Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions

[sys]

tiger, like sd said.  pretty cool, i only ever found a couple in kansas.

i think you can find the larvae pretty easily if you look for them, but i never did that.  the adults are underground most of the time.

[steve dave]

tiger, like sd said.  pretty cool, i only ever found a couple in kansas.

i think you can find the larvae pretty easily if you look for them, but i never did that.  the adults are underground most of the time.

We’d find them all the time in Meade and keep them as pets until we grew bored of them and let them go.


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[pissclams]

i lived in minnesota for a year and they were everywhere. 

pro tip- boil them with a heavy dusting of your favorite cajun seasoning and enjoy a simple yet flavorful meal that rivals anything you will find at the fanciest seafood restaurants in paris

[yoga-like_abana]

pretty sure that's the yellow spotted lizard. Got Kissin Kate Barlow so you might watch out

[ben ji]

Did some more research this morning and apparently the barred tiger salamander is the state amphibian of Kansas and also the only salamander that lives west of the flint hills.

Such fun!

[Sandstone Outcropping]

The intense heat during the last half of July "burned up" a lot of the dryland corn in my part of central KS. Farmers are chopping it like crazy for silage. Irrigated corn and most soybeans still look good.

[WillieWatanabe]

The intense heat during the last half of July "burned up" a lot of the dryland corn in my part of central KS. Farmers are chopping it like crazy for silage. Irrigated corn and most soybeans still look good.

I didn't realize it got that bad. Seemed like it was humid enough to keep it going.

[pissclams]

another data point on the corn thing- i noticed that costco didn’t have any corn on the cob yesterday, pretty disappointing

[Sandstone Outcropping]

The intense heat during the last half of July "burned up" a lot of the dryland corn in my part of central KS. Farmers are chopping it like crazy for silage. Irrigated corn and most soybeans still look good.

I didn't realize it got that bad. Seemed like it was humid enough to keep it going.

The corn in my immediate vicinity had been "living hand to mouth" in terms of rainfall for most of the growing season. It looked strong early in July but a couple of dry weeks combined with high temps (the corn plants like to be able to cool off at night, I'm told) zapped it.

[ben ji]

Western KS is a lush wonderland with giant sunflower patches growing all over.

[ben ji]

Also my favorite silver cow is still alive

[KST8FAN]

Helping my cousin fill silo the rest of this week.  Excited/nervous.  Silo prepared today, and wagons ready to go.


Tom

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[Katpappy]

That red paint makes my heart go thump, thump, thump. 

[WallyOhearn]

My farming experience has been quite rewarding. I've been tending to crops and livestock for years, and it's a whole lot of hard work but equally satisfying. I got my first tractor from machinerydealer.co.uk a few months ago. It made plowing and planting so much more efficient.

[steve dave]

My farming experience has been quite rewarding. I've been tending to crops and livestock for years, and it's a whole lot of hard work but equally satisfying.

Go back and read the thread Wally, we already know all that


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[KST8FAN]

28 loads, day one.  One flat, one shear pin broke, one chain came off.  Other wise a decent day.  I didn't directly break anything, and I kept up.


Tom

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[steve dave]

I say this with the utmost respect and admiration but why are you doing it like that? is something going on that my age 0-18 farming life is missing (I was not paying attention most of those years so this is a VERY high probability)

[Spracne]

28 loads, day one.  One flat, one shear pin broke, one chain came off.  Other wise a decent day.  I didn't directly break anything, and I kept up.


Tom

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You need to slow down with that frequency of loads. Refractory periods are real.

[DaBigTrain]

I wouldn't be able to do this, coming from a non-farming background. I have computer hands, they weren't made for this stuff. I appreciate you, Tom.

[KST8FAN]

I say this with the utmost respect and admiration but why are you doing it like that? is something going on that my age 0-18 farming life is missing (I was not paying attention most of those years so this is a VERY high probability)

You're probably used to a big self propelled cutter, trucks, and a pit?  This is a small part of the operation to winter cows for a neighbor. Still very much old school, old machinery to fill an upright silo in 3-4 days.

I realized this week too my cousin has like a crap load of tractors for the acres farmed. I am not sure he knows what trade in means.  LoL.


Tom

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[Sandstone Outcropping]

I say this with the utmost respect and admiration but why are you doing it like that? is something going on that my age 0-18 farming life is missing (I was not paying attention most of those years so this is a VERY high probability)

You're probably used to a big self propelled cutter, trucks, and a pit?  This is a small part of the operation to winter cows for a neighbor. Still very much old school, old machinery to fill an upright silo in 3-4 days.

I realized this week too my cousin has like a crap load of tractors for the acres farmed. I am not sure he knows what trade in means.  LoL.


Tom

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Neat to see the old-school silage production. Dad talks about when the neighbors would get together to put silage into an actual silo. Nowadays, there is a guy with a massive chopper who puts it in a pile on the ground or a trench (probably wastes a lot of silage compared to this setup).

[WillieWatanabe]

I say this with the utmost respect and admiration but why are you doing it like that? is something going on that my age 0-18 farming life is missing (I was not paying attention most of those years so this is a VERY high probability)

You're probably used to a big self propelled cutter, trucks, and a pit?  This is a small part of the operation to winter cows for a neighbor. Still very much old school, old machinery to fill an upright silo in 3-4 days.

I realized this week too my cousin has like a crap load of tractors for the acres farmed. I am not sure he knows what trade in means.  LoL.


Tom

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Neat to see the old-school silage production. Dad talks about when the neighbors would get together to put silage into an actual silo. Nowadays, there is a guy with a massive chopper who puts it in a pile on the ground or a trench (probably wastes a lot of silage compared to this setup).

This is what we did. Had the old-school setup and put it all in a big trench built into a hill. Used to plant sorghum silage too.

[steve dave]

I say this with the utmost respect and admiration but why are you doing it like that? is something going on that my age 0-18 farming life is missing (I was not paying attention most of those years so this is a VERY high probability)

You're probably used to a big self propelled cutter, trucks, and a pit?  This is a small part of the operation to winter cows for a neighbor. Still very much old school, old machinery to fill an upright silo in 3-4 days.

I realized this week too my cousin has like a crap load of tractors for the acres farmed. I am not sure he knows what trade in means.  LoL.


Tom

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yeah, that's accurate and basically what I assumed

[KST8FAN]

Tillie keeping an eye on the coolers.  Ready to play between loads of course.


Tom

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[ben ji]

Keep kicking ass Tom