Got away from me that we are into the official fall season, but that isn't much of a surprise the way my schedule has been lately...

 

No, it's not fall... it can't be fall. If it's fall, then that means winter is coming... and I have too much to do before winter shows up! It simply cannot be fall yet.

Hmm... awful lotta leaves on the ground for "Indian Summer", though.

 

did anyone take a picture of summer. dont remember it, just rain. may fall last 4 months.

 

Would be nice... summer was more like spring with all the rain... Maybe it got all the wet stuff out of it"s system and have a dry winter??

 

Good morning Iowa. Have a good Friday and October. Must be time to start harvesting.

 

Good morning Iowa, happy Friday and happy October!!

 

In a normal year, we generally get started in early September. Hardly anyone got started up until the last couple weeks this year...

 

Afternoon Roger. Yeah, too damn wet!

 

Got it in later than usual, so it comes out later than usual... The wet spring started us out late, the wet fall kept it late...

 

ive been reading the corn is dry this year. your saying to muddy to pick so is this a farmer excuse lol my excuses are im hot or im cold or used to work on farm decades ago. dont sound like its changed. the only thing i miss is farm field roads and beater trucks

 

Good afternoon Iowa have a good Saturday.

 

The mud isn't as much the problem as the water running out of the ground... we had 36" of rain through the spring and summer months... and we didn't get nearly as much as some. The compaction is a problem with it being wet too. The moisture is just about right now, but had they started picking early in September like usual, the moisture was way high. These cooler nights have helped dry it pretty good lately. The field here was about 16%, still need dried some, but earlier in the month was closer to 20%, and with the price of the fuel to dry the corn, nobody was in a hurry to pick it too early and pay the drying bill.

 

Good morning Iowa have a good Sunday.

 

Good morning Iowa, hope you all had a nice weekend!

 

well looks like the mississippi is going to claim the low grounds. im on high ground but think my sump pump has ran all summer at least 3 times hour.