Perhaps in this balmy, late summer, weather another figure of speech is more appropriate than "dropping like flies." "Dropping like soybean leaves" fits the local situation. Soybean leaves rather quickly turned yellow and now many are dropping. The beans are drying and soon will be ready for harvest.
Corn fields are also browning as they ripen. Querying a real farmer about which harvest would come first corn? of bean? he didn't know. What is known is that this late season warm spell is ideal for ripening both crops. Corn that dries adequately in the field save farmers both the cost and work of drying in the bin.
A large local dairy is making ensilage. The corn fields that they are chopping are miles from the dairy. The road is busy with tractors pulling huge silage wagons, the wagons have three axles. Following one on the road today I clocked it traveling at 35 miles per hour. Fendt tractors are manufactured in Germany. I'm not aware of an American made tractors that travel that fast.
Takk for alt,
Al
Picture of a Fendt tractor.
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