Seeding is done except for a field of greenfeed/sweet clover that will go in at the end of the week and a small field of millet for swath grazing near the middle of June. Its time to start in crop spraying but will wait a few days to assess frost damage - all our canola was up!!!
The Superduty got serviced and got new batteries (still originals so I went with oem ones) and new wipers. It has to go back to SWT because the steering isnt quite right after the ball joints - they think one may be bad as there have been a few out there that are. I went with Moog greaseables because I thought they would be better but maybe should have stayed with oem. Whatever is wrong will be corrected so I am not worried. The monroe reflex shocks are great and the new swaybar bushings got rid of all the clunking. The roads around here are sure crappy!
Its time to get the old Searay into the shop - a few of the covers need some work and it needs a good polishing. The Black Max 135 needs a tune up because it loads up with fuel at low rpms and kind of floods trying to warm start it.
Diesel's body cavity puncture is full healed and his fur is growing back. He snagged his side against the front end loader and cut his side open - its healing well too. I think Tango is starting to act pregnamt si I hope....
Cows are moving to the second chunk of pasture as there isnt much grass coming. Hope to do a quick graze on all 4 pieces so it regrows if it ever does rain. We are extremely dry here. if we dont get rain in the next week, we will start to see yield potential ($$$$$$$$$) start to drop off. That sucks man - so damn weather dependant!

 

Goood stuff

 

Good to know seeding is almost done, that`s quite an up date.
We`re really bone dry here too, one of the neighbours is trying to do some new fencing and says it`s not any fun to pounding posts in.

 

One hell of an update! Glad to hear the seeding is done, thats nice to get out of the way!

I tlked to my pa the other day, and he has 130 acres to go, which by now he is probably pretty close to done, if not done.

Those moog greasables should be pretty good, but they say the non greasables are non greaable for a reason.

I like knowing there is grease in them, as most guys do, but so far the non greasable ones I have used have been ok.

 

sounds like diesel is accident prone!! hope you guys get some moisture soon. we had 2 days of rain last weekend, ended up being around 3/4ths of an inch i think.

 

My brother in law kinda sounds as accident prone as your dog come to think of it!

As for moisture, out here we got just a wee little bit so far, and thats it. Had to go buy a sprinkler for the garden.

At least the alfalfa looks good out here, so far!

 

Our alfalfa is just sitting there, it`s starved for moisture I`m sure.

 

Was it long enough from last year to hold a little snow in there over the winter?

 

First pass of spraying has been done on all the canola. The summerfallow looks real good but the stubble fields have some areas that are thin. The seeds are in dust and they were seeded straight in with the air drill with moisture there - the wind sucked it all out a few weeks back.
My employee finished spraying the summerfallow as I have been teaching him how to spray. The gps guidance is giving him some aggravation - not the operation of it but he is over-steering chasing the little lights on the light bar!
The Superduty goes in tomorrow to get the ball joint problem addressed.
We will ship last years calf crop next week - prices are up a bit and feed will be precious as the rain seems to be eluding us. The year that was supposed to be a big turn around for ag might very well be that, just a downturn!!

 

A common story, another down year in farming but the year isn`t over yet.
Seems like it`s always next year country in one way or another.

 

As long as i see you posting and you have no major breakdowns, im happy for ya!