RE: Its a great day in PA
 

With the price of corn at $4.00 a bushel, why would any farmer leave his crop in the field to be eaten by deer ,if it wasn't for the conditions that prevented him from harvesting it?

RE: Its a great day in PA
 

I know of one farmer down here that usually harvests in late october who lost his 40+ acres this year due to conditions.

RE: Its a great day in PA
 

First, corn was at $5 and above for most of last fall.

Lack of storage, and dryer availability, and yes, spotty gluts in localized markets all could account for corn left standing. It could also be a simple matter of waiting for better pricing only to have it made worthless for harvest by mother nature.

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You are just blowing smoke. Farmers didn't have to dry or store their corn last year. They could transfer it directly from the picker to trucks that would haul it. the only reason farmers would leave the crop in the field to be eaten by deer, coon and crows is because he couldn't get in to harvest it.

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It's in 3A, but fail to seea majordifference where alfalfa is concerned, since it's a mere 25 miles north of the 2G boundary, Rt. 6.

I figure that corn was brought in at some point, once they had a place to put it? Neither apparentlyhad a place for it by the end of deer season, as some was in the fields when I left on the Sunday after the seasonclosed.Some was still standing by Christmas.

Neither farmer wanted it for anything but cattle chow, although one often swaps some ofhis own shelled corn for other grains, when having cow feed custom-ground.Last fall when I was up, that one was busy filling triaxles with shelled corn from the combine. Both also fill several silos with corn silage.

Both have dairies around 100 producingcows or thereabouts. One also raises Belgian pulling nags and has about a 30-40 count beef herd. Much of the alfalfa is chopped to feed; some is put into long plastic storagebags, some is square baled on one farm.

RE: Its a great day in PA
 

You really should stick to subjects where you have some clue. Much of last years corn crop had far too high a moisture content on the stalk at harvest time. Many farmers had to dry their corn, or, in the case of smaller operationswait for availablity for dryers.

When you see a picker transfer the harvested corn to trucks, that doesnt mean it's ready for market. It must still be dried if the moisture content ishigher than 15-18%or it will mold or rot in transit or in storage. It was a very real problem last year.

RE: Its a great day in PA
 

Wrong again sport. once the corn is loaded in a truck itis no longer the responsibility of the farmer. while it is true he may had to dry the corn he retained for feed , it had nothing to do with the corn he sold as it was harvested.

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You are really amazingly arrogant as well as ignorant. Everything I posted here was straight from the farmers mouth.I'm done trying to teach the pig to sing. Do yourhomework and take a little time to learn about subject before youspew and spout. It's a shame you seem to feel a need to create an arguement so badly that you try to do it where there need not be one and where you obviously have very limited (if any) knowledge.

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. ...Kinda funny how one comment made by bb to DENNY aboutCORN! (LOL)caused you to start yet another argument, because noone else is ever right about anything. Guess you wont be happy until you have ALL the threads locked.[:'(]

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LOL, the current locked thread score stands at BB 2 and Corny 1

Did you even read the nonsense posted here before jumping in to defend your hero?