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bjrogg:
I ended up digging 61.7 acres yesterday. We have about 61 acres left.
I took my wife to doctors this morning and my nephew is running the beet digger. I just checked in with my son and it sounds like things are going good. That’s great news. I’m getting pretty old to still be doing this beet digging job. It’s really not a job for a old man, but I have been the only one who has run the digger for close to thirty years. I hope my nephew makes out ok. The digging conditions in this field were very good so that should help.
Bjrogg
bjrogg:
When I got back to field after taking my wife to doctors I was kinda hoping my nephew wouldn’t want to give up his new beet digger job. He was ready to go back to his cart though. His neck, back and shoulders were killing him. I was pretty sure they would be. By the end of beet digging season my neck looks like a buck in rut.
He did really good though and had a little over 25 acres off. Just another 35 to go.
We all took our normal jobs back and really loaded trucks.
The drivers kept me right busy. They didn’t have a line and they only had to go across the tracks with the beets.
Digging conditions were excellent and I could dig a gear faster. A little before dark I asked the drivers if they wanted to quit for the day earlier and finish in the morning? Or keep at it till we got done. They overwhelmingly voted for staying till we were done. I’m thinking they really just wanted to be finished.
Everything worked like a clock and we finished about 7:30 with a full moon watching over the beet piling ground.
We made it through another harvest. Glad to be done. We did our part and delivered some really great quality sugar beets. Now it up to the factories and Mother Nature. I sure hope they can store well and get processed in good shape to get that sweet sugar they hold inside.
That story won’t be done till mid march. That’s a lot better than mid April though so I’m pretty optimistic. Our Croswell factory that we put so much money and renovations into two summers ago during the peak of Covid was a complete disappointment last year, but it’s kicking butt this year. We already processed more sugar from that facility than we did all season last year and there’s still 4 months of slice left. Sure wish they could have performed like that last year but glad they got the bugs out this year.
Bjrogg
bjrogg:
The piling ground just across the tracks
bjrogg:
The finished field with a full moon watching over the beet piles
Pat B:
You guys are incredible, Brian. Farmers are the lifeblood of America. :OK
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