That relentless wind of the past few days just won't quit. Field surface is getting dry and I stir up quite a dust with the air seeder planting canola. The price of said seed is a bit astounding .. If anybody had told me years ago that I could lift over $500 worth of canola seed without extreme exertion I would have never believed it. $7000 worth of seed in the back of a thousand dollar pickup, amazing.
Oh well, making a little progress even though I seem to be a ten oclock scholar most days not getting the seeder in the ground til way late in the morning. Seems I spend as much time getting ready to work as actually seeding. Fuel to haul, seed and fertilizer to load and haul miles between farms eats up a lot of time. A couple of my weedy fields I actually try and avert my gaze as I have to pass by them as I know the weeds will get to grow a little higher before I can get to them.
Sometimes you just have to do what you have to do.
ReplyDeleteThe corn salesman delivered a couple more bags of see. She was actually complaining about the price of seed. Also, complaining about the lack of conventional corn seed and genetics, and the extreme price jump of said corn seed.
ReplyDeleteSometimes I think we would make more money on a garden sized farm.