It finally got me

flying belgian · Jun 25, 2010

Just got back from viewing crop damage from hail and high winds here in So. Mn. I totally lost 80 acres of beans and 35 acres of corn and 15 acres of wheat. Another 100 acres of corn is heavily damaged but I will leave it for maybe a half a crop.Another 80 acres of beans suffered maybe 10 bu/acres loss and another 12 acres of wheat lost maybe half the yield. 10 acres of alfalfa that was ready for 2nd cutting is total loss. Now the problems I am faced with is we had 3" rain with this so will be several days before I can start replanting. And I'm not sure how I can get my drill or planter to plant in all the residue from the corn. I'm thinking if I disk it 2 or even 3 times I can maybe drill it into beans. Or their is a guy about 20 miles from here that has a no-till drill. Maybe hire him. I suppose the alfalfa will come back and will not affect the next cutting or will it? Anybody got any ideas that I'm not considering? I welcome any suggestions. Thanks. The Flying Belgian.

JMS/.MN · Jun 25, 2010

I live three hours north of you and have planted beans as late as June 30 in wet years- still made a decent crop. Too late for corn now, but replanting beans will still go. Just get a much shorter season variety. Good luck with the replant.

paul · Jun 25, 2010

I've planted beans by New Ulm through July 3rd, had good - considering - results. Fall weather does start to be important.

Spent an hour in the basement - only did that for the 3rd time in my life.

We got 5 inches of rain.

That's devistating for my wet clay bottomland soils. About 40% of my crops are standing in a foot of water. The ditch was up almost imeadiatly, typically takes a 1/2 a day to see it rise. More rain forcast Saturdy nite, possibly severe.....

Lots of blown down crops as I drive the roads. Too wet, water too deep, for me to look at my fields this evening.

--->Paul

MN Scott · Jun 26, 2010

Before you do anything contact your crop insurance agent, sometimes they will total it out instead of replanting. What did you spray your corn with? With some chemicals you can't replant beans. Don't totally write the beans off they have an amazing ability to come back. If they have growing points they will regrow with a better yield then replanted beans. The alfalfa may need to be cut if there are still stems standing. The stems will regrow leaves and also set up new sprouts from the crown resulting in a poor yield. A recut will set the whole field to the same stage and the third crop should do good.

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