Filed under: Corn, Farm, new beginnings, rain, Soybeans, weather | Tags: Corn, Planting, Soybeans, weather, worry
Raising a crop or livestock is a bit like raising children, only it happens more often.
Spring is here and most of the planting is done, now comes the worry. Will the crop come up? Did I plant it too deep or too shallow? Was there enough water, or too much? When will it come up? Is the weather too cold or too hot?
We’re not quite done with planting, only about 40 acres of soybeans left to plant, but the worry over the corn has been going since it went into the ground. Today I saw the first few spikes of corn peaking through. I’ll not say that ended the worry, but it was a relief to see. Some of the worry is gone.
Over the last few days we had just over an inch of rain with more forecast for Sunday and the days to follow. I still consider it early for soybeans, so there is not much worry there, yet. But having rain on that dry ground does help me sleep at night. Now a new set of worries comes into play. Oh well, nothing to do but wait until they happen, then I can do my best to fix them.
For now, I wait, and try not to worry.
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Minnesota Farmer 
I get the feeling. You put the seed in to the ground and go back to the house and wait faithfully believing you shall see them sprout. and when they do. Its such a joy.
Comment by Cavs May 14, 2015 @ 7:35 am