For those of you not familiar with combines, let me tell you about the ladder you climb to get into the cab. When you are out in the field the ladder hangs down the left hand side of the cab. It can be swung around towards the front for transport, because in the operating position it makes […]
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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. […]
According to my Purdue Extension Corn & Soybean Field Guide 2010 Edition the optimum time to plant corn in my area is the last week of April. The last week of April begins in three days, and seeing as the ground is soaked right now and there’s more rain on the way what can a […]
Rainy day projectAnother rainy day project. A place for my son to play in the officeLots of seed in stock now. None planted so far. Cleaned and touched up paint to put on display in the office Cleaned out another grain bin Planter ready and waitng Mowed Grandpa’s yard Soil is ready to go for […]
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 […]
First things first. I’ll give you a video walkthrough of the essential parts of the planter. Now if you haven’t been around a planter like this before you’re probably wondering how this looks in the field. The picture below shows the results of all the ground engaging parts. You can see the slot made by […]