#Plant2017 is officially here!
I’m struggling to keep up on posting anything on social media because I’ve needed both of my hands for most of my tasks this spring! We got into the field on Saturday night (4/22). AJ put the planter in the ground at around 8 pm. I don’t think I would start as it is getting dark, but I’m not a gung-ho farmer like my husband. I was also attempting to get the kids fed and in bed around that time (part of my spring role on the farm!).
Part of planting is the prepping the ground for the planter, so we’ve been ‘in the field’ since around the second week of April. We’ve been spraying our cover crops, spraying some areas where we have extra weed pressure, strip-tilling, and field cultivating.
So far we’ve gotten about half of our corn in the ground! Last year we got started about a week earlier (4/14/16) and were done with corn by April 26th of last year. So comparing this year to last, we are behind, but we still have time! Ideally (in Iowa) our window to plant corn is from April 20 – May 5.
We also don’t calve earlier in the year like a lot of cattle farmers, so as the planter has hit the ground, the baby calves are starting to come, too!
It’s been busy so far, but the ‘end’ of spring is still far off! I’ll try to keep you updated as we continue #plant2017!
