Here are some photos that I shot just a week ago. These are a follow up on the same crops that I shot back in July. You can click on any photo for a full screen view.
The first photo is of some corn that was just harvested near Gormania, WVA. The farmer told me that he had a very good year in spite of the early wet cool spring. He claimed that since his land is on high ground and that he had no water pooling problems that his crop was excellent. It also helped to have a late fall with no killing frosts.
Photo #2 is a stand of corn that is mature and awaiting harvest at the town park near Moorefield, WV. I had shot photos of this field earlier. Due to pooling water from heavy rains a portion of this field had to be replanted. You would never know it now. Also note that there are some very fat cats in this photo. Don't know if you can blame it on the mice, or the corn. lol.
This next photo is of a Pioneer test plot near Moorefield, WVA. I chose not to shoot a photo during the July 4th weekend as these plants were only about 6" tall. My thinking was that in no way will they make it. Now here we are 3 months later and this corn is in the dry down phase and will soon be harvested. I will be very interested to see what the yield is for this plot.
The final photo shows a stand of nice green corn shot from the parking lot at Walmart in Moorefield, WV. This corn was late planted during the last week of June and here it is in October, still maturing and looking very good. These plants are 10-12 feet tall and ears are well developed.
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