Meanwhile, down on the farm....
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wrote on 26 Jun 2020, 21:33 last edited by
It's time to harvest wheat. The crew spent today getting all the machinery staged..
Two combines, two big tractors, two grain wagons, and two 52 foot tractor trailers..
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wrote on 26 Jun 2020, 21:36 last edited by
That’ll make a lot of bread for sammiches.
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wrote on 26 Jun 2020, 23:08 last edited by
What's the market look like?
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wrote on 27 Jun 2020, 00:08 last edited by
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.
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wrote on 27 Jun 2020, 00:12 last edited by 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?
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wrote on 27 Jun 2020, 00:19 last edited by
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.
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wrote on 27 Jun 2020, 02:04 last edited by
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. -
wrote on 27 Jun 2020, 02:46 last edited by
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wrote on 27 Jun 2020, 03:22 last edited by
@Larry said in Meanwhile, down on the farm....:
Do you have your own or do you use somebody like Bunge?
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wrote on 27 Jun 2020, 13:31 last edited by
I've got my own.
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wrote on 27 Jun 2020, 17:59 last edited by
Welp.... everything back in the barn.... clear skies, they said.. 20% humidity they said.... No rain for a week they said...
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Welp.... everything back in the barn.... clear skies, they said.. 20% humidity they said.... No rain for a week they said...
wrote on 27 Jun 2020, 18:09 last edited by@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...
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wrote on 27 Jun 2020, 18:11 last edited by 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...
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wrote on 27 Jun 2020, 18:20 last edited by
I don't want a Larryville..
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@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...
wrote on 27 Jun 2020, 18:22 last edited by@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.
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@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.
wrote on 27 Jun 2020, 23:19 last edited by@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.
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wrote on 28 Jun 2020, 00:33 last edited by
@Mik said in Meanwhile, down on the farm....:
Hell, there are a lot of folks who think TNCR is Larryville.
LOLOL
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wrote on 6 Jul 2020, 14:38 last edited by taiwan_girl 7 Jun 2020, 14:41
@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
