We are likely to be finished or close to done by week end with corn and beans

We have decided to slow down a bit due to not wanting the entire crop pollinating in a short time frame. 1-2/10ths of rain is not a drought buster. Dust flies every day behind the planter. Although soil temps may have most of the crop emerge closer together than we wish. Even with price action of late, no new crop sales until we see what kind of yield we get on dry soil.. Maybe we get low prices and low yields but so be it.

On a side note we plant sweet corn approx every 5 days due to harvesting capacity. This yr will mark our 1st 1000 acres of fresh market corn. I would never have thought it would happen in our area but we will have 700 acres under pivot irrigation with 7 pivots. Believe it or not but we built bridges for the pivot wheels to cross open ditches. That was a real exercise in math   to hit the bridge. We did have to move 4 bridges. Water comes from ponds which slowly re-charge, so we rotate the pivots  use age to allow for re-charge

300 acres are not irrigated as the clay soils hold moisture. Sweet corn is different as it has a much shorter time frame for water needs, thus allowing for irrigation. Would not be feasible on lower value longer time frame for commercial corn. Sweet corn planting will drag on into July. Means we have to spray 50 acre plots on a schedule but we get paid well, for all the work we do, so it works for us.

We do everything, from fall soil prep, cover crop, spring soil prep, etc. until we harvest when corn hits the sorting line   at the cement dock and then it is some body else who takes over sorting and marketing

We even chase the birds away as bird damage is a real problem in sweet corn around here