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[KST8FAN]

My cousin is infamous for having straight pipes on everything. He wears ear plugs running that thing.  You hear him before you see him coming around the hill.


Tom

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[schreds21]

Sunday was a perfect day for plowing terraces.  IH 1066 turbo with straight chrome pipe and 5 bottom plow.


Tom

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There is never a perfect day for plowing anything, especially terraces.

[KST8FAN]

LoL, Schreds.  Trivia... I have never plowed.  Just watched Dad on an open station 4430 plowing and injecting NH3.

Plowing fell out of favor for V rippers, which was still a dad thing, so it was all discing and field cultivating (aka sweeping?) for me.

Now the farmer cousin likes to maintain terraces which is a good practice.


Tom

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[Katpappy]

Growing up on a farm, my Dad hired a guy to do terraces about every 6 to 8 years.  The guy has the right equipment to do this for farmers.  I don't know what he charged, but was very busy and Dad had to call him way ahead of when he needed them done.

Tom, is that IH 1066 an early '70s model?

[KST8FAN]

I would say yes, it's early 70s.

 CRP buffer coming along nicely as it nears one year anniversary. I need a plaque noting its DRP as we seeded this the day of our 2022 Big 12 Championship (before and after the game).

Polished steel mold boards after a day in the field.  Just think back in 1837 John Deere figured out polished steel self scoured the sticky Midwest soils, made a killing selling them, and built a global company.


Tom

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[Katpappy]

My Dad had an 856 IH that could pull a four-shear plow that you could flip for plowing straight rows.  I wish I had a picture because it was unique with a set above the set that plowed the field.  I remember pulling the plow at about 3 mph, so it took a long time to finish a field.   Needless to say the bigger the plow the bigger the tractor it took to plow.

[michigancat]

maybe it's the angle but it looks like the terrace maintenance was long overdue

[Pete]

I would say yes, it's early 70s.

 CRP buffer coming along nicely as it nears one year anniversary. I need a plaque noting its DRP as we seeded this the day of our 2022 Big 12 Championship (before and after the game).

Polished steel mold boards after a day in the field.  Just think back in 1837 John Deere figured out polished steel self scoured the sticky Midwest soils, made a killing selling them, and built a global company.


Tom

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Do you officially get govt funds for that crp border or are you just referring to it as crp due to the purpose of it?

[KST8FAN]

I would say yes, it's early 70s.

 CRP buffer coming along nicely as it nears one year anniversary. I need a plaque noting its DRP as we seeded this the day of our 2022 Big 12 Championship (before and after the game).

Polished steel mold boards after a day in the field.  Just think back in 1837 John Deere figured out polished steel self scoured the sticky Midwest soils, made a killing selling them, and built a global company.


Tom

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Do you officially get govt funds for that crp border or are you just referring to it as crp due to the purpose of it?

Cost share to prep and seed plus annual payment per acre.  They use GPS to calculate acres, and we have roughly 7 acres enrolled on that 80 acres.

It's a 15 year program. Splitting the payment 50/50 with my renter. 

That money isn't getting me in the Shamrock Zone, but erosion mitigation is a feel good to preserve what we have.

https://www.fsa.usda.gov/state-offices/Kansas/news-releases/2023/-usda-announces-conservation-reserve-program-signup-for-2023


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[KST8FAN]

maybe it's the angle but it looks like the terrace maintenance was long overdue

Don't make me beat a plowshare into a sword, Mich.

That is funky area in the field where 3 terraces come to a point. I think he dropped the plow in a bit  before one terrace, hoping to extend it a bit.

This place has been a 15 year work in progress since my dad passed away.  New tile drains replaced grass water ways, some heavy dirt work, annual maintenance with box scraper, plow, skid steer.


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[schreds21]

https://www.fsa.usda.gov/state-offices/Kansas/news-releases/2023/-usda-announces-conservation-reserve-program-signup-for-2023[/url]


Tom

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This also provides good habitat for birds and animals.  Great conservation practice all the way around Tom!

[Spracne]

Just good people doing good things.

[schreds21]

One of the first fields a young Schreds ever plowed was a quarter section.  It took over an hour to get around that field when first starting.  I was pulling a John Deere plow with an on land hitch and 5 18's.  Imagine the feeling of hopelessness when after an hour of plowing I got back to the beginning and saw a strip of plowed ground only 90 inches wide.  I was convinced I would spend the rest of my life in that field.  Thus began a deep hatred of plowing.

[ben ji]

I would say yes, it's early 70s.

 CRP buffer coming along nicely as it nears one year anniversary. I need a plaque noting its DRP as we seeded this the day of our 2022 Big 12 Championship (before and after the game).

Polished steel mold boards after a day in the field.  Just think back in 1837 John Deere figured out polished steel self scoured the sticky Midwest soils, made a killing selling them, and built a global company.


Tom

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Do you officially get govt funds for that crp border or are you just referring to it as crp due to the purpose of it?

Cost share to prep and seed plus annual payment per acre.  They use GPS to calculate acres, and we have roughly 7 acres enrolled on that 80 acres.

It's a 15 year program. Splitting the payment 50/50 with my renter. 

That money isn't getting me in the Shamrock Zone, but erosion mitigation is a feel good to preserve what we have.

https://www.fsa.usda.gov/state-offices/Kansas/news-releases/2023/-usda-announces-conservation-reserve-program-signup-for-2023


Tom

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Hopefully it gets some birds in there. It's weird seeing CRP that short but maybe it takes a couple of years to get established and tall as hell? I was out in NW KS last weekend chasing birds in my aunt's CRP and its all at least knee high and there are patches where I am in shoulder tall grass.

I would figure that since you are in the flint hills it would be tall grass prairie and all 5ft tall.

[KST8FAN]

This farm is in Douglas County.  Grass should get progressively better.


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[Spracne]

This farm is in Douglas County.  Grass should get progressively better.


Tom

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Some lovely land there.

[KST8FAN]

I had western Kansas wheat farmers on the floor in Marlatt.  Brothers used to talk about plowing marathons and taking 8 hour rotations plowing their vast acreage 24/7.


Tom

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[star seed 7]

You sure they were talking about wheat?

[KST8FAN]

You sure they were talking about wheat?

No.


Tom

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[Sandstone Outcropping]

Small me was always fascinated by how impossibly shiny the plowshares would become after a bit of plowing.

[steve dave]

Small me was always fascinated by how impossibly shiny the plowshares would become after a bit of plowing.

You should have seen them when they were swords!


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[Katpappy]

One of the first fields a young Schreds ever plowed was a quarter section.  It took over an hour to get around that field when first starting.  I was pulling a John Deere plow with an on land hitch and 5 18's.  Imagine the feeling of hopelessness when after an hour of plowing I got back to the beginning and saw a strip of plowed ground only 90 inches wide.  I was convinced I would spend the rest of my life in that field.  Thus began a deep hatred of plowing.

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[ben ji]

My uncle's western KS cows grazing a harvested wheat field last weekend.



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[steve dave]

Lots of good grazing there


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[sys]

those baby cows don't look happy.