These two(beans and milo) are later maturing grain crops and often bad weather can set back the harvest times. Milo has a large stalk and so rain , floods and wind doesn't usually bother them like it does soybeans. They can be smashed flat.

Corn can be almost totally lost due to high wind and extreme wetness. Thats why the want it out early.  

In any event its sometimes early Dec before ALL the beans are done with.

AFAIK hitech farming, such as gmo and no till do not have a substantial effect on the maturing and harvesting. You can buy seeds that have longer germination periods though. You can buy many many different seeds with lots of variation due to soil type,weather , etc.

Farming is a chancy endeavor. You simply cannot control nature. You then learn how to predict or make wise decisions on many facets of it. If you don't you can go under.

Most farmers are very rich, in term of assests but very cash poor. They sometimes only realize their lifelong accumulation when they sell out.

I do know some who brought land when it was cheap and brought lots of it. They are doing extremely well.

Thanks for the above praise. My intent was to let the community know more fully the life and trials of farming, or at least the higher tech style and especially as it relates to our future and the energy situation.