We visited with
SLC John Deere group in MT
on Tuesday.
A
28,000 ha farm -
30% harvested -
70% at this time last year.
Beans are 30% moisture. No damage to sample that I saw yesterday.
Beans yields still very good at 58 sacs/ha -
50 bushel per acre.
The
manager says "I will plant 2nd crop corn till march 5th
then I must stop." Big reduction in 2nd crop corn. Others will plant later, but usually burns up.
Tooooooooooo much rain
-
the guy was losing his mind yesterday. They are already
9000 ha behind and can't go.
Today (2 Mar) another cloudy, rainy looking day in MT.
They can't catch a break
Foundation do Rio Verde 5 year research says that 2nd crop corn
planted after Feb 25th will lose 5 sacs/ha(4 bushel per acre) in
yield each day. Only 50% of the 2nd crop corn has been planted.
More info in upcoming newsletter."
OBS:
26 combines and 12
planters were going in one field.
We could drive
the van into the field after 5 inches of rain, but we were
getting stuck on the roads!
BRAZIL!!!!
ON TOUR: Mato Grosso
I will be hosting a
Mato Grosso infrastructure tour for SterneAgee.
Machinery sales,
soybeans, corn and cotton economics and what it means for the
year ahead.
