Harvest Report

[Huckleberry Finn]

I've heard that beans are starting to come off around north Central Ohio (Morrow, Richland, Knox)

How's the corn lookin Sam? Is this going to be a long harvest?

Might be useful for those traveling across the state...chime in and we'll be able to keep up...

 

[RedCloud]

Still have some green on the leafs of the cornstalks. I figure about a month till they get cut up on my hunting spots. Beans got cut over the weekend

 

[Beentown]

Beans are flying off. Corn on the other hand...ugh. If you got it in early it is getting close. Most still has a lot of green in the leaves.

 

[Gern186]

Beans are in full swing here....probably 40% off already.....I've only seen 1 cornfield cut and most are still a little green. I figure it will be 2-3 weeks before any corn starts falling.

 

[Hoytmania]

Beans have been coming off fast. Same with the corn in my area though. Still a little green.

 

[twireman]

Ross county beans are flying off. Corn is hit or miss less than 5% probably right now.

 

[rgecko23]

seeing them take silage off around here. not a whole lot though. its pretty sparse

 

[bowhunter1023]

Beans are coming off and I've seen a few corn fields being picked. We're on par with everyone else down here...

 

[Mike]

Seen a bunch of corn come off in Wood Co. Not the corn by my woods though. :tantrum:

 

[jagermeister]

Beans are coming off in NE Ohio right now, though I heard on the 104.5 ag report that moisture levels were pretty high. I haven't seen any corn being harvested, but they were chopping sileage like crazy last week.

 

[Jackalope]

In Clark the beens are coming off and the corn needs 2-3 weeks.

15 miles north in champaign county the beans are coming off like mad. JDs been helping a friend if his with beens and says they're seeing 55-65. the corn will start coming off next week.. Most of it I have seen is ready. The fields where I hunt will be ran next week.

 

[Redhunter1012]

We got in 32,000 bushel yesterday at the elevator I work at, which is a pretty good day considering we didn't get a load until Saturday. Moisture levels are all low, mostly 11-12%. We haven't seen any corn yet, and don't expect to for a week or so. There are a few fields ready and a bunch more close but these guys are hauling ass on the beans. With rain forecasted this week, it'll slow things down a bit. We are hoping this harvest stays dry as possible just so we can be done by Thanksgiving

 

[uglykat26]

harrison county beans are coming off , corn on the other hand some is ready , but the field i hunt is still really green

 

[Beentown]

The thing with corn is that it needs to not only be brown but low moisture. Nobody wants to pay to dry it manually...fuel ain't cheap.

 

[saddlepants]

Both corn and beans are coming off here, mostly beans first. Good for my spot is the one landowner is removing corn while my farmer wont for awhile...thats means they will head over to my side after his corn is down. Hes got a great combine and it leaves little to glean but my farmer seems to leave allot of waste.:smiley_crocodile:

 

[dante322]

I drive from columbus to galion on the way home every day. from what ive seen the last couple days, beans are 50% - 60% down. seen a few corn fields with the first dozen or so rows cut for silage, but for the most part it still needs a few weeks.

 

[Jackalope]

The thing with corn is that it needs to not only be brown but low moisture. Nobody wants to pay to dry it manually...fuel ain't cheap.

What does it mean when half the corn in the fields start breaking over? Lol. Cause that's what the corn looks like in champaign county.

 

[Huckleberry Finn]

The thing with corn is that it needs to not only be brown but low moisture. Nobody wants to pay to dry it manually...fuel ain't cheap.

That just means its another good year to own a dryer repair service...them boys be running 80 hours a week plus.

 

[Mike]

Guys, city boy here. What in the hell is silage?

 

[saddlepants]

Silage is when they take the corn down (or other vegetable matter) and chop it up. everything to serve as cattle feed also called fodder. Sometimes they bale it from the stalks left over and other times they take a few rows of a crop and use it all for feed that year. When you drive in the country you will see it often stored in long white plastic (giant) bags like huge tubes on the ground or in round bales like hay. Then they will use a bobcat into the end of the "tube" or "ground silo" to scoop it out and feed the cattle.