Meanwhile, down on the farm....

[Larry]

It's down some. Not bad though. The quality is higher this year, and quantity... this stuff is so heavy it's bending over..,

I heard some of the others saying little under 5 per bushel, but I'm going to store mine and sell it in December. I think the price might be better then.

[xenon]

Do some farms focus more on quality vs. quantity and tried to get paid for that? Is there any such thing as "premium" wheat? And is it a real thing, or bullshit?

The reason I ask is our family is baking more. Curious if you know what the "good stuff" is - or it's all relatively the same?

[Larry]

Any wheat needs you'll have can be taken care of at the grocery store. The flour mill companies will already have the sorting done for you, and they'll tell you what quality it is on the bag.

[Rainman]

OK, so how do you store wheat until December? Do you just fill a silo and it doesn't go bad?
With hay, each year we stored 80 acres in the huge barn of course, but tossed quite a bit of salt on it to avoid spontaneous combustion if it was too green. I am married to the farmer's daughter, so I was just obligated to help over the years. Other than that, I know pretty much all I want to know about raising hay and cattle.
Lots of wheat harvested east of the Cascades, taken to barges on the Columbia river. Not too much grown west of the Cascades, too wet.

[Larry]

https://www.brockgrain.com/products.php?product_id=211

[Jolly]

@Larry said in Meanwhile, down on the farm....:

https://www.brockgrain.com/products.php?product_id=211

Do you have your own or do you use somebody like Bunge?

[Larry]

I've got my own.

[Larry]

Welp.... everything back in the barn.... clear skies, they said.. 20% humidity they said.... No rain for a week they said...

[Jolly]

@Larry said in Meanwhile, down on the farm....:

Welp.... everything back in the barn.... clear skies, they said.. 20% humidity they said.... No rain for a week they said...

Being a weatherman is a good gig. As long as you include a slight chance of anything, you're never wrong...

[Jolly]

@Larry said in Meanwhile, down on the farm....:

I've got my own.

If you ever get tired of farming, I've seen some pretty neat houses made out of those. You could rent them out and have your own little community.

Imagine...The mayor of Larryville...

[Mik]

Hell, there are a lot of folks who think TNCR is Larryville.

[Larry]

I don't want a Larryville..

[Larry]

@Jolly said in Meanwhile, down on the farm....:

@Larry said in Meanwhile, down on the farm....:

I've got my own.

If you ever get tired of farming, I've seen some pretty neat houses made out of those.

Those are the big ones. Mine are only around 36 or so feet across.

[Jolly]

@Larry said in Meanwhile, down on the farm....:

@Jolly said in Meanwhile, down on the farm....:

@Larry said in Meanwhile, down on the farm....:

I've got my own.

If you ever get tired of farming, I've seen some pretty neat houses made out of those.

Those are the big ones. Mine are only around 36 or so feet across.

Big enough.

[brenda]

@Mik said in Meanwhile, down on the farm....:

Hell, there are a lot of folks who think TNCR is Larryville.

LOLOL

[Larry]

Yay

[taiwan_girl]

@Larry said in Meanwhile, down on the farm....:

Yay

Great picture. Just heard from a friend in IL with a farm who mentioned that they spent all weekend baling and loading/unloading hay!! Fun stuff

Me at their farm

[George K]

@taiwan_girl I think this is the first time, after all these years, you've posted a picture of yourself!

Wonderful.

(Would it be wrong to say "lovely?")

[Copper]

Yes Larry, purple is your color.

[taiwan_girl]

@George-K said in Meanwhile, down on the farm....:

@taiwan_girl I think this is the first time, after all these years, you've posted a picture of yourself!

Wonderful.

(Would it be wrong to say "lovely?")

Aww, thank you very much!!!!!!
I thought I post pictures before, but maybe not. LOL