[AT] List quiet!! Everyone OK, or just waterlogged???

[Indiana Robinson]

The part of the farm that we don't have in horses is in 3 fields all about
the same size totalling a little over 60 acres that I cash rent to a nearby
farmer. He rents about 6 farms, most are farther from his home farm than I
am. I've never asked him how many acres he farms but based on the farms I
know of I would guess around 1,000.
He has been on the edge of freaking out this spring since it has stayed so
wet with rain almost daily. Earlier this past week he was able to get in
here and plant 2 fields of corn and yesterday he planted the last field in
soybeans. Both fields of corn he planted no-till. For the soybeans he
brought his no-till drill, made about 1 round and wasn't satisfied with it
(ground was pretty wet) and went home and got a large aeration tool he uses
a lot of years. He did this field then one on another farm west of here
then came back here and hit this one again. It was sunny and breezy and the
stirring dried it out fairly well. He then came back with the no-till drill
and planted it. It will be interesting to see how the little strip he first
planted compares to the rest of the field as the season progresses.
I know that getting in on the ground this wet is driving him bonkers but
some years you just have to do what you have to do...
He has been farming this ground since about 2004 I guess when I had to give
up the grain farming to deal with my mother's Alzheimer's on a nearly full
time basis. I couldn't work in the fields and keep her from wandering and I
certainly had to quit farming rented ground away from home.
I've been quite satisfied over the years with my choice to rent to this
particular farmer. My choice really upset a closer neighbor who I guess
thought he had the inside track just because we share a common fence line
and had expressed an interest in renting it. How could I rent to someone
who rather constantly belittled my antique tractor hobby?  :-)


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On Fri, Jun 7, 2019 at 10:01 PM Phil Auten <pga2 at basicisp.net> wrote:

> Neither is TXU!
>
> Phil in TX
>
> On 6/7/2019 5:21 PM, Cecil Bearden wrote:
>
> OG&E is not that kind to us Oklahomans..
>
> Cecil
> On 6/7/2019 5:17 PM, bradloomis at charter.net wrote:
>
> Don’t cancel your travel plans yet. I’d call your power company. Out here
> PG&E picks up the tab if a surge kills equipment. My daughter got a new
> disposal, garage door opener and the Refrig fix all on them.
>
> Bradford.
>
>
>
> *From:* AT <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com> *On Behalf Of *pga2 at BasicISP.net
> *Sent:* Friday, June 07, 2019 2:35 PM
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> *Subject:* Re: [AT] List quiet!! Everyone OK, or just waterlogged???
>
>
>
> No worries here. Nice day yesterday and today. Earlier in the week I lost
> power for most of the day.
>
> Power went off and came back on three times in less than a minute, then
> went off and stayed off.
>
> When power came back on, everything seemed fine. The next day I opened the
> freezer to get some
>
> ice and was greeted with water in the ice trays. The power outage killed
> my fridge. That is going to
>
> put the kibosh on my plans to come to Portland this year. That fun money
> is now going to a new fridge.
>
>
>
> Phil in TX
>
>
> --- moscowengnr at outlook.com wrote:
>
> From: Dennis Johnson <moscowengnr at outlook.com>
> To: Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Subject: Re: [AT] List quiet!! Everyone OK, or just waterlogged???
> Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2019 19:05:36 +0000
>
> Exciting weather here last night (SW Houston suburb).We were out and just
> got some rain, and missed
>
> a small tornado nearby that took out power to thousands in area for a
> while. Tops broke off of some
>
> power poles, farm sheds with roofs scattered about, and some tree and
> fence damage. Fortunately
>
> our house kept power. Early morning reports were about 2200 without power,
> 4050 without power later
>
> morning, and now down to about 1500 without power. My toy shed and
> surrounding neighborhood about
>
> a mile from our house had been without power for 20 hours.
>
>
> Dennis
>
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Francis Robinson
aka "farmer"
Central Indiana USA
robinson46176 at gmail.com
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