It was another challenging spring for us, very wet and late. Not as bad as last year, but not ideal either! Definitely put some crops in on the wetter side! But we got them all in, as well as getting a huge first crop of hay harvested with no rain in it. Big thanks for the crew putting in long hours to get it all done…and thanks to the wives for putting up with it!
First field, just starting to plant corn.
Rain about to shut us down…a common sight this year!
No-till into a cover crop (tillage radish mix)
No-till in to bean stubble at sunset.
In the field fix.
Seeding alfalfa in the hills.
We planted most of our silage corn with our bean planter in narrow (19″) rows. It was slow going with this small planter, but on the plus side, having two planters going, even if one is small, is always faster then just one!
Helpers! Kiddos love to get rides!
Seed, fertilizer, fuel…..keep the planters rolling!
Harvesting samples in our haylage test plot.
We had a small fire in our chopper…thanks to our neighbor for keeping us rolling. Allowed me to grab a couple pictures of them chopping for us.
I’m not used to this view when we are chopping!
Back in our chopper! Luckily we got the fire out quickly, and Delbert worked tirelessly to get our machine back up and running that night. Also special thanks for my wife for going on a three hour parts run on a Thursday night after work to get us parts!
Finishing packing the (2nd!) bunker of haylage at about 1:30am on Saturday morning.
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