Saturday, August 22, 2009

Corn and Soybeans As Far As The Eye Can See

Although our portion of the Heartland had a very wet spring and planting was LATE our state planted an estimated 12.3 million acres of corn and 77.5 million acres of soybeans. The soybeans are down but corn is up. These photos were taken from a semi as we were coming back from picking up Sweet Man's load at the yard so he will be ready to leave after church tomorrow. I wish I could have been standing on top of the load and y'all would've gotten a better photo. You can just see the golden top of the corn in the distance. Corn along side the road is so tall you can't see over it even in the truck. I don't think there's anything prettier than a soybean field. The color is such a rich green. Doesn't it look lush?


2 comments:

Cheyenne said...

The other things that amazes me about crops is how they all seem to grow the same height. Noone fighting to be taller, just all content to be the same...
I love the colors of farm fields too.

NanC said...

Have you ever noticed the ears of corn are nearly all the same height on the stalk as well?
Are those Tabor corn girls out and about yet??