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To: Brumar89 who wrote (82842)	1/4/2020 9:00:16 AM
From: robert b furman	4 Recommendations Recommended By Brumar89 russet Thomas A Watson Winfastorlose of 86355

Hi Brumar, Living in Wisconsin, in the middle of America's Dairyland, I can vouch for very poor yields in both corn and soybeans this year. The delayed planting and harvest was solely due to excess moisture and water standing in the fields. As I type there still are stands of corn not yet harvested and in particular more soybeans. The early November snow that blanketed our unharvested crop lands ended up once again being standing water in the fields. There were three categories of crops that were delayed to three different levels. 1) corn the is chopped and stored in plastic bags on the ground. This "chopping" of the entire corn stalk was late to harvest, but first to come off the fields as is normal. The typical big choppers that cut and chop the corn stalks are tall with big tires and lots of horsepower. As they chop and blow the corn, semis with large trailers drive along side the chopper and carry the load of the chopped corn. This fall I saw not one but two medium sized 4x4 tractors chained to these semis dragging them through the mud and making ruts 6-9 inches deep from the trailers skinnier tires. 2) Corn combines shucking the cobs and separating the seed and holding them in large hoppers for off loading into trucks waiting on the sides of the road. Since these large tored and high horsepower combines cut the corn stalk 6-10 inches above the ground, harvesting was able to take place even when they created 6-8 inch deep ruts. 3) soybeans are harvested by the same combines, but with a different cutting head. Soybeans are cut to with in 2-3 inches from the ground and the vines are bailed and used for cow bedding. That is why there are still soybeans in the field. The combines are still creating ruts in the ground and if attempted to harvest the muddy fields - they'd literally be scooping dirt. Additionally soy beans must be harvest and dried so that mole does not happen when being stored. Now that the ground has frost in the upper layer of the ground 75% of the soybean crop has been harvested. It is once again warm in Wisconsin and the ground has lost the frost. There still are 15 - 25 oercent of the soy bean crops still on the field in areas of Wisconsin that border lake Michigan (which keeps the humidity higher and temps lower. From my novice observations, our crop delays were more the fault of excess clouds and moisture in the spring and fall. From my perspective the crops were lower yields from past years (the farmer who grows crops on my land confirms this). These delays and lower yields were the result of the Grand Solar Minimum effects and not the result of CO2 increases (which I believe helped make the most out of a shortened growing season). I still maintain the climate change alarmists are those who want to control our income (tax us) and have power and control over our rights and lifestyles. It's far more about the money and power, than about changing our environment! End of the Wisconsin crop report - which is really just a story about muddy fields - and yes it has been seen before. Bob

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