Corn Harvest 2010

I don't remember a year when we started chopping corn silage as early as we did this year, or had such a crop. The silo we filled with 30 acres of corn a few years ago, and almost filled with 30 acres last year, was full with 23 acres this year. We did manage to get a few more loads into it by letting it settle and chopping a load every 2cd day for a week or so. That left us with no alternative, but to put the rest in above the haylage, and feed only corn silage until we hit haylage again in silo #2. We'll see how that goes, I hope the milk doesn't suffer too much.

We were worried at first, that with Jesse's broken foot, he would have trouble keeping up. Tanya offered to come and help, as she misses helping with the corn silage, and our John Deere dealer offered us an extra tractor to use. But Jesse got the job done, whether it was hopping between corn stubble (which was fun to watch), or having Danielle help him.

A few corn field pictures...

A night time shot...

And the last 2 rows..almost done...

Topping a silo... a view from inside...

Me climbing it to do it...

And a picture taken today, I found the warmth in the cab tractor unbearable, but Jesse was whining about how chilly it was hauling in with an open tractor. Yeesh, kids...

Well, we are almost done... All chopped but 2 more loads left on the wagons... We'll get at least one of these in tomorrow. Good feeling though, going into the winter with so much feed ahead.