
We are so thankful to be done with Harvest for the year!
Shelled Corn Harvest was wrapped up late Wednesday and it feels pretty good to have all the crops in this year! It was a challenge to say the least and would have been almost impossible had we not been blessed with the weather in November.
Above is a picture of my dad combining the corn and unloading it into the Grain Cart that Jerry is driving.

Jerry drives the Grain Cart over and unloads into the semi-trailer for Dennis. A full trailer will hold around 1000 bushels of corn. The average bushels per acre for this year was around 170. Some of the lowest yeilding feilds were the last to be planted this spring because of the rainy cold weather.

The trailer heads back to the farm, drives across the scale, and then unloads the corn so it can be dried.


Uncle Tom will take a sample from each load and test it for the moisture level. The corn needs to be at a minimum of 15% moisture. Which was one of the biggest challenges this year. The average moisture level of the corn we harvested was 30%. So that meant a lot of work for the Corn Dryers, and a big bill from the Propane Company:)

The corn will be stored in the big silver Grain Bins and some will be used to balance out the diet of the cattle- starting with the little calves, all the way through to the milking cows.
We will sell most of this corn through contracts to the local grain elevator.
And of course, about 30 bushels will be set aside for the Corn Box!


