The Official Farming Thread...

[jblnut]

1st irrigation bridge is finished and ready to go to the ditch !! Loaded it on a 24’ flat rack and the rack sure looks little


Picked it off the trailer and headed through the jungle.


Well look at that !! It works !! Very very little sag so it should have very little sag when the irrigator is full of water. Now to build three more

 

[Bill G]

Start pumping the water out of the Mississippi. It went over the highway here this morning.

 

[jblnut]

Start pumping the water out of the Mississippi. It went over the highway here this morning.

All the bonkers rain MN has been getting has finally made it's way into your neck of the woods it seems.

If I'm allowed to say such a thing as a farmer I have to say we're almost perfect as far as moisture goes. North of us they're a swamp and South of us they are starting to name new lakes but we've been missed by the 5-7" rainfalls that they have. We'll get 1 to 1-1/2" out of the storms which is great. Good thing corn is tanking in value or we'd actually make decent money this year for once

 

[Bill G]

........... We'll get 1 to 1-1/2" out of the storms which is great. Good thing corn is tanking in value or we'd actually make decent money this year for once

Ask your Dad about the 1974 corn crop in Minnesota.

Never count the bushels til they are in the bin....

 

[Bill G]

Rains every day here. Never seen these on July 10 in my sandy yard.

 

[stretch5881]

Rains every day here. Never seen these on July 10 in my sandy yard.

View attachment 425614

We got them here too. Almost went on my arse stepping on one while walking down the slope.

 

[jakethesnake]

Little dry here. Enough to make you sick

 

[LAWN BOY]

neighbor cut hay last night

 

[Lnk]

neighbor cut hay last night View attachment 425726

What model Deutz is that?

 

[LAWN BOY]

What model Deutz is that?

DX90

 

[Bill G]

neighbor cut hay last night View attachment 425726

That is about the right timing on second cutting.

 

[LAWN BOY]

That is about the right timing on second cutting.

I know, but my neighbor procrastinates.

 

[Bill G]

I know, but my neighbor procrastinates.

Are you saying that is first cutting?

 

[LAWN BOY]

Are you saying that is first cutting?

Yes.

 

[Bill G]

A day without rain today.

 

[Lnk]

A day without rain today.

Do you need more? We have plenty of those.

 

[Bill G]

Yes we need dry weather and the river to go down. The highway is underwater now

 

[LAWN BOY]

Lots of rain here this year.

 

[greystone mountain man]

Do you need more? We have plenty of those.

We need a week of slow rain.It's getting bad here corn, beans and hay is drying up

 

[Bill G]

We need a week of slow rain.It's getting bad here corn, beans and hay is drying up

I am sure the east coast will get smacked with a hurricane. That will send rain your way but too late. It will be just in time though to skyrocket our lumber prices in the midwest.