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Pappy:
Very dry here also BJ, calling for a little chance today and then none for another week or so, September is usually a dry month for us anyway but with the dry summer it has made it worse. Leaves are drying up and falling like late fall. Woods are really opening up. I have no crops to plant so I guess it;s ok for now. :)
Pappy
bjrogg:
--- Quote from: chamookman on September 22, 2022, 05:00:20 am ---Thought of You , when I heard the Storm Warnings, that went up for Your area yesterday. Bob
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Thanks Bob. We got lots of lightning and thunder. Just a little bit of a sprinkle. Then when it looked like it was done it decided to drop everything it had and gave us .7” on this field. It was definitely appreciated.
Bjrogg
bjrogg:
--- Quote from: Pappy on September 22, 2022, 08:14:15 am ---Very dry here also BJ, calling for a little chance today and then none for another week or so, September is usually a dry month for us anyway but with the dry summer it has made it worse. Leaves are drying up and falling like late fall. Woods are really opening up. I have no crops to plant so I guess it;s ok for now. :)
Pappy
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There’s definitely a change in the air Pappy.
The windmills are pointing to the north now and a cool chilly north wind is powering them. The temperature had dropped to low 40’s at night even in the 30’s onto a high in the low 50’s. Our clouds are those low fall clouds that remind one of fall.
We fixed the tractor yesterday morning. It was just a sensor.
Had to wait till it dried off a little on top to start planting again. Did some logistics to get wheat seed were we needed it and refilled seed wagon. Did a few little repair jobs on the grain drill and even cleaned my tractor windows .
Got planting about 12:30 pm. Not making any dust now.
Bjrogg
bjrogg:
Been a busy week.
The weather has definitely changed. We are still dry as soil conditions go, but It’s been cool, damp and occasionally drizzle and mist. Not the nice bean harvesting weather we had just a little while ago. Lots of beans out there yet and now the struggles of harvest are leaving them out there awhile longer. Which also prevents them from planting wheat.
I was hoping to get Sunday off, but with the weather forecast I decided to work at finishing planting wheat. Got done and I’m really glad to have that job checked off the list.
Also got my son’s corn silage chopped. When we had cattle we had a chopper. Now he hires a neighbor.
Wow these new choppers are amazing. 800 hp and a twenty foot head. It runs through the corn. Makes our old whopper chopper look like a toy.
Glad to have my son’s corn chopped. Will soon be time to harvest the high moisture shelled corn. He’s almost out. Hopefully corn is ready in a few weeks. At least enough to get some harvested to feed the cattle.
Bjrogg
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