Will it ever end?

As snow blankets the area to some it may seem like a beautiful reminder of the season, for others it is one more hurdle dealt by this growing season. As corn and even some beans still stand around the county we may ask 'when will we close this harvest?' Undoubtedly this latest snow and rain event is one more blow to seeing any harvest in the near future. With the ground not yet frozen and now melting snow we can be certain we will not have soils fit for harvest for some time. Our soybeans are certainly the most critical if you still have some standing. In the field I was in this morning I didn't see many open pods, to my surprise, however decisions should be made soon on what the economics look like for harvesting, based on expected yield (leaving the field). Corn is not as critical and can wait. An interesting article from Wisconsin on late season harvest of corn will help you in your decisions of how long to wait to harvest corn. Wisconsin also has a helpful calculator for this same subject.

Regardless of what we want to do it seems like we may have to wait for frozen ground before any more field operations take place. Good luck to all who still are waiting to finish up your harvest.