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Russ:
I gotta say BJ, you are getting Dang good at knapping! your arrows look great like always but the knapped heads with the art on the shaft makes your arrows look amazing!
bjrogg:
Thank You Russell. I really appreciate that.
I just got home from a meeting.
We started this project 7 years ago. It’s a project that records our farm’s metrics. It grades us on things like carbon footprint, land use, environmental quality, water quality and stuff like that.
It’s been pretty interesting and our metrics are actually very good. I’m really not all that into the carbon footprint as much as I am the rest of the stuff, but the things we do to improve those metrics also improve our carbon footprint.
It’s a bit sad though. We’ve been doing these things for several years now. We did them at our expense. We had to learn all the lessons the hard way. Figure out what works for our farm and what doesn’t.
Now there’s new programs trying to encourage the methods we use. One would think we should have those same incentives, but we don’t qualify because we are already doing them.
I’m glad they are trying to get more operations to try these methods. I believe they are good for the soil, wildlife and environment. However it’s not fair providing my competition with a financial incentive for trying something I have been doing for years and not giving me the same incentive.
That’s the problem with so many programs. They really don’t have to make a whole lot of sense.
Bjrogg
Buckskinner:
Planter is looking good!
We've lost frost in the ground here so I'm guessing tilling will start soon, not much put in the ground around here until about mid-April to avoid freezing temps. Beets earlier? What is germination typical germination period?
bjrogg:
--- Quote from: Buckskinner on March 10, 2022, 09:42:51 am ---Planter is looking good!
We've lost frost in the ground here so I'm guessing tilling will start soon, not much put in the ground around here until about mid-April to avoid freezing temps. Beets earlier? What is germination typical germination period?
--- End quote ---
Yes beets are sometimes even planted early March around here.
We have to get most of the frost out of the ground, but we plant around some snow piles once in awhile along edges and by woods.
We need to get the ground dry enough though. Sometimes that happens early spring. Often we get a window before the rainy weather.
We have a lot of underground drainage tile.
Sugar beets are pretty cold hardy. They can take temps down to about 20 in the right growing stages. If they are just poking through the surface it can be hard on them.
They are actually easier to get a good stand planting early ahead of the spring rains than later when it’s getting drier and after our spring rains. We can’t plant them very deep, so it can be hard to keep them in the moisture to germinate.
We like to have them planted by my birthday April 16.
Bjrogg
I don’t think we will get any in March this year. Still pretty cold here and a lot of frost in the ground. Hopefully by my birthday
bjrogg:
My son is gone to State FFA Convention and I’m feeding his cattle.
They are happy to see me.
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