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chamookman:
I thought of You, with all the wind and rains passing thru. For bout an hour Wednesday, had the Severe Weather warnings on TV and Radio. Glad to hear it didn't affect You ! Bob
bjrogg:
Thank Bob.
The wind really helped keep our wheat from gaining moisture and trying to sprout. That’s what causes the starches to change in the kernel and the quality to drop. The heads I cut for falling numbers test were trashed and tested. They passed the test so we moved everything back to my place again.
We started combining about 2:00 and moisture was good. Sent load to town and it passed all the test. Happy Happy as Phil would say. Our goal was to finish the 53 acres by my place. We got that done about 5:45 and moved to our last field. It was a good drying day and our last field was ready now to so we kept going. We finished just before dark and filled every truck we could beg, borrow or steal.
I’m so happy to have our wheat harvest completed. I really enjoy the harvest part, but the constant worry about getting it off and keeping it’s quality and covering contracts is really bad on my nerves.
Now I can take a deep breath knowing that we have our most perishable crop harvested. The rest are at least slightly less perishable.lol
Not going to worry about harvesting them yet .
Well there’s still straw to harvest yet but I’m ready for more rain. That wind and heat really saved our wheat harvest but everything else is suffering. Even the fields that did get a rain are withering up and there’s still cracks in the ground.
We are supposed to be hot today yet , but then cool down some and possibly of showers Saturday and Sunday.
We hope the pump is primed now and we can get some more wide spread and soaking rains, but we are very thankful for what we did get.
Gotta go lots of trucks to unload and I need to start spraying beans today.
Will try to post a few pictures when I get a chance
Bjrogg
bjrogg:
The last field
Bjrogg
bjrogg:
Beans are blossoming and it’s time for thier first white mold protection.
Huge difference between where they got a rain and where they didn’t.
We did get a shower this morning. I had .5” in my gauge and it’s still sprinkling. It’s not enough yet but it’s still very much appreciated.
Bjrogg
Pappy:
Glad you are getting by BJ, we got a little rain here but very spotty also, some got a lot and some got none, went by several corn fields today and they looked very sad, dry and twisted in the field. The beans on my place has got just enough to get by and seems to be doing pretty well now. They are calling for rain every day this week and we could sure use it, creeks and ponds are very low and pastures are brown, the dry is bad enough but it has been in the mid to high 90's for almost a month here and that is unusually for us in July. I am headed north next Sunday for Elm Hall, hope to get into a little cooler weather for a few days. Hope to see you there. :)
Pappy
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