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Farming Nearly Done

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We are not farmers, but do need to rejuvenate some hay land every year. Finished up the power harrowing this evening, tomorrow will put the last 20 or so acres in. Then just drag the diamond harrows over the last of it and we can put a bow on another 250 acres for the season.







This little outfit does a pretty nice job. I think next time I'll just plow in the fall and leave it until spring and just do one pass with this prior to seeding, as opposed to a pass in the fall and in the spring like we did this time. Still learning as we go.
 
Where's the rocks. We planted 77 acres of corn this weekend picked some rocks as big as a skid loader bucket could barely lift them but they are piled now. Finished planting as the rains started and my gauge says 2"s since last night. We have another 30 acres to finish tilling and plant then back to a peat meadow your tiller would work fine for that job I bet.
 
Denny said:
Where's the rocks. We planted 77 acres of corn this weekend picked some rocks as big as a skid loader bucket could barely lift them but they are piled now. Finished planting as the rains started and my gauge says 2"s since last night. We have another 30 acres to finish tilling and plant then back to a peat meadow your tiller would work fine for that job I bet.
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The power harrow really shines in the peat. You have to carry it though or it will pile up in front. Often times sods are hard to break up in peat, but this really does a number.

As far as lack of rocks go, it may have been an act of selective photography :wink: The higher off the creek bottoms we get the rockier things are. It becomes a matter of picking the ones you think the roller wont smash back down far enough :|
 
Nice. My son thinks the tractor hood is the wrong colour for things to work that well...
 
Mike said:
Really nice looking job! What will you be planting?
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This field is now in oats under seeded to alfalfa and timothy. Generally we plant oats the first year, oats / hay the second year. The oats will be either baled dry or baled as silage, depending on how things go.
 
RSL said:
Nice. My son thinks the tractor hood is the wrong colour for things to work that well...
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Lol, well in a perfect world the tractors are blue and the balers are green!
 
Denny, here are the rocks. Big ones have been removed. Nothing skidsteer bucket size though thankfully.
RSL, perhaps this colour of hood is more to the Lads liking? lol


Down with the rocks!
 
We decided to finish working down the last 30 acres we cleared the timber off of, and throw some grass seed to it. I rolled it to squash as many roots down as possible, then Mrs. Silver and myself picked anything that was obvious or potential trouble. The Ranger is a pretty handy outfit for such work. Probably doesn't get used for this much in Nebraska and the Dakotas though :kid:

 
I like to have a loader on the tractor while rolling new seeding I can jump out quick throw the item in the bucket when it gets full just dump it in the woods lord knows we have plenty of that. We finished our corn on Thursday was a bit soft but I got thru it without getting stuck and it rain again yesterday. Should have plenty of silage ended up with 102 acres.
 
With the rain you are getting over there it sounds like a miracle you got your crop in. I bet you'll have no shortage of feed. If we got that kind of moisture our country would wash away, it's just not built for it. if we get 7 inches between May and October we had a wet year.
 
Silver said:
With the rain you are getting over there it sounds like a miracle you got your crop in. I bet you'll have no shortage of feed. If we got that kind of moisture our country would wash away, it's just not built for it. if we get 7 inches between May and October we had a wet year.
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Wow, what a difference in climates and environments in this country we live in. Overall, that is barely enough to keep the corn going and our grass growing enough to replenish over the summer. When our hottest weather comes, usually July/August, we could handle 1" per week without suffering any harm.
 
burnt said:
Silver said:
With the rain you are getting over there it sounds like a miracle you got your crop in. I bet you'll have no shortage of feed. If we got that kind of moisture our country would wash away, it's just not built for it. if we get 7 inches between May and October we had a wet year.
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Wow, what a difference in climates and environments in this country we live in. Overall, that is barely enough to keep the corn going and our grass growing enough to replenish over the summer. When our hottest weather comes, usually July/August, we could handle 1" per week without suffering any harm.
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Exact same thing here an inch a week is about right preferably Saturday night into sunday then I won't feel guilty sluffing on sunday which I normally don't.
 

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