Fall harvest is almost here!

Fall harvest is just around the corner and Jake has his combine prepped and ready to go!  The temperature has started to drop.  I need a jacket in the morning and it is beautiful during the day.  I wish it would stay like this forever!  Unfortunately it is going to be cold tomorrow.  This is just in time for me to participate in the Kirwin Old Settler's Day 5k.  This is my first 5k and it is going to be really cold!  I will be thankful for Under Armour!

 Last month, we cut a couple fields for high moisture corn that will be feed to our cattle over the next year.  They will really enjoy the treat!  That was the trial run, soon the real show will begin.

Jake getting his combine all ready for harvest last month

The corn field by our house. 

Now we are just waiting on all the wheat to be planted, which should be done today!!!!!!   Soybean, corn, and grain sorghum harvest will be here before we know it! (Like maybe even tomorrow!!!!!) Just a little excitement!  Of course this means that the harvest meal duty will begin, so I guess I will wait patiently for the start of fall harvest.

agronomygirl

Wheat planting on the farm

September and October bring a lot of things on the farm, but my favorite is wheat planting.  Wheat is such an interesting crop.  I love watching wheat as it develops and hope to share the process with you.



Jake waving to me, isn't that nice?

The first step in the wheat crop is fertilizing the ground.  We use a dry fertilizer, 11-52-0 and anhydrous ammonia.  11-52-0 is called monoammonium phosphate or MAP.  This provides the wheat plant with some nitrogen and enough phosphorus for the growing season.  The rest of the nitrogen needs are met with the anhydrous ammonia.


Anhydrous tank filled with nitrogen fertilizer

Now that the ground has been fertilized, it is time to plant the seeds.  We will use the same tractor and air seeder as we did for fertilizing. 


The setup we use to fertilize and plant wheat

We will plant three different varieties this fall: Everest, TAM 113, and SY Wolf. Everest has been our go to variety for the past 3 years and it has been a very good variety. TAM 113 is a newer variety and all indications from when it was harvested shows that it will be a good one as well. SY Wolf has been touted as a Cadillac variety, meaning it has a lot of potential to be a great yielding variety. 

We can't wait to see how the wheat develops!

agronomygirl

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