Virden Palmyra Area

I got to work fairly close to home today.  There was lots of field work going on.  On customer is done with corn and planting soybeans.  The other still has some corn to plant.  Soils were very moist, but not saturated.  Some of the corn planting made a few ruts.  Soil is certainly more firm that it was in early April.  We did not see anything really out of the ordinary.  Luckily we cover a lot of ground today.  It was kind of amazing to watch some of the 16 and 24 row planters nearby.  They cover a lot of territory fast.  Quite a contrast to my Dad's 2 row planter.  There was some field work around Shipman.  East of Gillespie there is still not much field work going.  I suspect tomorrow may be the day to get going.