Believe this is an armyworm in the wheat. Not a lot of them out there yet. Time to sidedress nitrogen on the corn that didn’t get done in spring or fall This our setup for spraying fence rows. The seat is an air ride unit out of a semi Wheat looking good! Local elevator is […]
Category: Farm Week in Pictures
This wall was full of seed boxes and pallets. Now we just have a few empty boxes left! Cleaned the fertlizer plumbing on the planter. The hose we use to fill the planter must have had a mouse in it over the winter, as the first strainer on the planter was packed with this stuff. […]
Rockin! About to empty a bag of beans Seed treatment gives you manly pink gloves What are you looking at cow? Fill it up! Preventative maintenance A little talc helps the seed go down! No-till time! Sink hole Early corn planting results so far First corn planted almost three weeks ago, and corn planted late last […]
Planting into the night How did this miss us? Sunset Little guy fell asleep in the tractor, just like I used to. Watching Daddy plant Visiting the field and bringing Dad supper. Don’t worry, that tractor isn’t running. One neighbor with a 32 row planter. Ours is 16 Another neighbor with his 4 row. Takes […]
Filling up the planter for the first time this year! And we’re off! Planting season has begun! Tractor and planter calling it a day Some conservation going on here. This is a filter strip along a ditchbank. Dad taking counts and measurements of seed spacing and depth Setting up varieties going to be planted. First […]
It was a long, wet week until today. The forecast is much improved now compared to the last two weeks. We haven’t planted anything, and I’m actually glad we didn’t when we could have. I’d be worried about poor stands. Some neighboring fields have been planted for three weeks and nothing has come up yet. […]