The Massey

[M. R. Byrd]

Glad to hear that you're having a decent year rain wise. If the KS dryland corn doesn't do well this year it probably wouldn't any year.

twenty years ago I planted short maturity corn on some dryland bottom ground. It made 88 bu. The following spring there was good moisture so I decided to continuous crop that ground and planted the same hybrid and it made 105 bu/A. That was the last dryland corn I planted, not because I wasn't satisfied with those yields, because I was really excited, but I changed to a wheat-summer fallow rotation that I could handle better. Today there are corn hybrids bred especially for dryland corn with our rainfall here that have a lot better properties. I am anxious to hear yield reports of the dryland corn yields this year.

 

[M. R. Byrd]

KSQ2-
you have any dove there? This is one span of four that look just like this.

 

[catscratch]

KSQ2-
you have any dove there? This is one span of four that look just like this.

Wow, you're in for a great opening shoot!

 

[M. R. Byrd]

1.25" early this morning here at the Ponderosa. 25.10" YTD. 17.50" normal annual rainfall

 

[KSQ2]

KSQ2-
you have any dove there? This is one span of four that look just like this.

We have quite a few local birds this year it seems. I do believe we’re a little east of the major flyway for the northern birds, but I could be wrong on that. It does seem like the big numbers of doves don’t show up usually, until the nobody is really hunting them anymore. Lol
Glad Cat chimed in, he’s the dove guy!

 

[KSQ2]

We have really good rain falling now and it has been coming down for a couple hours. I haven’t heard from family yet, I hope it’s falling over on family ground too. Kinda crazy how much difference 14 miles can make sometimes.

 

[catscratch]

Oh man, I LOVE dove hunting!!! Best month of the year!

The moisture we've gotten this summer sets a new bar for our part of the country. We've had floods and whatnot before, but I've never experience the consistency that we've this year, and during this timeframe. I do not remember ever stringing together a wet June, July, and August like this. It's simply amazing!

 

[KSQ2]

Oh man, I LOVE dove hunting!!! Best month of the year!

The moisture we've gotten this summer sets a new bar for our part of the country. We've had floods and whatnot before, but I've never experience the consistency that we've this year, and during this timeframe. I do not remember ever stringing together a wet June, July, and August like this. It's simply amazing!

Feel the same way exactly, except the September being the best month of the year part….lol

 

[cutman]

I’m happy for yall. Water is life.

 

[KSQ2]

Just found out this morning that the county conservation office's no-till drill just went belly-up; it needs a complete overhaul and they don't have a timeframe for when it will be usable. We're one week from our reservation to drill our alfalfa. It's not their fault, but talk about bad timing!
On the bright side, it looks like we have a plan b. A neighbor has said we can rent his drill. I'm going to look at it tomorrow and make sure it's going to work for us. He is a friend of my in-law's and typically takes good care of his equipment -- so I'm hoping this will turn out well. He actually used the drill to put in some alfalfa last week, so that's a good sign. When you're paying nearly $500/bag for seed, you really want the drill to work properly!!!

 

[g squared 23]

Just found out this morning that the county conservation office's no-till drill just went belly-up; it needs a complete overhaul and they don't have a timeframe for when it will be usable. We're one week from our reservation to drill our alfalfa. It's not their fault, but talk about bad timing!
On the bright side, it looks like we have a plan b. A neighbor has said we can rent his drill. I'm going to look at it tomorrow and make sure it's going to work for us. He is a friend of my in-law's and typically takes good care of his equipment -- so I'm hoping this will turn out well. He actually used the drill to put in some alfalfa last week, so that's a good sign. When you're paying nearly $500/bag for seed, you really want the drill to work properly!!!

You use any pre-emergent herbicides with alfalfa planting?


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[KSQ2]

You use any pre-emergent herbicides with alfalfa planting?


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No, they have to be worked into the soil. Cool season grasses are already getting going with the cooler temps and moisture. I’ll prolly hit them with gly before the alfalfa germinates. Got all the weeds already with 24d a few weeks ago.