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Post by AgriKing on Jul 11, 2011 15:45:42 GMT -5
Our detassling leader told us that were not working tomrow, because of the big storm that rolled through, winds were up to 70+mph last night. Pioneer has alot of seed corn down there, since there seed corn plants are down that way. Heres a pic of the corn. He says "Almost every field had some wind damage and in most cases the corn is completely laying down. As of Monday, July 11th we have no idea what the season will hold for us."  |
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Post by steiger9330 on Jul 11, 2011 16:33:49 GMT -5
That's what our fields looked like after Hurricane Ike. Only difference was ours was already mature. We hope we don't get any high winds because Pioneer screwed us and sent my dad 2 hybrids for himself that are highly vulnerable to greensnap.
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Post by caseihfarmer on Jul 11, 2011 18:23:31 GMT -5
what time did it hit u, it hit us around 12:30, and lasted until 2:30, had some hail and two inches of rain
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Post by Farmall400 on Jul 11, 2011 19:08:50 GMT -5
ya and around that same area the wind storms and thunderstorms hit 6 large hog confinements and acouple beef and dairy farms so theres about 12000 hogs runnin around eastern iowa my dad said that there were livestock trailers backed up as far as the eye could see but tehy couldnt get any where becuase the power lines were down and blocking the road. lets hope these farmers can recover soon
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Post by AgriKing on Jul 11, 2011 19:20:32 GMT -5
Hit us around 4:30am this morning. We got a about a half an inch, Id much rather have not much rain, then flat corn! Cousin told me the corn looks like a steamroller smashed it all. I'm helping my two cousins clean up trees tommrow, in a town that got affected by the storms.
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Post by caseihfarmer on Jul 11, 2011 20:44:17 GMT -5
yeah we acually got 3.7 inches of rain, your cousin might need a corn reel this fall
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