Planting in the dark

Planting in the dark seems silly, but when you have Mother Nature and Father Time nipping at your heels one has to do what they have to do. So here I am planting soybeans after dark and what makes this task incredibly easy is GPS, auto-steer, and a monitor that tells you how many seeds you’re planting and where. This field could never be planted in the dark otherwise, as it has all sorts of angles that requires you to see the last row planted. This technology helps us work under the gun and has been worth its weight in gold this spring. Oh wait, it’s almost the first day of summer. I’ve never said that before. “I’m planting our crops in the summer!”
Crazy.
As my dad puts it, “This spring’s a bitch.”

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Something is growing well

Due to the untimely and continuous rains, some farmers haven’t been able to finish planting their fields of soybeans. Some never got to plant their corn! So this is what happens when the weeds get their chance before the soybeans or corn. We grow a lot of this. I wish consumers wanted this ragweed, we could make a killing on it!

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