Will the drought affect the deer this year?

[fatboy]

Farmers often weigh the odds of leaving corn in and letting it dry or bringing it in early and pay to have it dried. This year it won't be a problem so I think it could be an early harvest.

[taylor6400]

Take corn for instance. Dairy farmers around my area have already began chopping silage. They do this at a certain moisture % and a lot of the corn is already low enough due to the extreme dry summer. So, its coming off early. I cant believe its any difference for farmers who shell corn. The moisture content is lower than normal so harvest can start earlier than usual. Typically i see silage chopping starting more end of Aug or first of Sept so chopping is about 2 weeks ahead of schedule. I am guessing its a pretty area specific deal though. Depends on how early the crops got in, how much moisture at planting, and how much rainfall throughout the growing season. I dont think overall in OH we will see much difference over normal harvest times, we didnt have it as bad as they did further west. Most bean fields are just starting to yellow so i dont think thats too far off from normal. Plus with the rain we have gotten over the last 2 weeks will help extend the moisture content of crops. Now, the question for the farmers is what did the drought do to their yields. I see a lot of corn with tiny ears on the stalks.