SW Iowa Farmer | PAYLLY FARMS Corn • Soybeans • Wheat • Relay Cropping Trying new ideas,Always interested in opportunities to grow
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Some of the best views in farming aren't from the front porch. They're from the seat of a combine at sunset.
Long days, dusty fields, and another harvest sunset in Southwest Iowa
Big thanks to our neighbor for capturing this one!
🌾 PAYLLY FARMS | Harvest 2026
Heard the Weatherman say today broke the streak of 12 days with measurable rain. Starts again tomorrow 🤮
6 weeks ago we harvested wheat over the top of these beans. First year trying relay cropping and I'm pretty encouraged with where they're at.
Harvest will tell the story.
What's your yield guess?
Harvesting our first relay wheat crop. The second photo shows the soybeans already established underneath after the wheat came off. Two crops, and a lot of learning. Excited to see what the soybeans do from here
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Here is a picture of my first try at relay cropping. Thanks to @jasonmauck1 @4010chris for answering alot of questions from the last year to get me here.
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As a farmer who paid tsriffs on all my supplies since April, where can I apply to get a rebate?
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How much yield will premature death in my corn cut yield???
It is extremely difficult to predict but corn around half milk line that dies will have yields cut around 10% according to older studies. With today's late season grain fill and kernel flex I feel the number is closer to 15%.
Fungicide trials with a check, 1 and 2 applications will help us put a better number on that when the weigh wagons come out.
Nice article below.
pioneer.com/us/agronomy/Yiel…
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Farming is in a struggle right now and not enough people are talking about the actual numbers;
USDA's Corn Yield x Avg. Farm Price per bushel
2023-2024 : $806.72 per acre
2024-2025 : $779.96 per acre
2025-2026 : $760.20 per acre
Income is down 5.76%, nominally.
If we include inflation, $806.72 in April 2023 would have the same buying power as $853.07 in April 2025 (according to BLS CPI Inflation Calculator).
That means $760.20 in April 2025 would have the same buying power as $718.89 in April of 2023.
So to compare apples to apples, income adjusted for inflation, is down 10.89%.
That's why it feels so hard right now. Because if any other industry lost nearly 11% of its purchasing power in 2 years, there would be a rebellion.
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980 field cultivator for sale. 15k ask. Good shovels. Low use. Good tires. Changing operations or it wouldn’t be for sale.
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