Wow I remember back when there was an off season to farming not anymore. I can't believe I didnt conclude our harvest on here yet so here goes. Corn was finished the day after Thanksgiving on our farm after the long hard battle that was harvest 09. The crop had a great year yield wise considering but with an average moisture of 21 percent all had to be dried. THANK GOODNESS FOR OUR SUKUP T-28 THE DRYER THAT SAVED 2009! It also very surprisingly paid for itself in this first year! Flash foward and we are getting a pretty good start to the new decade and gladly moving past the difficult year before. Preparations are being made as allowed (dry fertilizer spreading on frozen ground) and the grain hualing is getting along very fast. This week we also made a small but in a way significant equipment change with what is probably the hardest worked tractor on the farm. Reluctantly our faithful Ford 6600 that we have used as our everyday utility tractor for the past 31 years has gotten to the point that it no longer fit what we needed and will be finding a new home. Even though they often have to leave the farm when their time is done good tractors are never forgotten. The orange Kubota M7040 has big shoes to fill but so far seems like it is up to the job.
