Our planter didn't move along as smoothly as Mark had hoped. With all the new added technology, we had lots of extra troubles, problems, breakdowns, and glitches. This may have been one of the most stressful times for Mark. The Precision Planting system created a whole new level of problems with a sensor stopping on one row randomly throughout the field. That means no corn being planted in that row. The planter is huge and covers a ton of ground. Mark could plant 70 acres per hour and 500+ acres in one day! It wasn't long ago we would plant 150 acres in one day. We also pulled some fence rows to combine the field around our house. The rows go from one side of the section to the other with mile long rows! This saves time and Mark can plant 20 acres in one round.
Iowa springs are sporadic. We get an amazing spring day followed by intense winds at 25 to 35 mile per hour that blast you. It is terrible to be outside even though the sun is shinning and the temperature is 70 or 80. In order to spend some quality time and have a conversation during planting, I go ride with him.
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