Blizzard

It is snowing a friggen blizzard at my house right now. This is ridiculous. I have been trying to get wheat planted since Oct. 20th. Every time I get the ground ready for seed, the next day, it rains. Now it is fricken snowing. Someone is trying to tell me that My wheat planting is over. I am usually racing thanksgiving picking beans. If i had had beans this time, I would have had 475 acres that very little would have been picked due to the delay in wheat planting. I will be lucky at this rate to get the last 130 acres planted which can be done in one day. Just can't get that 1 day to save my life. I thought I was going to have the whole month of November to get cranked up fishing. Its shaping up to be as long as a normal year. Longest year of farming I have ever had. Hurry up and wait. Be glad when this one is over.CF

I feel your pain Ed, 39 degrees, north wind 25 mph makes for wind chill of 28 degrees in Ocean View right now. I've got a job starting Monday, six days a week, six floors of scaffolds to climb every day, one block from the Atlantic Ocean. Makes me think back to when I was 18 at breakfast one morning and Momma told me "stay in school", Dad doesn't even put the paper down and from behind it says To $#@% with school marry money".

This is one crazy cold front, it's suppose to get down to 28 tonight in Virginia Beach.

CF at least you had a good crop this year unlike years past

CF is a sissy farmer..Can't stand a little adversity. Real farmers drive John Deer tractors.

They are calling for mid 60's starting Friday and high on Sunday of 71, crazy.

I warned ya.

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Originally Posted by Don G

CF is a sissy farmer..Can't stand a little adversity. Real farmers drive John Deer tractors.

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Now your talking pure trash you old relic.CF

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Originally Posted by NavyAngler

CF at least you had a good crop this year unlike years past

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Yes NA, right on. Good wheat crop and best corn by far. I got my butt wore out good fashion driving the semi this year. Lines at the elevators sucked too. Waited for 6 hours on one load. Glad it is over. Hopefully tomorrow we will finish the wheat.CF

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Originally Posted by crappiefarmer

It is snowing a friggen blizzard at my house right now. This is ridiculous. I have been trying to get wheat planted since Oct. 20th. Every time I get the ground ready for seed, the next day, it rains. Now it is fricken snowing. Someone is trying to tell me that My wheat planting is over. I am usually racing thanksgiving picking beans. If i had had beans this time, I would have had 475 acres that very little would have been picked due to the delay in wheat planting. I will be lucky at this rate to get the last 130 acres planted which can be done in one day. Just can't get that 1 day to save my life. I thought I was going to have the whole month of November to get cranked up fishing. Its shaping up to be as long as a normal year. Longest year of farming I have ever had. Hurry up and wait. Be glad when this one is over.CF

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Isnt it getting a little late to be planting wheat?

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Originally Posted by clfarms1

Isnt it getting a little late to be planting wheat?

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We can plant till the first week in Dec down here. I would not recommend it that late though. How did your crops do this year?

Finished planting today. Still going to have to do some patching up when the wheat finally comes up. Got to draw this stuff out some more.CF

I dont farm anymore, but the corn around here made 200-240 and the beans 60-70

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Originally Posted by clfarms1

I dont farm anymore, but the corn around here made 200-240 and the beans 60-70

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We averaged 210 on corn. would have been terrible bean yield as all ours would have been behind wheat. From what I have seen around here, Wheat beans suck this time. We can grow 100 bushel wheat and then turn 60 bushel beans behind them in most years but that is usually at the expense of corn yield with that type weather. Opposite this year from the norm. Should have planted all corn but You never know.CF