btfarm
America First!
This is next to my yard. 100s of thousands of acres flattened from a Fri night storm. Most should gooseneck but harvest is gonna be tough. Glad I'm out of farming... We needed rain bad. Not like this though and only got 3/4"
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Storm Downed Corn
- Thread starter btfarm
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jrsavoie
Recruit
W e got what we needed right here. But each way from us they either got excess or no sess
orrum
New Member
Was on the eastern shore of Md when a tropical storm flattened a lot of corn n it was mature so no recovery growth. They put the grain heads on the combines n tore into the tangled mess. Most operators went thru 2 heads that fall but they did amazingly well at salvaging the yield! That was in the 80s, combines n heads didna cost anything like they do now! Was working for Southern States Coop a farm supply coop n we had a lot of money out there in the form of crop harvest due dates on accounts. Seems like they did some kinda mod to the reel also... Anyway leave it to a farmer, they taught the cowboys to " git er done"!
Crankme69
New Member
maybe some of that corn will jump back up...:skep:
That storm left me here without power for 30 hrs, power just got restored this morning at 3am.
Couple of my neighbors were less fortunate then me, trees came unglued and poked a few holes in there roofs. I lost about 4 8ft section of my fence along my back yard. No other damage here at my place, thank goodness.
Good thing I had a generator to keep the freezer & fridge up & running along with a couple of box fans in my home. Mercy it was hot here in my home last night at midnight...
It's an awakening for us every time we loose power, things we use daily that are so very hard to appreciate until there gone...
That storm left me here without power for 30 hrs, power just got restored this morning at 3am.
Couple of my neighbors were less fortunate then me, trees came unglued and poked a few holes in there roofs. I lost about 4 8ft section of my fence along my back yard. No other damage here at my place, thank goodness.
Good thing I had a generator to keep the freezer & fridge up & running along with a couple of box fans in my home. Mercy it was hot here in my home last night at midnight...
It's an awakening for us every time we loose power, things we use daily that are so very hard to appreciate until there gone...
tanman_2006
Just a farm kid...
That doesnt look good! Sadly we would take one if those storms in a heart beat down here. We are hurting badly for moisture and the hay business could use a couple ruined crops
btfarm
America First!
We've been teetering on drought for weeks and the storm here left 3/4" then another batch came through today with .20". I dug into the yard with a trowel yesterday afternoon and it's dry and rock hard 1" down. Hasn't stopped the freakin' moles though :mad2:
Greg, glad you were unscathed on the house!:thumbsup:
Greg, glad you were unscathed on the house!:thumbsup:
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Glad you're OK, Greg. It's tough when the AC quits, but it helps you to appreciate what the pioneers did!
3500GMC
What T F, over
Crap laying everywhere still. Millions still without electric/AC. The few gas stations that retained electric were out of fuel in a day. Generators are selling like hot-cakes, now totally gone. Cell towers down here and there..Straight line winds up to 80mph.. It was a wild ride fer sher.
Opportunists on CL listing generators for double of what they're worth.. (neat strategy, kinda hard to 'surf the web' for a generator when your utility lines are layin in your yard..)
The corn was screwed before the wind because of the drought conditions. It shot up to waist height then basically stopped. Lots of waste in the fields this year at least around here.
Opportunists on CL listing generators for double of what they're worth.. (neat strategy, kinda hard to 'surf the web' for a generator when your utility lines are layin in your yard..)
The corn was screwed before the wind because of the drought conditions. It shot up to waist height then basically stopped. Lots of waste in the fields this year at least around here.