Got two and a half minutes? Watch my latest attempt at video editing some 2020 farming footage. I'm no J J Abrams but I do find it fun to put these together when I find the time. Let me know what you think.
3 combines rolling, another showing up today and number 5 maybe tomorrow... Lots of oats, wheat, barley and peas are very close to go. Swathers will need to be cutting canola in about a week too. It's about to get bizzeh.
I made a pre payment on land loan yesterday for the first time.
Man that felt weird.
I looked at other options of what to do with the $ and figured picking the highest interest loan i have and paying the max w/o penalty is the safest investment.
We don't stop for supper often during harvest, we did for this farm Thanksgiving meal. It was supposed to be a field meal but we decided to make it easier on those preparing it by coming to them. So much to be thankful for.
Here we were wrapping up some of the last straight cut canola about a week ago. We’re almost done all post harvest spraying and now it’s just a bunch of flax to do before calling harvest complete. It’s been hard to wait to get going on flax but hey, it’s still September.
I was checking out the Twitter analytics page today and noticed this tweet had the highest % of engagement rate of my recent tweets. I'm going give everyone the benefit of the doubt and assume they were just trying to get a closer look at the contents of the fridge.
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Well I finally got stuck. Turns out if you miss mapping a old bush pit it'll just power out.
People ask what you do if you get stuck. I had a tractor close by so I just drove over, got the tractor and it's a one person job to get yourself out. I ran both tractor and remote
With all the late seeded crops we're still spraying for weeds. Most years we'd be done by now and on to fungicide. I won't complain about the views though. Who else is still in the same boat?
Hey
@CraigGudmundson
do you think we should go through the wheel and packer bearings before 2023 seeding? 😄 Hopefully there will be fewer puddles to go around/through this year!
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#autonomous
farm innovation.
Here, we've replaced a tractor operator with a stump. It's a low cost up front investment that requires little maintenance and can work 24 hours a day. You may think that automation is complicated, but this is very user-friendly.
A storm is rolling in and at this point I'm just going to enjoy it no matter what falls from it as long as it's a significant form of precipitation. So I'll grab a seat and a beer to watch it roll in. 🍻
What do you do when all is going smoothly with
@RavenIndustries
OmniPower (DOT)? Well you still may need to keep an eye on it at this point but I can also take some fun drone videos while I'm at it!
Looks like the robots have invaded and finished our fall rye and winter wheat seeding. That's was nice not having to gear up one of the big seeding units to tackle that.
I'm sad to say it but I think this old barn is going to have to come down in the next year or two. It's in the perfect location for a new building and it's falling apart.
I figured I'd add to all the
#NorthernLights
pictures and videos that everyone is sharing. The bonus with this shot is that I got to sleep all night and enjoy it in the morning.
We finally got a crew photo altogether this year. I always intend to, but the chance always passes by, and we get too busy. There are lots of new faces and a few couldn't make it. We're pretty excited for 2023 with this group!
Every Sunday evening during harvest we shut down and go home. I was going to do some yard work but I changed my plans and instead I got my youngest two kids riding their bikes for the first time. What a great decision!
Should be a great day on oats. Maybe next time we should grow them closer to home. Four super B's and a great yard crew kept us going all day yesterday! Sure wish we all had a Mav chopper like the 10t has for this straw.
If you remember me posting this heated canola fun we had. As much work it was too try to keep the non heated stuff seperate, it was worth it. So far loads going in are testing 0%,0%,1.4%,1.6%,0% if you can believe it. That's a relief.
4450 Case Patriot vs Fendt RG937
In short, I'd pick the Patriot
The only thing that the fendt had that I'd like is a better designed boom recirculation system.
We’ve done some peas, wheat and today some barley. So far it seems to be about half the yield we’d usually expect on a average year. I’m still a bit nervous to find out what our canola will be.
Getting closer to pulling the trigger on this project. What are some wishlist items for a dedicated chemical storage/water facility/all things sprayer related heated shed?
I'm reposting these pea field rotation results because I think we have another great demonstration again this year. It's a little early to tell but my Spidey senses are tingling. Stay tuned.
Caught up on spraying, so I guess I get to go to the kids' ball games in Humboldt this weekend. It's a strange feeling, but I'm sure I'll feel like we've fallen behind by Monday.
Here’s a couple
#ThrowbackThursday
photos of me in our
@AGCOcorp
Massey 4800 that’s still being used on the farm to this day. It doesn’t see much field action but is a great auger tractor now. Everything was better in the 80’s, am I right?