Hi Guys - I'm still here in the wings. It's that time of year where weather is becoming less of a factor. I'm still watching for our first frost, but that has probably also been mitigated by the amount of rain across the corn belt. It will be interesting to see how this all plays out over the next two years.
I worry about property values on the farmland, to a point. Like any other commodity, once things start going down, the buyers tend to dry up or reduce the bids even more. Too bad we can't do that with the inputs on the farm, although that will happen over the course of time.
I'm still think farming is the place to be long term. I see the future for farming being exceptionally bright. How can one not, with the world population expanding as it is? As time goes by, I'm sure we will find even more uses for what we produce on the farm. Prices rise and prices fall. Nothing has changed there. It's just how the game is played.
Weather wise, as far as the frost outlook, right now, nothing. We have a small area of cold that breaks into Southern Canada:
but it's not anything that will do any damage here in the US.
10 days from now we do have a big High dropping out of Canada, which is what is causing the lower temps on the above map:
This is going to be around the time of the full moon - but there's just too much warm air still in Canada, and the temps are going to be modified above freezing by the time the air mass gets to the US.
Moisture wise, much of the same that we have seen. All the processes are still in place that have been driving our weather all summer. It's probably going to stay wet - and probably get wetter gong into at least the late fall time frame. It's going to suck for you guys that are already wet and going to be trying to get this huge crop off the fields. But, we manage those conditions somewhere most every year. This year may be just a bit more than normal.
I am down in OKC. I came down on Sunday. I had two double shifts this week, and an early morning shift tomorrow. I need to get to bed -
Jen
