Adjacent Farm Dry Enough to Plant Corn 4-18-10 5:40pm

This set of photo's illustrates that the soil was dry enough for the Resch Family to plant corn on April 18, 2010. They are the first to plant corn in a three mile radius of my farm. Several farmers in the neighborhood have not even hooked up there planters or tillage equipment.

My dad and I always tried to start planting by May 1st. We were always worried about a late frost killing the seedlings just coming out of the ground. I remember several Minnesota fishing openers with snow and icing conditions around May 15th.



In above photo - No tresspas signs are posted allong property line.



Perhaps the Resch's are taking advantage of the dry planting conditions now that the County Tile System has been operating efficiently all spring.

Reduced head pressure is allowing them to get into the field early.

If drainage system works better than ever, will CER values go up for farms along County Ditch 6.