Allen Family Farms Smithshire Illinois USA

 

2023 ... Please Stand By ...
Waiting on dry day but but grass hay probably pre sold
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Thank you for your interest, just waiting for an obvious dry spell, not that it matters much. Just banging our head against the wall mowing, raking and giving away grass hay ... and now that there are spotty rains ... well, whenever, at least we know we won't kill it off mowing too dry

UPDATE: Aug 5, 2023

And now the continuing saga: 2023 GDU chart...
ASSumptions (always suspect but better then running blind)

  • ...Starting to feal a little less like Garbage in, Garbage out week to week
  • HELPS a lot I am NOW using Weather Underground 10 day prediction vs wild WeatherWX
  • That means I am also plugging in the 10 day predicted rainfall (why not?) to mate up with last year reality seasonal precipitation better
  • Using this for GDU stages flags
  • Which comes to apples to apples use a reference then compare to prior year same method
  • "Last week of June/First week of July" NORMAL CAME:
    • Markets crash (normal...so far)
    • Rains came (blessed so far...)
    • Wind damage (yet to come, farmers never happy?)
  • Also using 2022 Weather Station 13 day rolling averages for future looking GDP outlook beyound 10 day predictions
  • Currently running the GDU chart out to 30% black layer for a better future view
  • NOTE this week: RAIN is WILD. At least this insane 3+ came slowly over several hours (1am-5am)



    Which Weather Underground has fairly targeted (5.7 inches Burlington IA REALLY? THEY ALWAYS get 2x when it comes to big rains)

    Weather Underground Map (select view stations & precipitation) is a great resource to pan around and spy on neighbor rain gauges beings we blead this proprietary information for FREE!!!

    I snipped a copy of the last big rain for you so come early August some serious kernel counting a must (stay tuned)


 
Hay 1 mile West at 9 acre CRP Waterway
 
Hay Pasture 1/2 mile South at RR Tracks
 
Gotta love WIND: mow once, rake twice?
 


Preston & Glenda Allen
www.AllenFamilyFarms.com
www.AFFarms.com


ALLEN FAMILY FARMS
PHONE: 309-221-1427
Smithshire IL 61478