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bjrogg:
I haven’t had time to get out hunting since opening day.
Sunday my brother and I took both combines and harvested 100 acres of black beans for a neighbor.
It went good. My brother farmed with me for most of my life. Several years ago we had serious financial difficulties and he left the farm for a job that actually pays you money. :o
He really enjoyed getting back in the combine for a day.
Bjrogg
bjrogg:
Yesterday my son and I switched his combine over to soybeans. We did 40 acres for a neighbor so he could get his wheat planted. It went good and I was surprised that the yield was pretty decent. I really thought the soybeans would be a disaster. He did get a nice rain the same time my dads farm did in late July.
Today I think we will try some of our soybeans. They are almost all on sugar beet field end rows. It always takes a lot of running around putting headers on and off. Moving combine, trucks and header’s.
Not big acre days. But a lot easier than harvesting sugar beets from the end rows.
Speaking of sugar beets. They have been harvesting early digs for almost a month now. We don’t have any early digs, but I might try our beet digger out in a neighbors field today or tomorrow. See how things work or don’t work. We did a lot of stuff to this machine and I would like to make sure it’s ready when we do start permanent piles.
Bjrogg
Didn’t get any pictures of soybean harvest for neighbor, but we sure have been getting some pretty sunsets
bjrogg:
Pretty big day yesterday.
Started out taking a doubles load of black beans to Star of the West .
Then moved trucks and headed to the soybean fields.
Still had a little time before the dew was off so I took the beet digger to my neighbors field and dug 12 rows. It worked really good so we called it a successful test.
Then I got in the combine and went at soybeans. This farm had a lot of end rows on the beet fields. I did 18.8 acres of headlands. Then there was a 28 acre wedge field across the tracks. I finished up just as the sun was setting in my mirror. With the moon in the sky.
Was a good day
Bjrogg
bjrogg:
Half moon in sky and setting sun in my mirror
Pappy:
Beautiful picture, sounds like you are staying busy. :)
Pappy
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