Farmer across the street working ground. So I text.
Hey, can the kid swing by and run the tractor? He has an interest in agriculture.
Farmer: no
Me: ok
Local farmer: why don’t younger people get involved?
Me: auction the shit off to the highest bidder, retire, and shut the fuck up.
We had a big week of planting and spraying for us. We have a great crew of guys and everyone stepped up to get as much done as possible with the rain event rolling in. It’s now raining & it is much needed with our dry conditions.
I am not debating DST. Why is there approximately 50 day from fall back to winter solstice and 80 days from winter solstice to spring ahead? Why isn’t it within a week of being equal?
Congrats Blake Ellwein now the all time leading scorer in #hurontigers basketball history...with this three in the second quarter at Sturgis Blake passed his dad Jay's scoring record of 1383 points...#sdpreps
DH Huron at Sturgis youtube.com/clip/UgkxAiNpH… via @YouTube
@mendelmiles When we had way more small grains and swathing was always a thing we had a pull type and a 210 Ih. Now there doesn’t seem to be a sweet spot in swather ownership from this $1500 thing and a $105,000 self propelled.
@jayculver1 There's a good memory!! Versatile open cab for us growing up. Swathed close to 2000 acres with a 21' the year after my freshman yr in college. Fry with the wind, freeze against. Bugs everywhere.
@silagechopper@HankB67@ChetEdinger@snodgrss 2012 Corn tasseled in late June and I thought it was going to be the greatest crop ever had. 6 weeks hot day and night and wind ended that. Still had some $7 corn. 06 was the worst dry year I’ve ever had. Combined every acre in September in 12 and 13 before end September.
@HankB67@ChetEdinger@snodgrss Dry, warm, hot. I disked corn stalks in January of 12. By this time in March of that year the grass was really growing and we had been in 80s. I also say 12 was a Sunday school picnic compared to 02 and 06.
We are over 1/2 done planting Spring Wheat tonight. I don’t ever remember a spring that was this dry to start.
According to my favorite weatherman @snodgrss it doesn’t look good for us on getting any decent rains soon either. We will plant & hope for the best. #farming
Almost crawled down the farm fitness lady’s ultimate farm steward rabbit hole.
Close one
That’s 2 arguments this year already that I’ve avoided.
New year new me
I’ve got the itch to buy a classic pickup from the’70s, but when I really think about it, they weren’t nearly as good as everyone thinks they were. We thought a hundred thousand miles without an overhaul was some sort of a monumental achievement.