More snow and very chilly weather on the farm this week. I’m loving all this snow! Winter is a lot better looking in white than in shades of brown and gray. We’ve got grain to haul but haven’t had trucks on the road with the cold weather. We don’t absolutely have to be out so […]
Our International 4900 had an old tailgate. It’s lasted us quite a few years, but all the loads of dirt, stone, field rocks, concrete, and scrap steel have done a number on the poor thing. I think this is the third truck we’ve had this dump bed on. In the summer of 2013 we used […]
Activities varied this week on the farm from hauling grain to cleaning the mower to heading back to school. See what keeps us farmers busy in winter! Trucker Hat Fueling up in order to haul some more corn this week! Before corn could move I had to dig snow out of the back side […]
This week on the farm brought on more tractor cleaning, some shop cleaning, a public open house, corn hauling, truck modification, and paperwork. Clean and Green John Deere Tractors The 9320 had its turn with the pressure washer this week followed by a good coat of wax. All the equipment is pretty well clean now! […]
We didn’t have a really active week on the farm. The snow and cold from Ion slowed us down a bit, but we didn’t have pressing matters to attend to outdoors anyway. No power lost and no pipes frozen for us, so that worked out well. For the most part paperwork was done and some […]
Early in September 2013 I was able to visit Monsanto‘s facilities in St. Louis, MIssouri. My wife and I along with two friends were on a road trip taking us from home in Indiana out to Kansas City and back through St. Louis to take in a couple of concerts. A friend I first encountered […]