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Singing a different song

I got an inch of rain Monday morning.  Very welcome.  Now, more rain is forecast and for the moment I do not want it.  Each morning we have a heavy dew, the soybeans won't work until noon or later, Tuesday  it was 3pm before they would thresh, and they get tough early, often in the past I was able to cut until 9 or 10 pm, it gets dark now at about 7:10, yesterday they were getting tough a half hour before that.  The bottom line is the best day I have had I combined 40 acres, most days it has been 25.  I think it surprised some of the farmers I met that our fields are not bigger than yours.  We farm at the joining of two rivers, and many creeks feed those rivers, all the ground is river or creek bottom.  We have quite a few fields in the 10-20 acre area.  The biggest field is 105 acres, but we plant it in strips so the biggest area of any one crop is 25 acres in that field.  Changing from field to field, especially if we have to take the head off, takes some time as well.  All of our wheat will go in after soybeans, so I have none of that planted, although the 85 acres of triticale I planted to graze out is looking much better after the rain.

Comments

 

AllyR said:

I find that all really interesting. It is completely new to me. I am amased at the lenght of harvest you have compared to here, and all the different problems you have. Hope you get finished up and everything sown in good nick. Ally.

October 11, 2007 7:20 PM
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