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Harvest

I love to catch a beautiful sky on camera. This was my view when taking meals to the field.
Without Cory working for us, we are short of help this harvest. We had Mike in the combine, Mark in the grain cart and Tony in the semi. A 3 man team to start the season. We had been combining beans and have 4 fields out so far. We have been on and off again in between rains. The yields are phenomenal. Mark said the best he has ever seen, 80's and some even got to the 90's! The yields are awesome, but the prices are low. Because of the Tariffs Trump put on soybeans, prices are low and things dont look so good. The boys like to be in the field as much as they can. I am making meals and taking them out many nights.
October 1st... We are half done combining beans and haven't started in on corn. It has rained almost 2 1/2 inches over the last couple days. We really need dry during harvest. each day later is a day closer to snow. The later it gets, push comes to shove. The farmers all get a little nervous this time of year. The condition varies so much across the state.  My Dad has had more rain and wetter ground than we do. It just hasnt been a good season for farmers.

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