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This week my noticing was around the crops of some of the local farms. There are 3 major, but not exclusive crops grown in the area; corn, soy & winter wheat. Most of the fields are rotated in crop production year after year; corn, next year soy, next year winter winter & then back to corn. They all grow at different times & all have different weather requirements. Corn loves heat & humidity with lots of rain. Last year it was a horrible year for corn, lots of heat & humidity but no rain. Most of the soy & corn are grown for livestock feed.
Corn, you can almost hear it growing, so far it's been a perfect year for it: (I think this is such a gorgeous farm).
Winter wheat is just about ready to harvest. This year there are fields & fields of this crop.
And soy, which always seems to be like the youngest child of a large family, it has to grow through the stubble of last year's corn crop.
Great photos - things are certainly growing fast these days.
ReplyDeleteAccording to our local farmer of these crops, he says right now is the turning point for either a good crop year or not - rain being the key ingredient, not too little, not too much.
DeleteLike your top photo - lovely high sky!
ReplyDeleteIt was a lovely day when I took this photo, racing back from something to something else & I just "saw" this moment, had to pull over & enjoy.
DeleteThese photos bring back memories of my childhood, growing up in a farm community in Ohio. We had our first local sweet corn last night for dinner--it will be a staple for a few weeks.
ReplyDeleteWe often make corn the entire dinner - freshly picked is such a short season :)
DeleteBeing so close to all these farms makes me truly happy & grateful.
Interesting to see what your local crops are. We don't grow maize but there is a lot locally. We don't see any soya.
ReplyDeleteYes regionally crops vary, just north of us they grow a lot of rapeseed, south of us, use to be tobacco which are now primarily potatoes.
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