Farmers do a lot of recycling. It’s amazing sometimes how much scrap metal we seem to come up with in a year. Between used up sweeps, points, discs, chains, and more from field equipment to stuff that has become junk there’s a lot of metal out there. Do we just dump it in a woods […]
High commodity prices have reignited the food versus fuel debate. Not that it ever really went away, but with farmers reaping high prices for several months now you can see how it’s easy for those who don’t have the right information to make the connection that high commodity prices directly lead to high food prices. […]
We call this the museum. It’s full of antique farm equipment, tools, and other things collected mostly by my father, grandfather, and great uncle who doesn’t most of his life collecting all sorts of things. If I get time I’ll show you more, but this is just a quick snapshot through the door. There’s plenty […]
Randy replacing parts on a cultivator Popcorn has arrived Corn about to coverted into ethanol and DDGs Loading corn Seed inventory is building up Outside Scott Farms Headquarters Seed delivery Almost full! That’s interesting #Agnerd. My college agronomy notes More #agnerd. Sitting around waiting on the printer to reinstall itself Pulled an auger apart only to find […]
Posted for my facebook friends to make them feel better about filling their cars Where those gallons went Dad fertilizing, barely visible Molly Busted Started two out of four mornings this way Let me know if you see a three-legged deer My favorite view First pass of 2011! Posted from WordPress for Android
Equipment problems, and obviously weather. We applied most of our nitrogen fertilizer last fall because harvest was quick and the weather was suitable. Only a few fields remained to be completed this spring. Well, we headed out to the field Wednesday hoping to finish up with fertilizer in about three days. To start the day we couldn’t get […]