went fine, the ground though was a little muddy. “The corn was nice and dry.” Deters got the corn stalks baled and hauled. yield.” Some were 20 to 30 bushels above average. The soybeans were a good crop this year for Wentzel. “They were all above APH (actual production history).” In addition to the soybeans for next year, Wentzel plans to plant black beans again as well. He likes that the crop provided an additional income opportunity this year and that There was definitely frustration for Pulk this year “We were able to get in there and get a whole bunch he could harvest them before soybeans and not when it came to corn. Though he’s thankful that he got the crop harvested this fall instead of next year as he once feared might have to happen. Colby Detersof them (corn stalk bales),” Deters said. “A lot of spreading manure and tillage is all we got left.” The weather looks good for getting in the field and finishing that up. at the same time. Wentzel is still working in the field digging rock and doing dirt work. Then comes the task of Next year with the prices higher, Pulk will be going heavy on planting corn and soybeans. “Corn is historically one of my best money-making crops, it’s one of my lower risk crops. I love growing corn.” On the dairy side, Deters has some winter preparations he’s working on. That includes moving calf hutches closer to the barn and make sure the water works. He also got the lagoon pit pumped, starting on Nov. 4 and finished on Nov. 8. cleaning up and putting equipment away before winter really sets in. This year wasn’t without challenges. A summer storm caused extensive hail damage to Wentzel’s With opportunity to finish corn today, wrapping up work in the field this fall has turned out well for Pulk. “Everything is in beautiful condition going into spring.” With the ground conditions in such good shape, Pulk is taking a little time hunt. “I plan on spending the next week hunting.” After that he’ll be moving grain. Last week he moved about 400 tons of hay off the farm. “Compared to last year, we’re just elated that fall is going so great.” Not a bad way to finish 2020 harvest. Looking ahead to next year, there’s not a whole lot Deters will change. “We’ll probably manage pretty similar to this year.” Deters is considering adding soybeans to his planting rotation. “It all goes to feed.” This fall afforded Deters the opportunity to get everything he wanted and needed to get done in the field accomplished, having the ability to get the cornstalks baled was crucial. With manure spreading and tillage left to get done and a promising forecast there’s reason to celebrate a successful fall. And with good yields too! “There’s always things we want to improve. We’re happy with how the yields went.” corn crop. The corn that wasn’t hit with hail though did exceptionally well and for that Wentzel is grateful. With good yields in soybeans and a successful first year growing black beans, there has been a lot of highlights this harvest. “We had a pretty good year. Not a whole lot I would change.”
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