Crop Progress: Winter Wheat at 49% Good-Excellent Condition

Nov 29, 2023

For the week ending Nov. 26, 2023, there were 5.1 days suitable for fieldwork, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 21% very short, 26% short, 50% adequate and 3% surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies rated 26% very short, 37% short, 34% adequate and 3% surplus.

Field Crops Report:

Winter wheat condition rated 3% very poor, 11% poor, 37% fair, 40% good and 9% excellent.

Pasture and Range Report:

Pasture and range conditions rated 12% very poor, 16% poor, 34% fair, 28% good and 10% excellent.

This is the last weekly Crop Progress and Condition report for the 2023 growing season. We would like to extend our appreciation to the dedicated county FSA and extension staff who supplied the necessary information for these reports. For December through March, we will issue monthly reports. The first monthly report (for week ending Dec. 31) will be issued Jan. 2, 2024. Weekly reports will begin April 1 for the 2024 season.

Source : unl.edu

Video: Learning to Wrench From Dad the Hard Way

Harvest is a week out and the farm picked this week to fall apart. The truck needs a battery, the barn curtain's got a problem, and the corn and beans are telling us we're out of time to get it all fixed.

So it's a full day of wrenching. Tork supervises while I get the truck back running, then we're out at the hog barn where one rusted up part has the whole curtain system hung up. Ladder work, cable work, and a little dad-and-son disagreement about the right way to do it. We close it out walking the fields, shelling beans and checking corn, because whether everything's fixed or not, harvest starts when harvest starts.

Chapters: 00:00 Everything breaks the week before harvest 01:00 Tork supervises while I fix the truck 12:30 Out to the barn to find the curtain problem 14:30 One rusty part hung up the whole curtain 20:00 Running the curtain cable from the ladder 24:00 Walking the beans and corn before harvest 26:30 Wrapping up

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