With another very foggy day, it is hard to see the trees across the lawn so no chance of being able to able to see across a field. But then there are no pretty autumn leaves to see anymore if it wasn’t foggy, although you might see some corn yet in the fields waiting to be harvested.
The wet, damp conditions haven’t allowed the corn to dry down enough to store the kernels without drying the corn which is an added expense. And since 95% of corn farms are family farms, extra added expense is never desired so it is a gamble on letting the corn dry naturally to save dying cost but it needs to be harvested before the snow get too deep so they can get into the fields with a combine or it can’t be harvested until spring which causes a lost of bushels when the snow snaps ears to the ground.
Corn efficiency has increased over the years, from an average 38 bushels per acre in 1950 to 153 bushels per acre in 2010.
Corn to Harvest
