It is official the 2011 planting season began this past week on our farm and throughout central Illinois. Although not everyone was pulling the planter out of the shed there was a lot of activity in the fields doing fieldwork. As usual the first day was to work out all of the bugs and make sure the planters are working like they are suppose to. With all of the technology (gps, swath control, etc...) it takes some time to get everything working. It can be frustrating at times, but it is well worth it when it all works. Once we got the planters set we decided to keep on planting, and covered a decent amount of ground in just a few days. Soil conditions are probably the best they have been in years. With a lot of the fieldwork done last fall and a lot of freeze/thaw cycles this past winter the soil is about as good as we can ask for. Some warmer temperatures and more chances of rain are predicted for this week so we will see if we can make some more progress.
setting the swath control in a 30 mph wind
Planting into our NH3 strips
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