How many people did you feed? Follow up question: now imagine those people were Nebraskans.
Did your tractors have radios?
How many chickens would I need to keep a family of four in fresh eggs daily?
I only use credit cards so I have no idea, but does money really smell like cow crap?
Did you drink a lot of lemonade back in the day? My grandpa always had a cooler full of it.
Two part question:
1) Who is better Case IH or John Deere?
2) Will I really get caught using red diesel for my non-farming needs?
Did you get to start driving a farm truck (legally) when you were like 8 years old?
I only use credit cards so I have no idea, but does money really smell like cow crap?
no, it (the poop) actually smells gross (the poop). I've gotten some on my hands over a million times. it's gross always.
What's the scariest animal you've came acrossed, being out in the fields?
:love:What's the scariest animal you've came acrossed, being out in the fields?
rattle snake.
other animals I've hit with a car/truck/tractor include:
other snakes
a baby deer and an adult deer (different instances)
a turkey
over a million rabbits
a badger
coyote
other animals I've seen but not hit with the car/truck/tractor include:
porcupine
bobcat
beaver
armadillo
a huge snapping turtle
How many relatives have lost body parts to an irrigation system?
What is the go-to "farm accident" story in your family?
Did you ride horses to wrangle up your cattle?
Do cows over eat, or are they self regulating?
Tell me about crop insurance and whether it's actually true that farmers can get paid for not planting crops, cause I am just baffled by this.
Did you ever birth a two headed cav? My grandpa did and I wanted to see if this is a common thing. He's got a picture of it at the farm and it's really creepy.
tell us a calving story, plz.
tell us a calving story, plz.
one time a cow couldn't push out the baby and just its front or back feet were sticking out and my dad hooked a chain to the feet and hooked it up to his truck and pulled on it trying to be kind of gentle but it ripped the legs off the baby cow and he then had to shoot the mother cow.
Can you 'splain how to get free cash through farming again?
would you consider the cows to be friends? do they have personalities?
how ashamed is your dad of you, since you didn't get into farming/ranching?
do fans of certain farm implement brands hate on fans of other farm implement brands? would i see john deere combine with a sticker of calvin pissing on a case IH combine?
do fans of certain farm implement brands hate on fans of other farm implement brands? would i see john deere combine with a sticker of calvin pissing on a case IH combine?
no, I don't think this is a real thing.
did you help any sheep over the fence?
How many chickens would I need to keep a family of four in fresh eggs daily?
how ashamed is your dad of you, since you didn't get into farming/ranching?
he was pretty adamant that I not do farming actually. one of my bros did anyway.
jesus christ, spracne. find him.tell us a calving story, plz.
one time a cow couldn't push out the baby and just its front or back feet were sticking out and my dad hooked a chain to the feet and hooked it up to his truck and pulled on it trying to be kind of gentle but it ripped the legs off the baby cow and he then had to shoot the mother cow.
r/lipsthatgrip
did they used to raise something different, but switch over to angus when the angus mafia convinced the consumer than angus cow meat tastes better than other cow meats?i miss herefords as well. :frown:
My roommates in college (from newton) said they were the 2nd richest farmers in the state of KS. How would they know that? Do farmers measure eachother out?
how frequently do you look back on your could have been yours cow farm life and reflect on the foolish choices you've made in your life?
Well yeah... That's why I wanted to get down to the bottom of this.My roommates in college (from newton) said they were the 2nd richest farmers in the state of KS. How would they know that? Do farmers measure eachother out?
When someone tells you how rich they are it means they are lying and a douchebag, probably both.
very interesting theory, I wonder if SD's pops is also an Exxx and that contributed to his preference for his kids to not farm.how frequently do you look back on your could have been yours cow farm life and reflect on the foolish choices you've made in your life?
steve dave is an Exxx, you are an Ixxx. very hard to be an Exxx isolated on a farm 247365
i miss herefords as well. :frown:
i don't believe in exxx, just ixxx and liars.that is maybe the most ixxx statement ever :lol:
good thread, steve dave. sorry it sucks now :(No crap. Thanks a lot, sys.
Can you 'splain how to get free cash through farming again?
A) have cows and land
B) have bad weather
C) get fat stacks
that's legitimately all there is to it. if you have only medium bad weather you have to have crop insurance though. if the weather is super bad the gov. just declares it an emergency or something and makes it rain.
How many relatives have lost body parts to an irrigation system?
What is the go-to "farm accident" story in your family?
one of the cowboys that worked for my dad was using the feed truck (it's like a big dump truck but it's full of cow food and it has this thing on the side that spits it out into the cows bowl) and the thing that spits it out the side was clogged up or something so he had his hands in the bicycle chain part and it started going and pulled his glove through the sprockets and ripped his fingers off. my dad later went out to the truck and had to work the chain back and forth to get the glove out and get the fingers out of the glove but they were like hamburger so they couldn't re-attach them. the guy drove to where my dad was and told him he was going to the hospital before going to the hospital because he didn't want to get in trouble or something. I was all, "wtf, why didn't you just go to the hospital!?" but he was like, "HOWDY HOWDY HOWDY I'M A TOUGH COWBOY!"
did you call lunch "dinner" and dinner "super"?
I absolutely read in the shark's voiceHow many relatives have lost body parts to an irrigation system?
What is the go-to "farm accident" story in your family?
one of the cowboys that worked for my dad was using the feed truck (it's like a big dump truck but it's full of cow food and it has this thing on the side that spits it out into the cows bowl) and the thing that spits it out the side was clogged up or something so he had his hands in the bicycle chain part and it started going and pulled his glove through the sprockets and ripped his fingers off. my dad later went out to the truck and had to work the chain back and forth to get the glove out and get the fingers out of the glove but they were like hamburger so they couldn't re-attach them. the guy drove to where my dad was and told him he was going to the hospital before going to the hospital because he didn't want to get in trouble or something. I was all, "wtf, why didn't you just go to the hospital!?" but he was like, "HOWDY HOWDY HOWDY I'M A TOUGH COWBOY!"
I laughed out loud and someone came to my cube. Hard to explain laughing at mutilation.
what is your favorite breed of cattle?
what is your father's favorite?
what is your cow-farming brother's favorite?
how many acres to the cow calf pair around meade?
How many chicks digged you growing up, for being a tough farm boy?
what is the logic behind paying cowboys to do the work that you and a couple of dogs could do for free?
Did you ever learn to use a lasso?
other than cows, what animals have the considered owning, but don't actually own?
Which is better, Skoal or Copenhagen?
do they raise replacement heifers or buy them?
Have you heard of this thing where people pay to come out and work on your farm for a few hours? Do they do that on your family farm?
did they used to raise something different, but switch over to angus when the angus mafia convinced the consumer than angus cow meat tastes better than other cow meats?
did you enjoy fixing fence? how about throwing hay?
My roommates in college (from newton) said they were the 2nd richest farmers in the state of KS. How would they know that? Do farmers measure eachother out?
Well yeah... That's why I wanted to get down to the bottom of this.My roommates in college (from newton) said they were the 2nd richest farmers in the state of KS. How would they know that? Do farmers measure eachother out?
When someone tells you how rich they are it means they are lying and a douchebag, probably both.
Does your dad get super mad at ppl who use steak sauce? Mine does. Man, I use to have to warn gf's to never ask for it.
how frequently do you look back on your could have been yours cow farm life and reflect on the foolish choices you've made in your life?
very interesting theory, I wonder if SD's pops is also an Exxx and that contributed to his preference for his kids to not farm.how frequently do you look back on your could have been yours cow farm life and reflect on the foolish choices you've made in your life?
steve dave is an Exxx, you are an Ixxx. very hard to be an Exxx isolated on a farm 247365
SD, how many generations have the SDs been farming?
I figured.Well yeah... That's why I wanted to get down to the bottom of this.My roommates in college (from newton) said they were the 2nd richest farmers in the state of KS. How would they know that? Do farmers measure eachother out?
When someone tells you how rich they are it means they are lying and a douchebag, probably both.
Newton is known liar country
How many cowboy boots and wranglers did you go through a year (on average) growing up?
How many do you go through now?
did you call lunch "dinner" and dinner "super"?
Has your dad ever been duped by a hay bale ponzi scheme like DeezNuts was?
What was your cattle call?
Did you have any creeks/ponds that you fished in on your off time?
Did the stoner farm kids try and grow weed on their farms where their dads wouldnt see?
what is your favorite breed of cattle?
Beefmaster. or Limousine.
Did the stoner farm kids try and grow weed on their farms where their dads wouldnt see?
actual true story: I didn't know a single stoner kid growing up. I didn't even know what marijuana smelled like until I got to college.
i do not. everyone in my area is strictly angus. my great grandpa was the last of hereford cattle farmers around.i miss herefords as well. :frown:remember shorthorns? :love:
Second farmer grandpa story. One time he went down to the creek with the dozer tractor and a chain. He was gone like all morning and came back with a giant rock (like five feet high by 8 feet square) chained behind the tractor and he just dragged it on the road and stopped in his front yard and unhooked it.
"Hey Grandpa, what's with the giant rock in the front yard?"
"All the rich folks have big rocks in their front yard"
:love:
Second farmer grandpa story. One time he went down to the creek with the dozer tractor and a chain. He was gone like all morning and came back with a giant rock (like five feet high by 8 feet square) chained behind the tractor and he just dragged it on the road and stopped in his front yard and unhooked it.
"Hey Grandpa, what's with the giant rock in the front yard?"
"All the rich folks have big rocks in their front yard"
:love:
Second farmer grandpa story. One time he went down to the creek with the dozer tractor and a chain. He was gone like all morning and came back with a giant rock (like five feet high by 8 feet square) chained behind the tractor and he just dragged it on the road and stopped in his front yard and unhooked it.
"Hey Grandpa, what's with the giant rock in the front yard?"
"All the rich folks have big rocks in their front yard"
:love:
was it a white rock? :horrorsurprise:
how big is an acre of land
how big is an acre of land
43,560sf
I've got a grandpa story too, michigancat.Think about it.
I stayed with him for a week every summer and he'd always take a day off to take me fishing at one of his ponds. On this day I had caught a monster. I mean, it was really fighting me. Afer 15 minutes of struggling, I finally got it to the bank. What was it you're wondering? A HUGE rough ridin' SNAPPING TURTLE. I was pretty pumped about it. I couldn't wait to play with it. But you know what? I didn't get to play with it. You know why? My grandpa grabbed his machete and chopped his rough ridin' head off. I was like 8 and obviously in shock.
"Grandpa, why? Why did you do that?" said a young Wacky.
"They eat up all the fish. He's better off dead." said grandpa.
/scene
1/640 of a sq. milehow big is an acre of land
43,560sf
0.404686 hectare
I've got a grandpa story too, michigancat.
I stayed with him for a week every summer and he'd always take a day off to take me fishing at one of his ponds. On this day I had caught a monster. I mean, it was really fighting me. Afer 15 minutes of struggling, I finally got it to the bank. What was it you're wondering? A HUGE rough ridin' SNAPPING TURTLE. I was pretty pumped about it. I couldn't wait to play with it. But you know what? I didn't get to play with it. You know why? My grandpa grabbed his machete and chopped his rough ridin' head off. I was like 8 and obviously in shock.
"Grandpa, why? Why did you do that?" said a young Wacky.
"They eat up all the fish. He's better off dead." said grandpa.
/scene
1/640 of a sq. milehow big is an acre of land
43,560sf
0.404686 hectare
Yup. He's the real hero.I've got a grandpa story too, michigancat.
I stayed with him for a week every summer and he'd always take a day off to take me fishing at one of his ponds. On this day I had caught a monster. I mean, it was really fighting me. Afer 15 minutes of struggling, I finally got it to the bank. What was it you're wondering? A HUGE rough ridin' SNAPPING TURTLE. I was pretty pumped about it. I couldn't wait to play with it. But you know what? I didn't get to play with it. You know why? My grandpa grabbed his machete and chopped his rough ridin' head off. I was like 8 and obviously in shock.
"Grandpa, why? Why did you do that?" said a young Wacky.
"They eat up all the fish. He's better off dead." said grandpa.
/scene
If your grandpa weren't there, you probably wouldn't still have 10 fingers.
1/640 of a sq. milehow big is an acre of land
43,560sf
0.404686 hectare
14,520 sq yards
my dad grew up on a farm in south dakota, and one time the kids were playing in the dirt road and their border collie (Quincy) ran into the road and barked at trucks that were coming so they didn't run over the kids
everyone in my area is strictly angus. my great grandpa was the last of hereford cattle farmers around.
my dad grew up on a farm in south dakota, and one time the kids were playing in the dirt road and their border collie (Quincy) ran into the road and barked at trucks that were coming so they didn't run over the kids
i bet that poor dog was trying to kill off the kids and none of the stupid drivers could figure out what he wanted.
lol, no1/640 of a sq. milehow big is an acre of land
43,560sf
0.404686 hectare
14,520 sq yards
did you call lunch "dinner" and dinner "super"?
supper. Sheesh.
Do you need to put on your KC Chiefs outfit?
how do you decide which of my questions to answer and which ones to ignore?
everyone in my area is strictly angus. my great grandpa was the last of hereford cattle farmers around.
:frown:
So was your house far away from other houses? Like more than walking distance?
Were your farm family cold blooded killers of any vermin on earth? My grandpa turned into the iceman if an opossum dared get trapped or too many barn cats were born
+1 on the Deere over Case IH. Running an operation with John Deere is infinitely more prestigious than running the same operation with Case IH. Personally, I'm partial to older Ford tractors.
SD, did you like running a hitch boom on your Type I hitch?
your father pretty much sounds like an accountant that counts cows.
tell me more about the trucks
What is the most farmy thing you've ever done
what kind of cow is curtis kitchen?
Was it lonely living far away from civilization
do cows make any sounds other than mooing? like weird grunts or anything?
Do bulls really have a nose ring?
what kind of music does a charolais like?
What was the special "going out to eat" place?
Has a cow ever sneezed on you?
Did you have one of your own cows butchered or did SD mom just buy beef at the iga or whatever?
What was the special "going out to eat" place?
toss up between:
Pizza Hut
Bobs Drive Inn
Chuckwagon
What's 1 thing you miss about Farmin' or Truckin' or Tractorin'? What is something you do NOT miss?
What's 1 thing you miss about Farmin' or Truckin' or Tractorin'? What is something you do NOT miss?
man, this is tough. I miss a lot about it. like working and seeing what I've done at the end of the day. stepping out of a tractor at 2 AM in the middle of the field and seeing a huge starfield above me and not hearing a single sound other than the cooling engine of the tractor I was operating. the smell of a lot of things at night. it was just a different smell. like alfalfa smells different at night. being so cold I want to die and then getting into a truck and it's so hot that I want to die from hot an hour later but that middle time where I'm thawing out is so great. I miss some of the camaraderie from some of the cowboys when we got done doing something really long and it made me feel like I was older and one of them when I was like 10-14 or whatever. I miss the days when it rains so you don't do anything and everyone just is happy because it's raining which seems like a stupid thing to be happy about.
steve - how are you?
What a great Friday thread, I recalled a lot of memories today, thank you for that Steve dave
steve - how are you?
very good, how are you friend?
Also, did you listen to the Royals on radio while you worked the cows? Did you have a field where the grass was mowed short for a while and then long, and the long grass was a home run when you were hitting a baseball or a wiffle ball or a hedgeapple or whatever?
steve - how are you?
very good, how are you friend?
All things considered, I'm doing well.
two cowboys come in to the chuck wagon groveling for a job. one likes miller lite, the other likes ommegang (hypothetical AF). who do you hire?
were the people in the next county over Rockies fans?
were the people in the next county over Rockies fans?
no. our radios never got denver sports teams broadcasts. dodge city, garden city, liberal...all huge royals affiliates.
steve - how are you?
very good, how are you friend?
All things considered, I'm doing well.
how about if we could still turntable right now :frown:
How many non-cow Animals were there?
How many non-cow Animals were there?
like, ever?
How many non-cow Animals were there?
like, ever?
lol no silly. At a given time how many dogs, horses, goats, pigs, whatever were there on SDDad Ranch? Vermon and birds and deer and stuff obvioulsy don't count.
would you try to sneak in parties at remote areas of the farm?
Did any of your cows ever get hardware diseaseno
this is the high plains journal:why do you think the print edition was such a weird size?
http://www.hpj.com/
Exxx!would you try to sneak in parties at remote areas of the farm?
yes, always. I think the hard part of being a hick ks cow farmer is that you have shitloads of places for your offspring to throw raggers for their bruhs/bruhdettes and you really have no way to find them because it's a large area to cover.
SD-
When I eventually inherit like 1/3 of my grandparents farmland (NW KS) how should I "Rent" it out to the local yokels? Flat fee every year? Take 1/3 of the cut? Pro's and con's of each?
Non irrigated dryland farming, assuming my uncles don't screw my dad out of his share and assuming I can screw my sibling out of their share I could eventually end up with UP TO 3 quarter sections. So like almost a square mile from what I understand.
Keep in mind that the land will be held in a LLC that will never turn a profit, everything will be spent on "Expenses" like a HUGE F-250 Ford.
Also you should definitely send SD jr down there for summers when he gets older.
I spent a couple weeks each summer on my grandparents farm when is was in the 8-12 range and absolutely loved it.
Typical day below
-Wake up and watch like 2 hours of cartoon network because grandparents had a huge satellite that picked up like every channel.
-Ride 30 minutes into town with gramps and sit around the coop watching them drink coffee and smoke cigarettes
- Do some random chores like throw food scraps to pigs and collect tumble weeds to burn (Only if it had rained recently)
- Grab a .22 and a 4 wheeler and chase rabbits around all day
The life you described sounded like a pretty romantic upbringing to me. Did you want to be a cow farmer when you grew up when you were a little boy? If so, can you remember when you decided that that life wasn't for you?
Steve Dave, would you ever go back? Like after your kid is all grown up?
I have a friend with a horse farm and he also works a 9-5 (wife does lessons and keeps other people's horses out there) and it sounds miserable. Nostalgia is a very skilled and beautiful lying liar. Which is great, but just don't dive in to the shimmering water.
The life you described sounded like a pretty romantic upbringing to me. Did you want to be a cow farmer when you grew up when you were a little boy? If so, can you remember when you decided that that life wasn't for you?
no. very very early. it's romantic but it's not a job, it's a life. like my dad and all of us had work on christmas morning and every other day. he has plenty of people working for him but obviously they want time with their family too. he would always say "cattle have to eat on christmas/saturday/thanksgiving/whatever too". he wouldn't take vacations for more than a few days because he couldn't handle being away. I'm sure there are a lot of more casual farmers that wouldn't have a problem leaving someone else in charge for a bit but that's not how my dad did stuff (still doesn't). he works sun up to sun down most days. he would tell me all the time that it's not a life he wanted for me or my siblings. I didn't want it either. mostly when people ask me why I didn't want to become a rancher I just tell them "because I grew up on a ranch"
Did you drain the hell out of that aquifer that people get freaked out about?
This was a question that I wanted answered. Also, it was to show my HHPJIQ.this is the high plains journal:why do you think the print edition was such a weird size?
http://www.hpj.com/
Gonna win 'em all!
This was a question that I wanted answered. Also, it was to show my HHPJIQ.this is the high plains journal:why do you think the print edition was such a weird size?
http://www.hpj.com/
Gonna win 'em all!
How many cows are we talking here like 1000?
sd, did you have any favorite farmer magazines to read? I used to hate BEEF because there weren't as many cool tractor picture. I think Farm Industry News was my fave.
Did you get "Farm and Ranch Living" magazine? I submitted a picture of my dad one time and the picture and my little explanation got published. That is probably, not gEing, one of the greatest things I have ever done.
Did the transition from small square bales to big round bales give you more free time?
Did you ever have to pitch silage?
Did you ever have to steeple fence where the posts were made of hedge?
What was your preferred brand of barbed wire?
Dad ever make you spray brush with 2-4-5-t and diesel fuel?
Did you prefer a hot shot or a sorting stick? Whip?
Do you have a brand registered with the state?
did you ever go cow tipping?
Did you ever try to set the cows free so that they could live in the wild like they were meant to?
Did you ever try to set the cows free so that they could live in the wild like they were meant to?
No, they set themselves free a lot though. The sheriff would call us at like 2am and we'd go see if they were our vows running all over or not
When you "went to the city" growing up. Where was it? GC?:impatient:
Did you ever get paid for your work?
When you "went to the city" growing up. Where was it? GC?:impatient:
Did you ever try to set the cows free so that they could live in the wild like they were meant to?
No, they set themselves free a lot though. The sheriff would call us at like 2am and we'd go see if they were our vows running all over or not
Wow, yeah! My dad has a hobby farm in the middle of some cow farms and those cows are just chillin on the road all the time. My dog will just stand like 20ft away and bark at them
what does a big shopping trip consist of?
the real hero growing up on the ranch is my mom. YOU DA REAL MVP MOM! how people marry and stay with farmer/ranchers like my dad is a mystery. he's a really fantastic person but that's not a life anyone should voluntarily sign up for.
Did you dad refer to himself as a farmer or rancher? what about you?
Did you have fun/interesting names for certain pierces of land? like "time to go swath up at Willow's bend farm"
the real hero growing up on the ranch is my mom. YOU DA REAL MVP MOM! how people marry and stay with farmer/ranchers like my dad is a mystery. he's a really fantastic person but that's not a life anyone should voluntarily sign up for.
was sdmom a daughter of a farmer? WWmom was raised on a farm and was one of like 8 girls, so she had to do chores all the time. I think that's why she didn't mind living that life.
Did you answer mine?
Serious cow farm question.
You have mentioned how you have to feed the cows everyday. Couldn't the cows just eat the grass for like a week in the summer without being checked on? Couldn't you just throw out like 5x the normal amount of hay bales in the winter and spend the week in Cabo?
did you have a tractor that was loosely assigned to you?
can you give us some good farmer talk, like farmer equivalent submarine talk?
did you have CB's/two-way radios?
can you give us some good farmer talk, like farmer equivalent submarine talk?
Not really. I ignored the high level stuff.
did you have CB's/two-way radios?
Yeah, 2 ways. Had our own tower thing and every cowboy had their own call number. (Unit 2, unit 3, etc). Could also make/receive phone calls from my dads way before cell phones were a big thing. His truck horn would honk after so many rings. It was quite the deal.
this sounds like farmer talk to me! MOAR :drool:
this sounds like farmer talk to me! MOAR :drool:
LFTIQ here but that sounds like trucker talk to me
did you have call signs, like "rubber duck" on convoy?
When I was little we had CB's, and Grandpa was "Kingpin" and Grandma was "Star Dust" and my dad was "Big Red" (he had red hair).
That all stopped when we got radios instead of CB's. :frown:
SD you like to rise early, is this due to your background on the Cow Ranch or is it more just life circumstance?
Did you answer mine?
I missed it I think
Is Tully Corcoran (sp?) reviewing these questions as well?
Did you answer mine?
I missed it I thinkIs Tully Corcoran (sp?) reviewing these questions as well?
Ever had cows rustled?
How long does 1 cow worth of cow meat last your family
Does the ranch take credit cards?
Any other farm scams that you know of? I like a good farm scam
Do you waste coyotes on sight?
My parents moved out of Manhattan not to farm, but just so they wouldn't have to live too close to other people. Their neighbors have a bunch of sheep. The sheep belong to the woman who lives there and is some hippie horticulture professor or something. Her husband shoots coyotes, which definitely kill the sheep. He is an academic reseacher of some plant related stuff, too. And he's Iraqui. So, my dad's take on the whole sheep situation is, "Yeah, see, in the part of the world where he's from they've been doing this stuff a LONG, LONG time."
have any cow mutilations happened on your farm? like the ones they talk about on 'unexplained files' and the news and stuff?
do you ever see any deer on the farm and do you shoot them?
have any cow mutilations happened on your farm? like the ones they talk about on 'unexplained files' and the news and stuff?
do you also have some fields of corn and have you ever had crop circles?
Did you have a rural route (RR) number? How many rotted out cars/trucks/tractors/etc were located throughout the property? How many cats did you own? Did you have a Schwann delivery truck, if so, what was your favorite item?
tell us a calving story, plz.
one time a cow couldn't push out the baby and just its front or back feet were sticking out and my dad hooked a chain to the feet and hooked it up to his truck and pulled on it trying to be kind of gentle but it ripped the legs off the baby cow and he then had to shoot the mother cow.
it's probably the worst thing I've seen IRLwhat did SD Dad do with the mother cow?
does it have a mcdonalds logo on it?
A kid told me a story once about this gal that used to sell the best homemade tamales ever. Like, she sold out of them immediately because they were so good. I guess her husband worked at a cattle feedlot. One day a cowboy drove out along the back way and noticed someone over by the dead cow pile (place where they pile up dead cows waiting for the truck). This gal was carving the crap out of a "fresh" cow. She never sold another tamale again. True story.
I guess back in the good ole days the dead cow truck drivers would pull up up the dead cow pile, drop the tailgate, hook a log chain up to their feet, and then run the winch to pull them in. Worst part was the fact that they had to crawl up in there to unhook the chain. Also, in the middle of summer after a day or two the cows would bloat up like twice the size to where as soon as you touch them they explode. Now they have these grapple forks that they use instead of a chain. #pussificationof'Murica
You guys were ranchers. Know how I know. Well, I grew up on a 2600 acre farm in western Kansas, and one thing my dad taught me was the difference between a farmer and a rancher. Told me that a farmer makes his money from raising cash corps. Where as a rancher may have crops, but only for cattle feed. Ranchers make their living from raising cattle. So this is the difference. By the way, he looked down on farmers for some reason.Did you dad refer to himself as a farmer or rancher? what about you?
Both I guess depending on who he was talking to
Same here, only because we always ate what we shot. I not eating deer when beef and pork are available. ;)do you ever see any deer on the farm and do you shoot them?
Yes, tons.
No
Do you waste coyotes on sight?
Most farmers do I think. Sddad does usually. I don't think they actually do any harm to anything no so I would just look at them.
There is a real life dead cow truck that comes around and picks up all the dead cows and does something with them. You just tell them where they are. We would sometimes have, like, some huge pile of them. Very gross.Rendering plant makes dog food out of them.
There is a real life dead cow truck that comes around and picks up all the dead cows and does something with them. You just tell them where they are. We would sometimes have, like, some huge pile of them. Very gross.
SD - what gear would you recommend I put my John Deere 4020 in while cultivating a soybean field?
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SD - what gear would you recommend I put my John Deere 4020 in while cultivating a soybean field?
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SD - what gear would you recommend I put my John Deere 4020 in while cultivating a soybean field?
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I saw this thing the other day where like this cow had a big hole in its side and a farmer or somebody was reaching into its stomach and doing stuff. They said lots of cows have the holes in their sides for reaching into. I'm wondering if SD knows just what the hell was going on there.
Is this possible, SD? https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152307380847595
did you ever have a cow that you nicknamed Colonel Angus? if no, why not?
A funny joke that the ranchers I used to work for at K-State did once was to tell me and another girl that a cow fell asleep outside and we had to wake it up. We both had never worked on a farm so believed it.
We went over to the cow and the vet girl and I approach it and start making noises and talking to it/clapping softly trying to wake it up without freaking it out. She went and looked at its face and said it was dead.
Vegetarians are dumb. Agree or disagree SD?
Vegetarians are dumb. Agree or disagree SD?
I'm fine with them. I say eat whatever you want (unless it's like human meat or panda bear meat or something)
SD - what gear would you recommend I put my John Deere 4020 in while cultivating a soybean field?
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I have no idea, like 7?
why is john deere crap all green?
why is john deere crap all green?it looked good to Charlene
why is john deere crap all green?
why is john deere crap all green?
why is john deere crap all green?
What if I told you some is yellow?
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why is john deere crap all green?
What if I told you some is yellow?
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I don't see what this black tractor has to do with anything...
why is john deere crap all green?
why is john deere crap all green?
What if I told you some is yellow?
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Do you have to lube cows up before you do that weird impregnation thing and stick your arm up there? Or do you just do it?
Hey SD, did you see The Bachelor After the Rose show last night? Well [SPOILER] Jimmy Kimmel presented the happy couple with a cow which he just walked on a leash onto the stage in front of the live audience. Would any cow do that and be comfortable around all those people or was that a trained cow?
val kilmer in a cow suit
Hey SD, did you see The Bachelor After the Rose show last night? Well [SPOILER] Jimmy Kimmel presented the happy couple with a cow which he just walked on a leash onto the stage in front of the live audience. Would any cow do that and be comfortable around all those people or was that a trained cow?
SD, not really a farm related question, but typical of small-town sporters. Did you love playing sports growing up, and how long did it take you to realize you weren't going to be a pro athlete?
Second question - What was your favorite time of year, hunting/ farming wise?
Do you have to lube cows up before you do that weird impregnation thing and stick your arm up there? Or do you just do it?
Hey SD, did you see The Bachelor After the Rose show last night? Well [SPOILER] Jimmy Kimmel presented the happy couple with a cow which he just walked on a leash onto the stage in front of the live audience. Would any cow do that and be comfortable around all those people or was that a trained cow?
sd, when I lived in P-Burg they all claimed that Phillips County was the "Cow Capital of Kansas". Which I think meant that they had the most cows. Could this be true?
then who the eff is in 4H? same for Future Farmers of America?Hey SD, did you see The Bachelor After the Rose show last night? Well [SPOILER] Jimmy Kimmel presented the happy couple with a cow which he just walked on a leash onto the stage in front of the live audience. Would any cow do that and be comfortable around all those people or was that a trained cow?
yeah, some of the 4H kids (PROTIP: real farm/ranch kids are never under any circumstances in 4H) had cows that were basically pets.
then who the eff is in 4H? same for Future Farmers of America?Hey SD, did you see The Bachelor After the Rose show last night? Well [SPOILER] Jimmy Kimmel presented the happy couple with a cow which he just walked on a leash onto the stage in front of the live audience. Would any cow do that and be comfortable around all those people or was that a trained cow?
yeah, some of the 4H kids (PROTIP: real farm/ranch kids are never under any circumstances in 4H) had cows that were basically pets.
like, in 4H you brush off your cow with like a wire brush to make its hair pretty. you learn how to lead some stupid sheep around on a rope so it follows you around and stops where you want it. these animals are fed from like a bucket with actual food purchased from somewhere. this is so far removed from actual farming/ranching I can't even.what about the FFA? I can remember seeing those kids around KC in my youth sporting these swagged out jean jackets, is it for OGs or what?
yeah, I mean what kind of skill is showing a hog? follow a hog around a pen with a stick and try not to get your new shirt dirty I guess, wtf tho.
yeah, I mean what kind of skill is showing a hog? follow a hog around a pen with a stick and try not to get your new shirt dirty I guess, wtf tho.
I had a friend whose hog died on him during the show. Had a heart attack. So I'm sure there is some skill involved, and that kid just didn't have what it takes.
There's really nothing 4-H and FFA can do to authentically demonstrate what it's like to rip the legs off of a baby cow and then shoot the mommy cow.
ya you don't learn to chain up a half-out cow fetus to your f150 in 4H
4H also has a dog show. Nobody farms dogs.Trained a service dog for my senior exit project. Had to show him at Riley and it wasn't even part of the fair.
Very low 4Hiq on display by SD itt kinda makes me sad.
Why was #TheBachelor so convinced he couldn't move from his (dad's) farm in iowa, when he's now twice in the last year or so bailed to go on reality tv dating shows? Isn't that farm on autopilot or at least sufficiently handled by Pa and the other 30 family members they showed last night?
Why was #TheBachelor so convinced he couldn't move from his (dad's) farm in iowa, when he's now twice in the last year or so bailed to go on reality tv dating shows? Isn't that farm on autopilot or at least sufficiently handled by Pa and the other 30 family members they showed last night?
Why was #TheBachelor so convinced he couldn't move from his (dad's) farm in iowa, when he's now twice in the last year or so bailed to go on reality tv dating shows? Isn't that farm on autopilot or at least sufficiently handled by Pa and the other 30 family members they showed last night?
Ma & Pa thought that him being gone for a while was a good investment to get him a wife to start producing all the kids they'll need to keep the farm going...as evidenced by Ma's need to immediately bring it up as soon as she met the girl in the barn.
Why was #TheBachelor so convinced he couldn't move from his (dad's) farm in iowa, when he's now twice in the last year or so bailed to go on reality tv dating shows? Isn't that farm on autopilot or at least sufficiently handled by Pa and the other 30 family members they showed last night?
Why was #TheBachelor so convinced he couldn't move from his (dad's) farm in iowa, when he's now twice in the last year or so bailed to go on reality tv dating shows? Isn't that farm on autopilot or at least sufficiently handled by Pa and the other 30 family members they showed last night?
Ma & Pa thought that him being gone for a while was a good investment to get him a wife to start producing all the kids they'll need to keep the farm going...as evidenced by Ma's need to immediately bring it up as soon as she met the girl in the barn.
i'm pretty sure my cousins were in 4h or ffa or something like that. and my uncle was definitely a real farmer. maybe it's different in different parts of the country or different between cow farmers and plant farmers.
or maybe sd doesn't like animals. :surprised: :surprised: :surprised:
I like them just fine
I like them just fine
you sounded pretty scornful about having a pet cow.
Funny you say that meow meow, my dad only had International pickups, trucks, tractors and anything else made by them. He said Chevy, Dodge and Ford were for the City Boys. :lol:ya you don't learn to chain up a half-out cow fetus to your f150 in 4H
f150, pffft. get out of here with that city truck pretty boy
i'm pretty sure my cousins were in 4h or ffa or something like that. and my uncle was definitely a real farmer. maybe it's different in different parts of the country or different betweenFYP. YW.cow farmersranchers andplantfarmers.
or maybe sd doesn't like animals. :surprised: :surprised: :surprised:
Another question for SD. Do all farmers just hold on to random Junk/things/side projects that have because they have so much room?Do they also sell by weight? Cause those are some plump ponies. :ROFL:
For example My uncle bought 2 mini horses about 15 years ago and now has like 15, kind of breeds them on the side I guess. (Side note, the male mini horse was in the same pen as the bulls and it was super adorable trying to nuzzle in at the trough).
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I asked my cousin what this was all about and in his best :Carl: y voice he said
"Well, I guess they are worth some money"
"Really people buy them? For what?"
"Well not around here, but you take them down around wichita and people buy them as pets"
"Hmm, when was they last time he sold one?"
"I don't know, maybe 5 years ago but its crazy. They smaller they are the more they are worth"
SD, your pops has to be absolutely raking in some cash with these high beef prices now right? Just killing it as a full time cow farmer huh?
I was out in western ks last weekend visiting my cow farming relatives. My cousin took us city boys out to the farm and let us pet the bulls they have....There are like 4 of them and they were super tame, like I hear BULL and imagine was rodeo monstrosity....but nope.
They were in a pen by the barn and he dumped some "Cake" in a trough and they come rumbling up. There is even one bull that WILL EAT COOKIES FROM YOUR HAND! I snapped a picture of him! Good ole number 403.
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Did you ever get the chance to hand feed knock off oreo's to a bull?
Another question for SD. Do all farmers just hold on to random Junk/things/side projects that have because they have so much room?
For example My uncle bought 2 mini horses about 15 years ago and now has like 15, kind of breeds them on the side I guess. (Side note, the male mini horse was in the same pen as the bulls and it was super adorable trying to nuzzle in at the trough).
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I asked my cousin what this was all about and in his best :Carl: y voice he said
"Well, I guess they are worth some money"
"Really people buy them? For what?"
"Well not around here, but you take them down around wichita and people buy them as pets"
"Hmm, when was they last time he sold one?"
"I don't know, maybe 5 years ago but its crazy. They smaller they are the more they are worth"
One of my friends from High School won the 4H napkin folding championship. I don't know if it was regional or state or nationwide or what. I also don't know what 4H is
One of my friends from High School won the 4H napkin folding championship. I don't know if it was regional or state or nationwide or what. I also don't know what 4H is
Home, Heifers, Horse crap, Hay
going into pottorf hall during the riley county state fair and looking at 4h stuff is one of my favorite times of the year. different categories include- best legos that have been put together and best outfits. like kids will go into their closet and pull out under armour shorts and shirt and then enter it. it's great.
SD, if you had to choose a life as a Farmer or a Rancher, which would you be? :dunno:
What is the most sddad has ever paid for a bull?Most he has ever sold one for?
Gonna win 'em all!
you should ask. Easy transition..."I read something that bull prices were up like 30% or something like that this year. Does that sound right to you dad? What do you pay for a top bull?"What is the most sddad has ever paid for a bull?Most he has ever sold one for?
Gonna win 'em all!
No idea on either.
if you told your father to buy an ohlde bull and a ropinfeet bull, would he do it (for kstate)?
Selling cows sounds like selling used cars. If you have one on the lot too long you take it to the auction and another rancher buys it.it is 100% exactly that.
when you chatted up ropinfeet, where was he on the scale of - "that's an interesting personal connection we share" and "i sell a lot of bulls, kid"?
when you chatted up ropinfeet, where was he on the scale of - "that's an interesting personal connection we share" and "i sell a lot of bulls, kid"?
We was like, "yeah, I know sddad." and then went on to talk to JMart about some boring stuff that didn't have anything to do with Holy crap that's Jim Colbert and Mitch Richmond! Take my picture trim!
So notwithstanding that it was critical for #TheBachelor to find a girl who could move to the farm in Iowa because it was imperative he stay there and make it succeed, he didn't even wait a week before starting a potential 3 months of Dancing with the Stars.
what is a co-op?
what is a co-op?It's short for Co-Operative. It's a bunch of business ppl, mainly farmers, that
what's with katdaddy trying to one-up sd?just trying to educate the city kids in this thread.
what is a co-op?
it's like a place with huge towers for keeping grain and sometimes a gas station and sometimes a place that sells that ammonia that you pump in the ground to kill weeds and meth heads use to make meth and sometimes has like a store for farmers and sometimes has a truck repair place and possibly a ton of other stuff. sddad is on the co-op board and I have no idea what that entails. he goes to meetings with like two of his buds and they decide what other grain towers to buy and junk I guess. I actually have no rough ridin' clue what a co-op is to be honest.
Steve dave is cow tipping a real thing?Are you talking 15% vs 20%? :dunno:
How does one cow tip?Steve dave is cow tipping a real thing?Are you talking 15% vs 20%? :dunno:
To be safe, I'll go for the 20%. There could be a bull near by. :ohno:How does one cow tip?Steve dave is cow tipping a real thing?Are you talking 15% vs 20%? :dunno:
Its like costco for farmin. The internet has kind of defeated the purpose, at least for farmers who know what the internet is.why do they call it a co-op
Its like costco for farmin. The internet has kind of defeated the purpose, at least for farmers who know what the internet is.why do they call it a co-op
:ROFL:Its like costco for farmin. The internet has kind of defeated the purpose, at least for farmers who know what the internet is.why do they call it a co-op
Most rural people dont read so good, so cooperative was out of the question.
This is probably the best answer in this entire thread.what is a co-op?
it's like a place with huge towers for keeping grain and sometimes a gas station and sometimes a place that sells that ammonia that you pump in the ground to kill weeds and meth heads use to make meth and sometimes has like a store for farmers and sometimes has a truck repair place and possibly a ton of other stuff. sddad is on the co-op board and I have no idea what that entails. he goes to meetings with like two of his buds and they decide what other grain towers to buy and junk I guess. I actually have no rough ridin' clue what a co-op is to be honest.
Steve dave is cow tipping a real thing?
Steve dave Farmall or john deere?
Steve dave Farmall or john deere?
I've never heard of Farmall so John Deere
did you ever drive a tractor to school?
did you know anyone that ever did that?
I had cows up to my ass neck and wore like air force 180s or whatever. Real cow farm kids v. posers.
SD, did you ride horses. And, if so, did you have a favorite?
I had cows up to my ass neck and wore like air force 180s or whatever. Real cow farm kids v. posers.
you ever have Reebok pumps or were you always a Nike guy?
So notwithstanding that it was critical for #TheBachelor to find a girl who could move to the farm in Iowa because it was imperative he stay there and make it succeed, he didn't even wait a week before starting a potential 3 months of Dancing with the Stars.
For some reason I don't think that #TheBachelor does much work on the farm.
So notwithstanding that it was critical for #TheBachelor to find a girl who could move to the farm in Iowa because it was imperative he stay there and make it succeed, he didn't even wait a week before starting a potential 3 months of Dancing with the Stars.
For some reason I don't think that #TheBachelor does much work on the farm.
#TheBachelor got eliminated from DWTS Tuesday. Maybe he can go check in on the farm before he has to hustle back to LA to rehearse for the finale in 2 Mondays that even the eliminated dancers participate in.
did you ever do this?
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like, in 4H you brush off your cow with like a wire brush to make its hair pretty. you learn how to lead some stupid sheep around on a rope so it follows you around and stops where you want it. these animals are fed from like a bucket with actual food purchased from somewhere. this is so far removed from actual farming/ranching I can't even.what about the FFA? I can remember seeing those kids around KC in my youth sporting these swagged out jean jackets, is it for OGs or what?
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I'll be travelling to the cow farm with lil sd this afternoon and spending the weekend there. I'll report back when I get home.
what does FFA stand for and also what is it?
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and it's for a majority of kids who will never farm.what does FFA stand for and also what is it?
Future farmers of america
It's apparently monsoon season
If a cow farmer has just a ton of cows on his farm, so many that you can't keep track in your head and there's tons being born and dying all the time, how does he figure out exactly how many he has?
If a cow farmer has just a ton of cows on his farm, so many that you can't keep track in your head and there's tons being born and dying all the time, how does he figure out exactly how many he has?
rough estimate. we usually have a cowboy driving around through the cows that are going to have baby cows soon and if they see a baby cow that can't really run away yet they will put a tag on its ear with the same number on it as its mom and then record it in a book. sometimes they don't get them in time and they are too big to catch so you just put in the book that #1756 has a black baby cow with a white face or something similar. sometimes you will find them and you can't tell who the baby belongs to because its in like a big group of cows. sometimes you just don't ever see them anyway because they are in like a huge area with streams and trees and hills and stuff so you just don't see them. at some point during the year you hire a shitload of cowboys to come and get all of the cows and baby cows into one area and then you separate the babies from the moms and give them vaccinations and stuff. they count them all then again and get the ones they missed. then you let the moms back out and move the babys to another place where they live by themselves. then you put the bull cows back in with the mom cows and (finger through hole made by fingers of other hand< LOL) and start the whole cycle again. some of the girl baby cows are eventually put back with the moms and every once in a while one of the boys is put in with the bulls because someone who knows about cows thinks he will be a good bull. the rest of the babies are fattened up and sold.
sys, sddad just bought some more ropinfeet bulls. an interesting thing I learned over memorial day is that if a ropinfeet bull dies from anything the first year they will give you another bull. that's like a special warranty that's exclusive to ropinfeet bulls apparently.
sd, has your father ever thought about creating his own breed of cow? make his mark on the world, so to speak.
Anybody else having trouble getting their soybeans planted with all this rain?Not with this bad boy
Do it. It's time.
Gonna win 'em all!
Forty Years Ago, America's Farms Completely Changed Their Shape—And No One Except Anyone Who Has Ever Been On A Plane Noticed
Forty Years Ago, America's Farms Completely Changed Their Shape—And No One Except Anyone Who Has Ever Been On A Plane Noticed
And maybe users of google maps or earth
Hey guys -
how is your corn planting coming along? i finished up yesterday in the brown/nemaha county area. for as dry as the top is, actually went in beautifully. threw a furrow with the trash whippers and stuck the corn in moisture around 2 inches deep. hopefully get this rain they are talking about early next week
Hey guys -How many acres did you get in? I miss planting time and harvest time.
how is your corn planting coming along? i finished up yesterday in the brown/nemaha county area. for as dry as the top is, actually went in beautifully. threw a furrow with the trash whippers and stuck the corn in moisture around 2 inches deep. hopefully get this rain they are talking about early next week
Hey guys -How many acres did you get in? I miss planting time and harvest time.
how is your corn planting coming along? i finished up yesterday in the brown/nemaha county area. for as dry as the top is, actually went in beautifully. threw a furrow with the trash whippers and stuck the corn in moisture around 2 inches deep. hopefully get this rain they are talking about early next week
Ear can still flex, but each plant usually produced only one ear. Easier to manage one ear per plant than 1-5 ears. You may see 2 ears from year to year, depending on growing conditions through V5.Hey guys -How many acres did you get in? I miss planting time and harvest time.
how is your corn planting coming along? i finished up yesterday in the brown/nemaha county area. for as dry as the top is, actually went in beautifully. threw a furrow with the trash whippers and stuck the corn in moisture around 2 inches deep. hopefully get this rain they are talking about early next week
we plant 112 to 115. i can remember my dad planting 16000 to 18000 population back in the 60's. seems like the seed companies have bred the corn not to have ear flex.
Question: Are baby goats hard to take care of?
Follow-up question: Are grown-up goats hard to take care of?
Are boy cows hamburgers and steaks too? Or just girls?
Did you ever scream "Hey boss!" at the cows SD? My dad was a cattle buyer and did this all the time growing up. He said they understood it. Was he lying to me?
Question: Are baby goats hard to take care of?
Follow-up question: Are grown-up goats hard to take care of?
Question: Are baby goats hard to take care of?
Follow-up question: Are grown-up goats hard to take care of?
95% of any issues can be taken care of with good fencing.
Question: Are baby goats hard to take care of?
Follow-up question: Are grown-up goats hard to take care of?
95% of any issues can be taken care of with good fencing.
If they can eat a tin can, they can eat a fence. WASTE OF TIME
Are boy cows hamburgers and steaks too? Or just girls?I've got this one-
post script- i am not sure what steers are, possibly a bull whose beef is deemed sub prime and therefore we just leave them alone, similar to those horse that can't be ride and just graze all daysteer clear!
post script- i am not sure what steers are, possibly a bull whose beef is deemed sub prime and therefore we just leave them alone, similar to those horse that can't be ride and just graze all daysteer clear!
btw I had a milk-complimented pie from The Papa last night, courtesy of Sox5.
It is "come bessy", but said said more like "ca'boss". It means "Come old bessy" and cows clearly understand it. Silly Wacky putting an exclamation point behind it. You wouldn't yell at a how and say "Hey Boss!" smdhDid you ever scream "Hey boss!" at the cows SD? My dad was a cattle buyer and did this all the time growing up. He said they understood it. Was he lying to me?
no, he was lying
Can we be done burning 'stures yet?Burning pastures is good for the environment you nit wit!!!! It allows healthy growth and prevents raging prairie fires like KS and OK have been experiencing.
Can we be done burning 'stures yet?Burning pastures is good for the environment you nit wit!!!! It allows healthy growth and prevents raging prairie fires like KS and OK have been experiencing.
man could you imagine how cool it must feel for the bull who gets to be the stud? like, so long losers. have fun being slaughtered. I'm off to go sex all your sisters and moms and daughters for the rest of my life.
disirregardlessly.man could you imagine how cool it must feel for the bull who gets to be the stud? like, so long losers. have fun being slaughtered. I'm off to go sex all your sisters and moms and daughters for the rest of my life.
not daughters idiot
Question: Is it true that goat milk has lower levels of lactose in it so it's easier to digest for intolerant persons?
Follow-up Question: Are there specific types of goats for milking or is it just like cows where the boys are for meat and the girls are for milk?
there are 4 breeds of cows. hereford, angus, white, white with black spots.What about black with white belts?
what's your favorite kind of cow?
Oh crap....there are 4 breeds of cows. hereford, angus, white, white with black spots.What about black with white belts?
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said they are fatter at a younger age or something.
He is about to fall in love with the belted gallowaywhat's your favorite kind of cow?
i already asked him that question. it was disappointing. steve dave doesn't really like cows, i'm afraid.
Which breed of goat is the most cuddly?
He is about to fall in love with the belted galloway
what's your favorite kind of cow?
Does SDdad raise alpaqua's?
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currently angus crossed with white ones
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currently angus crossed with white ones
He is about to fall in love with the belted gallowaywhat's your favorite kind of cow?
i already asked him that question. it was disappointing. steve dave doesn't really like cows, i'm afraid.
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currently angus crossed with white ones
i told you he'd deny them.
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currently angus crossed with white ones
what's your favorite kind of cow?
currently angus crossed with white ones
My favorite kind of cow is my grandpas two headed calf he had. Wow!
My favorite kind of cow is my grandpas two headed calf he had. Wow!Imagine this....
Adorable and tasty at the same time.So it is safe to say that this is your new favorite cow, too, right?
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i'm a sucker for this color of cow (the white ones w. black points).
do cows like to be pet? are they at all affectionate?
Are boy cows hamburgers and steaks too? Or just girls?I've got this one-
boy cows are called bulls and they produce both beef and steaks and other miscellaneous meat (hamburger)
girls cows are called dairy cows and make the delicious milk that compliments our pizza so well
that sounds like a lot of fun. I'd be a lousy cow farmer. think i'd become attached.do cows like to be pet? are they at all affectionate?
yeah, kind of. more like scratched. not affectionate. pretty playful though. will bounce around all over and junk when they're happy.
Did you ever scream "Hey boss!" at the cows SD? My dad was a cattle buyer and did this all the time growing up. He said they understood it. Was he lying to me?That is how we called our cows in. Just Yell BOSSS BOSSSS they would come running.
:love:Did you ever scream "Hey boss!" at the cows SD? My dad was a cattle buyer and did this all the time growing up. He said they understood it. Was he lying to me?That is how we called our cows in. Just Yell BOSSS BOSSSS they would come running.
that sounds like a lot of fun. I'd be a lousy cow farmer. think i'd become attached.do cows like to be pet? are they at all affectionate?
yeah, kind of. more like scratched. not affectionate. pretty playful though. will bounce around all over and junk when they're happy.
I hope you ate both new mom and baby cowthat sounds like a lot of fun. I'd be a lousy cow farmer. think i'd become attached.do cows like to be pet? are they at all affectionate?
yeah, kind of. more like scratched. not affectionate. pretty playful though. will bounce around all over and junk when they're happy.
grandpa 'blast was a farmer and one time there was a calf that got separated from its mother for some reason (don't remember details). so the calf was in the barn all by itself and lil tyke 'blast got to bottle feed it for a week and became best buds with it. the calf liked lil tyke 'blast and liked to be pet and stuff. then one day, the calf was reunited with its mother cow (or maybe it was an adoptive mom cow) and became attached to the new mom cow, so once morning when lil tyke 'blast went down to hang out with his best bud calf friend the calf was no longer interested in hanging out with lil 'blast because it had formed a bond with its new mom. and lil 'blast's heart was broken.
When waksdad was growing up on his family farm he would play his trombone to call the cows in.Did you ever scream "Hey boss!" at the cows SD? My dad was a cattle buyer and did this all the time growing up. He said they understood it. Was he lying to me?That is how we called our cows in. Just Yell BOSSS BOSSSS they would come running.
post script- i am not sure what steers are, possibly a bull whose beef is deemed sub prime and therefore we just leave them alone, similar to those horse that can't be ride and just graze all dayA steer is a bull missing the parts needed to be a bull.
We would always call our horses to come eat by shaking the bucket of feed and yelling "Hup, hup, hup, hup".SD doesn't know what you're talking about. :D
do farmers pay attention to the tv storm warnings?My grandpa had a weather radio. #VeryOldSchool #FuckTV's
i'm talking about the ones that the local stations put up with the radar and the banner warning thing that scrolls across the screen for hours at a time?
they drive me nuts when it's all over my tv screen during a show and the storm is way up 100 miles north in a county where like 1 seed lives.
my guess is that they don't pay any attention to them since more than likely, the seed's family has lived on his farm for 100 years and knows more about incoming storm than gary lezak does.
i would guess that the seed and his family is out battening down the hatches around the farm, not huddled around the tv getting weather updates but maybe.
I'm with sd here, animals just come when you feed them, you don't need to call themI'm not surprised how many animals SD and Lib^7 have let die under their watch. :frown:
i would guess these guys don't have cable tv way out in BFE seed land but i don't have any data on how far these local KC station's signal travels, maybe they are watching tvCan confirm to all of this. You haven't #YOLO'd until you've been to Fanning's or Rowland's far out in the flint hills. They watch local Topeka news stations for fun. :Yuck:
the weather radio should eliminate the need for the channels to clog up my screen with worthless crap. omg we're having a thunderstorm during the spring in the midwest, oh no! alert the world!
do farmers pay attention to the tv storm warnings?
i'm talking about the ones that the local stations put up with the radar and the banner warning thing that scrolls across the screen for hours at a time?
they drive me nuts when it's all over my tv screen during a show and the storm is way up 100 miles north in a county where like 1 seed lives.
my guess is that they don't pay any attention to them since more than likely, the seed's family has lived on his farm for 100 years and knows more about incoming storm than gary lezak does.
i would guess that the seed and his family is out battening down the hatches around the farm, not huddled around the tv getting weather updates but maybe.
I'm with sd here, animals just come when you feed them, you don't need to call them
farmers (cow and plant) get super angry when they lease land and then someone else either leases it for more or buys it and tells them they can't lease it anymore. like they have some weird farmer belief that the land belongs to them or some crap. and like chum says people with a lot of money that buy land are bad.
farmers (cow and plant) get super angry when they lease land and then someone else either leases it for more or buys it and tells them they can't lease it anymore. like they have some weird farmer belief that the land belongs to them or some crap. and like chum says people with a lot of money that buy land are bad.
Isn't this what kicked off the dildo clan saga?
wtf is black lives matter land?
My dad shared a funny tidbit with me over the weekend. He has a few tiny pieces of land in areas surrounding Manhattan, so he goes to auctions and stuff. He said that farmers in the area get pissed when Jordy Nelson comes in and outbids them for land.
My dad's explanation was also on point: "Because, see, he's rich, you know?"
I've figured out that I can buy most of my fertilizer and herbicide needs at my local co-op for way way way cheaper than the brand name stuff at the big box stores. Thanks farmers!Grass seed, too
farmers (cow and plant) get super angry when they lease land and then someone else either leases it for more or buys it and tells them they can't lease it anymore. like they have some weird farmer belief that the land belongs to them or some crap. and like chum says people with a lot of money that buy land are bad.
Isn't this what kicked off the dildo clan saga?
Kinda. Also sd is right. Also ranchers that lease even like state land or BLM land think it's "theirs." "Oh, that's our BLM over there, no you can't hunt it."
SD I just bought a 82 chevy custom deluxe to haul crap around in but it has a very slow/small leak. How do I find where the leak is coming from?!
What color is the leak?
Go to a car store and buy a liquid of similar color and refill as needed
SD I just bought a 82 chevy custom deluxe to haul crap around in but it has a very slow/small leak. How do I find where the leak is coming from?!
because I hadn't driven it for about a week and a half and mrs yla noticed it in the driveway, wasn't a very big stain(is that what I should call it?)
i bet that thing sounds increds when you start itI love the sound of older vehicles!
What does it taste like?too far under to give it a go, no real smell either
hmmm and it looks like itsclose to where the cab and bed meet not under the hood like I initially thought :sdeek:
I've got a car for sale, yla!I have a car! I wanted something I could drive into a ditch and not worry about.
I've got a car for sale, yla!I have a car! I wanted something I could drive into a ditch and not worry about.
that doesn't sound super safe FAN but if you say so! lol at me driving an 82 for a daily driver sd. truck was actually an early bday gift from the wife #blessed
I asked for it :Dthat doesn't sound super safe FAN but if you say so! lol at me driving an 82 for a daily driver sd. truck was actually an early bday gift from the wife #blessed
wife gave you 30 year old truck with failing brakes....she hates you
I asked for it :Dthat doesn't sound super safe FAN but if you say so! lol at me driving an 82 for a daily driver sd. truck was actually an early bday gift from the wife #blessed
wife gave you 30 year old truck with failing brakes....she hates you
I better up the life policy before I drive it again
even better idea
How accurate is the the following info?
https://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Kansas/Publications/County_Estimates/KS%20csv%20links/KS_cashrents16.pdf
What is the downside of converting around 300 acres of pastureland to non irrigated cropland?
How accurate is the the following info?
https://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Kansas/Publications/County_Estimates/KS%20csv%20links/KS_cashrents16.pdf
What is the downside of converting around 300 acres of pastureland to non irrigated cropland?
I have no idea how accurate it is.
Really no downside, maybe erosion risks. Might have to rip out fences or make the ground otherwise suitable for farming, earth work and such.
Is someone paying rent to put cattle on it? And you now want someone to pay rent to farm it?
Property tax miiiight be different dependent on use, not sure. Is there a livable dwelling on the property?
Crop circles could be a risk.
It depends on how good the dirt is. If you will only be able to raise wheat on it....probably not worth it right now. If it is good enough to support corn or beans, you might be on to something.
Just because it grows good grass doesn't mean it will grow anything other than wheat. If it is bottom ground, you have a pretty good shot that it is decent dirt and would be suitable for row crops.
Just because it grows good grass doesn't mean it will grow anything other than wheat. If it is bottom ground, you have a pretty good shot that it is decent dirt and would be suitable for row crops.
Its northwest kansas so I think the only thing that grows there is wheat.
I think even within the same county the rent price could vary by 50% depending on the piece.
hmmm and it looks like itsclose to where the cab and bed meet not under the hood like I initially thought :sdeek:
I stuck my head under there finally.. think it might be the U joint
I stuck my head under there finally.. think it might be the U joint
wut?I stuck my head under there finally.. think it might be the U joint
:facepalm:
Not u-joint, rear seal around slip yoke. Probably have tranny fluid running down slip yoke and dripping off u-joint.:thumbs:
Any idea on how long that would take? That poor cow probably flailed away like a doomed turtle for a while.
What if they just get tipped over (onto their side)?
have you or anyone you know or anyone you ever heard of ever given booze to a farm animal?
Slackcat sure looks like a big dumb idiot nowI know what an idiot.. more like eggonmyfacecat
have you or anyone you know or anyone you ever heard of ever given booze to a farm animal?
$1000 a year sounds like not enough
Can we make this the gE farm thread? K thanks.
Does anyone have any experience with wind turbines in western KS? My dad inherited a section of land in western KS, 3/4 of it is Pasture that my uncle currently runs cattle on which is where the turbines would be. My uncle put him in contact with someone from Infinity Renewables who wants to possibly put windmills on the property. My dad met with him about a week ago and from what I gathered he would get around $1000 per year for the right to build the windmills and more if they actually build the turbines. Possibility of between 6-12 turbines on the property. They are also planning to put turbines up on some of the surrounding land.
My questions -
1. What are the "standard leases/royalties" for this type of thing? Can you negotiate? How can we get the best price?
2. What are the downsides? It sounds like they would build their own gate to access the windmills.
3. What other questions should we ask?
I've started doing some research on the interwebz but I know someone on gE can probably fill in the gaps.
I eventually managed to obtain a NextEra lease agreement. The company in that instance offered the property owner what amounted to about $8,000 per turbine per year. This particular offer also included a $3,000 signing bonus, provided the landowner inked the deal within 15 days of receiving the offer.
Eight thousand dollars a year in exchange for an acre of land is a very attractive offer for a farmer in an era of low crop prices; raising corn or soybeans on that piece of land would net a fraction of that revenue. It’s an even better deal for an absentee landowner — somebody sitting on a couple hundred acres in Dekalb County who lives in Kansas City or St. Joseph or Omaha and won’t spend time in proximity to the turbine.
Somewhat related as many rural NW MO residents had concerns with out of state wind energy companies. Author is a lefty so don't let the Trump slander trigger you. Thought it was interesting.
http://www.pitch.com/news/feature-story/article/20848644/wind-farms-legal-fights-fake-news-trumps-america-comes-to-northwest-missouriQuoteI eventually managed to obtain a NextEra lease agreement. The company in that instance offered the property owner what amounted to about $8,000 per turbine per year. This particular offer also included a $3,000 signing bonus, provided the landowner inked the deal within 15 days of receiving the offer.
Eight thousand dollars a year in exchange for an acre of land is a very attractive offer for a farmer in an era of low crop prices; raising corn or soybeans on that piece of land would net a fraction of that revenue. It’s an even better deal for an absentee landowner — somebody sitting on a couple hundred acres in Dekalb County who lives in Kansas City or St. Joseph or Omaha and won’t spend time in proximity to the turbine.
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Can we make this the gE farm thread? K thanks.
Does anyone have any experience with wind turbines in western KS? My dad inherited a section of land in western KS, 3/4 of it is Pasture that my uncle currently runs cattle on which is where the turbines would be. My uncle put him in contact with someone from Infinity Renewables who wants to possibly put windmills on the property. My dad met with him about a week ago and from what I gathered he would get around $1000 per year for the right to build the windmills and more if they actually build the turbines. Possibility of between 6-12 turbines on the property. They are also planning to put turbines up on some of the surrounding land.
My questions -
1. What are the "standard leases/royalties" for this type of thing? Can you negotiate? How can we get the best price?
2. What are the downsides? It sounds like they would build their own gate to access the windmills.
3. What other questions should we ask?
I've started doing some research on the interwebz but I know someone on gE can probably fill in the gaps.
Can we make this the gE farm thread? K thanks.
Does anyone have any experience with wind turbines in western KS? My dad inherited a section of land in western KS, 3/4 of it is Pasture that my uncle currently runs cattle on which is where the turbines would be. My uncle put him in contact with someone from Infinity Renewables who wants to possibly put windmills on the property. My dad met with him about a week ago and from what I gathered he would get around $1000 per year for the right to build the windmills and more if they actually build the turbines. Possibility of between 6-12 turbines on the property. They are also planning to put turbines up on some of the surrounding land.
My questions -
1. What are the "standard leases/royalties" for this type of thing? Can you negotiate? How can we get the best price?
2. What are the downsides? It sounds like they would build their own gate to access the windmills.
3. What other questions should we ask?
I've started doing some research on the interwebz but I know someone on gE can probably fill in the gaps.
They're just trying to buy your rights with hopes of selling them to someone else
Nice, have cows eat the plants and dead birds around them for extra cashcows will eat a dead bird?
Nice, have cows eat the plants and dead birds around them for extra cashcows will eat a dead bird?
what about the fire
Slackcat sure looks like a big dumb idiot nowI know what an idiot.. more like eggonmyfacecat
do any of you sons of bitches have any scottish highland calfs? great looking cow, they are
He needs a hair cut.
well that makes you one lucky son of a bitch, these things are probably the best looking cow i've seen yet
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the bull one looks a little mean but i bet he loves to be petted and nurtured with assorted treats and pleasantries
I bet that cow is always down for a quick game of hacky sack between classes in the quad.
Hide would make a pretty boss coat.How do they grade and yield?
that's a lawn mower fwiw. you got scammed.Not everybody that farms is big ag elitist.
is that the kind that pops wheelies?
How many bales can that toy pull?
i bet thing smells incredible when it's all powered up
A couple weeks ago me and a buddy were heading out to Colorado for a bachelor party. We left KC thursday night and were planning on staying at my grandparents old farm in Western KS that night before before leaving in the morning to complete the trip. My cousin currently lives on the farmhouse and warned us the road was muddy. My dad warned us that the road to the farmhouse was muddy but I told him my buddy's truck had 4wd.
What I failed to input into the equation was we were stupid city boys who didn't know how to drive in the mud. Got stuck at about 1130, 4 miles from town and 6 miles from the farmhouse. My cousin works nights so he couldn't pull us out until the morning. We tried to dig out for about 1 hr before we realized it was pointless and started drinking beer until we fell asleep.
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My cousin shows up the next morning, says "You city boys need some help?" and within 3 minutes we were unstuck.
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1972 Diesel with PowerShift transmission with side console.i bet thing smells incredible when it's all powered up
@tom is it a gas or a diesel?
OH I GUESS IT SAYS DIESEL ON THE SIDE
i bet thing smells incredible when it's all powered up
I would think restoring a tractor would be expensive.
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What did you have to do for restoration
Should probably change this thread title to "Ask Tom". Tom has forgotten more about farming than steve dave will ever know.
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is that the kind that pops wheelies?
How'd the youngin's get that all the way up to the top? :eek:Pulled it up the side with a rope. Tube was already up there. Angle iron frame weighed 75 lbs.
Tom,Agreed final execution not in line with plans and model but outcome is solid af. More detailed drawings in chalk on farm shop floor not submitted for review. Minor measurement errors covered up with number 9 wire.
I’m glad everything worked out. I am a bit perplexed though on how this went so wrong. You had drawings, which I must admit, were not CAD drawings and maybe that’s where this went wrong. You modeled this thing out and it looks nothing like the model. My concern is that it might be unstable having two different fulcrums when it was modeled with one. Also the model just overlays the silo, and does not go into it. Hopefully everything is ok.
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Solid afyeah tom is quickly creeping into my top 5 fave posters
Those aren't even fulcrums
I'm a bit concerned that the wires holding the pipe to the tripods looks a little thin. Can it handle the airloads imposed on a windy day?
I'm sure airloads were tested when Tom put the model in a wind tunnel.
Trust me, the wire will not be the failure point in a wind event. Most likely result is a tip over
probably wanting to collect some insurance money when you ram him from behind
Why do farmers pull out in front of you when no one is behind you, then go 30 mph, and turn off in a 1/2 mile?
probably wanting to collect some insurance money when you ram him from behind
Why do farmers pull out in front of you when no one is behind you, then go 30 mph, and turn off in a 1/2 mile?
what is a bell cow
Kids,
What are your thoughts.
I need to make a decision by this weekend, an opportunity to buy some good land at below market price.
Here are the details.
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$2,675 / acre ($856,000 for 320 acres) Sept 23, 2015.
Current is $1,350 / acre.
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I've been chatting with banker. 35% down needed on farm loans, however can use existing land as collateral.
Interest rate is 5.18%. 80 x 1350 = $108,000
Crop est $2,400 / yr avg (2 crops in 3 yrs // 35 bu acre, wheat, 26 acres share, $4/bu).
COSTS / YR:
I am calculating about $5,600 / yr interest expense.
There is also property taxes, est $1,000.
Plus principle repayment about $5,400 / yr.
I am estimating cash flow needs for purchasing the property at about $12,000 / yr.
12,000 - 2,400 = $9,600 / yr additional monies needed to buy the property. (Assuming using farm as collateral).
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What do each of you think ?
Dad
farmers love buying land. it's their favorite thing in the world. it's the truck nuts of the farming world, if you aren't buying land you are nothing.Yes. He has been talking about buying more land non stop since he inherited the farm. He is not even a real farmer (has not driven a tractor since the 70's and leases the land to my uncle).
the fact that your dad isn't 100% invested in crypto currency right now is very surprising to me tbh
and every region of the state has their own evil land baron guy like in old west movies but irl. the guy will buy up all the land that goes on sale in the area and the other small time farmers lose their crap about it.you guys see the freaking andersons bought up the thompsons old land??
ben ji, what county?Thomas
the fact that your dad isn't 100% invested in crypto currency right now is very surprising to me tbhHe did buy some Bitcoin a month or two ago, have not heard him talk about it recently.
Is that cheap, expensive, or normal?Seems expensive. I also don't understand how income calculation at all.
For 2016, Kansas' state-wide average price is $3,000 per acre, a 10.4% decline from 2015.
1350 and 80 acresCorrect. He thinks it's a great deal since the price of the land was double that a couple years ago.
80 acres yielding 34 bushels per acre at $4 a bushel. He leases it to someone else and gets 1/3 of the profit so around 3,590 to him per year it is farmed. It lays fallow 1/3 years so his yearly avg is around $2400.Is that cheap, expensive, or normal?Seems expensive. I also don't understand how income calculation at all.
80 acres yielding 34 bushels per acre at $4 a bushel. He leases it to someone else and gets 1/3 of the profit so around 3,590 to him per year it is farmed. It lays fallow 1/3 years so his yearly avg is around $2400.Is that cheap, expensive, or normal?Seems expensive. I also don't understand how income calculation at all.
Now that I just did the math again I'm wondering if he even accounted for input costs (seed/fertilizer/harvest/ etc). This is looking even worse than I thought.
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80 acres yielding 34 bushels per acre at $4 a bushel. He leases it to someone else and gets 1/3 of the profit so around 3,590 to him per year it is farmed. It lays fallow 1/3 years so his yearly avg is around $2400.Is that cheap, expensive, or normal?Seems expensive. I also don't understand how income calculation at all.
Now that I just did the math again I'm wondering if he even accounted for input costs (seed/fertilizer/harvest/ etc). This is looking even worse than I thought.
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got it....yeah probably a bad idea. another thing to consider is how close was the land that went for 2600? Has he seen it or is he basing his yield estimates off of historical data? I know where I grew up you can have great land like across the road from absolute dogshit land.
Yes, it was the same land that was valued at $2600 per acre in 2015.80 acres yielding 34 bushels per acre at $4 a bushel. He leases it to someone else and gets 1/3 of the profit so around 3,590 to him per year it is farmed. It lays fallow 1/3 years so his yearly avg is around $2400.Is that cheap, expensive, or normal?Seems expensive. I also don't understand how income calculation at all.
Now that I just did the math again I'm wondering if he even accounted for input costs (seed/fertilizer/harvest/ etc). This is looking even worse than I thought.
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got it....yeah probably a bad idea. another thing to consider is how close was the land that went for 2600? Has he seen it or is he basing his yield estimates off of historical data? I know where I grew up you can have great land like across the road from absolute dogshit land.
Isn't it the same land as the $2600 but the price has dropped in the last couple years?
Yes, it was the same land that was valued at $2600 per acre in 2015.80 acres yielding 34 bushels per acre at $4 a bushel. He leases it to someone else and gets 1/3 of the profit so around 3,590 to him per year it is farmed. It lays fallow 1/3 years so his yearly avg is around $2400.Is that cheap, expensive, or normal?Seems expensive. I also don't understand how income calculation at all.
Now that I just did the math again I'm wondering if he even accounted for input costs (seed/fertilizer/harvest/ etc). This is looking even worse than I thought.
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got it....yeah probably a bad idea. another thing to consider is how close was the land that went for 2600? Has he seen it or is he basing his yield estimates off of historical data? I know where I grew up you can have great land like across the road from absolute dogshit land.
Isn't it the same land as the $2600 but the price has dropped in the last couple years?
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It's a 160 acre section my grandfather used to own. My aunt and uncle split it while dividing the estate. My uncle now wants to sell his 80 acres and my dad wants to buy it.Yes, it was the same land that was valued at $2600 per acre in 2015.80 acres yielding 34 bushels per acre at $4 a bushel. He leases it to someone else and gets 1/3 of the profit so around 3,590 to him per year it is farmed. It lays fallow 1/3 years so his yearly avg is around $2400.Is that cheap, expensive, or normal?Seems expensive. I also don't understand how income calculation at all.
Now that I just did the math again I'm wondering if he even accounted for input costs (seed/fertilizer/harvest/ etc). This is looking even worse than I thought.
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got it....yeah probably a bad idea. another thing to consider is how close was the land that went for 2600? Has he seen it or is he basing his yield estimates off of historical data? I know where I grew up you can have great land like across the road from absolute dogshit land.
Isn't it the same land as the $2600 but the price has dropped in the last couple years?
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but it was sold as 320 acres in 2015? so like, what if he gets the shitty 80 acres?
mind’s eye this crap you guys-plants need sun, dinkus
a big warehouse, think costco size. inside said warehouse- layers and layers of crops being nourished by hydro.
this is a new future of farmers who were bred in the laboratory, not western kansas (sry tod). no worries about hail storms
costco is what, maybe 1 acre :lol:that’s why the layers are stacked
did you go to k state? because sometimes i’m not suremind’s eye this crap you guys-plants need sun, dinkus
a big warehouse, think costco size. inside said warehouse- layers and layers of crops being nourished by hydro.
this is a new future of farmers who were bred in the laboratory, not western kansas (sry tod). no worries about hail storms
so like 5 acres of corn then?see above
It's a 160 acre section my grandfather used to own. My aunt and uncle split it while dividing the estate. My uncle now wants to sell his 80 acres and my dad wants to buy it.
He already has 640 acres that has the family home on it (mainly pasture). This is a couple of miles down the road and my grandfather did not own it until the 80's when my dad had moved to the big city with his computer job. He has no emotional connection to the land.It's a 160 acre section my grandfather used to own. My aunt and uncle split it while dividing the estate. My uncle now wants to sell his 80 acres and my dad wants to buy it.
you should have mentioned that it was your family's land from the start. of course your father should buy it.
That's an amazing deal, Ben Ji. My grandparents farm went for the initial cost per acre your dad first stated. http://goEMAW.com/forum/index.php?topic=39805.msg1771877#msg1771877 He should jump on that if he likes the responsibility for that type of stuff.QuoteKids,
What are your thoughts.
I need to make a decision by this weekend, an opportunity to buy some good land at below market price.
Here are the details.
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$2,675 / acre ($856,000 for 320 acres) Sept 23, 2015.
Current is $1,350 / acre.
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I've been chatting with banker. 35% down needed on farm loans, however can use existing land as collateral.
Interest rate is 5.18%. 80 x 1350 = $108,000
Crop est $2,400 / yr avg (2 crops in 3 yrs // 35 bu acre, wheat, 26 acres share, $4/bu).
COSTS / YR:
I am calculating about $5,600 / yr interest expense.
There is also property taxes, est $1,000.
Plus principle repayment about $5,400 / yr.
I am estimating cash flow needs for purchasing the property at about $12,000 / yr.
12,000 - 2,400 = $9,600 / yr additional monies needed to buy the property. (Assuming using farm as collateral).
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What do each of you think ?
Dad
when I inherit a shitload of western ks land the first thing I'm going to do is sell it to the areas rich land baron. it'll include all of the cows, tractors, houses, the works. and it's a take it all or nothing deal. also he has to box up and ship to me all my baseball cards that are in the basement of one of the houses (these are not part of the deal obv). and I know all the good ones in there so he better not try to swipe any. I've got this thing planned out.sd you should start posting more again. I forgot that you are pretty funny
when I inherit a shitload of western ks land the first thing I'm going to do is sell it to the areas rich land baron. it'll include all of the cows, tractors, houses, the works. and it's a take it all or nothing deal. also he has to box up and ship to me all my baseball cards that are in the basement of one of the houses (these are not part of the deal obv). and I know all the good ones in there so he better not try to swipe any. I've got this thing planned out.
when I inherit a shitload of western ks land the first thing I'm going to do is sell it to the areas rich land baron. it'll include all of the cows, tractors, houses, the works. and it's a take it all or nothing deal. also he has to box up and ship to me all my baseball cards that are in the basement of one of the houses (these are not part of the deal obv). and I know all the good ones in there so he better not try to swipe any. I've got this thing planned out.
when I inherit a shitload of western ks land the first thing I'm going to do is sell it to the areas rich land baron. it'll include all of the cows, tractors, houses, the works. and it's a take it all or nothing deal. also he has to box up and ship to me all my baseball cards that are in the basement of one of the houses (these are not part of the deal obv). and I know all the good ones in there so he better not try to swipe any. I've got this thing planned out.
isn't farmer sd bro going to try and buy city slicker bros out?
jeter upperdeck rookie, bash brothers rookies, shaq rookies (hoops and upper deck), griffey rookies (fleer and upper deck), thousands of trash topps cards (he can keep these for all I care), bo jackson signed card, a bunch of remade old babe ruth cards that I roughed up and put in cases to make my friends think they were legit (sentimental value here), it goes on. essentially if you were a kid in the 90s I've got what you crave.
My dad was just talking about how some baron bought 1200 acres a few hobby farms away from him. That seems like an excessive amount of acresDid you see the numbers my dad ran? Basically the only way to make any money farming is to own a crap ton of land. (Also milk the government teat for all it's worth)
You could keep about 40-60 adult male cougars in there.
You could keep about 40-60 adult male cougars in there.
ben ji, what county?Thomas
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Hunting lease might get him some extra scratch too
Any decent timbered areas on or adjacent to it? What about ponds?
Long story short I have no idea how anyone makes any money farming.
super pro tip on whether someone is going to ask you if they can pay you to put a wind turbine on your western ks land. look up, if there's a high-voltage transmission line there, the answer is yes. otherwise no.Thanks, I will pass this along.
you know what else they care about? grease zerks (technical farmer thing I'll explain). these are them:
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so there are over a million of them on all kinds of plows, tractors, swather things that eat the hay, you name it. if you use it to farm cows or plants it's got grease zerks. you use a grease gun with giant tubes of lube to squirt it into them like every 4 hours you use the thing that has them. this is the gun.
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it's an enormous pain in the ass and it's always hot as crap and there are bugs everywhere when you do it. here's what I figured out on my own though. it's fake news. you don't have to do it. I've gone literally a month without grease gunning a grease zerk and nothing mostly broke. I'm pretty sure it's a scam from big grease.
you know what else they care about? grease zerks (technical farmer thing I'll explain). these are them:
(https://www.macsautoparts.com/assets/macs/images/size/265x265/sku/64-24379.jpg)
so there are over a million of them on all kinds of plows, tractors, swather things that eat the hay, you name it. if you use it to farm cows or plants it's got grease zerks. you use a grease gun with giant tubes of lube to squirt it into them like every 4 hours you use the thing that has them. this is the gun.
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it's an enormous pain in the ass and it's always hot as crap and there are bugs everywhere when you do it. here's what I figured out on my own though. it's fake news. you don't have to do it. I've gone literally a month without grease gunning a grease zerk and nothing mostly broke. I'm pretty sure it's a scam from big grease.
How do you farm cows :confused:
you know what else they care about? grease zerks (technical farmer thing I'll explain). these are them:
(https://www.macsautoparts.com/assets/macs/images/size/265x265/sku/64-24379.jpg)
so there are over a million of them on all kinds of plows, tractors, swather things that eat the hay, you name it. if you use it to farm cows or plants it's got grease zerks. you use a grease gun with giant tubes of lube to squirt it into them like every 4 hours you use the thing that has them. this is the gun.
(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1853/1277/products/Pistol_grip_grease_gun_1200x.jpg?v=1507566753)
it's an enormous pain in the ass and it's always hot as crap and there are bugs everywhere when you do it. here's what I figured out on my own though. it's fake news. you don't have to do it. I've gone literally a month without grease gunning a grease zerk and nothing mostly broke. I'm pretty sure it's a scam from big grease.
How do you farm cows :confused:
with bulls (boy cows)
me (Unit 8 on two way radio, basically farmer cell phone): I filled the tractor with gas
sdgrandpa (Unit 1 on farmer cell): I HOPE YOU DIDN'T FILL IT WITH GAS!
me (Unit 8 still): JFC grandpa :jerk:
me (Unit 8 on two way radio, basically farmer cell phone): I filled the tractor with gas
sdgrandpa (Unit 1 on farmer cell): I HOPE YOU DIDN'T FILL IT WITH GAS!
me (Unit 8 still): JFC grandpa :jerk:
which also reminds me of two way radios. like we had our own tower deal and we had unit numbers. nobody else could hear us talk on them except us. sdgrandpa was "Unit 1", sddad was "Unit 2", etc. I was down the line after the designated cowboys and whatnot at "Unit 8". You had code words on it. Like 10-7, 10-8, they all meant something, I don't remember. like you were going to go away from the radio, or were back by it, whatever. you had to say the 10-7 or whatever the call sign was. I never did the thing to leave or come back. they got steamed all the time because they were looking for me or didn't know I was back available to talk or something. idiots.
They have battery powered grease guns now sd and it makes grease zerking major pud
Steve Dave, did your family upgrade to the Nextel push to talk cell phone/walkie talkies in the early 2000s like all the farmers I know?
the forwarding missed calls to the truck horn thing is irl mind blowing to me
not as wild as the truck honking but tons of my farm friends had a super loud bell that rang on the outside of their house when the landline inside rang.Our fat center had a big mudding truck and a dixie horn for it and would blow it every time he showed up to school. #EudoraStuff
tom, that thing probably hasn't had it's zerks greased in 20 years.LOL. Cousin wondered why I was laughing as he greased that skid steer on Saturday... then he sent me to the shop to get a zerk to replace one he broke off loading hay. I had to help him get the grease gun working.
what kind of job, and what has he done in the past?IT, he maintained servers or something that is the exact opposite of farming.
what kind of job, and what has he done in the past?IT, he maintained servers or something that is the exact opposite of farming.
super pro tip on whether someone is going to ask you if they can pay you to put a wind turbine on your western ks land. look up, if there's a high-voltage transmission line there, the answer is yes. otherwise no.
That's just a cow that's not good at martial artsthere are 4 breeds of cows. hereford, angus, white, white with black spots.What about black with white belts?
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jeter upperdeck rookie, bash brothers rookies, shaq rookies (hoops and upper deck), griffey rookies (fleer and upper deck), thousands of trash topps cards (he can keep these for all I care), bo jackson signed card, a bunch of remade old babe ruth cards that I roughed up and put in cases to make my friends think they were legit (sentimental value here), it goes on. essentially if you were a kid in the 90s I've got what you crave.Take it to the collection thread
That's just a cow that's not good at martial artsthere are 4 breeds of cows. hereford, angus, white, white with black spots.What about black with white belts?
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is john deere really the best or are they just the harley davidson of tractors
is john deere really the best or are they just the harley davidson of tractorsthe large dealer network and parts availability are a big part of their dominance and they are much more of a innovator than HD
wow, that's crazy. i can't believe milo is more profitable than wheat.It isn't for my dad's farm. But wheat has been pretty awful the last couple of years. He's growing more canola now.
Hmm, I wonder how close to large transmission lines they are talking. My parents have a few hundred acres on the eastern edge of the flint hills which is just pastureland right now within 5-10 miles of large transmission lines.
Tom- how effective do you think this would be?Seems legit. I must admit I had to read up on this. Replace herbicide and insecticide with fire. Get the crop up and a canopy established. Supplement with another burn or traditional cultivation. I may have to buy a 6 row cultivator for the old 4020 and advertise my services to organic farms.
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150 acres x 1250 per acre per year is roughly 190k a year. I say you do it Tom.
it costs like 200-1000k to build a mile of new transmission line. plus they have to get (buy) permission from every landowner the new line would cross. so proximity is worth a lot.
it costs like 200-1000k to build a mile of new transmission line. plus they have to get (buy) permission from every landowner the new line would cross. so proximity is worth a lot.
They don't run transmission line to the farm r-tard they just prefer 3 phase, which is like 50k a mile to run.
I know a meade, ks sheep (basically a goat that's fuzzy) farmer who has a donkey with the sheep. apparently to chase away coyotes or whatever. coyotes are super small and pud and I'm pretty sure a full grown sheep would kick ones ass but better safe than sorry I guess.He setup game cameras around the farm mainly to keep an eye on who is coming and going but sends out pictures of the different animals.
ben ji did he buy that land he was looking at?
45 x 48 concrete pad for barn. How thick should I make it and how many yards will that be?Are you parking equipment on it?
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Yes.45 x 48 concrete pad for barn. How thick should I make it and how many yards will that be?Are you parking equipment on it?
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what a great update
i can't wait until i have enough money to pretend farm.
i can't wait until i have enough money to pretend farm.
Its the American dream, I share it as well.
i can't wait until i have enough money to pretend farm.
Its the American dream, I share it as well.
It helps if you are retired and inherit some of your parents land. He is having a great time out there though so I'm happy for him.
My dad had no intention of ever "farming" again when he was your age but as the Darcy from varsity blues once said "Things Change Mox".i can't wait until i have enough money to pretend farm.
Its the American dream, I share it as well.
It helps if you are retired and inherit some of your parents land. He is having a great time out there though so I'm happy for him.
I'm going to inherit shitloads of land and I'm immediately selling (or leasing) the living crap out of it.
I'm planning on leasing the hobby farm that I inherit.
Haven't heard that one - but I take it as it can get windy as eff out here, adequate tamping is very necessary
All they do is kill birds and collect government subsidies, anyway.
No, I don't believe I have sd
i'm not sure "good neighbor" money exists, but if he can get some, that's pretty boss
enjoyed the update tom.Always admire ranchers that make that effort. I probably won't make the effort since its rocky ground. We sat the corner posts with a backhoe. Used the last of my dad's hedge posts that min 10 feet long and huge.
I'm a 3 t-posts then a creosote post fence man personally 1:3:1:3
what’s the deal with barbed wire, does it actually work on an anyone?
Speaking of which anyone want to shoot me an offer on dad's barbed wire collection? There were like 30 of these boards with 15-25 wires on each. All boxed up and ready to ship to the high bidder.what’s the deal with barbed wire, does it actually work on an anyone?
you have a lot of cows walking around the plaza all day 24/7? hell yes it works.
wouldn’t regular wire work? why barbed?
HI Kids,
ben ji and ben ji's sister both visited the farm in July. A first !
I continue to 'enhance security', occasionally getting a good wildlife photo.
Attached is one from July 12th at 5:15 am.
Bindweed is going to be a major work task next year.
Also we have a couple places with "musk thistle" - an invasive species. I have collected and burned about a dozen tubbs of thistle from the pasture. It burns real good after just a day of drying.
I have a "corner post" project and a chicken house project and there is always lots of burning to do. (ben ji thanks for cleaning out the incinerator, it is working much better now).
I have gotten lil lil's(the farm cat he took home last year) momma cat to come up to the house for some food and milk. She is wild but I am hoping she has some more babies.
In July I have sprayed a lot of Roundup and vinegar plant killer (for use in pasture areas). My focus initially was bindweed but the sandbur stickers were bad so I've been hitting them hard as well. (Plus the pasture thistle - mostly prairie thistle).
I do not think we are getting wind turbines as I never received a call about access to do core samples (done before construction starts on turbines). Same with Aunt Rita.
Feel free to come and visit the farm - activity here is good for security.
I do have some security actions (disable / enable) when you visit. If I am here, I can cook. Fridge is stocked. I have the guest bedroom upstairs and clean sheets after every guest departure. (Don't tell mom, it is practice for a B&B. My B&B will be expensive and booked all the time - lots of included beer and wine! I even pick up at the Colby airport "Shultz Field".)
Later,
Dad
Don't forget the attached pic.
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i've never heard of anyone hoping their barn cat would produce more barn cats.
Case of WD-40 for the axles?Axle bearings are probably siezed. The thing is heavy. Wheels are sunk in the ground a ways.
hydraulic jack and a board for support. Lift it out of the ground a wheel (or two if you have multiple jacks) at a time. Place skids under the wheels and fasten them somehow. Then slide it out.Or just get a tractor with a loader bucket on it and a couple of chains/straps and pick the SOB up and put it on a trailer.
I was assuming there was no tractor with a loader because that would’ve been the first thing I brought out.hydraulic jack and a board for support. Lift it out of the ground a wheel (or two if you have multiple jacks) at a time. Place skids under the wheels and fasten them somehow. Then slide it out.Or just get a tractor with a loader bucket on it and a couple of chains/straps and pick the SOB up and put it on a trailer.
i've never heard of anyone hoping their barn cat would produce more barn cats.
I've never heard of anyone with barn cats spaying or neutering one
I've never heard of anyone with barn cats spaying or neutering one
of course not. you toss them a little kibble and hope the coyotes get most of them, but not all of them and not the one that you like.
they just need some eye ointment and sulfur dips
warm dishcloth to the eyes to wipe away discharge and prevent them from resealing
we've had kittens lose all eyesight at the shelter when their eyes got infected
it's all a virus so it'll have to clear up on its own but antibiotics are good to stave off secondary bacterial infections
keep them eating
once they stop eating at that age, it's pretty much over unless someone force feeds
that guy is really kind for looking after them though
oh and don't touch them without gloves. i had a ringworm scare a few years back and it sucks ballz
How often does your dad email you?I've never heard of anyone with barn cats spaying or neutering one
of course not. you toss them a little kibble and hope the coyotes get most of them, but not all of them and not the one that you like.
Kids,
Mom wants a surprise.
I have a little eye matted black kitten (maybe 2) that need health restored.
Future is bleak as of now. I've located them, fed them very well last night, this am, and this afternoon. Fat little guys have been sleeping a lot huddled together, 4 of them. Ringworm is pretty bad on these two. Eyes matted x2 shut on one, x1 on the other. So either I need to bring them back (surprise mom) or I need to come back to the farm in a couple days to finish feeding them out regaining strength & health. What do you think mom would want me to do ?
Here is a picture of the 2 blk ones and their grey sibling. The other blk one runs off yet.
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So my dad apparently thought this might get stolen so he welded the year he bought it and his name on it.LOL
My son believes we have a vhs of this thing running.
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also lol at the idea of someone sneaking in there and stealing that beastThat probably was not his real motivation, but he was big on marking his stuff. Every wrench, tool got a swath of yellow john deere paint on it. He bought an engraver and carved initials in everything.
also lol at the idea of someone sneaking in there and stealing that beastThat probably was not his real motivation, but he was big on marking his stuff. Every wrench, tool got a swath of yellow john deere paint on it. He bought an engraver and carved initials in everything.
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A couple of times a week when he is on the farm, couple times a month if not.How often does your dad email you?I've never heard of anyone with barn cats spaying or neutering one
of course not. you toss them a little kibble and hope the coyotes get most of them, but not all of them and not the one that you like.
Kids,
Mom wants a surprise.
I have a little eye matted black kitten (maybe 2) that need health restored.
Future is bleak as of now. I've located them, fed them very well last night, this am, and this afternoon. Fat little guys have been sleeping a lot huddled together, 4 of them. Ringworm is pretty bad on these two. Eyes matted x2 shut on one, x1 on the other. So either I need to bring them back (surprise mom) or I need to come back to the farm in a couple days to finish feeding them out regaining strength & health. What do you think mom would want me to do ?
Here is a picture of the 2 blk ones and their grey sibling. The other blk one runs off yet.
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So my dad apparently thought this might get stolen so he welded the year he bought it and his name on it.
My son believes we have a vhs of this thing running.
Any idea which old tractor with a belt pulley or stationary engine you're going to use to power it?
Got a great email back about what it means to be a "Christian Farmer"
Dug dad's antique rock crusher out of the brush today. No idea how we can move it. F350 couldn't budge it.
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I guess we can bring the rock to the crusher and you can bring your truck Slackcat.Dug dad's antique rock crusher out of the brush today. No idea how we can move it. F350 couldn't budge it.
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I have some drives needing attn. :impatient:
Get her runnin' and I'll bring the rock. :driving:
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That's awesome. Make sure you have some bait fish in there for them to eat. You must be getting some rain in your area. The pic makes it look like your grass is still fairly green and the ponds look full and clear.
We're actually quite behind on rain.
That's last 10 year average which includes some wet years. I think a longer view would be 36 in / year.We're actually quite behind on rain.
50+ inches, wow. i didn't know there was anywhere in kansas that got that much.
i lived in manhattan, ks the one year we got tons of rain and the place was flooded everywhere but if i'm being honest with you, i had a great time that summer
That’s actual a canal, not a driveway.
We're actually quite behind on rain. A couple more good rains might make a bean crop. Corn is made and not great. At least we have some ears. Cousin put his up for silage.
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what's the first non-rock item you're going to run through the crusher? lots of good options out there imo.
i always call it "the summer of rain" when i tell stories from that summer and immediately everyone knows exactly when i am referring to
pretty amazing and a very special moment in mhk history so i commissioned my grandmother to quilt a mhk "summer of rain" memorial quilt and matching vest. the quilt's motto is "you can wash away our ground soil but nothing can wash away our pride of mhk." she didn't know how to quilt and never made them for me so i guess you can say what you want but i consider them both to be in the design phase. hopefully i can get them pulled together (pun) soon. one surprising fact about the quilt design is that the overarching color scheme does not incorporate purple. people act like everything in mhk needs to be purple. don't tell a mhk indian that though because their colors don't bleed.
what's the first non-rock item you're going to run through the crusher? lots of good options out there imo.Chunk of hedge
This is my mellow, friendly little girl. She was last trip's project w/3 blk siblings all doing much better now.https://youtu.be/PZ0ur5GKC0w
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Putting on rubber glove all the way to your shoulder, then sticking said arm all the way into cows anus is the worst job. Or being a small farm and having all the jobs at the same time. Castration comes last as they have usually passed all their crap out after everything else that was done to them. Usually...
Wenching a calf out of its mother sucks pretty bad too.
Wtf
LoL. Poor little SD. Traumatized.
Speaking of little SD. Does he get to visit the farm and learn farm crap?
I feel like the delegging incident should be reported but that statute of limitations is surely passed by now
Putting on rubber glove all the way to your shoulder, then sticking said arm all the way into cows anus is the worst job. Or being a small farm and having all the jobs at the same time. Castration comes last as they have usually passed all their crap out after everything else that was done to them. Usually...
Wenching a calf out of its mother sucks pretty bad too.
what if I told you I've used fence stretchers to pull one and, in one of the most traumatic events of my little kid life, we hooked a truck to front feet and pulled the legs straight off of the little stuck cow.
:sdeek: :frown:
i always call it "the summer of rain" when i tell stories from that summer and immediately everyone knows exactly when i am referring to
pretty amazing and a very special moment in mhk history so i commissioned my grandmother to quilt a mhk "summer of rain" memorial quilt and matching vest. the quilt's motto is "you can wash away our ground soil but nothing can wash away our pride of mhk." she didn't know how to quilt and never made them for me so i guess you can say what you want but i consider them both to be in the design phase. hopefully i can get them pulled together (pun) soon. one surprising fact about the quilt design is that the overarching color scheme does not incorporate purple. people act like everything in mhk needs to be purple. don't tell a mhk indian that though because their colors don't bleed.
how many cows does it take to increase one's satisfaction and happiness?
how many cows does it take to increase one's satisfaction and happiness?
LoL. Poor little SD. Traumatized.
Speaking of little SD. Does he get to visit the farm and learn farm crap?
oh hell yes. he just spent five days there by himself. he came back with a giant gallon zip lock bag of about 200 keys and locked padlocks that the keys had been lost for. he said, "grandpa said I could have them". I was like, but why would you want them? to a 5 year old 200 old ass keys is a pretty cool thing apparently. he mostly rides four wheelers and UTVs and rides around in the front seat of the truck with no car seat on dirt roads and other dangerous AF stuff. so it's essentially hillbilly disney world for him.
25 isn’t enough to make money but too many to have any free time to travel and crap. The only reasonable numbers are 0 / 500+
25 isn’t enough to make money but too many to have any free time to travel and crap. The only reasonable numbers are 0 / 500+
i'm talking about hobby farming here, sd.
alexa, what's the shittiest hobby anyone has ever thought of?
0 or 2. Zero, because, why would you if you don't need to? 2 if you want to have a continuous supply of beef and don't know anyone else with cattle. 1 to butcher now, 1 to butcher in a year, after 1 is butchered get another. Repeat cycle. Depending on your family size, a quarter could last a whole year, so you could sell the extra 3 quarters to friends and get a lot of your money back.
eff that. Spring grass calves are where it's at. Depending where you live and acreage is what determines amount of cattle to raise. Case closed. Also nice to butcher one and presell what you're not able to eat within a year. Farmer and Pub. reasoning.0 or 2. Zero, because, why would you if you don't need to? 2 if you want to have a continuous supply of beef and don't know anyone else with cattle. 1 to butcher now, 1 to butcher in a year, after 1 is butchered get another. Repeat cycle. Depending on your family size, a quarter could last a whole year, so you could sell the extra 3 quarters to friends and get a lot of your money back.
the whole point of hobby animal keeping is to watch the animals produce baby animals. so you need enough for baby cow production.
Then I agree with SD. Sounds like a horrible hobby. But, it all depends on how much land you have really. 1 bull for every 10-40 heifers depending on breed. So 11? I can't see it ever increasing ones satisfaction and happiness though.0 or 2. Zero, because, why would you if you don't need to? 2 if you want to have a continuous supply of beef and don't know anyone else with cattle. 1 to butcher now, 1 to butcher in a year, after 1 is butchered get another. Repeat cycle. Depending on your family size, a quarter could last a whole year, so you could sell the extra 3 quarters to friends and get a lot of your money back.
the whole point of hobby animal keeping is to watch the animals produce baby animals. so you need enough for baby cow production.
My stepdad runs about 100 head. Claims it supplements his retirement income. I think he's just avoiding my Mom like the rest of the family.
if you get a cow that flips its stupid ass upside down in the chute here is what you do:
build a new chute in the area next to the existing chute that can now never be used again because there is absolutely no way you're getting that thing flipped back over right side and it's just going to die and rot there.
Tractor with loader and 2 log chains.if you get a cow that flips its stupid ass upside down in the chute here is what you do:
build a new chute in the area next to the existing chute that can now never be used again because there is absolutely no way you're getting that thing flipped back over right side and it's just going to die and rot there.
Why not just butcher the cow in the chute and take it out in pieces?
New road compliments of the wind turbine company. Value - $50,000. Awesome unexpected benefit.
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Tom, farms are the absolute best (1% of the time)
Building fence is an incredibly satisfying thing to do. Like swathing a huge circle of alfalfa and then looking back at what you just accomplished. I mean, both rough ridin' suck complete crap but when you are done doing them you are satisfied.My thoughts exactly, except replace alfalfa swathing/fence building with assembling Ikea furniture.
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That stone fence looks great Tom. In the Alma metroplex they actually have workshops where a stonemason shows people how to build stone fences. You pay $100 for the privilege of doing 2 days worth of backbreaking labor but you get a sandwich too.I've heard of this. Ranches also have people from JoCo pay them for the privilege of helping burn pasture.
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ben ji, why does your dad have hay bales? Does he not know cats don't eat hay.
ben ji, why does your dad have hay bales? Does he not know cats don't eat hay.
ben ji, why does your dad have hay bales? Does he not know cats don't eat hay.
The hay bales are a giant cat condominium. Their are tons of cracks/tunnels that the cats crawl into and have their kittens etc.
that looks like a mountain lion more than a bobcat
So mountain lion? :dunno:
buncha non-cat farmers over here trying to tell a cat farmer what kind of cats he has on his farm. good grief.
So mountain lion? :dunno:
Of course my dad thinks its a mountain lion too. I told him it was too small and he countered with "Juvenile Mountain Lion". He also thinks some of the Coyotes on the farm are "Red Wolves, reintroduced to Oklahoma a few years ago and moving north". (The Red Wolf was never reintroduced to Oklahoma).
So your choice Meow Meow. You can either believe noted farm experts like ben ji and steve dave or you can believe a man who injects himself with snake venom in his quest to test the longevity of the human body.
:lol:that looks like a mountain lion more than a bobcat
Well, I’ve got some prime elk and moose hunting ground in SW KS I’d love to sell you if you are in the market Mr. Animal Complete Dumbfuckman
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So mountain lion? :dunno:
:ROFL:
London Zoo?Front "yard" in Kensington
Not a farm, but on the topic of wild animals, I saw a fox in London last week.
sys, we need you to settle this since you know more about animals than anyone else.
Bobcat or Juvenile Mountain Lion?
Foxes are natures dogs
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Seals have been getting eels stuck in their nostrils lately, and no one seems to know why :sdeek:
This little rascal hangs out at mom's church in Topeka.
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got access to a bucket truck?
just kidding. Move to a new farm.
got access to a bucket truck?Everyone knows farmers dont have bucket trucks. Just stand in the bucket of the loader tractor and have someone raise you up there like every other farmer in the world.
just kidding. Move to a new farm.
Family,
Sitting out this am in chair by front door enjoying the sun. Bird was on power line singing its song. Looked bigger like a meadowlark, but could not tell. I noticed the seasonal red winged black birds have arrived. They actually have a red patch followed by a smaller yellow colored patch on each wing front. We had about 35 robins spend the winter - not sure what they were eating, likely some dried berries. They I saw a big bird of prey sitting on top the grain bin. Had to get my expensive pair of really good Harbor Freight binoculars out - open up the box and unpack them. Wow, beautiful sight ! I was a large hawk, redish specled in color watching all below. Farm kitty was near by so I was on alert. I looked back at the singing bird, it was indeed a yellow breasted meadowlark singing. After a while the hawk took flight and glided North. Think he's the same hawk that has hung around the farm all winter.
I've started fertilizing the grass. Bucket at a time out of the red barn. Got a "Chrysler Imperial" fragrant rose from Orshelans, planted it outside the bay window (with lots of red barn fertilizer). Have a lot of bulb flowers planted in the garden in OP to move out to the farm later this summer.
Attended a funeral yesterday - husband of a cousin
Today - installation of a new farm cam system.
Colby has their "Home Improvement" show going on at the community building, where I use to play basketball. Place seemed smaller. I went in and check things out before it officially opened. Mostly a yawner.
Need to sharpen mower blades here. Last time I was not able to break loose the nuts. Need an extended handle to get more leverage.
May burn some coral weeds since it is wet yet, and little wind.
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Watched her ascend to the high rafters. Up side of barn to low rafters, then very athletic leaf 5' up and over to high rafters. She was very growly - wanted to be there and not messed with. So she will be here for the day. Well fed this am.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190317/49ded75c89d262fc95d6faa1f06d91f8.jpg)
Had to get my expensive pair of really good Harbor Freight binoculars out - open up the box and unpack them.
Great update. I’m setting the odds that your pops proclaimed pic 3 to be a mountain lion at 2:1.He didnt confirm it in the email but just confirmed it now in person. Was talking about how he got a holster so he could have a pistol when he walked around the windbreak due to mountain lions.
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He also said my cousin killed a bobcat out there a couple weeks ago but the cat in the trail cam was definitely a mountian lion "you can tell by how long the tail is"
Great update. I’m setting the odds that your pops proclaimed pic 3 to be a mountain lion at 2:1.He didnt confirm it in the email but just confirmed it now in person. Was talking about how he got a holster so he could have a pistol when he walked around the windbreak due to mountain lions.
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He also said my cousin killed a bobcat out there a couple weeks ago but the cat in the trail cam was definitely a mountian lion "you can tell by how long the tail is"
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He also said my cousin killed a bobcat out there a couple weeks ago but the cat in the trail cam was definitely a mountian lion "you can tell by how long the tail is"
western kansas hayseeds will literally shoot any animal they come across. on one pheasant hunting trip in gove county, the hayseed hosts i was with shot both an owl and a porcupine.
He also said my cousin killed a bobcat out there a couple weeks ago but the cat in the trail cam was definitely a mountian lion "you can tell by how long the tail is"
western kansas hayseeds will literally shoot any animal they come across. on one pheasant hunting trip in gove county, the hayseed hosts i was with shot both an owl and a porcupine.
Coyote
Date: 01/01/2018 - 01/01/2019
Location: Statewide
Season Dates (statewide): All year
Season Limit: No limit
There is no closed season for trapping or hunting coyotes. Motor vehicles and radios in vehicles may be used to hunt coyotes only. Furharvester license is required to trap and sell; hunting license is required to hunt and sell.
Great update. I’m setting the odds that your pops proclaimed pic 3 to be a mountain lion at 2:1.He didnt confirm it in the email but just confirmed it now in person. Was talking about how he got a holster so he could have a pistol when he walked around the windbreak due to mountain lions.
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He also said my cousin killed a bobcat out there a couple weeks ago but the cat in the trail cam was definitely a mountian lion "you can tell by how long the tail is"
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You have to have a license to hunt coyotes? Is that new?I think the license referenced is just your generic hunting license you get every year.
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Built an alley and set gate 30' off the blacktop so you can get off the highway with truck, trailer.Tom out here doing real farm work....My dad keeps saying he is going to replace a very small section of fence but i dont think he has done it yet (and he probably doesnt know how)....busy tending his herd of cats.
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Meet Bobbi. Pregnant, round, bad eye but very docile, loves to be petted. Lost half of tail a yr ago. Very gentile. Strong pur motor. Good cat, about 3 yr old. Lives in Morton barn. Likes all visitors and especially pets. Give lots of extra pets when you see her.
Bobby On truck hood after milk n bread feeding.
Burn day at the hobby farm. First time I've participated.People will actually pay for this experience which I find amazing.
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Bobbi popped some kittens out a couple of weeks ago.QuoteMeet Bobbi. Pregnant, round, bad eye but very docile, loves to be petted. Lost half of tail a yr ago. Very gentile. Strong pur motor. Good cat, about 3 yr old. Lives in Morton barn. Likes all visitors and especially pets. Give lots of extra pets when you see her.
Bobbi is a god damn champion farm cat IMO. No excuses, shows up to work every day with her lunch pale and does everything you could want without complaining, a true farm cats farm cat.
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congrats everyone, t's and p's to lil lil, praying for a speedy recovery and no broken bones (once vet opens)That email was from Sunday. Lil lil got taken to the vet on Tuesday and patched up. No broken bones just some cuts on the paw.
What is the best way to post a minute long video on this blog?
What is the best way to post a minute long video on this blog?
What is the best way to post a minute long video on this blog?
tweet it and then post the tweet.
Lil lil injury storyWhat is the best way to post a minute long video on this blog?
tweet it and then post the tweet.
this is the answer
The homestead circa 1965.
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brome grass is the most farm thing I’ve read today. good farm word.
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brome grass is the most farm thing I’ve read today. good farm word.
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Also cheat grass.
sd: wheat looks good
sd dad: that’s cheat you idiot
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Tom, that grass is hot cow rancher sex.
What kind off fish do you have in that pond? I bet there are some lunkers in there
The homestead circa 1965.Tom,
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If you guys love to get horny to old farm pics I’ve got like the mother load I can part with for a very fair price.Whoa Whoa Whoa. I just like seeing them, no need to get pervy. This is a family blog after all SD.
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That is TomDad... Mom is downsizing she gave me boxes of old 35 mm slides that he took. Talk about a time machine...The homestead circa 1965.Tom,
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Neat pic, thanks for posting that. I like seeing old pics like that. Who is the man standing next to the tractor. Is that TomDad or Grandpa?
That's pretty cool, Tom.That is TomDad... Mom is downsizing she gave me boxes of old 35 mm slides that he took. Talk about a time machine...The homestead circa 1965.Tom,
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Neat pic, thanks for posting that. I like seeing old pics like that. Who is the man standing next to the tractor. Is that TomDad or Grandpa?
Tom
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Don't know if SD will concur, but I put K02's on our trucks. Our roads are absolute dogshit and they seem to do fairly well.this is the last set of shoes ill put on this truck so i like the suggestion
The homestead circa 1965.This belongs in the shame yourself thread but here it goes...
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Michelin LTX2Don't know if SD will concur, but I put K02's on our trucks. Our roads are absolute dogshit and they seem to do fairly well.this is the last set of shoes ill put on this truck so i like the suggestion
My brother went out to the farm this weekend and helped transplant some rose bushes from KC.
He also did a completed a cat census and we are up to 20! (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190610/92b4d49d5a6ef3b9b9bf82b088c04b5e.jpg)
My brother went out to the farm this weekend and helped transplant some rose bushes from KC.
He also did a completed a cat census and we are up to 20! (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190610/92b4d49d5a6ef3b9b9bf82b088c04b5e.jpg)
ben ji, does anyone live out there. Looks to be in decent shape.
Logan helped me plant 6 new apple trees. 3 Pink Lady, Gale, Matsu, Winesap. Automated drip tree watering system ordered, will water all the fruit trees when installed. 10 yrs and we should be producing well on these nice looking 5' trees. (Half price at Wal-mart). Farm yard grass looking good, treated with weed n feed. Garden fine - potato crop looking good, blooming now. Tomatoes slow growing - cool. Needed a jacket this am. Had 2 new angus bulls in coral, but Alvin Depe 4 miles East came by and took them home. I'll get lucky some day.
lucky, as in he hopes alvin leaves them at his place next time?
haha, that's what i meant
*NSFW*I bet you could sell that bench for a couple of grand.
Arrived in Grand Island, NE and got set up. Lost a trailer tire at St Joe otherwise a good drive.
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Tom, how do all the farmer types handle walking around with chubbs all day and also is it weird walking around a bunch of farmer types with day long chubbs?Just grab a golf cart...
How do we get the cats to add deere day?
Wandered over to the livestock pavilion and they're having a Boer goat showing contest. Any goemaws Boer goat farmers?
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Who is the jerk with the Kubota shirt in the background??!! :shakesfist:
Who is the jerk with the Kubota shirt in the background??!! :shakesfist:
Wandered over to the livestock pavilion and they're having a Boer goat showing contest. Any goemaws Boer goat farmers?
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Tom,
I jokingly suggested my dad raise meat goats on the farm once my uncles lease is up and he is seriously considering it. I'm too busy to look it up but I've posted before about his interest in raising them. He's even following the prices for goats at the sale barn but so far they have all been too high.
those are some crazy fat goats.Anyone ate one of these goats? On the "taste like chicken" scale what is it like?
those are some crazy fat goats.Anyone ate one of these goats? On the "taste like chicken" scale what is it like?
Tom
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Goat? Predictably has tasted closer to lamb than anything when I've had it.those are some crazy fat goats.Anyone ate one of these goats? On the "taste like chicken" scale what is it like?
Tom
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Elevator charges 4 cents per bushel per month to store grain.
bins are 10,000 bushel with dryers (needed for corn). Costs more if running dryers.
Would bring in $800/month full price.
Could likely get 2.5 cents, maybe 3 cents. ($500/600 per month rent) Would go far to recover annual farm costs of taxes and insurance.
First need to have firm prep check bins. Repair work needed to replace rusted out collers from blowers to bins. Electrical and augers need tested. Also, West bin needs sealed on base as it leaks water in now.
Guessing will cost $2000 to get bins fixed up.
Pretty disrespectful to not let SD take a crack at that question in his own thread
Low Grain Storage IQ here but how long does someone typically store their grain? Like until the following year or is it a short term kind of thing?
:drool:Low Grain Storage IQ here but how long does someone typically store their grain? Like until the following year or is it a short term kind of thing?
Just depends on its purpose. But generally the same reason people on wall street hold onto commodities and stock. Waiting for the right price.
:drool:Low Grain Storage IQ here but how long does someone typically store their grain? Like until the following year or is it a short term kind of thing?
Just depends on its purpose. But generally the same reason people on wall street hold onto commodities and stock. Waiting for the right price.
halfEmpty, you seen to know alot about grain storage. What is the going rate these days to rent out grain bins?
Can 'jidad get some of that sweet socialism money trump is giving away to farmers?My uncle has the lease and does the actual farming so he gets all the sweet sweet government money. I dont think he got any extra #TrumpMoney on the land he farms for my dad since he grew alphalfa/wheat in the one circle my dad owns, most of our land is pasture. The #TrumpMoney was for corn/soybeans growers.
I've posted this link before but you can look up how much of that sweet sweet government money any farmer gets (Be sure to search by business name if they farm under a LLC)
https://farm.ewg.org/search.php?fips=20000®ionname=Kansas
:kstategrad:I've posted this link before but you can look up how much of that sweet sweet government money any farmer gets (Be sure to search by business name if they farm under a LLC)
https://farm.ewg.org/search.php?fips=20000®ionname=Kansas
we appear twice on the first page for Meade, KS. lmao
look at that shitty socialist Tim Huelskamp (Huelskamp Farms) in Fowler, KS.
I could play with this thing all day. what an incredible resource for nosy rough ridin' farmers.some real rough ridin' assholes on that list
:frown:Bobbi popped some kittens out a couple of weeks ago.QuoteMeet Bobbi. Pregnant, round, bad eye but very docile, loves to be petted. Lost half of tail a yr ago. Very gentile. Strong pur motor. Good cat, about 3 yr old. Lives in Morton barn. Likes all visitors and especially pets. Give lots of extra pets when you see her.
Bobbi is a god damn champion farm cat IMO. No excuses, shows up to work every day with her lunch pale and does everything you could want without complaining, a true farm cats farm cat.
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RIP Bobbiei mean the name is on this page like ten times.
SD being a crop guy and not much on the live stock side of things. What’s the go to remedy for the Calf scours on the ole Ponderosa El SD? From what I gather it’s rather bad on the young uns?
That’s why I asked eff stick!SD being a crop guy and not much on the live stock side of things. What’s the go to remedy for the Calf scours on the ole Ponderosa El SD? From what I gather it’s rather bad on the young uns?
The vet gives you stuff to give them, idiot!
SD being a crop guy and not much on the live stock side of things. What’s the go to remedy for the Calf scours on the ole Ponderosa El SD? From what I gather it’s rather bad on the young uns?
SD being a crop guy and not much on the live stock side of things. What’s the go to remedy for the Calf scours on the ole Ponderosa El SD? From what I gather it’s rather bad on the young uns?
They just get better on their own or die. We don’t really have a problem with it.
Thank you sounds like it’s a random phenomenon of sorts then?
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That’s why I asked eff stick!SD being a crop guy and not much on the live stock side of things. What’s the go to remedy for the Calf scours on the ole Ponderosa El SD? From what I gather it’s rather bad on the young uns?
The vet gives you stuff to give them, idiot!
Usually, a few days of mixed powered mike in a bucket with the rubber nipple on it. Let the little sucker drink it dry twice a day. Also, I know what some of you are thinking; substituting your pecker for the rubber nipple is temping but get that perversion out of your mind. The little sucker is sick and a sick mind won't save it! :nono:
in the market for a good weed eater, any suggestions?https://goEMAW.com/forum/index.php?topic=32005.msg1856845#msg1856845 (https://goEMAW.com/forum/index.php?topic=32005.msg1856845#msg1856845)
(sorry didnt know what thread to ask this in)
thanks, didnt even know about that threadin the market for a good weed eater, any suggestions?https://goEMAW.com/forum/index.php?topic=32005.msg1856845#msg1856845 (https://goEMAW.com/forum/index.php?topic=32005.msg1856845#msg1856845)
(sorry didnt know what thread to ask this in)
Still worried about "Musk" Thistle that is actually prairie thistle.QuoteHI Kids,
ben ji and ben ji's sister both visited the farm in July. A first !
I continue to 'enhance security', occasionally getting a good wildlife photo.
Attached is one from July 12th at 5:15 am.
Bindweed is going to be a major work task next year.
Also we have a couple places with "musk thistle" - an invasive species. I have collected and burned about a dozen tubbs of thistle from the pasture. It burns real good after just a day of drying.
I have a "corner post" project and a chicken house project and there is always lots of burning to do. (ben ji thanks for cleaning out the incinerator, it is working much better now).
I have gotten lil lil's(the farm cat he took home last year) momma cat to come up to the house for some food and milk. She is wild but I am hoping she has some more babies.
In July I have sprayed a lot of Roundup and vinegar plant killer (for use in pasture areas). My focus initially was bindweed but the sandbur stickers were bad so I've been hitting them hard as well. (Plus the pasture thistle - mostly prairie thistle).
I do not think we are getting wind turbines as I never received a call about access to do core samples (done before construction starts on turbines). Same with Aunt Rita.
Feel free to come and visit the farm - activity here is good for security.
I do have some security actions (disable / enable) when you visit. If I am here, I can cook. Fridge is stocked. I have the guest bedroom upstairs and clean sheets after every guest departure. (Don't tell mom, it is practice for a B&B. My B&B will be expensive and booked all the time - lots of included beer and wine! I even pick up at the Colby airport "Shultz Field".)
Later,
Dad
Don't forget the attached pic.
So who wants to be the first person to stay at ben ji's dad farm B&B? Also LOL at him still worrying about musk thistle when my uncle clearly told him it was prairie thistle.
Gathered these today in our pasture. Main effort was to locate and spray musk thistle patch on West end of pasture. Much new musk thistle was starting up where older sprayed thistle had died. Used Grazon HL, a herbicide for pasture.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190628/cbe8c7b500627c4fb8449041d613eb8f.jpg)
Had to turn ac on a couple hours yesterday and again today - not all the time though....
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(I blurred out the 3 last names listed before "homestead")
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What song did you play on your saxophone to get the cows to come over?The soft purr of a chevy S10 engine
This picture of a "Juvenile Mountain Lion" is now framed at the farm.Great update. I’m setting the odds that your pops proclaimed pic 3 to be a mountain lion at 2:1.He didnt confirm it in the email but just confirmed it now in person. Was talking about how he got a holster so he could have a pistol when he walked around the windbreak due to mountain lions.
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He also said my cousin killed a bobcat out there a couple weeks ago but the cat in the trail cam was definitely a mountian lion "you can tell by how long the tail is"
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lmao
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Also you should tell him that he’s 100% accurate that the tail is too long to be a bobcat.
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lmao, american coot aka mudhen, i don't understand how any possible family history can result in a person whose family owns a farm in western ks but hasn't seen a jackrabbit, good-looking cows over there.Thank you for identifying the duck.
Just read the Wikipedia page on mudhens/american coot and that is not the duck I saw. They were all brown with white specks.
A quick google search leads me to believe they might of been "Gadwalls"?
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Yes, when i got in friday night my dad was really excited to drive to to the top of a hill by the pasture where you can see all of them blinking in unison.Here is a picture of lady looking at cows. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190714/4af7c13a64b92df116c3b98fff36db6b.jpg)Do those windmills all blink in unison at night?
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This picture of a "Juvenile Mountain Lion" is now framed at the farm.Great update. I’m setting the odds that your pops proclaimed pic 3 to be a mountain lion at 2:1.He didnt confirm it in the email but just confirmed it now in person. Was talking about how he got a holster so he could have a pistol when he walked around the windbreak due to mountain lions.
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He also said my cousin killed a bobcat out there a couple weeks ago but the cat in the trail cam was definitely a mountian lion "you can tell by how long the tail is"
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Also you should tell him that he’s 100% accurate that the tail is too long to be a bobcat.
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Then back to the pasture again because my dad saw some actual musk thistle that needed to be sprayed. Im really happy he has learned the difference between prairie/musk thistle in the last year.
Ended up chilling with the cows for a bit and admiring the testicles on the young bulls.
As soon as they saw a truck they made a bee line right for us thinking they were going to get some special feed or sonething.
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Nice cattle, what breed if I may ask?
i believe those are brown cows
My dad sent an email out today with the title "Improvements" and only this picture attached.
(I blurred out the 3 last names listed before "homestead")
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My father in law was a state champion corn shucker back in the day. That is to say he was kicking butt in his 70s and 80s. These had went missing during the house clean up until today..(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190720/5899b1dcae6e34d20fd2a64731d5d3d7.jpg)
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Nice cattle, what breed if I may ask?
Look like Beefmaster to me.
Thank you. I was especially surprised to see the corn growing along i35 headed to Wellington. I could not recall having seen anything but wheat or milo in that area.
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When did Kansas farmers start growing so much corn? Not nearly as much wheat stubble as I remember.
Corn is subsidized more than wheat.
Nice cattle, what breed if I may ask?
Look like Beefmaster to me.
Red Angus, purchased at the Oakley sale barn this spring according to my dad.
No doubt the SD Family LLC is well aware of the bottom line help. Darn Socialists! :horrorsurprise:Corn is subsidized more than wheat.
Oh crap waddup
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This week we have cream separators. Benji every cat rancher should have one these marvels of technology.My dad sent me this a couple months ago, the cream can is pretty cool.
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a rule for digital farmers in the age of social media is when you kill a rattle snake you post a picture of the rattle on facebook and also include a note indicating how many rattles it had in case your followers can't count.
The key to reducing unnecessary Rattle snake deaths is a strong local barn cat population. More cats = less mice = less rattlesnakes in proximity to humans.
cow farmer - i just killed a rattlesnake, it had 6 buttons.
herpetologist - oh my god, 6 buttons. so it had 6 tails, then, you ignorant psychopath?
I gather SD that the family ranch is in the western area of the state how many head have been sacrificed at the alter of the mythical large cats that the kdwP insist do not exist in Kansas? Hint I have seen and tracked two in Central Ks over the last 12 years.
I gather SD that the family ranch is in the western area of the state how many head have been sacrificed at the alter of the mythical large cats that the kdwP insist do not exist in Kansas? Hint I have seen and tracked two in Central Ks over the last 12 years.
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cow farmer - i just killed a rattlesnake, it had 6 buttons.Enjoyed this post tremendously
herpetologist - oh my god, 6 buttons. so it had 6 tails, then, you ignorant psychopath?
Ben ji updates are great.Tom,
Musk thistles aplenty here too. 3 gal sprayer and a spade are required tools in the gator.
Neighbor rented track hoe for a month to remove brush and build a pond.
He got done early so I got a days work out of it for fuel and paid the hauling back to the dealer. Cleaned up a fence row of cedars along one of the fields.
Replenished the hedge post inventory off his place too.
Fence building on hold until it's not so hot, but I got the materials and a plan.
Got back to work after the 4th to find my company now has a "deforestation policy."
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Tom, that reminds me of a great sd is not a cow farmer story:
scene: like 2006. I am a recent KSU grad and live in Omaha working in my elite non-cow-farm job. sd dad calls me because some guy in Omaha is selling skid steer tractors (like those bobcat tiny little baby ones) that were like floor models or some crap. He lives right outside of omaha and has like a shitload of them. sd dad asks me (fully knowing I give eff all about farming and was always a complete downgrade about doing the farming and whatever) to go out to his place and look over all these skid steers and like see if they are good. so I go out there and he pulls some out of this giant building and I kick the eff out of their tires and like wiggle the handle deals you steer them with. The guy finally asks if I am going to fire them up so I do and like do 360s around his driveway for awhile (I can drive any tractor made because I was forced to from like the age of 8) and once the amount of time is up that I think a normal tractor evaluator would take to determine if this was a quality machine or lemon I drive it back over and get out and tell him they seem to be nice units and we'll probably take like 4 of them or some crap. then sddad has the guy ship them down to sd family farm and ranch and now they are mostly borrowed by other farmers because really no farmer owns a skid steer. sd dad gets irate because he never knows where any of them are and always has to go looking for them whenever he actually needs one to like clean out a cow place or something.
THE END.
also trump needs to do more for our wheat, alfalfa, and beef producers. this sorghum and bean crap is for the commie red farmers.
Guys, i dont want to sound like a badass and wont give a specific number but lets just say ben jis dad is getting between $1000 and $2000 dollars.
Guys, i dont want to sound like a badass and wont give a specific number but lets just say ben jis dad is getting between $1000 and $2000 dollars.
that'll buy a lot of cat (and juvenile mtn lion) food
According to CattleFax, Tyson's Holcomb plant accounts for 6% of total U.S. fed cattle packing capacity, and 23.5% of Kansas fed cattle packing capacity. CattleFax also noted the growing supply of finished cattle stood at 11.5 million head July 1, which was record large. About 21% of U.S. total cattle on feed are in Kansas.
Juvenile mtn lion
Apparently there was a fire at the Tyson plant in Holcomb.Cattle futures down big the last two days.
https://www.drovers.com/article/cattle-markets-hammered-monday-tyson-fire-news
I found this blurb interesting, didn't realize 21% of all feed lot cattle were in KS.QuoteAccording to CattleFax, Tyson's Holcomb plant accounts for 6% of total U.S. fed cattle packing capacity, and 23.5% of Kansas fed cattle packing capacity. CattleFax also noted the growing supply of finished cattle stood at 11.5 million head July 1, which was record large. About 21% of U.S. total cattle on feed are in Kansas.
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The Average U.S. Farm Is $1,300,000 In Debt, And Now The Worst Farming Crisis In Modern History Is Upon Us. I read this yesterday; SD are your folks this broke? :surprised:
I know how you 'seeds love fake patties days.It didn’t become real real until KU peeps started abandoning under age girls at the hawk for MHK. I honestly feel that’s when it officially got on the map. They came in droves.
I know how you 'seeds love fake patties days.It didn’t become real real until KU peeps started abandoning under age girls at the hawk for MHK. I honestly feel that’s when it officially got on the map. They came in droves.
You Melvins are being way too insecure. Mine was a simple comment riffing off clams'. To wit, fake meat = fake patties (of meat, you see . . . )
You Melvins are being way too insecure. Mine was a simple comment riffing off clams'. To wit, fake meat = fake patties (of meat, you see . . . ):)
R word
Farmers and Boomers bleeding us workers dry.
how do the front tires on tractors get any grip at all? those things are a complete jokeFor turning there are individual brakes on back tires you can pivot like The Flush at the end of the field and never slow down.
fence off fruit trees from deer
Quotefence off fruit trees from deer
How tall are these fences?
Is that THEE famous grain tower or whatever in the first pick you engineered a fix a few years ago?That silo is at the other farm. This was the home place where dad started, but the silo is the only thing that remains. Hasn't been used in 30 years.
Anyone have any experience converting pastureland into CRP? Most land that is put into CRP is old cropland so my dad just assumed he couldn't put the pasture into CRP but I started doing some research and that may not be the case.
https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/ks/programs/?cid=nrcseprd1410561
There is a CRP program called "Riparian Buffer" that I'm sure the "Creek" in our pasture would qualify for.
We also have some wallows/playa lakes in the pasture that might qualify for the "Non-Floodplain Wetland Restoration" or "Marginal Pastureland Wetland Buffer".
He said he would talk to the local FSA rep this week so hopefully we get some more details on the feasibility.
I'm really just looking for ways to prevent him from attempting to raise goats or some other hair brained scheme out there when my uncles lease is up in a couple years.
Anyone have any experience converting pastureland into CRP? Most land that is put into CRP is old cropland so my dad just assumed he couldn't put the pasture into CRP but I started doing some research and that may not be the case.
https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/ks/programs/?cid=nrcseprd1410561
There is a CRP program called "Riparian Buffer" that I'm sure the "Creek" in our pasture would qualify for.
We also have some wallows/playa lakes in the pasture that might qualify for the "Non-Floodplain Wetland Restoration" or "Marginal Pastureland Wetland Buffer".
He said he would talk to the local FSA rep this week so hopefully we get some more details on the feasibility.
I'm really just looking for ways to prevent him from attempting to raise goats or some other hair brained scheme out there when my uncles lease is up in a couple years.
The FSA rep is the one who will submit all the paperwork and perform the evaluation, and depending on how good they are at their job be able to find a program that the land might be eligible for. Since it's established pasture, your land will only be eligible for certain programs and only if your pasture meets the definition of "marginal" (usually has to deal with the soil type but also historic crop yield records if available).
Keep in mind that all those programs have sign-up periods based on available funding and supposedly the next CRP is opening up at the end of this year/early next.
Anyone else from WKS cousins with like half the county?
My dad will always claim that we are cousins with everybody and normally we just say, yeah sure whatever.....Our most prominent "cousins" own a ton of land out by our farm, big time land barons. We are related through our great grandmothers who were sisters but I have never met any of them.
Anyways our big time land baron "Cousin" was in Topeka for a meeting that my sister was also attending. She was joking around and asked me if she should introduce herself as his cousin at the meeting. I told her to go with WKS neighbor since I doubt he knows that we are "Cousins"
Ben Ji's Sister - "Hello, my name is ben ji's sister and I wanted to introduce myself. We have some land out by yours in WKS and you might know ben ji's dad or ben ji's uncle"
Big Time Land Baron Cousins "Oh I know who your uncle is....did you know we are cousins? Not like cousins cousins but 3x removed I think. I think my great grandma was born on your farm?" (She was)
:ROFL:
Feedlot for wintering calves needed some attention. So #1 son and I knocked out rebuilding base for feedbunks today.
Cousin didn't think we could do it in a day. Pffft.
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Spot check the corn crop this evening.Tom,
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Benji I got some hay in the barn now. The barn is cat ready if your dad wants to cull his herd.
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ben ji, you're being nice. that is not nearly enough hay for even 1 cat.
What's it going to take to get a windmill on that cat ranch ?Tom,
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https://youtu.be/IHxnm8ozqhUWhat's it going to take to get a windmill on that cat ranch ?Tom,
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I love that you call it a cat ranch and am 100% on board with that name.
Subj: Corn Harvest
Helping a friend. Add grain cart driver to the resume. No accidents
Essentials in a farm operation. Wht roll.
Tell him corn cobs are more sustainable.QuoteEssentials in a farm operation. Wht roll.
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Are drinks on the combine?
Off topic, turbine site on slack farm:
And rural poverty does have it's own appeal.What part of KS is your farm? What if slackcat and ben ji are farm neighbors?!?
Update showing some of the mount to be encased in concrete:
I think I asked this before so apologies if you answered but did he get those cats de-wormer? Because if he didn’t they will be incredibly parasite filled.
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Like, what would he say if you told him you just got it all at hyvee?
is that true about the $1.69 milk?
And rural poverty does have it's own appeal.What part of KS is your farm? What if slackcat and ben ji are farm neighbors?!?
Update showing some of the mount to be encased in concrete:
Have some high school friends in south central kansas losing their minds over windmills. FB feed got to be too much and muted them.And rural poverty does have it's own appeal.What part of KS is your farm? What if slackcat and ben ji are farm neighbors?!?
Update showing some of the mount to be encased in concrete:
Sadly, SEK. :facepalm: This is a 450 million dollar project (private company) going into a poor county and some loose their minds over it. Explains why SEK is SEK.
No progress today, just sleet and snow.
Really enjoy the cat ranch updates. :D My cat has yet to leave the garage, she'll hold it 'till tomorrow.
Have some high school friends in south central kansas losing their minds over windmills. FB feed got to be too much and muted them.And rural poverty does have it's own appeal.What part of KS is your farm? What if slackcat and ben ji are farm neighbors?!?
Update showing some of the mount to be encased in concrete:
Sadly, SEK. :facepalm: This is a 450 million dollar project (private company) going into a poor county and some loose their minds over it. Explains why SEK is SEK.
No progress today, just sleet and snow.
Really enjoy the cat ranch updates. :D My cat has yet to leave the garage, she'll hold it 'till tomorrow.
And rural poverty does have it's own appeal.What part of KS is your farm? What if slackcat and ben ji are farm neighbors?!?
Update showing some of the mount to be encased in concrete:
Sadly, SEK. :facepalm: This is a 450 million dollar project (private company) going into a poor county and some loose their minds over it. Explains why SEK is SEK.
No progress today, just sleet and snow.
Really enjoy the cat ranch updates. :D My cat has yet to leave the garage, she'll hold it 'till tomorrow.
I don't really get the windmill hate. Is it because they think it ruins the scenery? Jealous they are not getting phat wind turbine checks and others are? Afraid of new things?
Just seems like a weird thing to get bent out of shape about. Our farm is sandwiched between two rows of windmills and in the 48 hours I've spent out there since they put them up they have already blended into the scenery.
I can see the point about the blinking lights being annoying but as a counter point to that my dad loves going to the "hill" on our farm and looking at all the lights blinking in unison.
I don't understand the noise point unless maybe you are living right underneath one. There are like 5 windmills within 2 miles of the house and you cant hear any noise from them.
ben ji have you considered having a kegger at the farm?
CorrectHave some high school friends in south central kansas losing their minds over windmills. FB feed got to be too much and muted them.And rural poverty does have it's own appeal.What part of KS is your farm? What if slackcat and ben ji are farm neighbors?!?
Update showing some of the mount to be encased in concrete:
Sadly, SEK. :facepalm: This is a 450 million dollar project (private company) going into a poor county and some loose their minds over it. Explains why SEK is SEK.
No progress today, just sleet and snow.
Really enjoy the cat ranch updates. :D My cat has yet to leave the garage, she'll hold it 'till tomorrow.
I'm guessing Sumner County?
are those scrambled eggs those purr motors are getting after?
Scrambled eggs with whole milk poured over the top is the standard cat ranch base feed.
what city does your dad spend most of his time in, KC?
pretty incred testament to the love a cat rancher has for his herd, cooking up scrambled eggs for them.
CorrectHave some high school friends in south central kansas losing their minds over windmills. FB feed got to be too much and muted them.And rural poverty does have it's own appeal.What part of KS is your farm? What if slackcat and ben ji are farm neighbors?!?
Update showing some of the mount to be encased in concrete:
Sadly, SEK. :facepalm: This is a 450 million dollar project (private company) going into a poor county and some loose their minds over it. Explains why SEK is SEK.
No progress today, just sleet and snow.
Really enjoy the cat ranch updates. :D My cat has yet to leave the garage, she'll hold it 'till tomorrow.
I'm guessing Sumner County?
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Scrambled eggs with whole milk poured over the top is the standard cat ranch base feed.
Scrambled eggs with whole milk poured over the top is the standard cat ranch base feed.
this is most amazing thing i've ever heard.
Looks like we're still fighting against windmills and for animal rescue.CorrectHave some high school friends in south central kansas losing their minds over windmills. FB feed got to be too much and muted them.And rural poverty does have it's own appeal.What part of KS is your farm? What if slackcat and ben ji are farm neighbors?!?
Update showing some of the mount to be encased in concrete:
Sadly, SEK. :facepalm: This is a 450 million dollar project (private company) going into a poor county and some loose their minds over it. Explains why SEK is SEK.
No progress today, just sleet and snow.
Really enjoy the cat ranch updates. :D My cat has yet to leave the garage, she'll hold it 'till tomorrow.
I'm guessing Sumner County?
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I'll bet they aren't too excited about the biogas plant that is getting ready to go in east of Wellington either.
Scrambled eggs with whole milk poured over the top is the standard cat ranch base feed.
this is most amazing thing i've ever heard.
also your father's plan to use the white-footed cat to entice your mother out to the ranch is probably the most romantic thing i've ever heard.
city boy 'clams doesn't know a thing about cat ranching if he thinks ben ji's old man is gonna give away his prized herd. :lol:
I should tell my dad to get a hobby farm cat. Do you have to feed these things daily or will just the weekends do? I assume farm cats can hunt, but maybe not?
I assume farm cats can hunt, but maybe not?
that might be a vole in the pic, tho.Sys, did you mean to say mole.
people love collecting things
people love collecting things
You still got that Jeter rookie card?
people love collecting things
One of my friends dad is buddy's with frank white. He has a gigantic stack of signed frank white photo's that he gives away, he was so excited to give it to me that I felt obligated to keep it.how much do you want for it?
The photo is actually hilarious, 1980's Frank White in his Royals uniform holding a bat on his shoulder(glove hanging from bat) standing in front of a fireplace mantle with all of his gold glove awards spread along the mantle.
Discussion not very farm-y IMO...
Discussion not very farm-y IMO...
Discussion not very farm-y IMO...
look at this boomer response. you can farm cats now, it's 2019
Discussion not very farm-y IMO...
you can farm cats now, it's 2019
The Farmall M and H he has one from each production year. Given different options, subtle model changes from year to year... technically not all the same. ie- there were like 4 grill configurations for the Farmalls. Unicorns like first serial or last serial number for a model or low volume production of special options are also desirable.people love collecting things
But do you just collect 50 of the same card SD? Not really sure I understand a collection of all identical tractors. Eh, just me though.
The Farmall M and H he has one from each production year. Given different options, subtle model changes from year to year... technically not all the same. ie- there were like 4 grill configurations for the Farmalls. Unicorns like first serial or last serial number for a model or low volume production of special options are also desirable.people love collecting things
But do you just collect 50 of the same card SD? Not really sure I understand a collection of all identical tractors. Eh, just me though.
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You engineer types will have to help the old Ag Mech grad on this one. I assume the weight and width of the base keep these things upright? Rather then sinking it deep into the ground?
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Xcellent Xplanation.You engineer types will have to help the old Ag Mech grad on this one. I assume the weight and width of the base keep these things upright? Rather then sinking it deep into the ground?
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Think of it like the oscillating fan you have in your house....just on a MUCH larger scale.
how did lady do with the shooting?First shot was fine, a couple together and she said nope. She stayed by the road and followed behind us for a bit then she peaced out for good.
Are lady and lil lil friends?Not friends but they tolerate each other. Lady knows if she gets too close she will get swatted.
The new orange cats were aparently not welcomed into the existing cat community in the barn so they set up shop in the garage.How much of that corrugated, galvanized metal does your dad have? Only place I found that carries it is Sutherlands in Topeka. Craigslist thinks highly rusted tin isantique or rustic.
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The new orange cats were aparently not welcomed into the existing cat community in the barn so they set up shop in the garage.How much of that corrugated, galvanized metal does your dad have? Only place I found that carries it is Sutherlands in Topeka. Craigslist thinks highly rusted tin isantique or rustic.
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Should we expect kittens this spring? :pray:
I was driving around in the casture and found where the cats wallow in the summer to cool down.Lady laying in front of the fans all the time reduces air flow.
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winter kittening is one of the key advantages kansas has over the big northern cat ranches.Great post...and guess what? My dad just discovered a new litter of kittens from lil's mom and one of them is white!
Now with concrete poured:
3 wheeler rides were the bestAny ben ji wipe outs on that ATV? Three wheeler with bouncy balloon tires... never had one but seemed like the lawn dart of farm vehicles. This one is incredibly clean. Neighbor hog farmer had one totally covered in mud, hog crap,
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3 wheeler rides were the bestAny ben ji wipe outs on that ATV? Three wheeler with bouncy balloon tires... never had one but seemed like the lawn dart of farm vehicles. This one is incredibly clean. Neighbor hog farmer had one totally covered in mud, hog crap,
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Slackcat, do you live on the farm where they are putting in the windmills?
No accidents on my end but my gf actually grew up on a farm and has some stories.... Her older brother was riding one and thought the single strand gate was down, ended up hitting a line of barbwire across his chest at 20 mph.
No accidents on my end but my gf actually grew up on a farm and has some stories.... Her older brother was riding one and thought the single strand gate was down, ended up hitting a line of barbwire across his chest at 20 mph.
Did that cut him in haft or at the very least, break some ribs?
if heard the term cattle guard before tonight I would have thought of the thing on the front of locomotives
Ben ji here with a live report from the cat ranch.
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My uncle and cousin were doing actual farm work while I was chasing birds. Here they are laying out a roll of hay for the cows to eat.
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My uncle and cousin were doing actual farm work while I was chasing birds. Here they are laying out a roll of hay for the cows to eat.
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Man my grandpa hated the big rolls of hay.
He always thought that Hay got wasted because the cows trampled it. He did small bales for years, until he was 75 or so and finally sold off the cows.
My old man was the same way. Only problem was he would make 100-120lb bales with wire ties. rough ridin' back breaker bales to haul from the field and stack. :curse:
This could be the exact same one
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We had a home made trailer that my dad made. It had an hydraulic arm that would slide on the ground to pick up the bale and then my dad would push the lever on the tractor as he was traveling around 6 mph and the arm would flip up and throw the bale on the trailer. Then a person(me) would stack it, since he couldn't get anyone to do it on the rough ridin' death machine. We usually stacked 6 layers high and then would take them to an area where we would unload. To unload it took a pto driven transmission that engaged a pully system that pushed the stack off the trailer. We could get around 100 to 120 bales per stack and usually haul around one thousand bales per day. It was a lot of hard work.
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https://youtu.be/_BVtirYc6Pc
Graduated to the john deere bale thrower so eliminated loading, but bales haphazardly packed in wagon were frustrating at the barn.
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We went to only the giant squares for about 10 years. Now back to round bails. Haven’t done small squares for a long time.
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I'm trying to figure out how that contraption works Tom...https://youtu.be/Z65yUj-OFn0
My dad hopped in the wagon once... one row left and wagon was full. He kind of made a landing shot and stacked bales as they flew off that thing.https://youtu.be/_BVtirYc6Pc
Graduated to the john deere bale thrower so eliminated loading, but bales haphazardly packed in wagon were frustrating at the barn.
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Tom, if you could image trying to stack those bales as they flew in the trailer; that was in a way what we had to do. Image an arm on the side of the trailer with an hydraulic cylinder that flipped the bale on the trailer. Just don't get in the way of it as it could bust your skull open. That's why we couldn't get anybody to stack on the death trap, but me.
We have ground a semi load+ of alfalfa every day for about the last 25 years. We didn’t handle them (and don’t handle the rounds) for single use. Have a bi directional tractor thing with a loader grabber deal that picks them up and dumps them in the grinder which chews them up and dumps them into the semi trailer. It’s a giant pain in the ass and ground alfalfa gets everywhere and I hate the crap out of the entire process.https://spencersales.hibid.com/lot/72122-63744-13416/gehl-bh1500-bale-handler--3pt-mount/
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These are what we use. Have a couple of them last I knew.
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I don’t know what any of that means
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Oh, that’s a disc. They plow fields. Or possibly a sweep. They also plow fields. Can’t really tell from the photo. They fold up like that so you can drive around with them and fit on the road or whatever. I took a giant chunk of asphalt out of the main road in Meade with one on a few different occasions.
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Got a farm question for you guys. How much are one of those large round Alfalfa bales worth? I saw some being moved on a flatbed via I-70 the other day and didn't think they would be worth the transportation costs.
My uncle has like a bajillion of them hanging out on our farm.
Google says .5 to .6 tons each.
Didn’t we have a guy on here get defrauded out of a bunch of hay bales?
Is there a better smell than fresh cut alfalfa?No
Is there a better smell than fresh cut alfalfa?No
Ugh, alfalfa is a lot of work.Said nobody in the last 20 years
they bite you with those giant flesh tearing jaws and hold on. then they jab you with their stinger or some crap (maybe I'm making this part up and it's all mouth poison?). you swat them off and their bodies break off but their satan head with snapping turtle jaws is still sucked onto your sensitive leg flesh. also there's like a million of them all over your pants and shoes and heading up towards your balls and ball sack and scrote. you've got to remove all pantaloons and shoes and socks and make sure you're clear. a good thing to do is dump several dozen gallons of diesel on their hole and light it on fire. another option is to put them in a jar with a preying mantis and watch it eat their heads off. I was a disturbed child from all that farming I was forced to do obviously.
they bite you with those giant flesh tearing jaws and hold on. then they jab you with their stinger or some crap (maybe I'm making this part up and it's all mouth poison?). you swat them off and their bodies break off but their satan head with snapping turtle jaws is still sucked onto your sensitive leg flesh. also there's like a million of them all over your pants and shoes and heading up towards your balls and ball sack and scrote. you've got to remove all pantaloons and shoes and socks and make sure you're clear. a good thing to do is dump several dozen gallons of diesel on their hole and light it on fire. another option is to put them in a jar with a preying mantis and watch it eat their heads off. I was a disturbed child from all that farming I was forced to do obviously.
By poke around I mean kick the dirt piles and maybe try and remember to grab a shovel or something from the quonset building.
fire ants aren't in kansas. at least not yet.
Also since no one lived at the house for like 20 years there is an infinite amount of dead trees/limbs in the windbreak for firewood.https://lifttrucksupplyinc.com/turbo-saw-rotating-tree-saw/amp/
I'm getting my dad a gas powered chainsaw for Christmas because he currently has a cheap ass electric chainsaw from harbor freight. He throws whole limbs in the back of his lil truck and hauls them close enough to the house so he can run an extension cord to cut them up.
fire ants aren't in kansas. at least not yet.
Those are harvesters. And yes they are giant assholes.:ROFL: :ROFL:
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Also since no one lived at the house for like 20 years there is an infinite amount of dead trees/limbs in the windbreak for firewood.https://lifttrucksupplyinc.com/turbo-saw-rotating-tree-saw/amp/
I'm getting my dad a gas powered chainsaw for Christmas because he currently has a cheap ass electric chainsaw from harbor freight. He throws whole limbs in the back of his lil truck and hauls them close enough to the house so he can run an extension cord to cut them up.
Quit messing around benji... get dad a skid steer and one of these.
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lil lil........
Was talking to my gf's dad who used to be a farmer and he said something similar would happen every 2 or 3 years on their farm. Apprently "City people" just drive out into the country and let their trouble dogs loose.
Seems like JD 4020's were always popular. At farm/machinery auctions, they always brought a premium. I think they are still very popular.
Seems like JD 4020's were always popular. At farm/machinery auctions, they always brought a premium. I think they are still very popular.
So you can have a gas barrel along with your diesel barrel. I kid, but my dad still has a 4020 gas engine that is used daily. Because of that he can have a gasoline barrel on the farm. Crazy to think he's had that tractor much longer than I've been alive.
We have gas and diesel tanks. HS sd used to fill the eff up on farm gas whenever sd dad wasn’t looking. Our cowboys get free gas. Also a pickup. Also a house. Also utilities paid. Also beef. Pretty elite gig outside of having to cow farm 24/7/365 open on Sunday’s.Do your cowboys all stay in the same bunkhouse like in the old westerns and that show Yellowstone or do they have their own houses?
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is the weird guy’s gun in no country for old men what they kill cows with at the plants?https://vetmed.iastate.edu/vdpam/about/production-animal-medicine/dairy/dairy-extension/humane-euthanasia/humane-euthanasia/gunshot-or-penetrating-captive-bolt
We have gas and diesel tanks. HS sd used to fill the eff up on farm gas whenever sd dad wasn’t looking. Our cowboys get free gas. Also a pickup. Also a house. Also utilities paid. Also beef. Pretty elite gig outside of having to cow farm 24/7/365 open on Sunday’s.Do your cowboys all stay in the same bunkhouse like in the old westerns and that show Yellowstone or do they have their own houses?
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https://youtu.be/fxnaXKR4UeoIts kind of crazy looking through "Top Producing Countries" for crops and seeing China at the top or top 5 of almost every ag commodity list.
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https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-u-s-hasnt-planted-this-little-wheat-in-more-than-a-century-11579277354?shareToken=st6b469c471bfc47a387967d0e9f9d22ae&reflink=share_mobilewebshare
The last time that U.S. farmers planted so few acres with winter wheat, William Howard Taft was president and the opening salvos of World War I were still five years away.
About 30.8 million acres were planted with winter wheat this season, down 1% from the year before and not much more than the roughly 29.2 million acres that were seeded in 1909, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Farmers coax far more wheat from each acre than they did 111 years ago, but much of the decline in planted acres has come in recent years, concurrent with Russia’s ascent as the world’s dominant supplier and Midwestern farmers’ turn to more profitable crops, like corn and soybeans.
We must rise up and slay the anti-glutites
Also starting March of 2021 my Uncle will no longer have the lease to the cat ranch....Yup, ole ben ji's dad is going to be running it himself. Current plan is to break out about 100 acres of pasture into cropland (I found a soil map of the farm and showed my dad where the good soil in the pasture was) and hopefully get another 80 acres that have playa lakes on them into CRP.Changing renters on a couple pastures this spring too. goEMAW survey what's the going rate for cow-calf pairs in your area?
That will still leave around 200 acres of Pasture and I'm trying to convince my dad to lease that to someone since he doesnt live out there and cant run cattle/meat goats himself.
I plan on utilizing the collective farm knowledge of gE on this adventure, should be fun!
Also starting March of 2021 my Uncle will no longer have the lease to the cat ranch....Yup, ole ben ji's dad is going to be running it himself. Current plan is to break out about 100 acres of pasture into cropland (I found a soil map of the farm and showed my dad where the good soil in the pasture was) and hopefully get another 80 acres that have playa lakes on them into CRP.Changing renters on a couple pastures this spring too. goEMAW survey what's the going rate for cow-calf pairs in your area?
That will still leave around 200 acres of Pasture and I'm trying to convince my dad to lease that to someone since he doesnt live out there and cant run cattle/meat goats himself.
I plan on utilizing the collective farm knowledge of gE on this adventure, should be fun!
Tomhttp://cloud.tapatalk.com/s/5e35fa8d026c9/Bluestem_2019_Report_FINAL%20%281%29.pdf (http://cloud.tapatalk.com/s/5e35fa8d026c9/Bluestem_2019_Report_FINAL%20%281%29.pdf)
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Grass and grainAlso starting March of 2021 my Uncle will no longer have the lease to the cat ranch....Yup, ole ben ji's dad is going to be running it himself. Current plan is to break out about 100 acres of pasture into cropland (I found a soil map of the farm and showed my dad where the good soil in the pasture was) and hopefully get another 80 acres that have playa lakes on them into CRP.Changing renters on a couple pastures this spring too. goEMAW survey what's the going rate for cow-calf pairs in your area?
That will still leave around 200 acres of Pasture and I'm trying to convince my dad to lease that to someone since he doesnt live out there and cant run cattle/meat goats himself.
I plan on utilizing the collective farm knowledge of gE on this adventure, should be fun!
Tomhttp://cloud.tapatalk.com/s/5e35fa8d026c9/Bluestem_2019_Report_FINAL%20%281%29.pdf (http://cloud.tapatalk.com/s/5e35fa8d026c9/Bluestem_2019_Report_FINAL%20%281%29.pdf)
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How do you find people to rent your pasture? Is there a craigslist for farming? Do you put up a sign on the bulletin board at the local church/community center?
This board is on the fridge at farm -
Farm now has open kitcheb sink drain, new plumbing below kitchen sink, AND the septic tank has been pumped !
Little yellow cat recovering from near death - Biomox (lil's old med) helped her recover from very hard time. Most cats in Morton. Caught 3 possums in Morton (1 by hand) moved 3.5 miles West.
2 auto feeders in garage, 2 now in Morton. Will likely shut half off over summer.
Collected 20 more ears of corn feeding pheasants in wind breaks and around.
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This board is on the fridge at farm -
Farm now has open kitcheb sink drain, new plumbing below kitchen sink, AND the septic tank has been pumped !
Little yellow cat recovering from near death - Biomox (lil's old med) helped her recover from very hard time. Most cats in Morton. Caught 3 possums in Morton (1 by hand) moved 3.5 miles West.
2 auto feeders in garage, 2 now in Morton. Will likely shut half off over summer.
Collected 20 more ears of corn feeding pheasants in wind breaks and around.
I can't wait to hear the story about #10 on the departure list....
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Couple yrs ago cat had head stuck in can. Had to force head from can. Lucky it did not break its neck. So cans get taken to city for disposal. They do not burn anyway.
My kids will be posting about my hobby farming one day. I'm about to buy 20 acres with a pond, tobacco barn, and animal barn.
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My dad met with the government check writing people this week and we cant get any CRP money for our playa lakes unless they have been farmed for 4 years.
My dad met with the government check writing people this week and we cant get any CRP money for our playa lakes unless they have been farmed for 4 years.
jfc (the gubment, not y'all).
My kids will be posting about my hobby farming one day. I'm about to buy 20 acres with a pond, tobacco barn, and animal barn.
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Bored and going back through this thread. Did you buy the hobby farm? If so how if the hobby farm doing?
My dad met with the government check writing people this week and we cant get any CRP money for our playa lakes unless they have been farmed for 4 years.
jfc (the gubment, not y'all).
I agree sys, very WTF
My dad met with the government check writing people this week and we cant get any CRP money for our playa lakes unless they have been farmed for 4 years.
jfc (the gubment, not y'all).
I agree sys, very WTF
No, no , no that's a misinterpretation. The whole parcel has to have been "farmed" and defined as ag land for at least 4 years. For God's sake don't till through the low spots/playa lakes since you won't grow anything anyway and it'll make it easier for them to meet the definition of a playa lake wetland down the road. Just change the classification of the entire parcel to "cropland" via farming for it to be eligible for CRP signup - keep in mind your property taxes will go up with this too. Then after 4 years the parcel (as long as the it meets the other requirements at sign-up time) would be eligible for standard CRP, with the playa lakes being a separate CRP contract.
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when are you headed out to the cat ranch next, ben ji?
Sd dad has a giant leather bound book where he tracks cow number and calf info and some other stuff. Tried to get him switched over to either a laptop or tablet but it never takes. He also writes all over the leather in his truck if he has to take a quick note and the notebook isn’t within reach.this is amazing
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Also on styrofoam cups in his cup holder. It’s important to remember to transfer this data to the book before its forgotten or disposed of.Dads go to was feed sacks. Usually double lined he could peel the outer paper off and write on the inside
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A few of the late arrivals at the corral last weekend. No twins.
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Limo or Angus bull?Angus.
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Out of the cow biz just rent the corral and pasture to a cousin and neighbor. Together 250-300 cows.A few of the late arrivals at the corral last weekend. No twins.
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Hey Tom, how many cows do you farm? Is that all of them?
nice to confirm my suspicion that kansas meat goats are endangered
having more acres in corn and soybeans than wheat is shameful.
doesn't seem sustainable, do kansans have the appetite for that much meat goat?They should, meat goat is delicious as hell
i carry a packet of wheat gluten with me at all times and sprinkle it on my food as a spice.
"Cats having slow re-cooked rotisserie chicken with seafood ravioli and dated jiffy corn bread with lots of chicken broth. Lil was bad today - all dirty - tom following her around. 7 cats in Morton 2 in garage. One grey mama about to pop."
Are the cats aggressive at meal time? Our two house cats know what spoons clinking in bowls means they are getting ice cream residue or milk and cereal crumbs. To the point of in your lap meowing hurry tf up so we can lick those out.Tom,
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I did some actual disgusting work at the cat ranch today. The large grain bin had not been used since 2011 and had a bunch of old rotted/wheat in the bottom by the Auger that I shoveled out along with like 10 mummified starlings that got down the Auger. (Sidenote- I'd never seen the bottom of a grain bin and had no idea they went below ground)Also please tell me that most people use some sort of vaccum thing to do this job. I had a shovel and a 5 gallon bucket and it suuuuuuccccckkked.
Before
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We turned the Auger on after and it works, should be able to start storing grain in there again. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200308/09f0e333e23290a1d0b26fbf513b793d.jpg)Need a grate over that auger benji. I know a guy who lost a foot in one of those meat grinders.
I would not trade places with you benji but hauled a winters worth of cow crap today out of the corral. 10+ dump truck loads.And just like that, the term "dump truck" makes sense.
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I was not in there when we tested it. If no one is going to be in there when its running is a grate necessary?We turned the Auger on after and it works, should be able to start storing grain in there again. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200308/09f0e333e23290a1d0b26fbf513b793d.jpg)Need a grate over that auger benji. I know a guy who lost a foot in one of those meat grinders.
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I would not trade places with you benji but hauled a winters worth of cow crap today out of the corral. 10+ dump truck loads.On a similar vein my I saw my dad shoveling cow poop from the massive pile by the corral into lil red. He emptied 1 load into some low spots on the lawn and gave me a tub to take home to use in my garden.
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Clean manure went on terraces. We'll let it dry out then disc it in. The hay manure goes to ravines to slow erosion.I would not trade places with you benji but hauled a winters worth of cow crap today out of the corral. 10+ dump truck loads.On a similar vein my I saw my dad shoveling cow poop from the massive pile by the corral into lil red. He emptied 1 load into some low spots on the lawn and gave me a tub to take home to use in my garden.
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Do you dump the poop on fields for fertilizer?
Farmers Fight John Deere Over Who Gets to Fix an $800,000 Tractor
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-03-05/farmers-fight-john-deere-over-who-gets-to-fix-an-800-000-tractor
I would like to hear thoughts from you software geniuses on this forum.
Tom
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Are the cats aggressive at meal time? Our two house cats know what spoons clinking in bowls means they are getting ice cream residue or milk and cereal crumbs. To the point of in your lap meowing hurry tf up so we can lick those out.
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No, that’s how you do it. I had to do that tons. It sucks crap.
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i am also interested in the directionality and magnitude of cash changing hands in the crap slurry story.I’m not 100% certain but I think it’s a no money changes hands thing. Also irl we could shut their entire operation down if we wanted based on the direction of diarrhea flow towards our land. I think the holding pond may actually be on our ground. We sell them an entire semi truck load of ground alfalfa every single day so we are pretty much on good terms one way or the other. Also I believe all of their other business type financial arrangements are handled by the sd family so there’s a lot of handshake farm mafia type crap going on.
you know what else they care about? grease zerks (technical farmer thing I'll explain). these are them:
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so there are over a million of them on all kinds of plows, tractors, swather things that eat the hay, you name it. if you use it to farm cows or plants it's got grease zerks. you use a grease gun with giant tubes of lube to squirt it into them like every 4 hours you use the thing that has them. this is the gun.
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it's an enormous pain in the ass and it's always hot as crap and there are bugs everywhere when you do it. here's what I figured out on my own though. it's fake news. you don't have to do it. I've gone literally a month without grease gunning a grease zerk and nothing mostly broke. I'm pretty sure it's a scam from big grease.
Tell him you don’t have to grease crapWhat about a zerk like this? Probably never been hit with a real grease gun.
Source: sd from the internet who always said he greased them but never did
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Tell him you don’t have to grease crapTom Dad would inspect equipment after Tom greased. He better see grease oozing from every orafice and crack on that green iron.
Source: sd from the internet who always said he greased them but never did
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He needs to check the manual because you should only give some a couple squirts.Tell him you don’t have to grease crapTom Dad would inspect equipment after Tom greased. He better see grease oozing from every orafice and crack on that green iron.
Source: sd from the internet who always said he greased them but never did
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Dad had the first Cat Challenger in our farm community. This is a pix of his grandsons probably 95-98 or about 25 years ago.
I remember it didnt sell at the farm sale. I ended up listing it on the "internet " and some guy from Minnesota bought it.
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Tell him you don’t have to grease crapTom Dad would inspect equipment after Tom greased. He better see grease oozing from every orafice and crack on that green iron.
Source: sd from the internet who always said he greased them but never did
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Hell yeah, that was about the time I was tearing the crap out of a Cat Challenger, and whatever it happened to be pulling, and whatever I was running it into.
They were pretty badass but never really caught on. It was a ride going up over a steep terrace or any kind of bump. Shoot to the moon and crash to the ground....and then the tongue rips off your fully loaded grain cart and heads for Australia via the shortest route.
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Are cowboy hats big in the Kansas farm community? I always associate them more with texas people and kansas farmers more with a free trucker hat.
Are cowboy hats big in the Kansas farm community? I always associate them more with texas people and kansas farmers more with a free trucker hat.
Are cowboy hats big in the Kansas farm community? I always associate them more with texas people and kansas farmers more with a free trucker hat.
anyone ever done a cattle drive on horseback? pretty fun, throw some beers in your saddlebags and go. butt gets pretty sore.Might be Luking myself. Dont remember which of the old pix from my parents I shared.
Like, hedge with holes drilled through and steel cable?Hedge posts with sucker rod. Dad used to get sucker Rod by the truck load... 25 ft long. We still have huge inventory of 16 to 18 inch long galvanized bolts. He would make panels with sucker rod and bolt it to the hedge posts.
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Schreds dad: Grease all 15000 zerks on the combine and make sure you dont miss any or it will throw sparks when the bearing goes out and burn the field and half of Kansas....but dont grease that one.He needs to check the manual because you should only give some a couple squirts.Tell him you don’t have to grease crapTom Dad would inspect equipment after Tom greased. He better see grease oozing from every orafice and crack on that green iron.
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Construction 7dad stole 80% of my weekends from like 10-20. Luckily there was no poop related work (other than plumbing), but God damn did I hate it. Probably why I'm a lazy pos who doesn't leave the couch on weekends now.
Feeling sorry for myself while looking at 401k then checked cattle futures.That seems crazy given the grocery store runs
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i guess beef is basically a luxury food?Flying off the shelves in the Bay
either people aren't feeling poor yet or bay areians never feel poor. but this seems to validate; consumers switch to less expensive foods in a recession.
https://www.motherjones.com/food/2020/03/the-price-of-beef-is-about-to-plummet-thanks-to-coronavirus/
either people aren't feeling poor yet or bay areians never feel poor. but this seems to validate; consumers switch to less expensive foods in a recession.
https://www.motherjones.com/food/2020/03/the-price-of-beef-is-about-to-plummet-thanks-to-coronavirus/
Not sure it's the expense as much as shelf stability. I'm not going to eat a frozen longbone.
sd dad is losing his mind about cattle prices. I’m like, yeah dude, everyone is losing money. I’m sure the gov will bail your ass out for the zillionth time.
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Thank you Katdaddy. I’m sorry.sd dad is losing his mind about cattle prices. I’m like, yeah dude, everyone is losing money. I’m sure the gov will bail your ass out for the zillionth time.
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Not nice to talk bad about your folks. That's your future inheritance, so tread lightly.
Thank you Katdaddy. I’m sorry.sd dad is losing his mind about cattle prices. I’m like, yeah dude, everyone is losing money. I’m sure the gov will bail your ass out for the zillionth time.
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Not nice to talk bad about your folks. That's your future inheritance, so tread lightly.
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that's a thumbs up for the landed gentry, thumbs down for the corrupt financiers and greedy industrialists from ol' katdaddy.
who painted the danger keep out sign?
who painted the danger keep out sign?
My dad of course "Its for insurance, in case someone comes on the farm and is snooping around and the barn collapses"
He really thinks people are just crawling all over the place when he isn't here.
Feeling sorry for myself while looking at 401k then checked cattle futures.That seems crazy given the grocery store runs
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if she doesn't return please list your pops reasons she didn't come back.Definitely, although at this time we are still TP'ing.
ie:
juvenile mtn lion
badger
etc.
ben ji, I am now a day trader and was wondering if I buy some barrels of crude oil can I store them at the cat ranch?Pretty sure the 500 gallon fuel tank by the garage is no longer in use. $50 a month and its yours (cat ranch llc is not liable for any leaks).
Are you in a WFH situation or just on hiatus and dog training/ cat farming full time?I'm practicing extreme social distancing and working from home at the cat ranch.
CRISIS ON THE CAT RANCH!
My dad let Lil Lil roam around this afternoon "to meet up with the Tom" but she still has not shown back up at the house. This is the latest she has been out after dark and my dad walked the entire windbreak/farm building area twice but has not found her.
Please keep Lil Lil in your prayers tonight.
Lil lil is a survivor
Lil lil is a survivor
@steve dave was walking the windbreak this morning and found these 2 calves cuddled up while their moms were no where in sight, probably out partying at the hay bale my uncle dropped.They do that, it’s fine.
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So I bought my dad a gas chainsaw for Christmas and we just started cutting up some dead limbs in the windbreak for firewood when the clutch went out. "Dont worry, I've got an idea" the cat rancher said.cat rancher dad, buy one stihl saw and you're good to go. next time you need to tell him to go ahead and get in that pond since he wants to act like a silly goose
We loaded up the generator into the back of lil red, drove to the limbs and just plugged his electric chainsaw into the generator.
Worked fine for a bit but then the electric one stopped working. "I think I have another one in the garage" the cat rancher said.
Sure enough he had THREE unopened electic chainsaws in the garage he forgot about. I asked him why he bought so many and apparently Harbor Freight had a good sale going on so he stocked up then forgot about them.
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So I bought my dad a gas chainsaw for Christmas and we just started cutting up some dead limbs in the windbreak for firewood when the clutch went out. "Dont worry, I've got an idea" the cat rancher said.
We loaded up the generator into the back of lil red, drove to the limbs and just plugged his electric chainsaw into the generator.
Worked fine for a bit but then the electric one stopped working. "I think I have another one in the garage" the cat rancher said.
Sure enough he had THREE unopened electic chainsaws in the garage he forgot about. I asked him why he bought so many and apparently Harbor Freight had a good sale going on so he stocked up then forgot about them.
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So I bought my dad a gas chainsaw for Christmas and we just started cutting up some dead limbs in the windbreak for firewood when the clutch went out. "Dont worry, I've got an idea" the cat rancher said.
We loaded up the generator into the back of lil red, drove to the limbs and just plugged his electric chainsaw into the generator.
Worked fine for a bit but then the electric one stopped working. "I think I have another one in the garage" the cat rancher said.
Sure enough he had THREE unopened electic chainsaws in the garage he forgot about. I asked him why he bought so many and apparently Harbor Freight had a good sale going on so he stocked up then forgot about them.
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If that's all the wood they cut before petering out, they weren't worth a healthy crap. :lol:
I mean, if you've got bulls in there it's for one reason (hardcore cow on cow sex). you separate them the rest of the year.
I mean, if you've got bulls in there it's for one reason (hardcore cow on cow sex). you separate them the rest of the year.
my grandfather did not do that, fwiw.
Tom, come in here and tell everyone how rough ridin' incredible it is that my slack ass who hated cow farming my entire life retained all this critical cow farm knowledge, WOW!I am just sitting back and enjoying SD. Not so fond memories of the "buller pen" for the steers that had been gang rode in the main pen. Extra work getting them their own hay and silage.
Tom, come in here and tell everyone how rough ridin' incredible it is that my slack ass who hated cow farming my entire life retained all this critical cow farm knowledge, WOW!I am just sitting back and enjoying SD. Not so fond memories of the "buller pen" for the steers that had been gang rode in the main pen. Extra work getting them their own hay and silage.
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Tom, come in here and tell everyone how rough ridin' incredible it is that my slack ass who hated cow farming my entire life retained all this critical cow farm knowledge, WOW!I am just sitting back and enjoying SD. Not so fond memories of the "buller pen" for the steers that had been gang rode in the main pen. Extra work getting them their own hay and silage.
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wait what???
Feedlot cattle feeding is analogous to man prison. Same sex animals in confined space. Eventually some of the steers become everyone else's bitch. You have to isolate them to avoid getting rode to death.Tom, come in here and tell everyone how rough ridin' incredible it is that my slack ass who hated cow farming my entire life retained all this critical cow farm knowledge, WOW!I am just sitting back and enjoying SD. Not so fond memories of the "buller pen" for the steers that had been gang rode in the main pen. Extra work getting them their own hay and silage.
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wait what???
I'll bet there are hella nooks and crannies filled with sprawling wasp condos on the cat ranch. Is this true?
wow so close to that wind moneyThey dug a trench in our pasture and buried a power cable/line so we got a lil wind money but we could easily support 100-300 cats if we had an actual windmill on our property.
wow so close to that wind moneyThey dug a trench in our pasture and buried a power cable/line so we got a lil wind money but we could easily support 100-300 cats if we had an actual windmill on our property.
I just asked the cat rancher this question and his answer was "I'm not sure how much money was from the lease/power line/ construction but I got more than I thought I would this year. The original company that bought our lease was bought by another company so I dont want to ask to many questions and have then dig into the paperwork and realize they overpayed me"wow so close to that wind moneyThey dug a trench in our pasture and buried a power cable/line so we got a lil wind money but we could easily support 100-300 cats if we had an actual windmill on our property.
So is that an easement or some sort of lease? What's the market rate for that?
So I bought my dad a gas chainsaw for Christmas and we just started cutting up some dead limbs in the windbreak for firewood when the clutch went out. "Dont worry, I've got an idea" the cat rancher said.We have gone through all 3 unopened Harbor Freight chainsaws and are now mixing and matching parts off them to keep 1 running.
We loaded up the generator into the back of lil red, drove to the limbs and just plugged his electric chainsaw into the generator.
Worked fine for a bit but then the electric one stopped working. "I think I have another one in the garage" the cat rancher said.
Sure enough he had THREE unopened electic chainsaws in the garage he forgot about. I asked him why he bought so many and apparently Harbor Freight had a good sale going on so he stocked up then forgot about them.
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So I bought my dad a gas chainsaw for Christmas and we just started cutting up some dead limbs in the windbreak for firewood when the clutch went out. "Dont worry, I've got an idea" the cat rancher said.We have gone through all 3 unopened Harbor Freight chainsaws and are now mixing and matching parts off them to keep 1 running.
We loaded up the generator into the back of lil red, drove to the limbs and just plugged his electric chainsaw into the generator.
Worked fine for a bit but then the electric one stopped working. "I think I have another one in the garage" the cat rancher said.
Sure enough he had THREE unopened electic chainsaws in the garage he forgot about. I asked him why he bought so many and apparently Harbor Freight had a good sale going on so he stocked up then forgot about them.
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Put up a decent amount of firewood from dead trees/limbs in the windbreak.
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Those dead limbs were Mice condos so Lady and Milo are helping with rodent control since the cats are too fat and happy to leave the barn. We move a limb and they start digging until the mice pop out.
Just watched Lady snatch up a mouse, bite it in half (blood everywhere) then swallow it....
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Yes, there is a whole other side of smaller logs and kindling.So I bought my dad a gas chainsaw for Christmas and we just started cutting up some dead limbs in the windbreak for firewood when the clutch went out. "Dont worry, I've got an idea" the cat rancher said.We have gone through all 3 unopened Harbor Freight chainsaws and are now mixing and matching parts off them to keep 1 running.
We loaded up the generator into the back of lil red, drove to the limbs and just plugged his electric chainsaw into the generator.
Worked fine for a bit but then the electric one stopped working. "I think I have another one in the garage" the cat rancher said.
Sure enough he had THREE unopened electic chainsaws in the garage he forgot about. I asked him why he bought so many and apparently Harbor Freight had a good sale going on so he stocked up then forgot about them.
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Put up a decent amount of firewood from dead trees/limbs in the windbreak.
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Are the ones towards the left going to be faggots?
ben ji, how many cords would you say that is?
Those dead limbs were Mice condos so Lady and Milo are helping with rodent control since the cats are too fat and happy to leave the barn. We move a limb and they start digging until the mice pop out.:cheers:
Just watched Lady snatch up a mouse, bite it in half (blood everywhere) then swallow it....
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@steve dave was walking the windbreak this morning and found these 2 calves cuddled up while their moms were no where in sight, probably out partying at the hay bale my uncle dropped.Drove by the same area tonight and found this :(
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Pasture golf... love it. This is actually a thing for a small section of rhe golf world. I cant find the link.
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that place is too clean to represent actual irl farming. stinks of rich guy hobby farming. needs like 30 full/empty/partially empty 55 gallon drums, tools just rough ridin' everywhere, stuff piled up so you can't g fryet to other stuff, some bats, gigantic sliding doors that you can barely push open instead of a garage door, tons of broken stuff that nobody knows what it goes to (is it actually broken? no idea), 7 non working refrigerators used to store stuff for some reason, 6 ATV/UTVs with 33% of their tires completely flat.Don't forget an entire winter's worth of wadded up baling twine/netwrap/wire and empty feed sacks.
that place is too clean to represent actual irl farming. stinks of rich guy hobby farming. needs like 30 full/empty/partially empty 55 gallon drums, tools just rough ridin' everywhere, stuff piled up so you can't get to other stuff, some bats, gigantic sliding doors that you can barely push open instead of a garage door, tons of broken stuff that nobody knows what it goes to (is it actually broken? no idea), 7 non working refrigerators used to store stuff for some reason, 6 ATV/UTVs with 33% of their tires completely flat.
I have like 20 wood pallets accumulated over the years... apparently cous just leaves them after he has used the seed bags off them during planting season.
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Like, not very high. And it’s usually right when they are born. If they are dying off right now you may irl have a cowrona virus going around or some crap.:sdeek:
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CornWrong! (But thank you for playing!)
CornYou were already eliminated but WRONG
speltHad to google spelt but NOPE
Sunflowers.Tom,
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If you would have taken it with an Android we probably would all knowI will take a closer picture tomorrow if no one guesses it by then.
buckwheatSupreme leader says one answer and you’re out!
You heard the man.buckwheatSupreme leader says one answer and you’re out!
juvenile alfalfa
That is irl the shittiest alfalfa I’ve ever seen, lmao
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That is irl the shittiest alfalfa I’ve ever seen, lmao
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yes, and it's IRRIGATED! benji your uncle may be a shitty hay farmer and may want to stick to cow farming (and buy hay bales from a neighbor or something)
Doesn't matter how shitty of a farmer you are when your second wife has a bunch land when you marry her.
crop shaming, wow
Name that farm implement. Hint: more feaking zerks than anything else.
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it shoots the chopped up silage into a giant wagon like a chopped up hay fire house on steroids and is rough ridin' ridiculous and silly
https://youtu.be/tOVicpNaNYg
That was too easy, but it gives me an excuse to post my fav silage chopping video.
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https://youtu.be/tOVicpNaNYg
That was too easy, but it gives me an excuse to post my fav silage chopping video.
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George Enns, 70, and his wife, Agatha Enns, 68, both of Meade, Kan., pleaded guilty to one count of money laundering conspiracy.
In their plea, the defendants admitted:
At least $1.6 million in cash and $5.2 million in third-party checks was deposited into a joint account the defendants held at Plains State Bank in Plains, Kan.
The defendants knew the funds in the account were the proceeds of unlawful activity although they did not know -- or do business with -- the individuals whose names were on the third-party checks
The defendants did not use the account at Plains State Bank for their own business and personal transactions. They had accounts at other banks.
The account at Plains State Bank was used for the deposit of cash and checks that George Enns received during his trips to Mexico. He carried the money into the United States without reporting the funds at the border.
Funds in the account at Plains State Bank were transferred out of state to purchase genetically modified corn seed. The seed was shipped to the border where the corn was transported into Mexico at the direction of George Enns.
This process is called trade based money laundering.
Sentencing is set for Feb. 27. The government is recommending three years on probation and a money judgment in an amount to be set by the judge.
Beall commended the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Internal Revenue Service and Assistant U.S. Attorney Debra Barnett for their work on the case.
That seems like an absurdly long distance from the chopper to the truck. Have you ever been silage blasted by the chopper?
No cab tractor side by side dad would blast me at the end of the row. Corn cob chunks at 100 mph hurt like hell.That seems like an absurdly long distance from the chopper to the truck. Have you ever been silage blasted by the chopper?
usually the truck was pretty close. but yeah, it really whizzes it out of there. no, never took it in the face. would probably suck pretty bad.
low amish iqApparently tractors are viewed as a gateway drug to wanting a car?
https://youtu.be/tOVicpNaNYg
That was too easy, but it gives me an excuse to post my fav silage chopping video.
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that's not even in the top five of my fav silage chopping videos.
Feedlot cattle feeding is analogous to man prison. Same sex animals in confined space. Eventually some of the steers become everyone else's bitch. You have to isolate them to avoid getting rode to death.Tom, come in here and tell everyone how rough ridin' incredible it is that my slack ass who hated cow farming my entire life retained all this critical cow farm knowledge, WOW!I am just sitting back and enjoying SD. Not so fond memories of the "buller pen" for the steers that had been gang rode in the main pen. Extra work getting them their own hay and silage.
Tom
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wait what???
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nothing for generic silage or "feed"? I had never heard ensilage until someone posted it in the farming thread.
what a stupid poll
Feedlot cattle feeding is analogous to man prison. Same sex animals in confined space. Eventually some of the steers become everyone else's bitch. You have to isolate them to avoid getting rode to death.Tom, come in here and tell everyone how rough ridin' incredible it is that my slack ass who hated cow farming my entire life retained all this critical cow farm knowledge, WOW!I am just sitting back and enjoying SD. Not so fond memories of the "buller pen" for the steers that had been gang rode in the main pen. Extra work getting them their own hay and silage.
Tom
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wait what???
Tom
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So this afternoon I noticed a cow by the water tank that was barely standing, then later it was down and couldn't stand up. I texted my uncle to let him know and he said "Yup I walker her in, we'll put her in the corral tomorrow. Bulls were a little hard on her!"
:surprised:
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sys, no one ever says ensilage.
maybe it was sorghum? but it was always taller than the milo that was harvested for grain.
this was from "sorghumcheckoff.com"Forage sorghum vs grain sorghum aka milo...
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Ohhhh that's why it's milothis was from "sorghumcheckoff.com"Forage sorghum vs grain sorghum aka milo...
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How about an option for us city slickers who don't know what either are
this was from "sorghumcheckoff.com"On further review thats a windrower not a silage cutter... possibly sorghum round bales?
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if a doctor intubates a covid 19 patient is that patient a tubated patient or an intubated patient? use your heads here, people.
Windrower.Swather
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Jokes on them though, because it rulesYeah no crap. Never be ashamed of your hickness, folks. Embrace it.*
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sys, no one ever says ensilage. I don't know why you think that is debateable. I have heard lots of folks call something like sileage "feed" however. I don't know what it is, it just looks like grassy corn and it's really tall but it doesn't have any corn. maybe it is corn just cut way early but I don't think that's what it is
sys, no one ever says ensilage. I don't know why you think that is debateable. I have heard lots of folks call something like sileage "feed" however. I don't know what it is, it just looks like grassy corn and it's really tall but it doesn't have any corn. maybe it is corn just cut way early but I don't think that's what it is
Usually corn is cut for when corn ears are small and will not produce a good corn crop. Also, some of the corn is a type planted for the purpose of cutting into silage/ensilage. This is the type that grows tall with large stalks and small ears. And yes it is cut when the crop is still green but ears are mature. BTY, ensilage is ground/chopped sorghum, milo or corn. Sorghum is sugar cane. Milo with poor heads are usually chopped/ground into ensilage. Ensilage is the product of the fermented crop that is feed to cattle. Cattle love it and it fattens them for butcher.
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Glad to see SD agrees with my dad that ben ji's dad would be a better farmer than my uncle.
#GoatRanch2021?
lmao katdaddy:thumbs: :ROFL:
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This is just me... wiki confirms Mich terminology.Windrower.Swather
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Then sometimes I’d pull a rake over the windrows to merge them into one massive windrow. Or, I’d rake the windrow over to help it dry faster. You can rake at 20 mph. It’s like F1 tractor racing.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200404/8556a0cc61958096f74635acf4bc729b.jpg)
We had PTO powered rakes that spun like mothers. Also the giant wheel ones that just used some sort of physics to spin and rake that windrow. Wild stuff.
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Then sometimes I’d pull a rake over the windrows to merge them into one massive windrow. Or, I’d rake the windrow over to help it dry faster. You can rake at 20 mph. It’s like F1 tractor racing.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200404/8556a0cc61958096f74635acf4bc729b.jpg)
We had PTO powered rakes that spun like mothers. Also the giant wheel ones that just used some sort of physics to spin and rake that windrow. Wild stuff.
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Then sometimes I’d pull a rake over the windrows to merge them into one massive windrow. Or, I’d rake the windrow over to help it dry faster. You can rake at 20 mph. It’s like F1 tractor racing.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200404/8556a0cc61958096f74635acf4bc729b.jpg)
We had PTO powered rakes that spun like mothers. Also the giant wheel ones that just used some sort of physics to spin and rake that windrow. Wild stuff.
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yes if you had one on the 3 point hitch it would bounce like crazy because you were racing. Once I had a pretty miserable day doing the boring roll over style raking when I was hungover AF. Like it was bad bad
Literally lol’d at thisBTY(ByTheWay)
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What is a wind row?It's when you chop up all the hay and grass like twenty feet wide and put it in a little row like four feet wide so it's easy to pick up and bale. The little row is a windrow
What is a wind row?It's when you chop up all the hay and grass like twenty feet wide and put it in a little row like four feet wide so it's easy to pick up and bale. The little row is a windrow
Yeah that part is confusing me, why isn't it just a hay row
a long line of raked hay or sheaves of grain laid out to dry in the wind.
North American
a long line of material heaped up by the wind or by a machine.
"the surface of the water was streaked with windrows of scud"
Quotea long line of raked hay or sheaves of grain laid out to dry in the wind.
North American
a long line of material heaped up by the wind or by a machine.
"the surface of the water was streaked with windrows of scud"
look at rusty being north american.
I have never ridden on or driven an open cab tractor.
I have never ridden on or driven an open cab tractor.
holy crap. i'm two generations removed from farming and i spent a crap load of time (not really, but still a lot for a mhk townie) on open cab tractors.
never seen the inside of a farm machine cab, actually.
My favorite thing at country fairs was going up into the new tractors and pretending to drive them
I've never been to a county fairsys clearly had farmers in the family, I'd be surprised if no one took him to one
I don't even know if Shawnee County even has a fair? Tom?
Literally lol’d at thisBTY(ByTheWay)
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I have never ridden on or driven an open cab tractor. The idea of doing that hungover breathing in alfalfa dust in what I assume was 100 degree temps is terrifying.
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Silage chopper
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I have never ridden on or driven an open cab tractor. The idea of doing that hungover breathing in alfalfa dust in what I assume was 100 degree temps is terrifying.
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I don't even know if Shawnee County even has a fair? Tom?Always went to Douglas Co Fair in Lawrence, KS. The only thing I ever did at Shawnee Expo Center was Boy Scout stuff.
Silage chopper
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Used to milk 150 cows and put up a shitload of corn silage every year, custom cutters from Moundridge would come in and knock it out in a few days. I shuttled silage wagons as a kid when my dad and uncle milked/farmed in partnership. Had a three row Gehl chopper and took two weeks with good weather. Pulled with an IH 504 gas tractor up the hills and wagons pushed going down hill.
Silage chopper
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Used to milk 150 cows and put up a shitload of corn silage every year, custom cutters from Moundridge would come in and knock it out in a few days. I shuttled silage wagons as a kid when my dad and uncle milked/farmed in partnership. Had a three row Gehl chopper and took two weeks with good weather. Pulled with an IH 504 gas tractor up the hills and wagons pushed going down hill.
Milk farming is widely regarded as the worst farming unless you hate days offall farming should be regarded as the worst farming for this reason. Maybe straight up non-animal having seasonal crop hobby farming would be good I guess.
Yeah dirt farming? What in earth are you supposed to do when it's growing all winter? Go sort the iron pile?Milk farming is widely regarded as the worst farming unless you hate days offall farming should be regarded as the worst farming for this reason. Maybe straight up non-animal having seasonal crop hobby farming would be good I guess.
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and sometimes the hardest part of regular cow farming is counting them from the pickup. oh are there 78 in that pasture? OK good let's go.
i think not walking next to some bulls taking a break from rough ridin' your uncle's cows to death is probably the correct country boy response.glad to hear that, makes me feel like less of a city boy coward
That kid seems like a spoiled rich kid farmer.
Anyway, this is what REAL farming looks like-->extremely dorky
[youtube]https://youtu.be/48H7zOQrX3U[/youtube]
i think not walking next to some bulls taking a break from rough ridin' your uncle's cows to death is probably the correct country boy response.glad to hear that, makes me feel like less of a city boy coward
Those guys actually got a pregame shout at a football game when this vid went viral.Anyway, this is what REAL farming looks like-->extremely dorky
[youtube]https://youtu.be/48H7zOQrX3U[/youtube]
Brought to you by these Farmers favorite school, KSU. :ROFL:
Those guys actually got a pregame shout at a football game when this vid went viral.Anyway, this is what REAL farming looks like-->extremely dorky
[youtube]https://youtu.be/48H7zOQrX3U[/youtube]
Brought to you by these Farmers favorite school, KSU. :ROFL:
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I thought artificially insemination was the preferred method of impregnating cattle these days. Apparently it's not?lmao, no
I thought artificially insemination was the preferred method of impregnating cattle these days. Apparently it's not?lmao, no
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Ensilage chopping seen on reddit today :surprised:
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could have gps but I've seen that done tons of times manually by elite german mennonite drug money laundering silage choppers.
Those looks like coots, were they all black?
and sometimes the hardest part of regular cow farming is counting them from the pickup. oh are there 78 in that pasture? OK good let's go.
Rusty, that was one of my many jobs; cattle count and check stock tanks for water. It's amazing how Kansas farm boys did familiar work and various things on the farm. :Carl:
and sometimes the hardest part of regular cow farming is counting them from the pickup. oh are there 78 in that pasture? OK good let's go.
Rusty, that was one of my many jobs; cattle count and check stock tanks for water. It's amazing how Kansas farm boys did familiar work and various things on the farm. :Carl:
Why does it have to be farm boys? My cousin's daughter (my second cousin?) lives in KC but is back in Colby due to the pandemic. She was going to come out and play golf after helping do farm stuff but one of the stock tanks was clogged so they had to spend all afternoon messing around with that and didn't get to play any farm golf.
and sometimes the hardest part of regular cow farming is counting them from the pickup. oh are there 78 in that pasture? OK good let's go.
Rusty, that was one of my many jobs; cattle count and check stock tanks for water. It's amazing how Kansas farm boys did familiar work and various things on the farm. :Carl:
Why does it have to be farm boys? My cousin's daughter (my second cousin?) lives in KC but is back in Colby due to the pandemic. She was going to come out and play golf after helping do farm stuff but one of the stock tanks was clogged so they had to spend all afternoon messing around with that and didn't get to play any farm golf.
Back then we had windmills pumping water in the tanks and, if filled, I would need to pull a handle that was connected to the tail so the wind wouldn't drive the prop that turned the pump. That was how to shut off the water.
Did she tell you what was clogged? The only thing that pours into the tank is water. Is this electric or float controlled? Also, I was referring to Rusty, Tom and SD since they were farm boys at one time. We did have a neighbour who was a dairy farmer with 12 daughters that hand milked their cows before hopping on the school bus at 7:00am in the morning. That meant they started milking at 4:00am every morning. But that is a very different life experience then our gE posters ITT.
Anyway, this is what REAL farming looks like-->extremely dorky
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Let’s talk aerial farm photos. Anyone who knows anything about farming knows farm types love (loved?) aerial photos of the family homestead. Farm guys, is this still the case? This is your chance to share your best aerial photo.
my folks had an aerial photo done a couple years ago. in their shed, they have aerial photos of the house my mom grew up in, house my dad grew up in, their farm when they bought it back in the 70's, another one after they built an implement shed and bins, cattle pens, and crap, and maybe one or two more throughout the years. they are neat, and city type people that see them find them interesting also, they are always like..."YOU GUYS OWN HOW MUCH LAND?!?!?". blows their minds, can't fathom someone owning more than 1 acre of land.
Yes, big timeWe owned a Beechcraft Bonanza during most of my childhood and both parents had their pilots license (and grandfather, and brother) so we did TF out of aerial shots of farm things. I bought my dad a DJI Mavic drone for aerial shots and checking cattle and sprinklers and crap too this last Christmas.
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Are drones pretty big with farmers now?
Also emergency landed on about a billion gravel or paved rural roads. We have a big flat stretch on our cow ranch that was his HIGHLY ILLEGAL runway.
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We have an aerial photo of the farm from the 90's that is framed in a clock piece where the clock hands are part of a windmill. (Its at the house in KC so no picture)
I did take this aerial picture on the way to vegas last fall. Windbreak/buildings are in top right corner of our section which goes back just past the "creek". My aunt owns the 1/2 section that is adjacent with the green circle.
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Another farm/plane story. One of the neighbors used to have a herd of Emu's when I was a kid.
I was out on the farm for some reason and My grandpa was getting his field sprayed by a plane and it spooked the Emu's. The neighbor called up my grandpa all pissed off yelling about how 2 of his Emu's broke their leg and to stop the spraying. My GPA laughed at him and told him if he was a real farmer he wouldn't have Emu's to worry about.
We owned a Beechcraft Bonanza during most of my childhood and both parents had their pilots license (and grandfather, and brother) so we did TF out of aerial shots of farm things. I bought my dad a DJI Mavic drone for aerial shots and checking cattle and sprinklers and crap too this last Christmas.
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Was your GPAs neighbors name Doug?Another farm/plane story. One of the neighbors used to have a herd of Emu's when I was a kid.
I was out on the farm for some reason and My grandpa was getting his field sprayed by a plane and it spooked the Emu's. The neighbor called up my grandpa all pissed off yelling about how 2 of his Emu's broke their leg and to stop the spraying. My GPA laughed at him and told him if he was a real farmer he wouldn't have Emu's to worry about.
Totally justified imo. I bet ben ji gpa and all the other old farmers talked mad crap on emu farmer at the donut shop, co-op, etc.
fwiw non-farm kid from rural town nicname was fascinated by the aerial farm photos and basically farm family had aerial photos of their farms that i thought were awesome. prob not as cool anymore cuz everyone has drones and whateverAt least in my community second to the aerial photo was putting your name or brand on your upright silo.
Brand on pickup truck front license plate holder spotfwiw non-farm kid from rural town nicname was fascinated by the aerial farm photos and basically farm family had aerial photos of their farms that i thought were awesome. prob not as cool anymore cuz everyone has drones and whateverAt least in my community second to the aerial photo was putting your name or brand on your upright silo.
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Also I just noticed today that the chimney of our farmhouse has the first letter of our last name up at the top of it.
Also I just noticed today that the chimney of our farmhouse has the first letter of our last name up at the top of it.
Oh! How many farmhouses with aerial photos of the place also had a screen door with the last initial formed out of metal?
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If you are interested Kansas has a record of all brands registered with the state and you can look up old timey brands from your ancestors. I randomly found a link to the "brand book" from the 80's a couple of months ago but don't have it on hand.I ordered ours from the state a few years ago. They sent the original. On the back was each renewal date.
Also I just noticed today that the chimney of our farmhouse has the first letter of our last name up at the top of it.
That's some good info with the lazy thing, ty sdI think ours is "N quarter circle"
Anyone ever hear any dust bowl stories?
Anyone ever hear any dust bowl stories?
Anyone ever hear any dust bowl stories?
Anyone ever hear any dust bowl stories?
No fun old timey dust bowl stories, just grapes of wrath type stuff. My grandma's mom died when she was a small child, her dad took her older brother and moved out to CA/NV for work and she was raised by her Aunt and Uncle.
My grandpa participated in a couple of jack rabbit roundups and carried a shoot on sight grudge against them for the rest of his life.
Wow! I've read about the jack rabbit massacres!
I don’t know if everyone is aware ITT but jackrabbits are rough ridin' giant.
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I don’t know if everyone is aware ITT but jackrabbits are rough ridin' giant.
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I don’t know if everyone is aware ITT but jackrabbits are rough ridin' giant.
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Back in my younger years, we used to hunt rabbits. When we got a Jack we would give it to the dogs, cause they taste like crap. Cottontails are much better tasting, but can only hunt during cold weather. This is due to some disease they can carry in warm weather, but kills them in cold weather.
I don’t know if everyone is aware ITT but jackrabbits are rough ridin' giant.
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Back in my younger years, we used to hunt rabbits. When we got a Jack we would give it to the dogs, cause they taste like crap. Cottontails are much better tasting, but can only hunt during cold weather. This is due to some disease they can carry in warm weather, but kills them in cold weather.
The disease is Tularemia/Rabbit Fever.
So if you love capturing mice and rats and voles (?) and other ones I can help out there
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If you are interested Kansas has a record of all brands registered with the state and you can look up old timey brands from your ancestors. I randomly found a link to the "brand book" from the 80's a couple of months ago but don't have it on hand.I ordered ours from the state a few years ago. They sent the original. On the back was each renewal date.
Also I just noticed today that the chimney of our farmhouse has the first letter of our last name up at the top of it.
Somewhere along the way the iron got lost. I wish I still had that.
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Once they're in the chute branding location not an issue. We had a packer buyer tell us once our brand on the ribs pretty much ruined that half of the hide. Being a cow for a minute I would prefer a shoulder or butt brand over getting slapped on the ribs with a hot iron.If you are interested Kansas has a record of all brands registered with the state and you can look up old timey brands from your ancestors. I randomly found a link to the "brand book" from the 80's a couple of months ago but don't have it on hand.I ordered ours from the state a few years ago. They sent the original. On the back was each renewal date.
Also I just noticed today that the chimney of our farmhouse has the first letter of our last name up at the top of it.
Somewhere along the way the iron got lost. I wish I still had that.
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Well this was a neat little thing to find. Used the 1941 brand book to find both of my great granddads' brands. Ol' Great Granddad WonderMeal had the coolest brand in Meade Co.
Tom and other beef magnates--is there any benefit to branding a cow in one part of the body vs. another? I'm guessing you always put the brand in the same place so that the N-quarter-circle in Spearville isn't confused with the N-quarter-circle in Medicine Lodge, but like...is it better or easier to brand a cow on the shoulder vs. the ribs?
So if you love capturing mice and rats and voles (?) and other ones I can help out there
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I'm bored AF out here so I've been reading the wikipedia pages for all the animals I see and it turn out all the "mice" that were living in the dead logs we cut up were actually voles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prairie_vole
My brother hadn't moved his car in 5 days and when he did one jumped out of his wheel well area and just sat there staring at us. Would try and hide in the buffalo grass but this was in the mowed portion of the yard so it did not work very well. They are not smart creatures.
Dam cats need to start earning their keep.
Making progress!lmao, post pics of the bead for some poster intimidation bead shaming
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Ugly welding is pud af. Pretty welding is a work of art
Are those welder connections as rusty as they look? :sdeek:
Watching her stalk one was like National Geographic lion hunt footage. Just tiny little movements of one paw and stop motionless. She’d work her way up there for like 10 minutes and then go jump on it by the neck and roll it over. Was pretty cool irl.
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You guys are really ruffing it. I'm surprised you guys been staying out there with no juice. Do you have natural gas or propane for heat? Wood stove?
Watching her stalk one was like National Geographic lion hunt footage. Just tiny little movements of one paw and stop motionless. She’d work her way up there for like 10 minutes and then go jump on it by the neck and roll it over. Was pretty cool irl.
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Reminds me of when I first moved to Topeka, We had a large black cat that loved to catch birds. He would very slowly walk in a crouched position toward a bird. As he got about two ft. from the bird he would stop and check the position of the bird for take off. He would jump quite high in the same direction the bird took off and catch it in his out stretched paws and claws. It was pure alethic skill and talent. I loved to watch that cat. He had the respect of all the cats and most of the dogs in the neighborhood. He didn't eat much cat food though.
Watching her stalk one was like National Geographic lion hunt footage. Just tiny little movements of one paw and stop motionless. She’d work her way up there for like 10 minutes and then go jump on it by the neck and roll it over. Was pretty cool irl.
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Reminds me of when I first moved to Topeka, We had a large black cat that loved to catch birds. He would very slowly walk in a crouched position toward a bird. As he got about two ft. from the bird he would stop and check the position of the bird for take off. He would jump quite high in the same direction the bird took off and catch it in his out stretched paws and claws. It was pure alethic skill and talent. I loved to watch that cat. He had the respect of all the cats and most of the dogs in the neighborhood. He didn't eat much cat food though.
There is no way there wasn't at least 1 cat who didn't respect that bitch
Live action shot, this might actually work!
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High tractor IQ people (tom), tell me about this tractor.https://www.auctiontime.com/listings/farm-equipment/auction-results/list/category/1110/tractors-40-hp-to-99-hp/manufacturer/international/model/300
Here is what I know about it besides it saying INTERNATIONAL 300 on the side.
1. It still runs but only my cousin knows the correct formula of knob pulling and tractor stuff to get it running.
2. It is used for small plantings of sweet corn and mowing.
3. My dad thinks he will be able to start it and keeps talking about projects he can use it for.
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High tractor IQ people (tom), tell me about this tractor.https://www.auctiontime.com/listings/farm-equipment/auction-results/list/category/1110/tractors-40-hp-to-99-hp/manufacturer/international/model/300
Here is what I know about it besides it saying INTERNATIONAL 300 on the side.
1. It still runs but only my cousin knows the correct formula of knob pulling and tractor stuff to get it running.
2. It is used for small plantings of sweet corn and mowing.
3. My dad thinks he will be able to start it and keeps talking about projects he can use it for.
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Whats your dads to do list? I would like it better with a bucket on it. 40 hp good for mowing if that's the plan. Put a brush hog behind and use it for golf course maintenance.
Utility or orchard configuration with the muffler down underneath so you can work under trees. The JD version the foot pan got hot AF because the muffler was right under it.
If you're going to be getting on and off just know stepping over the shifter and transmission between your legs gets old over the course of the day. If you're going to sit on it and mow or pull the lil express hay ride trailer then good to go.
Make sure the middle link is atrached to the 3 pt on the back, hydraulics work, and the pto works... on and off.
Ask your cousin how much tread is left on the tires, and how many hours are on it. If says anything over 50 pct and under 1,000 might be worth $1,000. If he looks at you like he has no clue what you're talking about offer him $500 and he has to get it to your place.
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how many mice do you estimate are living in it at any one time? over a billion?
Coal is the most expensive energy source now. It’s nuts that we’re propping it up for some reason.
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Silage chopper
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Used to milk 150 cows and put up a shitload of corn silage every year, custom cutters from Moundridge would come in and knock it out in a few days. I shuttled silage wagons as a kid when my dad and uncle milked/farmed in partnership. Had a three row Gehl chopper and took two weeks with good weather. Pulled with an IH 504 gas tractor up the hills and wagons pushed going down hill.
Your family still in the milk game? Heard its not good for milk farmers out there.
I think I highlighted how much it sucks crap. Gotta be the worst kind of farmingSilage chopper
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Used to milk 150 cows and put up a shitload of corn silage every year, custom cutters from Moundridge would come in and knock it out in a few days. I shuttled silage wagons as a kid when my dad and uncle milked/farmed in partnership. Had a three row Gehl chopper and took two weeks with good weather. Pulled with an IH 504 gas tractor up the hills and wagons pushed going down hill.
Your family still in the milk game? Heard its not good for milk farmers out there.
Like I said, "used to milk" 150 cows. I admire dairymen because it is such a thankless job and the general population doesn't know what it takes to produce that milk product. It is hard and never ending work but at the same time can be rewarding.
Yeah, they suck crap at taking care of themselves and not dying 24/7/365 but less so than other domesticated animals so you can leave them alone for like a few days and maybe they won’t die if there’s grass and water.
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Dead cow truck picks them up. We generally have at least one laying at the dead cow spot and sometimes like a pile of them. The real morbid stuff is when one is almost mostly dead but not all the way dead and you pick it up with a loader and dump it on the pile anyway. The dead cow truck uses the corpses for something.
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Feedlot cattle feeding is analogous to man prison. Same sex animals in confined space. Eventually some of the steers become everyone else's bitch. You have to isolate them to avoid getting rode to death.Tom, come in here and tell everyone how rough ridin' incredible it is that my slack ass who hated cow farming my entire life retained all this critical cow farm knowledge, WOW!I am just sitting back and enjoying SD. Not so fond memories of the "buller pen" for the steers that had been gang rode in the main pen. Extra work getting them their own hay and silage.
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wait what???
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So this afternoon I noticed a cow by the water tank that was barely standing, then later it was down and couldn't stand up. I texted my uncle to let him know and he said "Yup I walker her in, we'll put her in the corral tomorrow. Bulls were a little hard on her!"
:surprised:
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I just grabbed them by the wire and threw them around like a savageNever had the opp to throw wire bales. All of ours were twine. Weren't wire bales dense AF? Like 75 lbs?
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It would take me several years to replace that door Tim. Nice job.Kudos to Mrs 8 with the assist.
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Yes, heavy as crap. Worst part was the wire digging into your hands.I just grabbed them by the wire and threw them around like a savageNever had the opp to throw wire bales. All of ours were twine. Weren't wire bales dense AF? Like 75 lbs?
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Yes, heavy as crap. Worst part was the wire digging into your hands.I just grabbed them by the wire and threw them around like a savageNever had the opp to throw wire bales. All of ours were twine. Weren't wire bales dense AF? Like 75 lbs?
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Benji once you get that IH 300 on the homestead pull those grain drills out of the barn.
I want to see this in the daylight. Might be a hit and miss motor.
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Do they live through the baling process?
That sounds traumatic kp :frown:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/264372841196Benji once you get that IH 300 on the homestead pull those grain drills out of the barn.
I want to see this in the daylight. Might be a hit and miss motor.
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Tom just Knocked this one out of the park, an old Fairbanks Morse Hit N Miss motor was back there. We have to cut up 2 dead tree's to move anything out of there so it will be a while.
Are these collector items worth money or just junk?
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No model# but I googled the HP/RPM combo and someone is selling a running one for $1500.https://youtu.be/19tL7w4c8GQ
Do people actual use these things for work or are they just collector's pieces?
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What is special about these?
Found this one in a different barn under some saddles.
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Found this one in a different barn under some saddles.
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you have the one pictured?
Found this one in a different barn under some saddles.
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you have the one pictured?
Correct, just found it today under some saddles and other junk.
Found this one in a different barn under some saddles.
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you have the one pictured?
Correct, just found it today under some saddles and other junk.
Can a high farming IQ person explain to me the purpose for the hit-n-miss motor functioning the way it does, all wonky and such? What's up with that?
Found this engine looking thing today, is it worth saving or junk?Moved some junk around to get a closer view and its a briggs & stratton model ZZ from the 1940's
Its in another barn that is collapsing so unless its worth money it will stay there until the thing falls over.
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Is that a grocery cart handle in the pic? I want to see you being pulled by that IH300 at top speed benji in that cart. Where a helmet.Lol, the grocery cart was an item of junk I had to move to get a closer look.
Tom
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Did you find a nameplate on the JD hit n miss? Then the bidding can start.I just started 18 but will look later, gonna have to scrape off decades of mouse poop.
Tom
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Hit-n-miss engines have a strong following. P'burg KS has an active club and a large show/swap meet in the fall. Neat as hell to watch and hear them run.Slack did you repaint? Nice engine.
I have a 3hp Witte hit-n-miss.
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DO NOT throw it away!
Found this engine looking thing today, is it worth saving or junk?Moved some junk around to get a closer view and its a briggs & stratton model ZZ from the 1940's
Its in another barn that is collapsing so unless its worth money it will stay there until the thing falls over.
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I appreciate how benji sneaks up on the motors and gets fuzzy picks from a distance to post on here only to plan out getting a better look later like we’re on the rough ridin' kalahari stalking silverback mountain elephants.
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Here is all the mouse poop/dirt i had to scrape offDid you find a nameplate on the JD hit n miss? Then the bidding can start.I just started 18 but will look later, gonna have to scrape off decades of mouse poop.
Tom
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Best I could do with a bottle of water/screwdriver/paper towel in 5 minutes.Here is all the mouse poop/dirt i had to scrape offDid you find a nameplate on the JD hit n miss? Then the bidding can start.I just started 18 but will look later, gonna have to scrape off decades of mouse poop.
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https://vintageaerial.com/
Holy crap the motherload of farm aerial photos. My weekend just got booked.
The homestead circa 1976. So much going on in that photo... tractors, wagons, trucks. The old farmhouse came down in 79. I could bore the hell put of you with stories from this one photo.
Looking forward to you all posting your finds on this site.
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https://vintageaerial.com/
Holy crap the motherload of farm aerial photos. My weekend just got booked.
The homestead circa 1976. So much going on in that photo... tractors, wagons, trucks. The old farmhouse came down in 79. I could bore the hell put of you with stories from this one photo.
Looking forward to you all posting your finds on this site.
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Juggalo cow breeds? WTF is this?https://www.philipsanimalgarden.com/our-friends/animals/holstein-angus-cross/
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Juggalo cow breeds? WTF is this?https://www.philipsanimalgarden.com/our-friends/animals/holstein-angus-cross/
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You near a dairy? Might be a Holstein- Angus cross... i have a friend in SD who is big dairy. They are trying this to make the calves more palatable for feeding and slaughter.
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I'd guess it's a Charolais and Agnus or Limo cross. we get tons of muts that look like that. sd dad goes back and forth with his breed preferences. usually some hybrid though for the most part. we get some blue roans which are a cool looking cow.
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Juggalo cow breeds? WTF is this?
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Uptown is a great city boy insult
I am with Sys on this. Get some brockel faced calves when you take an angus bull back on black baldy cows. Can also get some on the first F1 cross of the angus on Hereford.Juggalo cow breeds? WTF is this?
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probably a black baldy crossed back on some solid colored cow - red angus if all the boy cows around are red angus.
[youtube] https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nNTZ5tqas1k [/youtube]Uptown is a great city boy insult
Agreed, perfect amount of old people/country saying.
Uptown is a great city boy insult
Agreed, perfect amount of old people/country saying.
I am with Sys on this. Get some brockel faced calves when you take an angus bull back on black baldy cows. Can also get some on the first F1 cross of the angus on Hereford.Juggalo cow breeds? WTF is this?
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probably a black baldy crossed back on some solid colored cow - red angus if all the boy cows around are red angus.
[youtube] https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nNTZ5tqas1k [/youtube]Uptown is a great city boy insult
Agreed, perfect amount of old people/country saying.
ben ji do you take terrible photos on purpose
Little Orange Mangy cat is probably my favorite out here. Its probably 1-2 years old but still tiny, loves to get pets and will actively seek them out.Testing to see if this uploads in better quality
Here she is coming to help water the greens yesterday.
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I bought premium way back when it was like a one time $5 charge and am grandfathered in :gocho:
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Is that a different lil orange?
I sent them an email and told them to put it back and they didI bought premium way back when it was like a one time $5 charge and am grandfathered in :gocho:
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I did the same but was not grandfathered in
it looks really dry out cat ranch way.
i hope the cats are getting enough milk to make it through the dehydrating weather.A quick check of the garage fridge leads me to believe they are good.
Cats eat eggs? How do they like them prepared?
@steve dave Miller Lite screw tops are ideal for pounding while playing golf out here. No need to worry about excessive foaming during bumpy golf cart rides to the next tee box.Hell yeah
is the house in decent shape? 20+ years of vacancy seems like a long timePeople lived there on/off over the last 20 years. Some of my uncles hired hands/my cousin/my dad for the last 4 years.
Put down some gravel! Sheesh.Lol, i have a story about my brother and I's naive ideas about how to fill these ruts. Gonna have to wait until sunlight tomorrow to show our futility.
ben ji, remind me again what you do for a living? are you working remotely out there at all or just heavy cat ranching/golfing/urine scattering 24/7?
benji I don't know if I'd call peeing in a jar and spreading it around is an important part of living ones best life.
also why doesn't he live out there full time in normal times. Isn't he retired?
Yes, IF coyotes are in the immediate area. In other words, the scent does not travel for miles and miles. Depending on the application, Wolf Pee often is a good substitute and has the added effect of keeping the coyotes away too!
also ben ji I remember when I was a little kid my grandpa did coyote trapping because they were bothering his baby cows and they used coyote urine to lure them into the traps. I was like "I wonder if there's something like that out there on the internet" and sure enough you can buy coyote urine on amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Predator-Pee-100-Coyote-Urine/dp/B01AL5YYSM
So one of the questions is does this attract coyotes? And Maine Outdoor Solutions had an answer:QuoteYes, IF coyotes are in the immediate area. In other words, the scent does not travel for miles and miles. Depending on the application, Wolf Pee often is a good substitute and has the added effect of keeping the coyotes away too!
you betcha, Wolf Pee is also for sale on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Predator-Pee-100-Wolf-Urine/dp/B01600EAPY?th=1
Now you could inform your dad of this and he'd probably do something like pretend he didn't hear you because I imagine he kind of likes the idea of spreading his urine around the cat ranch but maybe you want to know.
And yes, that is an extension cord running from a building to power one of the 18 harbor freight electric chainsaws my dad bought. (It was unplugged during the watering session)
Wolf Pee is also for sale on Amazon:
Now you could inform your dad of this and he'd probably do something like pretend he didn't hear you.
Following up on this. Im guessing the last time the roads inside the cat ranch had rock dumped on them was around 1990.Put down some gravel! Sheesh.Lol, i have a story about my brother and I's naive ideas about how to fill these ruts. Gonna have to wait until sunlight tomorrow to show our futility.
Current plant is to just dump all the ash from the fireplace into the ruts until they are filled...gonna be a while.
Current plant is to just dump all the ash from the fireplace into the ruts until they are filled...gonna be a while.Benji, no
How will dumping ash from the fireplace into the rut make it worse? Wont the ash just get all mixed up with the mud the next time it rains and then start to fill it back up?
When the ruts get all muddy we just drive around em. What is a rough estimate of how much it would cost to have someone dump a bunch of gravel inside the cat ranch?
Thanks buds
If I remember, the cat ranch is in far NW KS. If so, your closest source for decent crushed gravel is probably going to be Eastern Colorado (Holly). Good news is that this is crushed river gravel and very durable. Bad news is freight costs are going to suck. I think there are some sand sources around the area, but it won't be crushed material and won't stabilize the road for crap. If someone has some crushed concrete around the area, that could be an option as well. However, just know that there will still be some pieces of steel in the material and you will need to cover it with an inch or two of some other material to help eliminate flat tires. I have it on my driveway and I covered it with crushed asphalt. We still find a few small pieces of wire from time to time that we pick up and throw away.
The aggregate source info is from my experience many years ago travelling around the state making and laying asphalt for highway projects. There may be a new source or two that have popped up since then that I'm not aware of. If you can find a material source and you have access to a skidloader, you could probably heal up the ruts and then have someone tailgate the rock on the drive. This isn't ideal, but it will be cheaper than hiring someone to haul a blade to the ranch and grading the road.
My guess is that you are going to pay at least $10 per ton at the source and then freight to the ranch on top of that. If you have 500 feet of driveway that is 12 feet wide and you want to place 3" of rock on it, you would be looking at about 100 to 125 tons of rock.
Did we get before after pics on the golf cart weld job?Which time? Just finished our 4th weld on it, will probably last another week.
lmao, old west abandoned buildings circa 1962.Those are from the 1880’s at least, SD.
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No one lived in NW KS in the 1880's, thats when the first settlers arrived. I found a map showing who owned what land around our farm from 1907 and at that time like alot of the land was still owned by the Railroad.Actually, yeah people did live there ben ji. They had lived there for hundreds or probably thousands of years.
No one that was building structures like those pictured was living in NW KS in the 1880's.No one lived in NW KS in the 1880's, thats when the first settlers arrived. I found a map showing who owned what land around our farm from 1907 and at that time like alot of the land was still owned by the Railroad.Actually, yeah people did live there ben ji. They had lived there for hundreds or probably thousands of years.
When are you being summoned back to the big city? This has become my favorite thread saga by far.Tentative plan is to go back in the next 2 weeks, the earliest my office is projected to open is mid june so I may come back to the cat ranch this summer.
I like that you call them homestead and not house or barn
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_ActsI like that you call them homestead and not house or barn
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I am working under the assumption that the area with all the houses/barns/buildings is referred to as the "homestead" area and then you have fields/pasture etc. Is this incorrect? Honestly have no idea what the correct terminology would be.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/meat-supply-threats-grow-first-181155792.htmlThey do utililize this technology for breaking pigs, especially in newer plants. It uses x-ray and high pressure water jets. Works for pigs cause they are all the same size. Beef carcasses range from 550-1200 pounds, too much variability. All the labor is in skilled boning, trimming, sorting and packing.
We got beef and pork out the ass. Just need man power without covid to process it.
You IT gurus tell me why we cant build a robot to break down a carcass? Boning a specific cut maybe more of a challenge, but i got to beleive we can build one to break the ham from the loin and picnic.
Tom
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I like that you call them homestead and not house or barn
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I am working under the assumption that the area with all the houses/barns/buildings is referred to as the "homestead" area and then you have fields/pasture etc. Is this incorrect? Honestly have no idea what the correct terminology would be.
I like that you call them homestead and not house or barn
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I am working under the assumption that the area with all the houses/barns/buildings is referred to as the "homestead" area and then you have fields/pasture etc. Is this incorrect? Honestly have no idea what the correct terminology would be.
As I grew up in Western Kansas, we always called the part of the farm with the house on it the homestead. But that would only apply if land was sold as separate parcels; as if someone bought a crop field or grass pasture but not the original homestead. If a buyer purchased the land with the house and typically the other building, that was referred as the "homestead". I bought a "homestead" when I moved back out to the country years ago. It's usually referred by the original homesteader name in front of homestead, as in: "So you bought the old Rusty Homestead?".
Just looked up Levant, KS. Does anyone live there? Are there businesses?There are like 20 houses and a pathway AG by the railroad but no gas stations/food. Its only 15 miles to Colby so everyone just goes there.
we have shitloads of old train cars on our ranch. most used as sheds or crap apparently.Barn, silo, boxcar. Every farm had those. Railroads must have given away a free boxcar with every homestead.
Here is the Levant Nursing Home. My dad lived in Levant for a couple years as a kid.I asked my dad about this place and apparently my Grandma worked there part time in the 60's handing out meds (she was a nurse) and his Grandpa lived there.
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Tell me about these 15 trailers/tanks of Amonia lining the road I discovered while checking out WIHA areas tonight.Do you know what a tractor is worth? Those things are sitting around for the taking as well. Usually unlocked with the keys in them. The problem is there’s nothing you can profitably do with them once you steal them.
I'm going to assume each of these trailers/tanks is worth like 1k each but they just seem to be sitting there and anyone with a trailer hitch could take one.
Do they have some sort of locking device or is it just the honor system?
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I remember when I was a kid hearing about people stealing tractors and trying to take them to South Dakota or something but pretty hard to resell and LMAO at stealing one for your own use. One time somebody was plowing overnight (LMAO, so unnecessary) next to one of our unattended tractors in a relatively isolated field and he said he saw a semi pull in next to our tractor so plowed his way over and the semi left when he got closer so yes we definitely almost had a tractor stolenTell me about these 15 trailers/tanks of Amonia lining the road I discovered while checking out WIHA areas tonight.Do you know what a tractor is worth? Those things are sitting around for the taking as well. Usually unlocked with the keys in them. The problem is there’s nothing you can profitably do with them once you steal them.
I'm going to assume each of these trailers/tanks is worth like 1k each but they just seem to be sitting there and anyone with a trailer hitch could take one.
Do they have some sort of locking device or is it just the honor system?
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Tell me about these 15 trailers/tanks of Amonia lining the road I discovered while checking out WIHA areas tonight.Every once in a while, you'll hear of meth heads trying to steal from the tanks. Usually doesn't end well.
I'm going to assume each of these trailers/tanks is worth like 1k each but they just seem to be sitting there and anyone with a trailer hitch could take one.
Do they have some sort of locking device or is it just the honor system?
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I remember when I was a kid hearing about people stealing tractors and trying to take them to South Dakota or something but pretty hard to resell and LMAO at stealing one for your own use. One time somebody was plowing overnight (LMAO, so unnecessary) next to one of our unattended tractors in a relatively isolated field and he said he saw a semi pull in next to our tractor so plowed his way over and the semi left when he got closer so yes we definitely almost had a tractor stolenTell me about these 15 trailers/tanks of Amonia lining the road I discovered while checking out WIHA areas tonight.Do you know what a tractor is worth? Those things are sitting around for the taking as well. Usually unlocked with the keys in them. The problem is there’s nothing you can profitably do with them once you steal them.
I'm going to assume each of these trailers/tanks is worth like 1k each but they just seem to be sitting there and anyone with a trailer hitch could take one.
Do they have some sort of locking device or is it just the honor system?
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My grandpa owned and ran a fertilizer distributor through Phillips in the 70s-80s.Tell me about these 15 trailers/tanks of Amonia lining the road I discovered while checking out WIHA areas tonight.Every once in a while, you'll hear of meth heads trying to steal from the tanks. Usually doesn't end well.
I'm going to assume each of these trailers/tanks is worth like 1k each but they just seem to be sitting there and anyone with a trailer hitch could take one.
Do they have some sort of locking device or is it just the honor system?
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Saw another line of Ammonia tanks today and did some googling about how its used. I figured it was sprayed on the field but apparently its injected/disc'd into the soil or someting? Rad.
Ben Ji, do you guys have a stocked pond on the property out there? Man, my grandparents had a ton and i'd do that all summer when I was younger. Catching 10 LB catfish and snapping turtles like a champ!
man, Lilacs and pine trees. That's a homestead if I've ever seen one.
mullberrys and sand hill plums are also ks farm wild disgusting fruits.My grandma made delicious sand plum jam - AFAIK the addition of pounds of sugar is the only way to make them edible.
as a kid, we used to find gooseberries in our pastures, pick them and eat them on the spot. can't remember what they tasted like, a little tart i'm sure, but we loved them. not sure there are any around anymore. anyone heard of gooseberries? NE Kansas btw.
An ADA accessible churchFYI this church had an outhouse that was not ADA accessible.
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Break time after that, BLT'S for lunch then attempted to weed my dad's "Garden". In reality he didn't even till it, just planted tomatoes and other stuff and ran soaker hoses.The garden has come along way in the 2 months my brother and I have been out here.
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A picture of 4 of the apple trees (planted with cow manure). The larger trees behind the apple seedlings are pear trees my uncle planted a couple of years ago. There is a water faucet thing by the quisonet building so Im guessing that is where the automatic watering device will connect to.My brother finally ran a soaker hose to the apple and pear tree's that were recently planted, even put some chicken wire around them to keep the dam rabbits out.
Also LOL at the "Danger Keep out" sign on the collapsing out building my dad put up sometime in the last year.
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So, a couple of country homes near my hometown blew up in the past few months. Both were determined by authorities to be caused by natural gas leaks. Locals have determined they were wind turbine related.
So, a couple of country homes near my hometown blew up in the past few months. Both were determined by authorities to be caused by natural gas leaks. Locals have determined they were wind turbine related.
What part of Kansas, if you don't mind?
I mean that's gotta be meth related
So, a couple of country homes near my hometown blew up in the past few months. Both were determined by authorities to be caused by natural gas leaks. Locals have determined they were wind turbine related.
What part of Kansas, if you don't mind?
Allen County
If they have natural gas, then they have a well on the property. Otherwise, they’d have propane. My dad told me they were natural gas related.So, a couple of country homes near my hometown blew up in the past few months. Both were determined by authorities to be caused by natural gas leaks. Locals have determined they were wind turbine related.
What part of Kansas, if you don't mind?
Allen County
Any idea if they store natural gas underground? Years ago there was a series of explosions in Reno County that were determined to be caused by gas stored in underground caverns escaping through "wildcat" wells that were drilled in the early 20th century but never recorded.
Love how sd's dad always leverages every angle humanly possible.
If they have natural gas, then they have a well on the property. Otherwise, they’d have propane. My dad told me they were natural gas related.So, a couple of country homes near my hometown blew up in the past few months. Both were determined by authorities to be caused by natural gas leaks. Locals have determined they were wind turbine related.
What part of Kansas, if you don't mind?
Allen County
Any idea if they store natural gas underground? Years ago there was a series of explosions in Reno County that were determined to be caused by gas stored in underground caverns escaping through "wildcat" wells that were drilled in the early 20th century but never recorded.
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I’m pretty sure stevedave made that up.If they have natural gas, then they have a well on the property. Otherwise, they’d have propane. My dad told me they were natural gas related.So, a couple of country homes near my hometown blew up in the past few months. Both were determined by authorities to be caused by natural gas leaks. Locals have determined they were wind turbine related.
What part of Kansas, if you don't mind?
Allen County
Any idea if they store natural gas underground? Years ago there was a series of explosions in Reno County that were determined to be caused by gas stored in underground caverns escaping through "wildcat" wells that were drilled in the early 20th century but never recorded.
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I'm talking about something else. Stevedave seemed to understand.
the only way to make money in the farm game today is to farm mafia your ass off. I joke about it, but it's definitely irl.
I irl was guessing but I’m also irl farm AF so not surprised I nailed it. I’ve seen baby calf’s attempted to be pulled with modern stretchers....and a chain and a pickup. Mixed results.
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SD is right on the gas storage.Quotethe only way to make money in the farm game today is to farm mafia your ass off. I joke about it, but it's definitely irl.
I'd be a capo
SD is right on the gas storage.Quotethe only way to make money in the farm game today is to farm mafia your ass off. I joke about it, but it's definitely irl.
I'd be a capo
Reminds me of the time we first inherited my grandparents farm and I was running through the numbers with my dad and asked him "How does anyone make any money farming"? And his MAGA ass answered "The government".
Now we have some wind farm mafia money to go with our government money but you know who just happened to a bagillion wind mills placed directly on his land? This guy whose relative was a former senator from KS. (also we are like 3rd cousins)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-family-farm-bulks-up-1508781895
COLBY, Kan.—Lon Frahm may represent the future of farming. Inside a two-story office building overshadowed by 80-foot steel grain bins, he points to a map showing the patchwork of square and circular fields that make up his operation. It covers nearly 10% of the county’s cropland, and when he climbs into his Cessna Skylane to check crops from the air, he can fly 30 miles before reaching the end of his land. At 30,600 acres, his farm is among the country’s vastest, and it yields enough corn and wheat each year to fill 4,500 semitrailer trucks.
Big operations like Mr. Frahm’s, which he has spent decades building, are prospering despite the deepest farm slump since the 1980s. Years of low prices for corn, wheat and other commodities brought on by a glut of grain world-wide are driving smaller American farmers out of business.
Farms with $1 million or more in annual sales—only 4% of the total—now produce two-thirds of the country’s agricultural output, the largest portion since the U.S. Agriculture Department’s census began tracking the statistic in the ’80s.
The shift means food production is being increasingly handled by larger farms, which can be more financially secure. It also fuels a cycle in which size begets size, further transforming the rural economy. Smaller-scale farmers struggle to expand their operations to become profitable. Work becomes more scarce. Farm-supply retailers and grain companies are pressured, since larger farms use their size to wrangle better deals.
Owners say the big operations—which are still almost entirely run by private farmers and not companies—use machinery and technology more efficiently, get better prices on bulk supplies and manage to keep more of the profits by cutting out middlemen.
Inside an Immense Farm Operation in Kansas
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Inside an Immense Farm Operation in Kansas
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Lon Frahm’s 30,600-acre farm in Colby, Kan., offers a look at the future of farming in the U.S.: in ?huge quantities, using the latest technology and ?fewer people. Photo: Nick Cote for The Wall Street Journal. Video: Madeline Marshall/WSJ
Mr. Frahm, 59 years old, said decisions on his farm are driven by the constant analysis of efficiency and scale—cents per pound or units per acre. “I’m always interested in, how big is too big, how far can this thing go?” he said, clad in bluejeans and a Pioneer seeds ball cap. In more than three decades of running his farm, through droughts and commodity-market swings, he said he had only one losing year.
Mr. Frahm estimated that farms of his size can produce $10 million to $15 million worth of grain in a good year. With that amount of production, well-managed farms can reap $1 million to $3 million in profit, even in times of low crop prices, he said.
A typical smaller farm selling just $500,000 worth of grain annually has over the past three years generated a 5% profit margin, or about $25,000, said Mark Wood, a Colby-based agricultural economist for the Kansas Farm Management Association.
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More U.S. farms are becoming giant operations.
Number of farms, by agricultural sales
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Mr. Frahm said his farm provides steady, well-paying jobs and helps fund Colby’s hospital and community college. But he has stepped in at the last moment to place the winning bid at land auctions, and he knows that rankles other farmers. Some landowners see him as more of a corporate manager than a grower and have avoided renting their fields to him, looking instead for smaller farmers, he said. “I run into that resentment—‘haven’t you got enough by now?’ ” he said.
Mr. Frahm’s family settled and began farming near Colby, which now has a population of 5,419, in the 1880s. In 1986, after a heart attack killed his father, Mr. Frahm took over the family’s 5,600 acres. The farm was large but not unheard-of in Kansas at that time.
He said he looked for opportunities to expand, persuading relatives to lease him fields and plowing profits from good years into buying land. In 2013 he negotiated his biggest-ever expansion, adding 7,000 acres when an uncle retired, boosting his total land by nearly one-third. This spring, Mr. Frahm rented another 480 acres, and he said he is negotiating this fall to buy more.
The corn harvest at Mr. Frahm's farm in Colby this month. Workers take a dinner break, and Robert Turkington jumps down from the cab of a combine.
Rural demographics are moving in Mr. Frahm’s favor. The average age of a U.S. farmer is 58. Younger people are moving away, and over time more fields wind up owned by heirs in towns or cities hundreds of miles away.
In Kansas’ Thomas County, where agricultural economists estimate that more than half the land now is absentee-owned, Mr. Frahm can make an attractive tenant. Some landlords have approached him to rent their fields, knowing he has a good reputation for making lease payments and maintaining the land.
That makes it tough for farmers like Michael Juenemann. He grew up on a family farm near Colby, but his parents’ 160 acres don’t produce enough crops to support the two of them, let alone Mr. Juenemann and his own family. For the past five years Mr. Juenemann, 29, has been renting small parcels of land to farm himself, borrowing machinery and rolling out of bed to bale his own hay in the dark.
To make ends meet he works for other farmers, and said the hours mean he missed much of his son’s first years. Still, he said, “for as long as I can remember, it’s been what I wanted to do.”
Mr. Juenemann needs more land if he is to farm full time for himself. But buying enough acres requires a down payment he can’t afford.
Michael Juenemann is a small farmer in Colby. He puts in long hours on his own land, but his acreage isn't enough to support his family, so he also works for other farmers.
This spring, a few good fields became available for rent just up the road from his in-laws’ farm—but Mr. Juenemann only found out after Mr. Frahm began farming them.
“That’s aggravating—opportunities like that where I could get some more land, but [landowners] will go directly to the big guys,” said Mr. Juenemann, adding he doesn’t blame Mr. Frahm.
Many large farmers pay cash on leases, versus the crop-sharing deals that smaller farmers have often used and which add risk for the landowner. Some large farmers provide more comprehensive data on how the property is cared for and used. Mr. Frahm offers a mobile app that shows his landowners how much moisture their fields are getting.
Three-quarters of America’s farmed cropland is controlled by 12% of farms, USDA data show. The number of million-dollar-plus revenue farms more than doubled between 1992 and 2015, while the ranks of smaller farms, with revenue between $350,000 and $999,999, fell by 5%, as farmers get older and have a hard time making consistent profits. USDA researchers, in a December report, said consolidation is likely to continue.
An average farm household in the Colby area needs income of at least $50,000 annually to get by, said Mr. Wood, the agricultural economist, which has become harder to generate from a smaller farm. “The big guys can cover their costs and have money left over to grow,” Mr. Wood said. Smaller farms, he said, “are going to struggle.”
Mr. Frahm flies a Cessna to check his fields from the air. He can fly 30 miles before reaching the end of his land.
Bill Miller, 65, who farms about 10,000 acres around Colby, has absorbed other farms from neighbors who retired or moved on. He said the younger generation will have a hard time growing big enough to compete with large, entrenched farms. “If you don’t have family in it, you’re probably not going to get into it, because of the expense” of acquiring land, he said.
The local school district has lost more than one-fourth of its students over the past 20 years, he said. “The young people are moving away, because the farmers need less help,” Mr. Miller said. The big machinery and technology used on large farms—such as remote sensors for irrigation systems—mean fewer workers are needed.
About 20 miles away, Bill Dible has raised crops near Rexford, Kan.—which has a population of about 230—for more than half a century. For many years, he bought groceries at the town’s supermarkets, sipped coffee at its cafes and shot pool at its billiards halls. As farms and related companies consolidated, nearly all those businesses have closed.
“This mega farmer deal, it’s killing all the communities,” said Mr. Dible, 84. “They make it tough on other people.”
Many businesses have closed in Rexford, Kan., a town of 230 not far from Colby.
At Colby’s Farm Credit of Western Kansas, chief credit officer Mark Winger said the bank over the past decade has reduced the number of loan officers that deal with farmers. As large farms absorb smaller ones, he said, that leaves fewer farmers to finance, and more concentration of risk in larger loans.
Some area farm-supply retailers, which sell seed and chemicals, have trimmed head count. Local grain companies, such as Winona Feed and Grain and Rexford Grain, which buy grain from farmers and sell it on to exporters, livestock operations and ethanol plants, have been absorbed by larger regional players, including Frontier Ag Inc. Large farmers often seek to buy chemicals and materials from suppliers with direct links to manufacturers, and increasingly handle grain storage and sales themselves.
Farmer-owned cooperatives, which handle grain and supplies and share profits among member-owners, are working to adjust.
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The Transformation of the American Farm, in 18 Charts
Jeff Kahle, who grew up near Colby and now manages eight regional facilities under farm cooperative company CHS Inc., has watched area farms consolidate.
Two decades ago, around the time Mr. Kahle started working at the co-op, it wasn’t uncommon for 120 farmers to turn up at a planting seminar hosted by Kansas State researchers. These days, he figures 20 farmers might show up, even though they still represent the same number of acres. As a result, he said his operation has shed about one-fifth of its staff over the past 10 years.
“The larger [the big farms] get, the more difficult they are to do business with on a retail level,” Mr. Kahle said. Over time he said he aims to provide more advisory and technology services to farmers.
Mr. Frahm said he largely stopped dealing with local co-ops around 15 years ago, when he started finding better prices by scouring the internet for deals on seed and chemicals. Now he orders seed and pesticides by the truckload.
Mr. Frahm holds an ear of corn recently picked for inspection.
When it comes to selling crops, he prefers dealing with brokers that match up his crops with area feedlots and ethanol plants, which can fetch him higher prices. He stores nearly all his grain in his own bins and runs his own loading station, saving on transport costs and giving him more flexibility on when to sell based on grain prices.
Cooperatives are becoming “just a place to drink coffee,” Mr. Frahm said. “They can’t change quickly enough to keep up with competition that can turn on a dime.”
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The largest U.S. farms are growing in number and size, and commanding more of the country's food production, while smaller farms shrink.
Number of farms, by size of farm
Percentage of acres harvested, by size of farm
1,000–1,999 acres
1,000–1,999 acres
500–999 acres
500–999 acres
2,000 or more acres
2,000 or more acres
%
50
250,000
40
200,000
30
150,000
20
100,000
10
50,000
0
0
’92
’97
’78
’87
1974
’12
’07
’82
2002
’87
’92
’97
2002
’07
’12
1982
Percentage of market of agricultural
products sold by farms with revenue
of $1 million or more
Midpoint farm size*
80
%
acres
1,200
60
900
40
600
20
300
0
0
2002
’97
’07
’92
1987
’12
’07
’87
’92
2002
’97
’12
1982
*Harvested cropland
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Mr. Frahm, who holds three degrees in business and agricultural economics, said his operation thrives by pushing efficiency at every turn.
His nine-person team totes tablet computers that control sprinkler systems miles away, switching them off when sensors report adequate moisture. When his tractors are rolling, automated systems monitor the number and type of seeds being sown in each row, to maximize planting on fertile ground and avoid wasting seed on poor soil.
The equipment beams the data to remote servers, where Mr. Frahm and his team analyze it to determine how machinery can be run more efficiently, or where they can spray fewer chemicals. This year Mr. Frahm has been testing automated insect traps that deliver updates on the number and type of bugs killed to help time pesticide spraying.
Mr. Frahm, in plaid shirt, with his workers at the farm office as they prepare for the day. They use tablet computers and other technology to monitor processes such as irrigation, seed distribution and pesticide use.
Mr. Frahm acknowledges big farms have brought changes to the community. But he sees his operation as an economic engine for Colby. His employees hold year-round, salaried positions with health care and four weeks of vacation. His longest-tenured employee started working for Mr. Frahm’s father on the farm 43 years ago.
He brings them on ocean cruises as bonuses and outfits them with matching white Ford pickups for work. He said he gives each one $1,000 each year to donate to charity. “These jobs offer a higher quality of life than if you were out trying to [farm] on your own,” he said.
The farmer’s Colby office is outfitted with flat-screen TVs and a grand piano where he sometimes plinks out jazz standards. Before Mr. Frahm bought the building, it housed the bank that lent him money. He owns a sprawling house on the town’s edge, and vacation houses in Denver and Arizona and a cabin on a nearby lake.
Wheeling his own white Ford truck around Colby, where rows of corn march up to the edge of the town’s main thoroughfare, Mr. Frahm notes the farm’s sponsorship of the annual county fair, and support for the historical society and public radio station.
Mr. Frahm said he has no heirs, and after he dies he plans to have a foundation own his property, with the goal of maintaining jobs for his employees and funding his community charities.
“There’s a reason behind continuing to accumulate,” Mr. Frahm said. “My main concern is that everything carries on.”
I'm headed back to the big city on sunday for at least one week (maybe more). My brother is currently unemployed and will probably stay out here all summer and I will probably go back and forth until I can no longer work from home.
Here are some random thoughts/notes that have not warranted a whole post.
1. Hot/Electric fences, most are pud but I recently brushed against the one by the butler building that has power sockets that power the whole fence and OMG it was alot stronger.
2. I bought a 2016 rav4 with AWD last year but it is definitely not a full time farm vehicle.
2A- I drove it through the windbreaks and the dam cedar tree's kind of scratched the paint on one side (barely noticeable)
2B- I typically take a cruise through the pasture in the evening after WFH and I ran over a tree limb buried in grass that knocked loose a plastic cover that protects the exhaust. (It started dragging but I managed to put it back in place)
2C- We moved alot of dead limbs next to the road to throw in the burn pit and one time when I was pulling out of the driveway and looking at my phone I hit a limb and did some minor cosmetic damage to my front right bumper.
2D- Yesterday I had the low tire pressure light come on and my back right tire may have a metal spike embedded in it. Fun times.
3. When I realized how much my vehicle was getting F'd up driving around the farm I started looking at used polaris etc on craigslist and holy crap these things are about as expensive as a toyota corolla. I think we will just stick with our 1993 EZ GO golf cart my brother got for free.
I bet a Rav 4 would be pretty good for just driving around a farm. I knew a farmer who used a Suzuki Sidekick to check cattle because it was super light and had 4WD. obviously you can't pull a trailer or hay or anything but pretty good for just cruisin
Suzuki Samari is another option. #1 had one for a while. Pretty much a road legal ATV.
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My dad has a huge diesel dodge farm truck, two 4-wheelers, a deere gator, and a golf cart all to cruise his 80 or whatever hobby acres. Seems like overkill.
I'm going to suggest a samari, that looks awesome.
Suzuki Samari is another option. #1 had one for a while. Pretty much a road legal ATV.
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Suzuki Samari is another option. #1 had one for a while. Pretty much a road legal ATV.
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I've spent way to much time today looking at suzuki's for sale, had no idea these things existed until today. They appear to be popular "beach" vehicles as most of the ones for sale are in California.
Piece of a hay rake
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You are pretty good at this.
Suzuki Samari is another option. #1 had one for a while. Pretty much a road legal ATV.
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I've spent way to much time today looking at suzuki's for sale, had no idea these things existed until today. They appear to be popular "beach" vehicles as most of the ones for sale are in California.
I'm glad I inspired this
Today's random mystery farm tool...
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Tom,
What if I told you I had multiple buildings (half falling down) full of old timey farm tools. Would you like it if I took pictures of these old timey tools and we could have a contest on who could identify the tools/implements?
Benji
I can't take credit for these strong AF beads, but couisn welded hooks on the skid steer a couple of weeks ago. I tend to push the limit of where I think I can go. These held up nicely when he pulled me out of a ravine, and a mud hole.
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What chemicals are in these yellow/black tanks I have been seeing lately, no markers on them so I'm guessing they are not hazardous?Those are fertilizer tanks. Is that a Zubaz grain bin?
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Pro tip: Don't try to pet the badgerI defer to slackcat here, but really appreciate the offer Benji. I got more stuff then I can get done. As long as slackcat posts vid of them running he is probably the better option.
If Tom declines your offer of the engines, send me a message. I'd be interested in one or both. I like working on engines.
We actually have 2 sets of this clock photo thing so I get my own.We have an aerial photo of the farm from the 90's that is framed in a clock piece where the clock hands are part of a windmill. (Its at the house in KC so no picture)
I did take this aerial picture on the way to vegas last fall. Windbreak/buildings are in top right corner of our section which goes back just past the "creek". My aunt owns the 1/2 section that is adjacent with the green circle.
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Many of the photos itt prompted my aerial photo inquiry
Pro tip: Don't try to pet the badgerI defer to slackcat here, but really appreciate the offer Benji. I got more stuff then I can get done. As long as slackcat posts vid of them running he is probably the better option.
If Tom declines your offer of the engines, send me a message. I'd be interested in one or both. I like working on engines.
We can still go fishing!
Tom
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Nice cat ranchPro tip: Don't try to pet the badgerI defer to slackcat here, but really appreciate the offer Benji. I got more stuff then I can get done. As long as slackcat posts vid of them running he is probably the better option.
If Tom declines your offer of the engines, send me a message. I'd be interested in one or both. I like working on engines.
We can still go fishing!
Tom
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Thanks Tom. If it's OK with the ben ji clan.
Another thing as dad does when he buys a new ford truck is torch off the spare tire holder thing and throw the spare in the back.I'll bet SD Dad used to cut the catalytic converters off of new vehicles too before it started messing up the computers.
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iirc the Calvary was from Ft. Dodge which is near Dodge City and they came in and wiped every Cheyenne out. Not advertised on the sign. I’m probably not being historically accurate here but from my memory as a kid being told about it anyway.
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I had like third cousins that drove a covered wagon in the Peace Treaty back in the day. I think I went once or twice and didn't quite get it. I'd IRL like to watch it again now that I know a little about historyMy grandparents took me a couple times. It sucked crap for sure but that’s not my jam obviously.
I remember a giant dirt hill everyone sat on to watchYep. It seemed like a shitload of covered wagons because we always had to guess which wagon the cousins were on
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crap, googled it and I wasn’t even rough ridin' close. Lmao. Cavalry. Wacky, get in here and help me please!
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Mo Syn Lutheran, just suck crap at spelling
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Folks, hold onto your asses for cow farm photography.Looks like a farm show special. Probably built by some guy in Iowa
check this badass basically homemade UTV thing my dad purchased on a whim a couple years ago. lmao.
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Arizona but 118 followers on InstagramFolks, hold onto your asses for cow farm photography.Looks like a farm show special. Probably built by some guy in Iowa
check this badass basically homemade UTV thing my dad purchased on a whim a couple years ago. lmao.
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I drove this hog around a bit today :gocho:Lol is that a cattle checking motorcycle?
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I drove this hog around a bit today :gocho:
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I have no idea what it’s purpose is but my dad is a hardcore addict of buying stupid crap like this.I drove this hog around a bit today :gocho:Lol is that a cattle checking motorcycle?
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Your cow farm is an island of misfit farm toys
Old timey “tack” room. We haven’t owned a horse for like a decade. There was a brown recluse the size of my hand by the door and I freaked out.
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I can smell those pictures of the tack room.Old horse sweat and molasses.
Also from the tack room check out the names of our last horses. Nute and Toad are about the perfect horse names.
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Folks, hold onto your asses for cow farm photography.
check this badass basically homemade UTV thing my dad purchased on a whim a couple years ago. lmao.
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I think the lifespan of a Polaris ranger is like 4 months at our ranch. Here is a pic of a current one driven by a 7 and 3 year old. Note the gravel benji.
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you're sh1tting us, right?Folks, hold onto your asses for cow farm photography.
check this badass basically homemade UTV thing my dad purchased on a whim a couple years ago. lmao.
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Is that KC on the headlights for the Royals or some sort of brand name?
I think the lifespan of a Polaris ranger is like 4 months at our ranch. Here is a pic of a current one driven by a 7 and 3 year old. Note the gravel benji.
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Does this mean the dave family is hanging out at the farm all weekend? (excellent looking gravel too!)
Picture Request#1 - The giant firehose sprinkler that shoots cow poop slurry over your field.
you're sh1tting us, right?Folks, hold onto your asses for cow farm photography.
check this badass basically homemade UTV thing my dad purchased on a whim a couple years ago. lmao.
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Is that KC on the headlights for the Royals or some sort of brand name?
Look at the back of my dads truck, lmao(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200522/bd0186b0e42bc285811f5206df5d4630.jpg)Back seat of truck above, lmao
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I think the lifespan of a Polaris ranger is like 4 months at our ranch. Here is a pic of a current one driven by a 7 and 3 year old. Note the gravel benji.
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Does this mean the dave family is hanging out at the farm all weekend? (excellent looking gravel too!)
Picture Request#1 - The giant firehose sprinkler that shoots cow poop slurry over your field.
Also, why is your entire windbreak made up of deciduous tree's (instead of cedars)and how are those tree's still alive?
It looks like a freaking forest.
Look at the back of my dads truck, lmao(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200522/bd0186b0e42bc285811f5206df5d4630.jpg)Back seat of truck above, lmao
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Look at the back of my dads truck, lmao(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200522/bd0186b0e42bc285811f5206df5d4630.jpg)Back seat of truck above, lmao
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at least he has his armorall wipes to clean it right up
Love the electric fence to keep the cats off the car. What is your current cat count on the SD Ranch?Like 3 cats and 8 raccoons (non domesticated raccoons)
I have received an invitation to the hobby farm this weekend :Carl:
Was that broadsword ever used for anything or does it have some old timey significance?It’s just a pile of all blades old and new that we’ve gathered from buildings and crap.
Here is what an irl farm shop looks like
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are you guys taking pics of like your secondary shops or what because my god burn some trash and get a broom
are you guys taking pics of like your secondary shops or what because my god burn some trash and get a broom
seriously there are few things more satisfying then having a little oil spill and taking an empty can* of the white stuff and shaking it over the oil and then sweeping it up and having it mostly clean with maybe a tiny bit of stain.
*back when I was a kid my grandpa smoked a pipe so we had empty Sir Walter Raleigh tobacco cans to put nuts and bolts in and pour out the oil sopping up stuff. seriously we had like a million of these cans and then my grandpa had heart surgery when he was like 75 or 80 and just quit cold turkey and now he's kickin' in his 90's
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Name the snake species. About 7 ft long. Aggressive AF.
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This is a Keep Cats Off The Nice Vehicles electric fence (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200522/a2b2758bfbd9033eb477e1d59f28a9b7.jpg)Asked my dad where he got this thing and he said he just built it. So maybe a billion dollar product?
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Name the snake species. About 7 ft long. Aggressive AF.
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Bull snake or whip? snake
I mean we definitely collected all the used oil into a barrel that I'm assuming for taken somewhere responsibly but also we dumped the pure trash that wouldn't burn next to a creek that eventually found its way to the Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexicoseriously there are few things more satisfying then having a little oil spill and taking an empty can* of the white stuff and shaking it over the oil and then sweeping it up and having it mostly clean with maybe a tiny bit of stain.
*back when I was a kid my grandpa smoked a pipe so we had empty Sir Walter Raleigh tobacco cans to put nuts and bolts in and pour out the oil sopping up stuff. seriously we had like a million of these cans and then my grandpa had heart surgery when he was like 75 or 80 and just quit cold turkey and now he's kickin' in his 90's
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When my brother changed the oil on the riding lawnmower and golf cart he asked my dad what to do with the oil and my dad was just like "Drain it on the gravel or whatever" :Wha:
He ended up catching it in a cat food pan and throwing it on top of trash in the incinerator so I guess we were being environmentally responsible?
I mean we definitely collected all the used oil into a barrel that I'm assuming for taken somewhere responsibly but also we dumped the pure trash that wouldn't burn next to a creek that eventually found its way to the Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexicoseriously there are few things more satisfying then having a little oil spill and taking an empty can* of the white stuff and shaking it over the oil and then sweeping it up and having it mostly clean with maybe a tiny bit of stain.
*back when I was a kid my grandpa smoked a pipe so we had empty Sir Walter Raleigh tobacco cans to put nuts and bolts in and pour out the oil sopping up stuff. seriously we had like a million of these cans and then my grandpa had heart surgery when he was like 75 or 80 and just quit cold turkey and now he's kickin' in his 90's
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When my brother changed the oil on the riding lawnmower and golf cart he asked my dad what to do with the oil and my dad was just like "Drain it on the gravel or whatever" :Wha:
He ended up catching it in a cat food pan and throwing it on top of trash in the incinerator so I guess we were being environmentally responsible?
Are all of these old abandoned buildings on the SD Ranch? It's an impressive collection if so.Wouldn't it be more fun to burn them while they're still standing?
I asked my dad what he was going to do with the old barns that are falling down at the cat ranch and his reply was "Wait for it to fall down then set it on fire"
Cow food delivery unit. The food dumps out of that side thing right into their bowl.Antenna and roller to keep the front corner of the truck out of the concrete bunk aka food bowl. This is a professional operation.
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Are all of these old abandoned buildings on the SD Ranch? It's an impressive collection if so.
I asked my dad what he was going to do with the old barns that are falling down at the cat ranch and his reply was "Wait for it to fall down then set it on fire"
Pictures of the cow poop sprinkler system next please.Update on this. It now feeds directly into the center pivot system. Asked my dad last night specifically to answer to this.
pics of cows, please.I’ll get some more if I head out again.
Are all of these old abandoned buildings on the SD Ranch? It's an impressive collection if so.
Yes, that’s like 1/10 of them. We’ve got old houses and crap everywhere.
This sounds amazing, center pivot sprinkling cow poop slurry?!? I assume you cant water within X amount of days before harvest to let the cow poop dissipate?Pictures of the cow poop sprinkler system next please.Update on this. It now feeds directly into the center pivot system. Asked my dad last night specifically to answer to this.
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You don’t water near harvest but I doubt anyone would say anythingThis sounds amazing, center pivot sprinkling cow poop slurry?!? I assume you cant water within X amount of days before harvest to let the cow poop dissipate?Pictures of the cow poop sprinkler system next please.Update on this. It now feeds directly into the center pivot system. Asked my dad last night specifically to answer to this.
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How many handyman jacks do you need? Well, at least nine.I asked my dad about them and he said they suck crap and are good for parts for other ones because they bend and break all the time so these are just “parts” handyman jacks. lmao.
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*back when I was a kid my grandpa smoked a pipe so we had empty Sir Walter Raleigh tobacco cans to put nuts and bolts in and pour out the oil sopping up stuff. seriously we had like a million of these cans and then my grandpa had heart surgery when he was like 75 or 80 and just quit cold turkey and now he's kickin' in his 90's
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Name the snake species. About 7 ft long. Aggressive AF.
the only reason I found that song was because my second favorite turnpike troubadours song was on the same playlistWhat’s your favorite Turnpike song? 7 & 7 or Unrung?
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What a great idea. My grandpa had a Lincoln Continental and holy crap did that leather smell good. The place I got the image from sells it!*back when I was a kid my grandpa smoked a pipe so we had empty Sir Walter Raleigh tobacco cans to put nuts and bolts in and pour out the oil sopping up stuff. seriously we had like a million of these cans and then my grandpa had heart surgery when he was like 75 or 80 and just quit cold turkey and now he's kickin' in his 90's
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my grandfather had at least nine million of them and it's (the innards) the best smell in the world. if i knew where to buy these things, i'd buy a few cans to set around the house like potpourri.
the only reason I found that song was because my second favorite turnpike troubadours song was on the same playlistWhat’s your favorite Turnpike song? 7 & 7 or Unrung?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5roWA6yRwU
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Pro tip: Labs are the best dogs.the only reason I found that song was because my second favorite turnpike troubadours song was on the same playlistWhat’s your favorite Turnpike song? 7 & 7 or Unrung?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5roWA6yRwU
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Both good songs but my favorite is Bird hunters. 100% of the reason I got a pointer instead of a lab for bird hunting. It was dumb and now I have a little terrorist.
i have v low tractor iq but that thing looks soviet afLate 80s-early 90s Gleaner. They were pieces of crap.
:jerk:i have v low tractor iq but that thing looks soviet afLate 80s-early 90s Gleaner. They were pieces of crap.
:jerk:i have v low tractor iq but that thing looks soviet afLate 80s-early 90s Gleaner. They were pieces of crap.
My grandpa would fight you right now if he were alive.
:jerk:i have v low tractor iq but that thing looks soviet afLate 80s-early 90s Gleaner. They were pieces of crap.
My grandpa would fight you right now if he were alive.
Gleaner accident?
Folks
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Farmers have always helped their neighbors when needed and now some are putting acres towards helping out their communities after seeing long lines outside local food pantries and empty shelves at the stores as a result of the pandemic.
There is a small but growing movement including several large row croppers who are not only bridging the huge gap between themselves and consumers but also trying to do some extra good by donating produce that is harvested from their "Milpa acres".
Definition of Milpa Acres: A milpa is a field in which farmers plant a dozen crops at once including corn, avocados, multiple varieties of squash and bean, melon, tomatoes, chilis, sweet potato, etc. Milpa crops are nutritionally and environmentally complementary. Corn lacks the amino acids, lysine, and tryptophan which the body needs to make proteins and niacin, but the beans have both lysine and tryptophan. The Squashes, for their part, provide an array of vitamins; avocados, fats, etc. The milpa, in the estimation of H. Garrison Wilkes, a corn researcher at the University of Massachusetts in Boston, "is one of the most successful human inventions ever created."
Tom Cannon, who operates 10,000 acres of crops and cattle near Blackwell, Oklahoma, was already getting hit hard from the trade war battles, then the effects of COVID-19 on the food supply chain led him to make the move to Milpa and help out those needing a meal. I found one of his comments interesting, where he mentioned that even farmers are dependent on our fragile food system and a lot of them are only four days away from hunger, not something we often think about. As a result, Cannon decided to start growing a variety of fruits and vegetables for local consumption. It’s the perfect way for a commodity farmer to grow produce without changing farming practices. I'm told you can just load the drill with 50 plus species and don’t ever have to go back until it is time to harvest, which most times you don't even do yourself.
From what I understand, most of these Milpa plots not only put food on the grower's plates but most of the 4,000 plus pounds of produce each acre delivers get donated to local community groups like food banks, youth groups, and churches. All they have to do is agree to do the harvesting. When that's finished, the rest serves as green manure for the field. Keep in mind, so far most of the growers who are stepping up are also committed regenerative farmers who are already on board with the benefits beyond the ease of planting which include crowding out weeds, encouraging beneficial insects, and increasing soil moisture retention.
We read an article the other day in Successful Farming that told about Sedgwick, Kansas, farmer Ryan Speer and his wife, Jennifer, who have planted a Milpa Gardens for three years. The Speers have harvested tons of produce, giving it not only to the Food and Farm Council, but to the Salvation Army, women’s shelters, and employees of the Newton, Kansas, hospital where Jennifer works. They pick three times a week, two hours per night harvesting, putting the food in laundry baskets, filling five to six laundry baskets full of vegetables every few days. The Speers grow a few rows of sweet corn separately in a cornfield, and add those ears to the baskets, while Jennifer provides recipes on how to fix meals with these vegetables. Read their full story HERE.
Some growers may not like a field that doesn't have straight rows but for the locals, it adds a new experience to acquiring your food as it's more of a scavenger hunt, where you have to navigate through the cover, never exactly knowing when you're going to run across that watermelon you crave. Cannon says one of the greatest joys he receives is the sounds of delight that come from his fields, as children and adults finally happen upon what they are looking for. It seems like harvesting a Milpa unleashes the inner forager in everyone.
Over the past three years, Milpa mix has been slowly gaining popularity and according to Keith Berns, co-owner of Green Cover Seed in Bladen, Nebraska, who helped formulate the first seed mixes, the number of orders suddenly doubled this spring. Berns who currently is donating a free acre of seed to anyone who commits to donating the harvest, is also thinking much bigger. With 200 million acres planted with corn, soy, and wheat in the U.S., Berns says if every producer just dedicated a fractional percentage of their land to a Milpa garden, it could result in a massive increase in national vegetable production. Keep in mind, farming regions across the U.S. may be growing plenty of crops, but rural communities have long had limited access to nutrient-rich fresh food, and this could be a great win-win. Something to think about and consider if you are looking for ways to help your community. (Source: CivilEats, KansasRuralCenter; SuccessfulFarming)
This from a consultant I follow on LinkedIn. Maybe needs to be in garden thread, but I am going to research this for next spring.
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DAMNIT! We’ve got no covered place to store our alfalfa bales! What if we were to PAY some guy who lives miles away to store them there and when we need them we drive our asses all the way over there and get some and drive back here! Holy crap.....are you sure you aren’t some farm genius? Yes, I actually am irl.
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Does the pasture have good fence? What kind of grass?
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Your big farm neighbors have more equipment then barns? Rent it to store equipment. Farmers love to note their 2012 Case IH Axial Flow combine was stored in a shed when its time to sell it.
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Ben ji, you have incred farm instincts.
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i hope your family decides not to tear up that pasture.
i hope your family decides not to tear up that pasture.
sys, we are suitcase farmers. Only planning on breaking out around 1/4 of the pasture that is flat and has good soil.
2019 Avg rental rate for pasture in Thomas County - $18 per acre
2019 Avg rental rate for non irrigated cropland in Thomas County - $57
If it makes you feel any better my dad planted a bunch of clover all around the windbreaks/old pens for his bee's. :dunno:
If he really wants to farm, put some cows of his own out there. If he wants sentimental value and something that connects with his sons, keep it as a golf course/cat ranch.
Might be too much work thoughIf he really wants to farm, put some cows of his own out there. If he wants sentimental value and something that connects with his sons, keep it as a golf course/cat ranch.
the family would get pretty attached to some cows, i bet.
i hope your family decides not to tear up that pasture.
sys, we are suitcase farmers. Only planning on breaking out around 1/4 of the pasture that is flat and has good soil.
2019 Avg rental rate for pasture in Thomas County - $18 per acre
2019 Avg rental rate for non irrigated cropland in Thomas County - $57
If it makes you feel any better my dad planted a bunch of clover all around the windbreaks/old pens for his bee's. :dunno:
Somebody on here got some CRP knowledge? Enroll that grass in a program and let USDA pay dad to NOT farm it. Is it hunting worthy with the wind breaks? Probably get a little check from state as WIHA.
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I'm very happy he was able to find white mama with the trail cam. I can only imagine the stress he would be under if he had to go a couple of days without confirming lil's mama was still alive.
Email was titled "White mama and kitten"
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https://www.r-calfusa.com/
Cattlemen group who are not fans of the check off. Butted heads with NCBA in court over it. Proponents of COOL "country of origin labeling"
it may be a baby.
Ran trailer hitch thru my tailgate this weekend. I hate being reminded of what a crappy farmer I would have been. Missed the KState plate holder thankfully.
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You would think that Super Duty Ford would have a backup camera.It does. This happened loading Gator on trailer... didnt have the ball locked down so it popped off and force of Gator on load ramp forced it thru the tail gate.
thanks for giving the raccoons a laugh.Yeah they are just toying with me. Cousin said more evidence of intrusion. Oh well, gets me out of the city/office/house in the fresh air.
what a wonderful picture Tom. ThanksThose flowers are maintained daily by a 91 year old widow still living on the "home place" with her loyal dog Tillie.
Yeah they are just toying with me. Cousin said more evidence of intrusion. Oh well, gets me out of the city/office/house in the fresh air.
Watching this do documentary again it's crazy how little wheat is grown out in Thomas county now.You can grow dry land corn now because of the incredible GMO. Even in completely arid wastelands like Meade. Growing up we’d have circles of corn but dry land was completely ridiculous to consider.
From driving around Thomas county over the last 2 days it's maybe 25% wheat and 75% corn/Milo/silage.
You can grow dry land corn now because of the incredible GMO.
Watching this do documentary again it's crazy how little wheat is grown out in Thomas county now.You can grow dry land corn now because of the incredible GMO. Even in completely arid wastelands like Meade. Growing up we’d have circles of corn but dry land was completely ridiculous to consider.
From driving around Thomas county over the last 2 days it's maybe 25% wheat and 75% corn/Milo/silage.
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Benji !
https://ksu.craigslist.org/cto/d/gardner-1988-suzuki-samurai/7149406767.html
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Family, meet Tasmo !
Born about 10 am. Momma came out late to eat, dragging Tasmo behind (just gave birth, attached yet). Brought momma food, showed her Tasmo, left for day's work. 7 pm checked, Tasmo in same place, attached yet to what came outa momma. Abandoned. Within 1.5 hrs, Tasmo sucked down 6 eyedroppers of warm milk. Had to shut house ac off for Tasmo. Nick name is "Non Stop". You'll understand when you meet him. Mom wanted to name him "NO NO NO".
Tasmo (non stop) is a female I believe. On half n half now. Naps for 3 hrs, then "feed me now" time. Had first cute lil bm (bowel movement).
Benji !
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If you decide to get it, throw some power cats on that SOB chick wagon.
Your dad is so wonderfully caring about his cats.
Yeah, cat populations are self regulating. Tell your dad he is rough ridin' up the balance and there will be repercussions.
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Is the story of no 1 going out the front of the gator in this thread?It is not. I was not present as she was off fishing. Gator left with a perfectly good mirror. Returned with it broke off. Story has changed over time.
Is anyone going to mock Tom's welds or do we just do that for ben ji's brothers welds?We all thought it
Is anyone going to mock Tom's welds or do we just do that for ben ji's brothers welds?We all thought it
We'll be relentless if he blames his wife againIs anyone going to mock Tom's welds or do we just do that for ben ji's brothers welds?We all thought it
I appreciate the validation
I would have just tie-wired the bar to the cage
That is farm AF Tom, nice work
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Back in my metal shop days I could arc a pretty solid bead :cool:
Might not be pretty, but it ain't falling off either.
The herd will be here soon.
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That seems like a different spot imo
What happened to the river
Same spot at the same time of the year in 2020
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is that the same land your dad thinks he should plow up and farm?
lukedave: tell him not to
Nothing to see here. Your standard grain bin. Second steel door, finished inside became where we stored tools, parts, supplies, etc. Even had a trap door with steps and an attic. Dad had it wired for AC he was going to sleep in this during planting/ harvest instead of driving back into town.
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Pretty dece bead tomdad
Scavenging in the pro neighbor sweet corn patch to bring season to close.
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Its all u pick, Katpappy, for friends and neighbors.
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Price chopper has the pallet bins of "Nebraska sweet corn" 5 for $3.
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we never planted sweet corn in my entire life. I think that's a hobby farm activity like 4H and raising pigs/sheep.
Seems like a lot of workI say this as someone whose weekend project is making chicken stock
What is field corn? Is it just garbage corn that humans shouldn't be eating?Yeah it's to feed cows and make ethanol
WIRED: A Crispr Cow Is Born. It’s Definitely a Boy.Interesting article Memphis. So its a competition between growing meat in a lab vs being able to drive all boy beef herds and all girl pigs & chickens.
https://www.wired.com/story/a-crispr-calf-is-born-its-definitely-a-boy
What is field corn? Is it just garbage corn that humans shouldn't be eating?
What is field corn? Is it just garbage corn that humans shouldn't be eating?
I was wondering this too, different types of corn? WTF?
how many ears do you think you can eat?That barely two cans of corn. Meh.
anyone want to try and out cob me?
i will at least eat 9
Are we sure that's not a bobcat?
Opened eyes today - first time. One half open, other maybe a quarter open. Two week birthday today at 10 am. Farm Kitty has been cleaning Tasmos, being a nanny. Today she hopped in the bed box so left them in the royal suite. She mother Tasmos.
Ty for the lil lil update
Nothing to see here. Your standard grain bin. Second steel door, finished inside became where we stored tools, parts, supplies, etc. Even had a trap door with steps and an attic. Dad had it wired for AC he was going to sleep in this during planting/ harvest instead of driving back into town.that is bad ass tom
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Are we sure that's not a bobcat?
That's a small pussy. When you're an old boomer, you take it anyway you can get it. :gocho:
Thats next level cool yoga
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My dad/grandparent’s farm in 1981.
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There's no bathroom in the small house.Was there never one in the small house?
There's no bathroom in the small house.Was there never one in the small house?
Hopefully she had some saw dust next to it
not in 1933 and 1934, there weren't. that's gotta be some grift crap.
not in 1933 and 1934, there weren't. that's gotta be some grift crap.
Maybe they just called coyotes wolfs back then?
Welp, there must be something to what farmers would say back when I was a kid, "there's so poor they ain't got a pot to crap in". :'bye cruel world:
Welp, there must be something to what farmers would say back when I was a kid, "there's so poor they ain't got a pot to crap in". :'bye cruel world:
Yeah it would be stupid not to with that obvious alliteration opportunityWelp, there must be something to what farmers would say back when I was a kid, "there's so poor they ain't got a pot to crap in". :'bye cruel world:
Always heard it as "pot to piss in" myself.
waifish farm kitten that tried to invade my car during lunch.
https://twitter.com/ksusys/status/1288563903761223680
for the smell and other reasons.. https://www.nature-loo.com.au/blog/sawdust-toilets-the-ultimate-guideHopefully she had some saw dust next to it
The chamber pot goes underneath.
Been looking through random old timey farm photos on the Kansas Historical Society website and thought this one had alot going on in it. From 1906
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Love the donkey cart with beer
Honey I will watch the donkey beer cart while you and your sister rope and brand the herd.Been looking through random old timey farm photos on the Kansas Historical Society website and thought this one had alot going on in it. From 1906
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Love the donkey cart with beer
Those women could do it all.
12 year old Tom's dad would whoop my 33 yr old ass 6 ways to Sunday.Dad didn't fit real well in the school desks. One of the other boys would poke him with a ruler. TomDad had enough so he dropped the kid with a blow to the head from his steel lunch pale. Three day suspension, house visit from the district principal, but that was the end of the ruler poking.
not in 1933 and 1934, there weren't. that's gotta be some grift crap.
Maybe they just called coyotes wolfs back then?
looking into it a bit, there seems to be some confusion as to whether the last wolf in kansas* was killed in 1905 or 1939, so i suppose there is a chance there was some wolf predation in 1933 and '34, but yeah, coyote is much more likely.
* confusion that has now been resolved - the actual last wolf in kansas was killed in 2012, a male that wandered down from minnesota.
Man, people were just bored as crap back then
Pro-tip: he does not get outMan, people were just bored as crap back then
I'm probably going to go coyote hunting with my cousin sometime this winter, could of gone with him one time last year but decided to look for more pheasant instead. He used greyhounds back in the day but now he just drives around in harvested fields at dusk until he see's a coyote then gets out and shoots it and sells it to the fur guy that comes around a couple times a year...Sounds fun!
Pro-tip: he does not get outMan, people were just bored as crap back then
I'm probably going to go coyote hunting with my cousin sometime this winter, could of gone with him one time last year but decided to look for more pheasant instead. He used greyhounds back in the day but now he just drives around in harvested fields at dusk until he see's a coyote then gets out and shoots it and sells it to the fur guy that comes around a couple times a year...Sounds fun!
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Spent the majority of my high school summers behind the wheel of a bad boy identical to this one. I was a field cultivating machine.IRL never had the pleasure, but wore the carpet out with the toy version.
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Buds in college swore by MF combines.
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Do farmers love anything more than having someone take an aerial picture of their house/barn? Every farm kid I grew up with had one on the wall.
Do farmers love anything more than having someone take an aerial picture of their house/barn? Every farm kid I grew up with had one on the wall.
Planting Ponderosa Pines as a status symbol.
Dad liked his rocks so much he took them to town with him 30 years ago. Backhoe man said never again. The huge one in the front yard was the fireworks launch pad forever.
He had 3-4 in inventory at the farm if I ever built a house.
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Thoughts on the huge limestone rocks with your last name on it?
tom why do rich people/famers like big rocks so muchMaybe becasue was the first basic building material... rock walls, stone barn/house? Low maintenance yard art that lasts forever?
seems like those would be annoying AF to mow aroundWeed eater and Roundup the first spring cutting you're good to circle it for the summer with no issues.
Make bigger ones.. not toms dads rock size but definitely 3-4 ft tall and a foot or two wideThoughts on the huge limestone rocks with your last name on it?
those rocks are tiny
Thoughts on the huge limestone rocks with your last name on it?
Giant rocks are a construction thing too. If one was dug up you'd have multiple people asking if they could have it.
you don't have big rock envy when you've got the biggest rock in the county
Giant rocks are a construction thing too. If one was dug up you'd have multiple people asking if they could have it.
Remines me of a while back when I had meet with the project construction superintendent to talk over the project. He complained about trucks running over fresh curbs and crushing them. I had seen that they had dug up some huge rocks so I suggested he have his guys put the rocks next to the inside of the curbs. This should make anybody be extra careful when driving around the curbs. He did it and to this day the rocks are still there doing just what they were put there for. If anybody is in Topeka and decide to go to the movies or eat at Red Robin you will see the rocks I'm talking about.
lmao, I know that guy.
EMAW farmer with a hot wife. Of course he is a complete stud.lmao, I know that guy.
Is he a complete stud?
Yeslmao, I know that guy.
Is he a complete stud?
Confirmed studEMAW farmer with a hot wife. Of course he is a complete stud.lmao, I know that guy.
Is he a complete stud?
do people normally irrigate milo or did he do this just so he could plant a chief's logo?
do people normally irrigate milo or did he do this just so he could plant a chief's logo?
Giant rocks are a construction thing too. If one was dug up you'd have multiple people asking if they could have it.
Remines me of a while back when I had meet with the project construction superintendent to talk over the project. He complained about trucks running over fresh curbs and crushing them. I had seen that they had dug up some huge rocks so I suggested he have his guys put the rocks next to the inside of the curbs. This should make anybody be extra careful when driving around the curbs. He did it and to this day the rocks are still there doing just what they were put there for. If anybody is in Topeka and decide to go to the movies or eat at Red Robin you will see the rocks I'm talking about.
https://goo.gl/maps/hPaFXBbGSJnhG7Vv7
These?
I would do a huge purple dong with pubes
I will say that clicking on the tweet and seeing the twitter generated related tweets that are all farm twitter stuff is pretty delightful (aside from the farmer whose wife died)
dammit rocky
https://twitter.com/rockormiston2/status/1289984554900455424?s=20
I'm used to Kansas farmers being closet MAGAs and not "plant an entire quarter section of land in a MAGA ad visible from space" MAGAdammit rocky
https://twitter.com/rockormiston2/status/1289984554900455424?s=20
listen, if I'm going to start cancelling farmers for being MAGA I'm going to have to start a bit closer to home and once I'm done with everyone I'm going to be left with like 7 farmers and they will have originated from PRETTY far down the farmer hierarchy and not know WTF they are doing. Not a bed I'm prepared to sleep in.
Or wait it's that a HALF SECTION? :sdeek:Yes
(really just 80 acres but whatever)
Or wait it's that a HALF SECTION? :sdeek:Yes
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california farmers are maga af too ben
the difference is our maga farmers' land is worth like 30k/acre and no matter how much those crazy fucks love trump, i can't imagine any of them rough ridin' up their yields to paint that love for airplanes.
they do love painting it on random trash for people driving by to see though.
Lil Tazee has wheels - moves right along. Farm Kitty a mama, watches over, gives lots of tongue baths. New mower won't go. Bought it 30 days ago. Ace hdwr calling mfg sending it for repair. Monday call. May need to haul it into Colby. Attended Frahm farm location breakfast 7 am today. Got a tour. Gave me 2 coveted FFI (Frahm Farmland Inc) caps. Finished pasture post installation separating ours from Rita's pasture.
The bigger time farmer put on a breakfast with marketing swag?
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The bigger time farmer put on a breakfast with marketing swag?
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It appears that way
Mom always fed the hired hand(s) lunch. They had to endure talking with me while TomDad did farm biz on the phone.
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this made me think of that guy that played trombone for his cows (I'm sure he's been discussed ITT?)
https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1292490838757572608
I know a farmers wife "influencer". her farmer husband is low/med on the farmer hierarchy.
fun Ronnie Green fact: He's buds with the Gardiner family of Garth Gardiner and Gardiner Angus and being wealthy fame.I kind of knew who Garth was since he interacts with Frank on the tweeter but your comment led me to use the Google machine and find out their top cows sell for like 65k
fun Ronnie Green fact: He's buds with the Gardiner family of Garth Gardiner and Gardiner Angus and being wealthy fame.I kind of knew who Garth was since he interacts with Frank on the tweeter but your comment led me to use the Google machine and find out their top cows sell for like 65k
https://www.ksre.k-state.edu/news/stories/2018/10/Kansas-Profile-Gardiner-Ranch1.html
There is a real life dead cow truck that comes around and picks up all the dead cows and does something with them. You just tell them where they are. We would sometimes have, like, some huge pile of them. Very gross.
Incredible modding SD
Question, if a big momma cow just up and dies in the middle of the pasture nowhere near anything does SD dad bring it to the dead cow pile or just let it rot where it is?There is a real life dead cow truck that comes around and picks up all the dead cows and does something with them. You just tell them where they are. We would sometimes have, like, some huge pile of them. Very gross.
update to this (and maybe already updated this but I just spoke to SD Dad and he mentioned the dead pile getting yuge): now we have TO PAY the dead cow truck to come get them to make them into dog food or whatever. it's a damn racket.
Incredible modding SDYes, great modding. It takes an eagle eye to catch all the high farm IQ threads taking place all over this blog and consolidate them in one place.
Question, if a big momma cow just up and dies in the middle of the pasture nowhere near anything does SD dad bring it to the dead cow pile or just let it rot where it is?There is a real life dead cow truck that comes around and picks up all the dead cows and does something with them. You just tell them where they are. We would sometimes have, like, some huge pile of them. Very gross.
update to this (and maybe already updated this but I just spoke to SD Dad and he mentioned the dead pile getting yuge): now we have TO PAY the dead cow truck to come get them to make them into dog food or whatever. it's a damn racket.
Because I'm pretty sure ben ji's uncles just leaves it where it died.
Creek/grass last yearStill no water in our "Creek" this year :(
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Made a trip to the pastures today.Nice juggalo cows!
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Big shout out to this thread for teaching me about 75% of what I know about farming/cow farming.LOL
This June I asked my dad what my uncle had planted in our field(they don't talk much)....he told me milo because he found some seed bags and sent me the picture of the bag. I googled the brand and it was sorghum for silage/feed bales. Told him that and he said nope, its grain Milo..... Whatever.
A couple of weeks ago I asked him how the Milo (grain) crop was doing....(ben ji's dad) Well he's not growing the milo I thought he was, looks like he's gonna bale this and feed it to his cows.
(ben ji) :gocho:
Random question.Some do, some don't. Depends on if they have the $ or believe it helps the cattle gain/yield.
Do feedlots put down straw/etc into their massive CAFO pens to keep the ground halfway decent or is just straight muck?
Tuesday's weather forecast for the cat ranch.....
High 43 - Low 29 - 60% chance of rain with possibly 1-3 inches of snow tuesday evening :horrorsurprise:
Luckily my parents just left on a 3 week road trip and my dad blew out the lawn sprinkler lines before he left.
Tuesday's weather forecast for the cat ranch.....That crap won’t freeze that easily
High 43 - Low 29 - 60% chance of rain with possibly 1-3 inches of snow tuesday evening :horrorsurprise:
Luckily my parents just left on a 3 week road trip and my dad blew out the lawn sprinkler lines before he left.
glad to see you brought both dogs.
I don’t think that’s a thing still. Never heard of it.
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The business continued into the early 1980's. In those days tractors started coming out with cabs already on them.... camper manufacturers abounded and the economy started to tank. It was a sad day for the town of Meade when Meade Mfg. closed... those 100 jobs were sorely missed.
that logo is nails tho
I don’t think that’s a thing still. Never heard of it.
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Did some digging this morning and old Meade MFG made everything from riding lawn mowers to campers to cabs for tractors.
http://www.oldmeadecounty.com/meade_mfg.htm
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The County Historical Museum at Meade has on display a "Buddy Bike," another invention of George Isaac which was manufactured at Meade Mfg
that shed stresses me out, man
Ben Ji, what is that 2 wheeled thing in front of the open door?If this is what you are asking about it's a small carriage type thing that my uncle's mini ponies used to pull in parades or something like that. I don't think it has been used in years but there are still a couple mini ponies hanging around.
Sometimes our katz suck and you get angry but then you head up to hay bale hill and watch the sun set while you crush brews and blare tunes with your mutts.Back in KC and already missing watching a sunset on hay bale hill.
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TY Ben Ji, I would have never have guessed. Are you thinking about hooking it up to the ponies. It could be more fun than messing with the rice burner.I am afraid of Horses and was terrified of the mini ponies (they sprint up to you!) until my 2nd cousin (25 F) came out one day and called me a panzy and started petting them.
Now I'm just LOL'n again at my dad thinking he could rent out our big barn for people to store hay bales in....like this is how close the barn (white roof) is to all the hay bales but my uncle just leaves them outside on the hill.Sometimes our katz suck and you get angry but then you head up to hay bale hill and watch the sun set while you crush brews and blare tunes with your mutts.Back in KC and already missing watching a sunset on hay bale hill.
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I'm going to ask/offer to pay for my uncle to leave a couple bales on the hill this winter/next year so I can continue to sit on them and blast music while watching sunsets.
Here is a picture looking back at all the hay bales (which are actually like alfalfa or some sort of silage)
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LOL but you can't leave small square bales outside like you can the big round onesI'm pretty sure those small square bales have been in that barn for X years and just slowly get used for something I have no idea about (definitely fewer small square bales now than last year)
Those are round bales that most ppl. leave outside and usually on a hill for drainage. They are mostly weather proof. The barn would be great for small square bales which don't last very long in the weather. Horse ranchers like small bales and may want to rent the barn. You could charge by the bale and have several renters, since I doubt there are horse ppl. that would want to store enough bales to fill that large barn.My very limited understanding of horse people is that you have to be closeish to a major metro area to make money selling square bales used to feed horses.
Those are round bales that most ppl. leave outside and usually on a hill for drainage. They are mostly weather proof. The barn would be great for small square bales which don't last very long in the weather. Horse ranchers like small bales and may want to rent the barn. You could charge by the bale and have several renters, since I doubt there are horse ppl. that would want to store enough bales to fill that large barn.My very limited understanding of horse people is that you have to be closeish to a major metro area to make money selling square bales used to feed horses.
Anyone that has horses in NWKS also probably has enough land to feed their own Horses.
Probably not too many folks with horses tbh and most that do probably have plenty of room for hay storageThose are round bales that most ppl. leave outside and usually on a hill for drainage. They are mostly weather proof. The barn would be great for small square bales which don't last very long in the weather. Horse ranchers like small bales and may want to rent the barn. You could charge by the bale and have several renters, since I doubt there are horse ppl. that would want to store enough bales to fill that large barn.My very limited understanding of horse people is that you have to be closeish to a major metro area to make money selling square bales used to feed horses.
Anyone that has horses in NWKS also probably has enough land to feed their own Horses.
People in NWKS still have to feed hay to their horses in the winter.
LOL but you can't leave small square bales outside like you can the big round ones
yes ridiculously awesomeI don’t think that’s a thing still. Never heard of it.
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Did some digging this morning and old Meade MFG made everything from riding lawn mowers to campers to cabs for tractors.
http://www.oldmeadecounty.com/meade_mfg.htm
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what an adorable goddam lawn mower
https://twitter.com/JordyRNelson/status/1308226264986275840?s=19
Fun Fact: Not only is Jordy Nelson a stud football player and Farmer but he is also a distant cousin of mine from my non WKS side of the family. (Our grandma's were cousins).First thing Jordy needs to post is pix of the beads on that home made hay trailer constructed from I beams and pipe.
I have never met him but if I do I'll make sure to tell him about this thread and encourage him to post here.
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I think i have posted pix of this rock crusher my dad picked up somewhere in the mid 1990s. The quarry helped me move it with their big loader a couple of weekends ago. The old trailer squeaked and cracked when we set that thing down. Broke a board.
My cousin thinks someone might try to steal it. If you can drag that thing off... congrats.
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I want to know more about this beast hauling it
What kind of tunes do you blast while harvesting your 'falfa? It is a silent Zen thing?
No mix tapes? I always figured those tractors (city boy lingo) could play cassette tapes.
Oh yeah the dust... it's funny how I've blocked that out of my mind. The endless dust and dirt everywhere in western Kansas.
Oh yeah the dust... it's funny how I've blocked that out of my mind. The endless dust and dirt everywhere in western Kansas.
It's exhausting. It's legitimately the main thing that makes me shut down my nostalgic thoughts about sometime living there again.
Update on lil TazeeLil Tazee/Tasmos is bigger now, picture from yesterday. Only 2 of her litter mates on the cat ranch are still alive so her being the runt was the golden ticket to all you can eat eggs/milk every day. My dad suspects coyotes.
Happy 6 week birthday to "Lil Tazee" ! This past couple days Tazee has eaten fresh cooked and cut into small pieces chicken and some soft canned cat food. She ate the glass tip of an eye dropper so only a plastic syringe now. She tries arching her back in defense. She enjoys simple play like chewing on your finger. Plays mouse (your hand) under the covers. She has a cute, albeit awkward, run. Farm Kitty always watches, plays with, and bathes Lil Tazee. When hungry she will come to your feet - associates that with getting food. Not much of a cryer, pretty quite, but she let's you know she is hungry. Laying on Farm Kitty's favorite toy - Nemo.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200824/0638b5c66c81a563a38531640d4b1961.jpg)
Same. That and flies.Oh yeah the dust... it's funny how I've blocked that out of my mind. The endless dust and dirt everywhere in western Kansas.
It's exhausting. It's legitimately the main thing that makes me shut down my nostalgic thoughts about sometime living there again.
FolksThat's a lot of trucks sitting at the elevator wanting to unload.
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Mini pony... tell me more as if you were going to sell me one.
Mini pony... tell me more as if you were going to sell me one.
are you worried that people driving by will think you're a makes money farmer and not a hobby farmer? miniature horses can take care of that problem.
Oh yeah the dust... it's funny how I've blocked that out of my mind. The endless dust and dirt everywhere in western Kansas.
It's exhausting. It's legitimately the main thing that makes me shut down my nostalgic thoughts about sometime living there again.
why not try a miniature cow or a meat goat?I dont want to explain to my grand daughter where mini moo or gruff went while we're enjoying holiday dinner.
My Dr did approach me about mini cows. I must admit they are intriguing.My grandfather is rolling in his grave!
https://rurallivingtoday.com/livestock/miniature-cattle-breeds-small-farm/
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Maybe those are a separate breedhttps://www.cuteminicows.com/
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I would go with mini bison.
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My Dr did approach me about mini cows. I must admit they are intriguing.My grandfather is rolling in his grave!
https://rurallivingtoday.com/livestock/miniature-cattle-breeds-small-farm/
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“We spent years! Breeding out the dwarfs!!!”
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I don’t think so.I would go with mini bison.
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Don’t eff with me, that’s really a thing?!
with respect to minicows, what is "dual purpose"? petting and hugging? meat and cheese? milk and fur?Sounds like "dual purpose" is quite an undersell
with respect to minicows, what is "dual purpose"? petting and hugging? meat and cheese? milk and fur?If LHC Bill Snyder owned a dual purpose mini cow would it have a bad shoulder and BSE?
with respect to minicows, what is "dual purpose"? petting and hugging? meat and cheese? milk and fur?If LHC Bill Snyder owned a dual purpose mini cow would it have a bad shoulder and BSE?
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We own a massive number of railroad ties. Why? Well who knows. sd grandfather just knows a deal when he sees one.
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We own a massive number of railroad ties. Why? Well who knows. sd grandfather just knows a deal when he sees one.
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That's sad, praying for lil lil to show back up
That's sad, praying for lil lil to show back up
Thankfully lil lil is mainly a house cat now. My dad will bring her out to the farm when he is there but she comes back everytime.
I appreciate your concern tho.
Maybe some new cats will just show up and colonize the barn again?
I was given the orange one for my bday
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I was given the orange one for my bday
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BenJi, is that rain, oil, or wad stains on the brim of your hat?
Update on the barn upgrade...
Pad poured early August
Partition wall from framed
Tin nailed up this weekend.
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Damn, that building is incred. Put in a hoop and some good lighting would be 15 yo sd’s suggestion.
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None of our sheds have concrete floors.This one didn't for 30 years.
Tom, you have a cow named juggalo?I think Benji dubbed brockel-faced cows "juggalos"
Juggalo cow breeds? WTF is this?
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One last picture of the juggalo cow
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Cows love to stand in their foodMy grandpa refused! Big round bales for years because “they just pull it all out and trample it”
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My HS GFs would always bring me lunch or just come ride around on the tractor. I had a cell phone and they’d call and I’d tell them where to be and pick them up. It was obviously not open cab and stupid like that. We’d spend quality time together and not greese zerks.
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Hey guys, let’s keep the carnal erotic tales out of this rated PG farm thread.
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Hey guys, let’s keep the carnal erotic tales out of this rated PG farm thread.
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Juggalo cover model.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20201110/54ec4dddb3bc9a5f5b1c6ce6b23a1832.jpg)My new goal in life is to get all cows that look like this identified as "Juggalo cows".
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Big Brutus is great.Incredible machine. Staggering the way that the landscape of southeast Kansas was raped and contaminated in the search for coal and other minerals.
Big Brutus is great.Incredible machine. Staggering the way that the landscape of southeast Kansas was raped and contaminated in the search for coal and other minerals.
Yeah. Not really covered at all when you visit the Brutus site. I think one of the mining companies paid for most of the Brutus museum so... There are mountains of contaminated mine tailings in SEK and across the border in Oklahoma. Towns had to be abandoned because of the contamination.Big Brutus is great.Incredible machine. Staggering the way that the landscape of southeast Kansas was raped and contaminated in the search for coal and other minerals.
Yeah I really don't know much about that. They kinda gloss over that subject on site IIRC.
Yeah. Not really covered at all when you visit the Brutus site. I think one of the mining companies paid for most of the Brutus museum so... There are mountains of contaminated mine tailings in SEK and across the border in Oklahoma. Towns had to be abandoned because of the contamination.Big Brutus is great.Incredible machine. Staggering the way that the landscape of southeast Kansas was raped and contaminated in the search for coal and other minerals.
Yeah I really don't know much about that. They kinda gloss over that subject on site IIRC.
Big Brutus is great.Incredible machine. Staggering the way that the landscape of southeast Kansas was raped and contaminated in the search for coal and other minerals.
Juggalo cover model.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20201110/54ec4dddb3bc9a5f5b1c6ce6b23a1832.jpg)My new goal in life is to get all cows that look like this identified as "Juggalo cows".
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Unfortunately I doubt there is much crossover between Juggalo's and ranchers
Also when we inherited the homestead my cousin was living in the upstairs part time so he put his bed in the unfinished basement. He pee's in a gallon jug down there and sprinkles it around the homestead to "Mark his territory so the coyotes dont eat the cats"
Here he is sprinkling his urine to keep the yotes away.
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why whatsapp? do you have family overseas or something?Yes
https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2020/11/20/this-2-acre-vertical-farm-out-produces-750-acre-flat-farms/?sh=6d2ac12a7a57This technology fascinates me 'clams. I wonder if all the 80 ft empty silos across farm country could be repurposed to grow anything?
it’s very interesting and only a matter of time until it becomes more mainstreamhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2020/11/20/this-2-acre-vertical-farm-out-produces-750-acre-flat-farms/?sh=6d2ac12a7a57This technology fascinates me 'clams. I wonder if all the 80 ft empty silos across farm country could be repurposed to grow anything?
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https://twitter.com/TheOnion/status/1330696326867247104?s=19love the expression on that calf's face.
Reading the comments under mountain lion facebook posts always crack me up. Everyone has a "sighting"
I'm about 68% sure I just spooked a mt lion while pheasant hunting in our CRP.....
It was too far away to be 100% sure but it was a large cat and brownish, took off running through CRP when I was about 150 yards away.
Watched it run across the pasture and over some other fields.
It was in some tall grass so it was hard to see exactly how big it was but it appeared larger than a bobcat.
i've never seen a porcupine in the wild.i have! in western kansas!
https://in.reuters.com/article/usa-crops-wheat/us-farmers-plant-more-winter-wheat-as-grain-prices-rally-idINL1N2HZ02M?mod=djemlogistics_hIf China got their swine flu solved then they got lots of pigs to feed. We knew even if China took every last bushel from South America they would still need US grain. We have even exported to Brazil as they are in a drought now and short on beans for their own domestic needs.
$6 wheat? China slurping up sorghum as quick as possible? Boomtimes on the farm again?
Thinking of purchasing this large property. Obviously, would need some capital. Is the cash flow from an operation this size sufficient to service debt (and taxes) on a property like this? Plus some labor, I guess.Short answer: yes.
https://hallhall.com/property-for-sale/kansas/spring-creek-ranch/a091Y00002GvxkX/
Thinking of purchasing this large property. Obviously, would need some capital. Is the cash flow from an operation this size sufficient to service debt (and taxes) on a property like this? Plus some labor, I guess.If you have read this whole thread you would know that nobody actually makes any money farming/ranching.
https://hallhall.com/property-for-sale/kansas/spring-creek-ranch/a091Y00002GvxkX/
Thinking of purchasing this large property. Obviously, would need some capital. Is the cash flow from an operation this size sufficient to service debt (and taxes) on a property like this? Plus some labor, I guess.Short answer: yes.
https://hallhall.com/property-for-sale/kansas/spring-creek-ranch/a091Y00002GvxkX/
Long answer: yes, if you are the labor and know what you are doing and have the significant other equipment with you needed to operate it with no other liabilities.
Final answer: no
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Had to disk bean stubble before putting on NH3. The renter has Versatile 750 he used to do the job. Cool old tractor.There are some old Versatile still going out there. I had a model JD 8850 when I was a kid - paired it with the 16 row JD MaxEmerge row crop planter for hours of farm play.
Fun fact: Versatile was the first company to produce articulated 4wd tractors.
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Flint hills hobby farming todayLove the flint hills
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Thinking of purchasing this large property. Obviously, would need some capital. Is the cash flow from an operation this size sufficient to service debt (and taxes) on a property like this? Plus some labor, I guess.Go ahead and buy this Spracs. I would be more than happy to keep the waterfowl in check for you.
https://hallhall.com/property-for-sale/kansas/spring-creek-ranch/a091Y00002GvxkX/
These buildings were across the road from each other.
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The building on the far left had a pile of books on the floor so I picked one up
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there are tons of houses like that with the stuff in them all over rural ks. we have a ton of them on our ranch. very awesome to explore as a kid (AND ADULT!)There was a house on my uncle's farm that had TV left inside as well as canned stuff still lined up in the cellar. It was like rural KS was depopulated by nuclear forces instead of economic forces. Old houses that have curtains being blown around because windows are all broken out fascinate me, also. So many genres of decay porn to sample in rural KS
there are tons of houses like that with the stuff in them all over rural ks. we have a ton of them on our ranch. very awesome to explore as a kid (AND ADULT!)There was a house on my uncle's farm that had TV left inside as well as canned stuff still lined up in the cellar. It was like rural KS was depopulated by nuclear forces instead of economic forces. Old houses that have curtains being blown around because windows are all broken out fascinate me, also. So many genres of decay porn to sample in rural KS
http://industrialscenery.blogspot.com/2016/11/jack-shaft-and-leather-belts-revisited.html?m=1
Hit and miss or overhead line shaft.
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I kind of know/remember crap... Google makes me look way smarter than I am.http://industrialscenery.blogspot.com/2016/11/jack-shaft-and-leather-belts-revisited.html?m=1
Hit and miss or overhead line shaft.
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As soon as I saw it I thought, "I bet tom knows what this is"
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I have found a local (Brewster area) source for farm cats.
bought some Jon Deere stock. hopefully you farmers are still wild for those things.Kat Kid this aged well.
how many hot old farm trucks are out there at your folks place SD?Like, dozens?
I’ve got some shocking news for you about our guy kk. He sold that 15 minutes later.bought some Jon Deere stock. hopefully you farmers are still wild for those things.Kat Kid this aged well.
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you are really lacking on what you should be posting pics of ITThow many hot old farm trucks are out there at your folks place SD?Like, dozens?
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LmaooI’ve got some shocking news for you about our guy kk. He sold that 15 minutes later.bought some Jon Deere stock. hopefully you farmers are still wild for those things.Kat Kid this aged well.
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they are giant pieces of crap filled with tools and oil and chains and ropes and cow tags and notebooks like up to the windows. it's not like Classic Car Mag stuff.:impatient: those are the best
they are giant pieces of crap filled with tools and oil and chains and ropes and cow tags and notebooks like up to the windows. it's not like Classic Car Mag stuff.:impatient: those are the best
Random question, why do some of the cows have 2 ear tags with different numbers? Is one to identify the calf before it gets chipped?Not sure on my cousins tag scheme. One probably id of the cow for record keeping. Nor sure what additional number is.
The jugallo wanna be (7 / 55) looks like a thick gal.
Oh yeah, sometimes bulls just go wherever. There is not much you can do to stop them (other than make them happy where they are at).Random question, why do some of the cows have 2 ear tags with different numbers? Is one to identify the calf before it gets chipped?Not sure on my cousins tag scheme. One probably id of the cow for record keeping. Nor sure what additional number is.
The jugallo wanna be (7 / 55) looks like a thick gal.
The tag in the bulls ear is actually my cousins phone number so when the old boy decides to go in search of a good time in other parts of the country people know who to call to come get him.
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Corn/Wheat prices are at 7 year highs, what kind of tricked out tractors/combines/F350's are all the land barons buying this year?Bro in law test drove this during harvest. Did not buy at $500k.
What does that do Tom?Primarily to maintain terraces.. Use it to drag dirt washed into terrace bottoms back on top and fill in ravines. This one has a tilt so you dig using one corner to pull dirt.
Ben Ji should get one for the cat ranch and fix that driveway.
Need to put out a call for unused RalGRO implanters to really get the chipping up to speed.
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also our dog would eat an unlimited amount of bull testicles. there would be giant 5 gallon buckets full of them as we were processing cattle and he would just wander up and help himself to them. usually we just gave them to whatever cowboys were helping us but sometimes my parents would have a giant party and like 50 people would come out to our house and they would fry them up. like you cut these giant potato sized cow balls into chicken nugget sized pieces and then bread them and fry them in a giant turkey fryer thing and they are gross AF but it's quite the deal for everyone around town.
Here is the chute the cows would climb before they get loaded up to die.
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this is the thing my dad used every year except the stupid rubber band year. he could do it in like 10 seconds. you clamp down with this deal and it knifes right in there and then you yank it and it rips the ball sack (scrotum) open and then my dad would reach up there and yank each one down really hard because apparently you can't leave a lot of the nad string (nard string) up there or something bad happens. again, extremely brutal to watch and I can't believe I've seen that done like 10k times.
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I didn't find any scrotum snippers but I did crack open an old fridge full of cow medicine.
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And they just, like, let you do it to them? Again, because you're a famous cow farmer?
I didn't find any scrotum snippers but I did crack open an old fridge full of cow medicine.
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you see that white box with giant bars in it? that's cow vitamins. do you know how they take their vitamins? you put one of those banana sized things into the end of this rod deal and shove it all the way down their throats into their stomachs and push the end of the deal and it deposits it directly into their stomachs.
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this talk of ripping the balls out of baby cows is taking some of the appeal out of hobby farming.
Buy them without nuts
My unicorn came today... the 1/8th sale 4020.
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I've heard my dad talk about doing the rubber band thing back in the 70's
i was also aware of banding (and of nut cutting), but i think my grandfather figured that ball removal was the next owners problem and guess i thought that was standard.
maybe he was selling his calves to sd's cow buyer, i dunno.
Did you have to give the cows their centrum daily like how we take b/c good lord how tedious. I am surprised sd didn't consider giving them a nice 3000mg fish oil at the same time.I’m not certain but pretty sure it’s a one dose thing and MAYBE it’s more than vitamins but I never paid attention so not sure
That’s awesome. I think my toy 4320 is still in my folks’ basement.My unicorn came today... the 1/8th sale 4020.
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The tiny seat cracks me up
i was also aware of banding (and of nut cutting), but i think my grandfather figured that ball removal was the next owners problem and guess i thought that was standard.
maybe he was selling his calves to sd's cow buyer, i dunno.
I'd like to know more about how the entire vertical operates. Why aren't the big producers vertically integrated? Why does sd's dad have to buy hung bulls from sys's dad and then rip off their balls, then keep them for a while, and then sell them to someone else to slaughter and harvest the meat?
i was also aware of banding (and of nut cutting), but i think my grandfather figured that ball removal was the next owners problem and guess i thought that was standard.
maybe he was selling his calves to sd's cow buyer, i dunno.
I'd like to know more about how the entire vertical operates. Why aren't the big producers vertically integrated? Why does sd's dad have to buy hung bulls from sys's dad and then rip off their balls, then keep them for a while, and then sell them to someone else to slaughter and harvest the meat?
This pretty good over view
https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/animal-products/cattle-beef/sector-at-a-glance/#:~:text=Based%20on%20the%202017%20Census,of%20the%20beef%20cow%20inventory.
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That is a good summary. Ours is both a cow calf and feeder operation. We don’t feed other peoples cows for hire, just ours. And sometimes we will buy other people’s from their cow calf operation if we have capacity to feed more than our own.Seems like if you own the cows and own the grass it is hard(er) to get hurt in bad years doing cow / calf. I don't know how people who feed cattle until they are fat do it - too much variability in the cost of the inputs and the price you can get for the fat cattle.
Cow calf only is a really chill way to do it. Once you get to feeder it becomes a massive PITA and requires a lot of capital and equipment.
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I understand Mexico/Canada but some one help me out with the market dynamic of why 23% of our imports come from Australia? Why can't Australia just export their beef to Japan/South Korea which is where 50% of our exports go?
The United States is the world’s largest producer of beef. The US also imports more beef than any other country. US producers specialise in raising high-value, grain-fed cattle. Imported beef from other countries is mainly lower-value, grass-fed, lean product that is processed into ground beef. Overall, imports accounted for nearly 14 per cent of US beef supplies in 2015 (Source: USDA, Economic Research Service/USDA Foreign Ag Service).
Australia was the leading supplier of US beef imports in 2014 and 2015, while Canada and New Zealand were a distant second and third. Shipments from Australia and New Zealand are composed primarily of frozen boneless beef for processing, while shipments from Canada and Mexico are typically higher-value, fresh or chilled beef sold as cuts.
Sys beat me to it. My first career was in meat processing... hot dogs, bologna. Ground a bunch of frozen Australian grass fed beef back in the day.I understand Mexico/Canada but some one help me out with the market dynamic of why 23% of our imports come from Australia? Why can't Australia just export their beef to Japan/South Korea which is where 50% of our exports go?QuoteThe United States is the world’s largest producer of beef. The US also imports more beef than any other country. US producers specialise in raising high-value, grain-fed cattle. Imported beef from other countries is mainly lower-value, grass-fed, lean product that is processed into ground beef. Overall, imports accounted for nearly 14 per cent of US beef supplies in 2015 (Source: USDA, Economic Research Service/USDA Foreign Ag Service).
Australia was the leading supplier of US beef imports in 2014 and 2015, while Canada and New Zealand were a distant second and third. Shipments from Australia and New Zealand are composed primarily of frozen boneless beef for processing, while shipments from Canada and Mexico are typically higher-value, fresh or chilled beef sold as cuts.
https://www.austrade.gov.au/australian/export/export-markets/countries/united-states-of-america/industries/agribusiness-to-the-united-states
Americans love hamburgers, americans also love a well marbled steak. Cattle that produce high quality steaks produce trimmings that are too fat to make hamburger.Sys beat me to it. My first career was in meat processing... hot dogs, bologna. Ground a bunch of frozen Australian grass fed beef back in the day.I understand Mexico/Canada but some one help me out with the market dynamic of why 23% of our imports come from Australia? Why can't Australia just export their beef to Japan/South Korea which is where 50% of our exports go?QuoteThe United States is the world’s largest producer of beef. The US also imports more beef than any other country. US producers specialise in raising high-value, grain-fed cattle. Imported beef from other countries is mainly lower-value, grass-fed, lean product that is processed into ground beef. Overall, imports accounted for nearly 14 per cent of US beef supplies in 2015 (Source: USDA, Economic Research Service/USDA Foreign Ag Service).
Australia was the leading supplier of US beef imports in 2014 and 2015, while Canada and New Zealand were a distant second and third. Shipments from Australia and New Zealand are composed primarily of frozen boneless beef for processing, while shipments from Canada and Mexico are typically higher-value, fresh or chilled beef sold as cuts.
https://www.austrade.gov.au/australian/export/export-markets/countries/united-states-of-america/industries/agribusiness-to-the-united-states
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Remember when pink slime was all the rage in the news?Sys beat me to it. My first career was in meat processing... hot dogs, bologna. Ground a bunch of frozen Australian grass fed beef back in the day.I understand Mexico/Canada but some one help me out with the market dynamic of why 23% of our imports come from Australia? Why can't Australia just export their beef to Japan/South Korea which is where 50% of our exports go?QuoteThe United States is the world’s largest producer of beef. The US also imports more beef than any other country. US producers specialise in raising high-value, grain-fed cattle. Imported beef from other countries is mainly lower-value, grass-fed, lean product that is processed into ground beef. Overall, imports accounted for nearly 14 per cent of US beef supplies in 2015 (Source: USDA, Economic Research Service/USDA Foreign Ag Service).
Australia was the leading supplier of US beef imports in 2014 and 2015, while Canada and New Zealand were a distant second and third. Shipments from Australia and New Zealand are composed primarily of frozen boneless beef for processing, while shipments from Canada and Mexico are typically higher-value, fresh or chilled beef sold as cuts.
https://www.austrade.gov.au/australian/export/export-markets/countries/united-states-of-america/industries/agribusiness-to-the-united-states
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We made Sizzlean at the plant I worked at... mechanically separated turkey binding ground pork fat together.Remember when pink slime was all the rage in the news?Sys beat me to it. My first career was in meat processing... hot dogs, bologna. Ground a bunch of frozen Australian grass fed beef back in the day.I understand Mexico/Canada but some one help me out with the market dynamic of why 23% of our imports come from Australia? Why can't Australia just export their beef to Japan/South Korea which is where 50% of our exports go?QuoteThe United States is the world’s largest producer of beef. The US also imports more beef than any other country. US producers specialise in raising high-value, grain-fed cattle. Imported beef from other countries is mainly lower-value, grass-fed, lean product that is processed into ground beef. Overall, imports accounted for nearly 14 per cent of US beef supplies in 2015 (Source: USDA, Economic Research Service/USDA Foreign Ag Service).
Australia was the leading supplier of US beef imports in 2014 and 2015, while Canada and New Zealand were a distant second and third. Shipments from Australia and New Zealand are composed primarily of frozen boneless beef for processing, while shipments from Canada and Mexico are typically higher-value, fresh or chilled beef sold as cuts.
https://www.austrade.gov.au/australian/export/export-markets/countries/united-states-of-america/industries/agribusiness-to-the-united-states
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Yep. And ABC settled that lawsuit for around $200 million. They are now building a new ground beef plant in Garden City.Remember when pink slime was all the rage in the news?Sys beat me to it. My first career was in meat processing... hot dogs, bologna. Ground a bunch of frozen Australian grass fed beef back in the day.I understand Mexico/Canada but some one help me out with the market dynamic of why 23% of our imports come from Australia? Why can't Australia just export their beef to Japan/South Korea which is where 50% of our exports go?QuoteThe United States is the world’s largest producer of beef. The US also imports more beef than any other country. US producers specialise in raising high-value, grain-fed cattle. Imported beef from other countries is mainly lower-value, grass-fed, lean product that is processed into ground beef. Overall, imports accounted for nearly 14 per cent of US beef supplies in 2015 (Source: USDA, Economic Research Service/USDA Foreign Ag Service).
Australia was the leading supplier of US beef imports in 2014 and 2015, while Canada and New Zealand were a distant second and third. Shipments from Australia and New Zealand are composed primarily of frozen boneless beef for processing, while shipments from Canada and Mexico are typically higher-value, fresh or chilled beef sold as cuts.
https://www.austrade.gov.au/australian/export/export-markets/countries/united-states-of-america/industries/agribusiness-to-the-united-states
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Yep. And ABC settled that lawsuit for around $200 million. They are now building a new ground beef plant in Garden City.Remember when pink slime was all the rage in the news?Sys beat me to it. My first career was in meat processing... hot dogs, bologna. Ground a bunch of frozen Australian grass fed beef back in the day.I understand Mexico/Canada but some one help me out with the market dynamic of why 23% of our imports come from Australia? Why can't Australia just export their beef to Japan/South Korea which is where 50% of our exports go?QuoteThe United States is the world’s largest producer of beef. The US also imports more beef than any other country. US producers specialise in raising high-value, grain-fed cattle. Imported beef from other countries is mainly lower-value, grass-fed, lean product that is processed into ground beef. Overall, imports accounted for nearly 14 per cent of US beef supplies in 2015 (Source: USDA, Economic Research Service/USDA Foreign Ag Service).
Australia was the leading supplier of US beef imports in 2014 and 2015, while Canada and New Zealand were a distant second and third. Shipments from Australia and New Zealand are composed primarily of frozen boneless beef for processing, while shipments from Canada and Mexico are typically higher-value, fresh or chilled beef sold as cuts.
https://www.austrade.gov.au/australian/export/export-markets/countries/united-states-of-america/industries/agribusiness-to-the-united-states
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Also buying land is crazy. Lot of secrecy and deal making around it. Everyone knows some old man/lady who’s on their deathbed who has a bunch of land. And if the big time operators end up buying it everyone loses their minds. “Of course rough ridin' John Doeboy bought the Johnson ground!” It’s really tough to get into it fresh unless you know the right people.
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Sad to lose calves or weak livestock but it is what it is. Lost the last holstein we had on the farm three days ago, she was 22. :frown:
Isn’t that what barns are for?We have barns. Some with giant propane and kerosene heaters for stuff like this. But my dad and bro still bring them into the house from time to time. Maybe while they get the outside storage ready or something. I think part of it is just to mess with my mom tbh.
Did farmers quit using livestock barns for stuff like that?
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Odd question but why aren't there any good solar powered water heaters for livestock tanks? Or none that seem readily available and affordable.I think it would take more energy to keep one thawed than what some pud solar panel could produce. At least affordably. Our cowboys are out busting ice in stock tanks every day when it’s cold enough. Dad told me that the ice was 6 inches thick yesterday.
Cows are idiots. They get stressed by weather and start dropping calves like crazy. And they just freeze to the ground. We’ve bred out all the good survival genes in exchange for fat genes.
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Cows are idiots. They get stressed by weather and start dropping calves like crazy. And they just freeze to the ground. We’ve bred out all the good survival genes in exchange for fat genes.
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Do you bring the pregger cows closer to the barn/house when you know there is going to be crappy weather that might make them pop out calves?
There was a surprise blizzard in the 70's or 80's around this time of the year and gramp's couldn't get to his cows for a day or two. I saw a picture of the piles of dead calves. :frown:
I assume that weather forecasting advances over the last 40 years make this less likely.
that's a nice baby cow, steve dave.
Can't wait to see what Tom fills that barn up with! (Probably JD tractors)Do you guys want to put an over/under on how fast i fill it up?
how will that baby cow find it’s mom after this cold weather? do they smell butts like dogs or do they just not care about the mommy cow/baby cow bond because too dumb?If it’s a 24 hour warm up it should be easy to put them back together. They do smell each other or something. Not 100% sure.
how will that baby cow find it’s mom after this cold weather? do they smell butts like dogs or do they just not care about the mommy cow/baby cow bond because too dumb?Sometimes my dad will sprinkle a chowder from the vet on the baby calf to get the cow to claim it. I've heard of taking the hide from a calf that died and tying it on the back of the calf that you want the momma cow to claim - don't know if it works or not. Some cows just have a better maternal instinct than others.
https://www.agriculture.com/news/business/farmland-insider-kansas-auction-of-10900-acres-sells-for-38-million
https://www.agriculture.com/news/business/farmland-insider-kansas-auction-of-10900-acres-sells-for-38-millionThere was a Russian who was bidding on whole farm. The locals were bidding it up to keep him out ( or so I was told). Same guy has bought a lot of land of out that way lately.
Hell yeah. Put like 5 non functioning refrigerators in there to store stuff in.Got the scrap dumpster to start fresh. One fridge gone.
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If you downgrades in the flint hills could quit burning that would be great.
If you downgrades in the flint hills could quit burning that would be great.
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ok, that's 2 votes for the downgrade tax. who else is in for this?
Which one of you tried to burn down the western portion of Shawnee County this week?
Is burning pastures pretty exhilarating? I feel like there would be a fine line between "woah this is badass!" and "oh crap, everything is on fire and we're outta water!"
KS is being burned like crazy except for that part that got out of control which was completely unrelated to the intentional burning we were doing :gestures in all directions:
It’s pretty boring tbh. I’d sit on my dads tailgate with a propane tank flame thrower deal and just hang it off the back while he drove around.Is burning pastures pretty exhilarating? I feel like there would be a fine line between "woah this is badass!" and "oh crap, everything is on fire and we're outta water!"
Yes. It involves four wheelers and blow torches.
ok, that's 2 votes for the downgrade tax. who else is in for this?
Calves gotta have green grass, SD.
So does the state of KS and by extension us, the tax payers of KS, actually own the bridge?
you want to hear some farm mafia stuff? there is a wooden bridge just in the middle of our ranch over a creek bed that you can drive over. it has a sign on it that says "5 MPH" and it's kept up by the state. so you're driving through just grass for miles and miles and all of a sudden there's a sign that says "5 mph" and a wooden bridge you can drive over for no reason. Like 70 years ago they got dirt or sand or some crap or something else off our property in exchange for them building this bridge they drove over and agreeing to keep it up after they did it? something like that. they tried to back out of this agreement 50 years ago and like our ranch sued them and won and they have to keep up this bridge to nowhere in the middle of nowhere for no reason for eternity. well, it's in bad shape and needs to be replaced. so the state called my dad and offered him $200k to get out of the agreement. literally nobody has driven over this thing for the last 50 years and not even cows walk across it because the creek is dry AF. my dad said he'd have to run it by his attorney.:ROFL: that is some true old timer farmer mafia crap
Is this a live look at Aggieville after last call? I'm confused.YOU SON OF A BITCH!
https://twitter.com/heil_rob/status/1384974140419936256?s=19Back in the day "Steer-a-year" was an Ahearn Fund gifting level. I have a plaque somewhere when I was at my peak exuberance for LHC Bill Snyder. I think it was like $600 a year which roughly equated to the value of a fat steer long ago. Must have carried on the tradition here in some way. Would be interesting to know the details.
bridge update: you kansans are probably going to be off the hook for bridge maintenance for your entire lives within a week. in discussing this bridge I have discovered that some local photographer knows of it and has asked permission and had their clients senior pictures taken under it or next to it or something for years. apparently it's cool for that though I have no real recollection of it being cool looking. also, once we agree with the state the plan is to take a loader and knock it down and just make a giant pile of old bridge wood and parts for some reason OR see if some local dumbass wants to come take it down and remove it in exchange for them getting to keep all the bridge pieces and whatever.This is a great bridge story, SD.
me - "Why are you going to knock it down?"
dad - [some fantastical hypothetical where there is a giant washout and the bridge being old and wooden is washed down stream for like 8 miles to where the road crosses our property and the bridge somehow blocks the road and we would be responsible for then clearing the road]
me - ........
bridge update: you kansans are probably going to be off the hook for bridge maintenance for your entire lives within a week. in discussing this bridge I have discovered that some local photographer knows of it and has asked permission and had their clients senior pictures taken under it or next to it or something for years. apparently it's cool for that though I have no real recollection of it being cool looking. also, once we agree with the state the plan is to take a loader and knock it down and just make a giant pile of old bridge wood and parts for some reason OR see if some local dumbass wants to come take it down and remove it in exchange for them getting to keep all the bridge pieces and whatever.Some quick internet sleuthing reveals that there are only like 4 Bridges in SD farm county and one of them is listed as intact but closed to traffic since 1953....
me - "Why are you going to knock it down?"
dad - [some fantastical hypothetical where there is a giant washout and the bridge being old and wooden is washed down stream for like 8 miles to where the road crosses our property and the bridge somehow blocks the road and we would be responsible for then clearing the road]
me - ........
Wow indeed, so obscure that its not even listed on https://bridgehunter.com/ks/meade/
I really thought I nailed it with that old US 54 Bridge.
Wow indeed, so obscure that its not even listed on https://bridgehunter.com/ks/meade/What if I told you that I like to take pictures of old bridges and post them to bridgehunter.com? Has to be v obscure not to be on that site. Bridge dorks can find almost any bridge
I really thought I nailed it with that old US 54 Bridge.
Wow indeed, so obscure that its not even listed on https://bridgehunter.com/ks/meade/What if I told you that I like to take pictures of old bridges and post them to bridgehunter.com? Has to be v obscure not to be on that site. Bridge dorks can find almost any bridge
I really thought I nailed it with that old US 54 Bridge.
bridge update: you kansans are probably going to be off the hook for bridge maintenance for your entire lives within a week. in discussing this bridge I have discovered that some local photographer knows of it and has asked permission and had their clients senior pictures taken under it or next to it or something for years. apparently it's cool for that though I have no real recollection of it being cool looking. also, once we agree with the state the plan is to take a loader and knock it down and just make a giant pile of old bridge wood and parts for some reason OR see if some local dumbass wants to come take it down and remove it in exchange for them getting to keep all the bridge pieces and whatever.Some quick internet sleuthing reveals that there are only like 4 Bridges in SD farm county and one of them is listed as intact but closed to traffic since 1953....
me - "Why are you going to knock it down?"
dad - [some fantastical hypothetical where there is a giant washout and the bridge being old and wooden is washed down stream for like 8 miles to where the road crosses our property and the bridge somehow blocks the road and we would be responsible for then clearing the road]
me - ........
Is this the beautiful wooden bridge?
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Wow indeed, so obscure that its not even listed on https://bridgehunter.com/ks/meade/What if I told you that I like to take pictures of old bridges and post them to bridgehunter.com? Has to be v obscure not to be on that site. Bridge dorks can find almost any bridge
I really thought I nailed it with that old US 54 Bridge.
dad - [some fantastical hypothetical where there is a giant washout and the bridge being old and wooden is washed down stream for like 8 miles to where the road crosses our property and the bridge somehow blocks the road and we would be responsible for then clearing the road]
Why not just burn the bridge down?I don’t think that’s a realistic solution in this dry ass country where the wind blows 30 mph 24/7/365
Just rent it out to whoever will rent it from them? I’m obviously not a big farm brain haver so ask Tom maybe?
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Bro you are IN that thread!Just rent it out to whoever will rent it from them? I’m obviously not a big farm brain haver so ask Tom maybe?
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Sorry, I'll look for the ask Tom farm questions thread.
SD,
I have this friend that lives in Florida or something. His wife's grandparents have a farm that they have had for like 100 years. Not a big farm or anything, just some farm land in Florida or wherever and pasture. They pay someone to do farm stuff for them now. His in-laws want to keep it and pass it down to his family and kids. Problem. Farming is a pain in the ass and my friend in Florida has no interest in dealing with farming stuff. What should he do?
I wouldn’t trust anyone from THE BAY AREA when it comes to farming. Just my two cents there.
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Diesel truck / pickup experts (we only had gas trucks back on the farm) - how long does a diesel pickup truck need to idle in the morning before you get in it to drive somewhere? My redneck neighbors will let their trucks idle for about 20 minutes before getting in them to drive to work (even when it isn't 20 below). It fills the block with diesel fumes which are fine I guess.
Like 30 seconds
SD,Does the friends wife have any attachment to it? Let the grandparents pass it down. When they are gone then friend and wife have decisions to make.
I have this friend that lives in Florida or something. His wife's grandparents have a farm that they have had for like 100 years. Not a big farm or anything, just some farm land in Florida or wherever and pasture. They pay someone to do farm stuff for them now. His in-laws want to keep it and pass it down to his family and kids. Problem. Farming is a pain in the ass and my friend in Florida has no interest in dealing with farming stuff. What should he do?
I wouldn’t trust anyone from THE BAY AREA when it comes to farming. Just my two cents there.
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do you know what the mascot of bay area school Hayward High is?
I'll give you a little hint, it's Farmers
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30 years ago my dad was just like SD, I'm a big city boy now! Sell the land yada yada yada. I didnt go to college and study computers to be a cow/wheat/corn/sorghum farmer etc etc etc.Maybe I haven’t been clear enough about the amount of hardcore farming I did for 18 years. I’ve farmed more than most “farmers” you know that are at retirement age. I can assure you I have a very strong understanding and appreciation for what this stuff entails and the opportunity cost to me and my family. And bro, it is not for me.
Then he retired, inherited a little bit of land and now he is all about that farmer life because he has nothing else to do.
Just saying SD, maybe hold on to a lil bit of the land so you have something to do in your 60's.
It looks in great shape
Who used to live in the houses?
What does the "020" sign on the bridge denote?
Did the Corp of Engineers build it?
That things not falling down anytime soon. If it does, we're talking an act of god that would probably absolve the dave family of any liability.
I want to think the houses are remnants of The Homestead Act and Dust Bowl. If they aren't, I don't want to hear about it.
Also check out those abandoned 1920s houses in pic 4. We have dozens of those stupid things that could get washed down stream and block the road at any moment.Not to mention the two giant dead wood piles next to the stream in pic 2 and actually in the stream bed in the last one.
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Folks, why do farmers buy old school busses? Noticed a bunch on my drive through Illinois. Is that really the best investment for storage purposes?I have never experienced this. Maybe it’s an IL thing
Folks, why do farmers buy old school busses? Noticed a bunch on my drive through Illinois. Is that really the best investment for storage purposes?One of my uncle’s buddies bought one to haul pigs in one time. I can think of a lot of reasons why it was a dumb idea but that is what he did. I think sometimes they are purchased with the idea of making a mobile shop for repairs, etc also. Don’t know if any kstategrad farmers who have done this.
i think it's just about getting good dealsThis is for sure how farmers are
farmers dont need school busses but they arent going to turn one down if it's a good deal
@KST8FAN Get in here and tell me if my dad made the correct tractor selection for breaking out the pasture.Seems way too big for 200 acres. He should have went with something smaller so he could milk this pointless endeavor for all it's worth.
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@KST8FAN Get in here and tell me if my dad made the correct tractor selection for breaking out the pasture.Seems way too big for 200 acres. He should have went with something smaller so he could milk this pointless endeavor for all it's worth.
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@KST8FAN Get in here and tell me if my dad made the correct tractor selection for breaking out the pasture.Seems way too big for 200 acres. He should have went with something smaller so he could milk this pointless endeavor for all it's worth.
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lmao@KST8FAN Get in here and tell me if my dad made the correct tractor selection for breaking out the pasture.Seems way too big for 200 acres. He should have went with something smaller so he could milk this pointless endeavor for all it's worth.
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He didn't buy it, its the new tenant's tractor. My dad is just breaking out the pasture for him because he has nothing else to do.
@KST8FAN Get in here and tell me if my dad made the correct tractor selection for breaking out the pasture.Seems way too big for 200 acres. He should have went with something smaller so he could milk this pointless endeavor for all it's worth.
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He didn't buy it, its the new tenant's tractor. My dad is just breaking out the pasture for him because he has nothing else to do.
@KST8FAN Get in here and tell me if my dad made the correct tractor selection for breaking out the pasture.Is that like a 30 ft disc cultivator? The tractor horse power is justified if your breaking up sod. Green, but not JD green so possibly Great Plains brand? I am RG color blind AF so it could be the light.
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Are there any power poles on the property. How is your dad's depth perception when running something like this?
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just a buried high powered line for the windmills along the fence line where the buffer strip is.
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I saw one of these on my Kinze tour a couple years ago. Blowing thru downed corn after the Derecho. That would make quick work of 200 acres of pasture.
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just a buried high powered line for the windmills along the fence line where the buffer strip is.
that's at least three foot deep, probably four.
i was assuming these were feeder lines from turbines to a substation. i've never worked on a project where they've buried high voltage lines.
God damnit Katdaddy, did you just hack me?
Gees ben ji, your dad is calling her Jackie. That should tell you something. :Carl:Eventually he settled on jackie but jack was mentioned a couple times.
That is the mother or is it an adopted mother? I remember we put the hide of a calf that died on a newborn and the mother wouldn't take it.
Jackie Died. Left Morton, walked out into big puddle, laid down, drowned.
Also was he feeding it just cow milk from the store or what?
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What's the big one?Garter Snake
Tell your dad not to feed them milk
Nice looking rig but the implement looks a bit lightweight for breaking out pasture unless the soil is really sandy.Sure did, have it in the basement. Apples and cows.
Did anyone else grow up playing THE FARMING GAME? It was kind of like monopoly but with farm thing. If I could go over to my cool older cousins house and get her to play that game with me for a couple of hours, it was like the most awesome thing that could happen.
My brother says it's a checkered garter snake
The photo was taken in NW KS, a lil out of the normal range.
Still waiting for noted snakeoligist sys to weigh in
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checkered garter snake is close, it's a plains garter (the big one and the little striped one). the other one is a juvenile racer.
put a branch or something in there leaned against the wall leading up to wherever they're getting in from so they can get back out when they fall in. either that or block off the entrance.
My dad never told me he made these, my mom found a pile at the house and snagged a couple to show me. Can't wait to some how troll the (benjisdad)[email protected] email address.lmao. But adorable and I’d like to give your venom blooded dad a hug.
Maybe send an email pretending to be a local farmer asking if my dad has seen any mountain lions on his land?
UFOs?
Red wolf's?
So my parents are on a 2 week long road trip/vacation so I have taken this as an opportunity to clean out all the random crap in the garage while my hoarder dad can't interrupt.Finished the easy half of the garage.
Got in tonight and can't wait to get to work tomorrow....
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are there actually 2 rascals in there?Yup, you in the market?
What are those wood beams against the wall?Just some random wood beams, I saved them because they are probably worth a million dollars with current lumber prices.
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Almost done with the second partSo my parents are on a 2 week long road trip/vacation so I have taken this as an opportunity to clean out all the random crap in the garage while my hoarder dad can't interrupt.Finished the easy half of the garage.
Got in tonight and can't wait to get to work tomorrow....
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the pasture looks great. i would have sold the place before cleaning out that building.There is a whole nother butler building that needs to be tackled on another trip
I'll give you $20 for one of those flame throwers. Also, have we talked about Trevor before?
I'll give you $20 for one of those flame throwers. Also, have we talked about Trevor before?No I just named Trevor this weekend. He is the only mini pony that has checked me out weekend.
But yeah, those flamethrowers are yours for $60 unless tom gets on here and tells me they are worth hundreds.Actually I might save one just to pull out as a power move to light cigars with.
But yeah, those flamethrowers are yours for $60 unless tom gets on here and tells me they are worth hundreds.
Finished up earlier today.Almost done with the second partSo my parents are on a 2 week long road trip/vacation so I have taken this as an opportunity to clean out all the random crap in the garage while my hoarder dad can't interrupt.Finished the easy half of the garage.
Got in tonight and can't wait to get to work tomorrow....
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your pops is going to be excited with all the room he'll have to add crap back into there.I am currently hinting that with all the room he should buy a 4wheeler or other ATV to reduce his income after we make bank with these ridiculous grain prices.
Take the $60 and runBut yeah, those flamethrowers are yours for $60 unless tom gets on here and tells me they are worth hundreds.
Deal. I want one plus they could make cool birthday presents or guys Christmas presents.
Google says some of these are brass. Pretty when polishedTake the $60 and runBut yeah, those flamethrowers are yours for $60 unless tom gets on here and tells me they are worth hundreds.
Deal. I want one plus they could make cool birthday presents or guys Christmas presents.
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Found this old timey tool hanging in the garage. Some sort of scythe or weed cutter?Hay knife which I had to look up although not sure the application. I guess to cut up hay when stacked loosely in the loft...
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Cat count seems to be 4. Assuming the thing on top of the shed refrigerator is a cat.Those cats are rough af
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Probably rabid skunk blasted with a 20 gauge. Was approaching us and going spray crazy. Not someone to smoke a perfectly good skunk for no reason but this one had to be put down.
:-(
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Tom, I am saving these old possibly flame throwers for at least 24 hrs until you tell me if they are worth any money or not.I am watching "happy people" some documentary on Amazon prime about some Russian trappers in Siberia and they were using one of these lil flame throwers to build a dugout canoe!
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Why keep a rattle snake alive???Now that the yotes got all the cats something needs to keep the rodents in check. I saw a big ole rat out there last time.
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Also I love that my dad calls this a riverThat river is easily deep enough to drown a miniature horse.
(To the left of lady)
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Possible Cat PLUS Skunk ranch in the future?
This weekend when we were leaving the cat ranch we saw a skunk of the side of the road/windbreak. It was right by the house and where I work Milo on birds so I mentioned to my dad we should stop and shoot it.
He got kind of Angry and told me to leave it be.....now I know why
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here's a kickass hat I got from a trashbag in his basementThat hat :drool: Love the script that Garvey used on their elevators.
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sorry about your grandpa, rusty
i think you've posted his driveway rock here before or maybe mentioned it
Sorry for your loss. I'm also sorry if you're the one that has to clean some that out. I had a similar job for my grandpa and it was astounding how much stuff was packed into similar barns/sheds
i think you've posted the rock's picture before iircNope, that was Toms rock.
not sure how long this building's gonna last. not much was stored/accessed there even when I was a kid. Like steps from here a tin pole shed was wiped out by a wind storm a couple years ago.I am curious as to what the plan is to demo/tear down that building.
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these shots are from the "henhouse"....lots of sir walter raleigh tobacco cans in the backgroundSome of those shoes are large with big cleats. Those were draft horses no doubt.
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Note there were zero horses on this farm in my lifetime
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So like the stone is in Czech or Slovnek?
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this was dug out of a field when doing some dirt work this summer
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I assume Czech because that's what everyone in the area said they were but never heard of Slovnek. There was a Czech social hall nearby where my dad did gymnastics as a kid.So like the stone is in Czech or Slovnek?
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this was dug out of a field when doing some dirt work this summer
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Duben (April) 1823
Kveten (May) 1907
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not sure how long this building's gonna last. not much was stored/accessed there even when I was a kid. Like steps from here a tin pole shed was wiped out by a wind storm a couple years ago.I am curious as to what the plan is to demo/tear down that building.
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We have a shed leaning just like that and my dad's plan is to "Wait until it falls over then burn it"
i dug up some baby skunks this spring, ben ji. if your father wants any tips lmk.
so of course I went to the iron pile. Looks like there is now a pile that is for throwing away!The racks for scrap iron always seem to be some of the best built structures on the farm.
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and here is the "save" iron pile:
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the pvc pile was new to me
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It should be easier to de-scent a baby skunk as opposed to a full grown skunk, right?
I think our family has zero big rocks.
I think our family has zero big rocks. I think this is a thing from big BIG ROCK.My grandpa spent an entire day digging it out of a creek bed or something with a dozer tractor, three point hitch, and a chain. He just drug it down the road and across the yard to where it sits today. I think it was at the site of an abandoned rail crossing. It was not a very profitable venture unless you count the value of everyone that drives by** thinking you're rich as eff.
all of you continue to disappoint with no old farm trucks1979 F250
all of you continue to disappoint with no old farm trucks1979 F250
My son bought at our life long farm neighbors auction. Hated to see this leave the community.
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I would have to check. We planned on using it for lite farm work. It was being used pretty steadily when we bought it.all of you continue to disappoint with no old farm trucks1979 F250
My son bought at our life long farm neighbors auction. Hated to see this leave the community.
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How many miles does it have/good condition/is it still used daily?
Benji pro tip.. no one usually knows actual mileage. Best way to tell usually is the brake pedal. Most of those have rolled over mileage wise once or twice or morelmao, no irl farm truck is rolling over anything other than its cab.
My gpa’ work truck was a 1980 Ford that had been converted to propane because gpa thought gas prices were too high.Easier on the engine too
In 2010 it had about 70k miles on it.
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Playing The Farming Game with the kids:That's classic. Our version had vinyl stickers for the crops, livestock, equipment.
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This version was probably made in the last 8 years or so. When I was a kid, getting my cool older cousin to play Farming Game with me was the best thing that could happen.Playing The Farming Game with the kids:That's classic. Our version had vinyl stickers for the crops, livestock, equipment.
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that sounds like a good show.
I watched the first 2 episodes of Clarksons Farm on Amazon and may continue watching it.
Basic premise is Jeremy Clarkson (Some famous brit from a car show) bought a farm like 10 years ago and the guy who was farming it retired so he is gonna farm it himself.
We are now a raccoon ranch. Word is that the cats have a truce with them and everything is pretty civil.Lol, looks like the coons are getting the ole tried and true kibble mixed with leftovers.
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Ring tailed ratsTrash Pandas
Cousin sent me a pic of "old blue" from today. He and I were putting up hay with that beast in the late 70s early 80sOh man. Nice looking truck. Grandpa still has one of those with the grain bed on it (73 or 74ish??)
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Cousin sent me a pic of "old blue" from today. He and I were putting up hay with that beast in the late 70s early 80sHell yeah Tom.
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You have a loader with a grabber or are they manually loading those things?I drove, 2 guys loading, 1 guy pulling bales in line
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72Cousin sent me a pic of "old blue" from today. He and I were putting up hay with that beast in the late 70s early 80sOh man. Nice looking truck. Grandpa still has one of those with the grain bed on it (73 or 74ish??)
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You have a loader with a grabber or are they manually loading those things?I drove, 2 guys loading, 1 guy pulling bales in line
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https://youtu.be/DuWDn0RJ22oYou have a loader with a grabber or are they manually loading those things?I drove, 2 guys loading, 1 guy pulling bales in line
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Tom, as a 40 year old (man) who has farmed more than I wish I had I can say with a full heart: what in the hell is that? it lobs bales up there?
Round bale user outted.You have a loader with a grabber or are they manually loading those things?I drove, 2 guys loading, 1 guy pulling bales in line
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Tom, as a 40 year old (man) who has farmed more than I wish I had I can say with a full heart: what in the hell is that? it lobs bales up there?
Cousin sent me a pic of "old blue" from today. He and I were putting up hay with that beast in the late 70s early 80s
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6 rows x 25 bales = 150 per load. We had a telephone line to clear in the driveway.Cousin sent me a pic of "old blue" from today. He and I were putting up hay with that beast in the late 70s early 80s
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How many do they squeeze on the girl? Looks to be a 100 or 125 maybe.
holy crap. thank you.https://youtu.be/RXRBZYcCpYQ
Yeah, once it’s go time it’s go timeIt's go time for sure, other neighbors were harvesting tonight.
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Farmer and Rancher Cats,Like $10 an acre or something stupid low depending on how far west you are. Google pasture rental rates for whatever county your land is and it will give you a Kstate report that tells you what the avg rate is in your county.
How much can I charge to let some farmer graze cows on my land? Land size is roughly 35 acres. There are cows grazing on it all the time now. If I buy the land, I want to charge farmers to keep grazing cows on it. The grass quality looks like maybe a solid medium. Maybe a little below medium.
Farmer and Rancher Cats,Like $10 an acre or something stupid low depending on how far west you are. Google pasture rental rates for whatever county your land is and it will give you a Kstate report that tells you what the avg rate is in your county.
How much can I charge to let some farmer graze cows on my land? Land size is roughly 35 acres. There are cows grazing on it all the time now. If I buy the land, I want to charge farmers to keep grazing cows on it. The grass quality looks like maybe a solid medium. Maybe a little below medium.
Farmer and Rancher Cats,Like $10 an acre or something stupid low depending on how far west you are. Google pasture rental rates for whatever county your land is and it will give you a Kstate report that tells you what the avg rate is in your county.
How much can I charge to let some farmer graze cows on my land? Land size is roughly 35 acres. There are cows grazing on it all the time now. If I buy the land, I want to charge farmers to keep grazing cows on it. The grass quality looks like maybe a solid medium. Maybe a little below medium.
A yearFarmer and Rancher Cats,Like $10 an acre or something stupid low depending on how far west you are. Google pasture rental rates for whatever county your land is and it will give you a Kstate report that tells you what the avg rate is in your county.
How much can I charge to let some farmer graze cows on my land? Land size is roughly 35 acres. There are cows grazing on it all the time now. If I buy the land, I want to charge farmers to keep grazing cows on it. The grass quality looks like maybe a solid medium. Maybe a little below medium.
OK, I did this, but are those rates for a year or a month or what?
Pete, just buy it, break it out into cropland, farm it for 5 years then enroll it in CRP and start getting $35+ per acre from the government.I’ve run the number movers and this is bullet proof
Pete, just buy it, break it out into cropland, farm it for 5 years then enroll it in CRP and start getting $35+ per acre from the government.I’ve run the number movers and this is bullet proof
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You have to surrender your first born son as collateral and then set up a web cam so they can do spot checks and then if they find you cheating your son will permanently belong to the state. Good luck.
Anyone ever raised chickens? The cousin farmer's bride has this sweet mobile chicken hotel.
He get a couple three eggs for his efforts.
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Anyone ever raised chickens? The cousin farmer's bride has this sweet mobile chicken hotel.
He get a couple three eggs for his efforts.
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The folks did, but they didn't have a mobile pen. They stopped because they got sick of butchering them after they stopped laying.
What were you driving Tom?Restored 4020.
What were you driving Tom?Restored 4020.
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https://www.google.com/amp/s/tractorsinfo.com/top-10-tractors-all-time/amp/
https://www.agriculture.com/machinery/ageless-iron/the-greatest-deeres-of-all-time
There's a great 2 hour documentary on history of the tractor... history Channel I think.
Tom
TY Tom. I recognized most of these tractors, since most of them were very common when I was a kid. I may watch this on History Channel sometime.
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Escaped all the conference talk today in Axtell, KS on a tractor Cruise. Charity event for Nemaha County Historic Society. There were just short of 40 tractors mostly local guys. I thought I had the farthest traveled door prize wrapped up then some flood aggie rolled into the parking pasture. Tractor performance was solid, but I was hot, sweaty, sun burnt,, and dusty when it was done.Oh man that’s great. My grandpa restored/collected Oliver tractors and used to take them to stuff like this.
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Picked this up recently too for parades perhaps.
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Quick slip off from the Allbirds. Can't be tracking chicken crap into the house.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210724/ab30fd3974bab8a55e1a2dcec2c9856f.jpg)
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Every day thanks to the shoe thread!Quick slip off from the Allbirds. Can't be tracking chicken crap into the house.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210724/ab30fd3974bab8a55e1a2dcec2c9856f.jpg)
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I have the exact same All Birds and wear them with white ankle socks! :love:
You're going to be removed from the will in two weeks.It took 2 months but I have been grounded from the farm for doing to much cleaning
Has to edit out the family names.
That text is hilarious. He's big mad!
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What's he got against your dogs?!
Did all of the John Deere tractor guys flip off all of the other color tractor guys and call them losers the whole time?Picked this up recently too for parades perhaps.
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I love the pictures of the trailer in the generic JOCO neighborhood.
The competition within tractor makes is probably more intense to be honest.Did all of the John Deere tractor guys flip off all of the other color tractor guys and call them losers the whole time?Picked this up recently too for parades perhaps.
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I love the pictures of the trailer in the generic JOCO neighborhood.
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WTFYou're going to be removed from the will in two weeks.It took 2 months but I have been grounded from the farm for doing to much cleaning
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I just pondered buying an antique tractor solely for parades and I am not sure what I think.Do it man. We can hit the circuit together. It really is a good time, and the people are great despite my insecurities.
I just pondered buying an antique tractor solely for parades and I am not sure what I think.Do it man. We can hit the circuit together. It really is a good time, and the people are great despite my insecurities.
Tom
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I just pondered buying an antique tractor solely for parades and I am not sure what I think.Do it man. We can hit the circuit together. It really is a good time, and the people are great despite my insecurities.
Tom
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Farmall H is like it's own club like 4020s. Very cool and popular tractor. Here are a couple on the cruise.I just pondered buying an antique tractor solely for parades and I am not sure what I think.Do it man. We can hit the circuit together. It really is a good time, and the people are great despite my insecurities.
Tom
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Tom, I got a Farmall H and a IH 504. I would enjoy tractor parades, but neither one is restored.
They had a cooler of water and a cooler of beer at lunch.I just pondered buying an antique tractor solely for parades and I am not sure what I think.Do it man. We can hit the circuit together. It really is a good time, and the people are great despite my insecurities.
Tom
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What is the alcohol consumption policy?
If they are mechanically sound original condition with that farm used patina its cool too. Our tractor was so beat up and abused it needed new tin and paint. Guys that take care of stuff or have a lightly used 40 year old tractor... those are cool.I just pondered buying an antique tractor solely for parades and I am not sure what I think.Do it man. We can hit the circuit together. It really is a good time, and the people are great despite my insecurities.
Tom
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Tom, I got a Farmall H and a IH 504. I would enjoy tractor parades, but neither one is restored.
They had a cooler of water and a cooler of beer at lunch.I just pondered buying an antique tractor solely for parades and I am not sure what I think.Do it man. We can hit the circuit together. It really is a good time, and the people are great despite my insecurities.
Tom
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What is the alcohol consumption policy?
Tom
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My ban from the farm has been lifted after 1 week and the old locks will be put back on the door next time he is out there.You're going to be removed from the will in two weeks.It took 2 months but I have been grounded from the farm for doing to much cleaning
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what a wild rideI have a feeling our saga has not come to an end
what about the dogs?He claims he is going to put up a new fence around the pasture he broke out so him and his buddy/tenant can go halfsies on feeder calf's grazing the remaining pasture. He thinks my dogs will chase the cattle so we compromised that they will not be left outside unsupervised (which only happens for like 10 minutes in the morning).
I was crestfallen when I saw the other day that this thread was locked. So glad it's back! :Woohoo:
Great news guyz, the cat ranch is back!
(Text from ben ji's dad)
I drove 100 miles 1 way to pick up 4 of them. They've been here a few weeks now. Big decline in Morton mouse population. Working farm cats - my mouse crew.
3rd kitty non stop grabbing my hand to lick and get pets. They were wild until last night.
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Great news guyz, the cat ranch is back!
(Text from ben ji's dad)
I drove 100 miles 1 way to pick up 4 of them. They've been here a few weeks now. Big decline in Morton mouse population. Working farm cats - my mouse crew.
3rd kitty non stop grabbing my hand to lick and get pets. They were wild until last night.
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I asked my dad if he had to wrangle up the cats when he picked them up
His response....
Six were caged. Four escaped moving them to my pet carriers. I asked if they had any others and they caught two more and put them in my carriers for a total of 4.
I'm getting a hearty L O L just imagining this scene.....4 of the six cats escaping the transfer then my dad asking if he can get some more. :lol:
My ban from the farm has been lifted after 1 week and the old locks will be put back on the door next time he is out there.You're going to be removed from the will in two weeks.It took 2 months but I have been grounded from the farm for doing to much cleaning
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He even wrote me a thank you note and gave me me $100 for cleaning the garage.
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He had to drive 100 miles to find feral cats?
He had to drive 100 miles to find feral cats?I am perplexed by this as well, eating dinner with the family tonight and will get the scoop.
He saw an ad in the county advocate (local free newsletter aka craigslist for boomers) for free cats so he called the guy then drove up to Norton KS to pick them up.He had to drive 100 miles to find feral cats?I am perplexed by this as well, eating dinner with the family tonight and will get the scoop.
Also found out that lil lil escaped from the house and went AWOL for a day which led to this conversation.There are too many lmao’s to even focus on here. Amazing and joyous.
(My dad has a red early 2000's 2wd chevy S10 that he keeps on the farm that my cousin/uncle make fun of because it's clearly not a "real" farm truck...they call it "Lil Red")
Me: "How did lil lil escape?"
Dad: "Lehman and I were coming back from the pasture and when he opened the door she jumped out"
Me: "what were you guys doing out in the pasture"
Dad: "well I was out by the windmill (water not power) and the tanks are leaking water so I got stuck and Lehman had to pull me out"
Here is an old picture of "lil Red" and lil lil.
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Sunrise over the "Danger keep out barn", check out that old school trailer that hauled away the mini ponies. I'm guessing it belongs to the guy who does the actual farming at the cat ranch.
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Ha, that’s great. People think farming is easy. It is not, it is very complicated.Sunrise over the "Danger keep out barn", check out that old school trailer that hauled away the mini ponies. I'm guessing it belongs to the guy who does the actual farming at the cat ranch.
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Thanks for bumping SD. I recently learned that my dad owns this trailer and actually bought like 10 feeder calfs to fatten up over the summer. He wouldnt give me too many details besides saying "It didn't work out like I planned" and "I didn't make any money".
Some of the big hangups were "I didnt know I would have to give them all the shots so I had to have a vet come out and do it which costs alot, also there was no chute to confine them in so that was hard"
One of them got sick so the vet had to come out again and give it some meds or something.
He chalked it up as "A learning experience"
I'm guessing he sold off the mini ponies to make up for his losses from attempting to farm cattle
My first contribution to the farm thread!
Wild article about the state fair, 4-H, and something called the Spotted Lantern Fly. Some quotes from some great K-Staters sprinkled in.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/09/15/kansas-state-fair-spotted-lanternfly/
My first contribution to the farm thread!
Wild article about the state fair, 4-H, and something called the Spotted Lantern Fly. Some quotes from some great K-Staters sprinkled in.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/09/15/kansas-state-fair-spotted-lanternfly/
I think its interesting he only got a blue. He discovered something that scientists didn't think possible and didn't get the purple ribbon?
Blackie and Grey Boy were up at the garage together exploring. They are full now. Blackie is so petite
Will they make it through December?
Sorry I deal in farm reality, not farm fantasyWill they make it through December?
RUSTY!!! I was all smiling at these Farmer people posts and you ruined it. :cry:
Sorry I deal in farm reality, not farm fantasyWill they make it through December?
RUSTY!!! I was all smiling at these Farmer people posts and you ruined it. :cry:
I think that farm and ranch related stress is possibly going to kill my dad. Inter- and intragenerational problems with no clear boundaries, structure, roles, succession plans - just farm until you drop over dead. It feels like he is trapped. It is ruining any nostalgia I had left for growing up on a farm.Honestly I think my dad is kind of going through the same thing. It's just not as much fun for him.
I think that farm and ranch related stress is possibly going to kill my dad. Inter- and intragenerational problems with no clear boundaries, structure, roles, succession plans - just farm until you drop over dead. It feels like he is trapped. It is ruining any nostalgia I had left for growing up on a farm.Honestly I think my dad is kind of going through the same thing. It's just not as much fun for him.
No one in my generation has really shown an interest in getting into farming - possibly because the older generations never showed any signs of wanting to give up control of any of it.I think that farm and ranch related stress is possibly going to kill my dad. Inter- and intragenerational problems with no clear boundaries, structure, roles, succession plans - just farm until you drop over dead. It feels like he is trapped. It is ruining any nostalgia I had left for growing up on a farm.Honestly I think my dad is kind of going through the same thing. It's just not as much fun for him.
This is prob pretty normal (I have no idea, but it makes sense). Guys have worked their asses off every day their whole lives and don't know or really want anything different. I guess its like the guy that went to his regular job every day until they basically made him retire. Farmer guys don't get that option if they don't have family that want to take it over I guess. One thing I have learned about farms is that the land is really really rough ridin' important to some people in the families. I'm fairly certain my MIL would sell a body part to keep 1/10th of an acre of her family's land. Other people in the family would have sold it off a long time ago.
No one in my generation has really shown an interest in getting into farming - possibly because the older generations never showed any signs of wanting to give up control of any of it.I think that farm and ranch related stress is possibly going to kill my dad. Inter- and intragenerational problems with no clear boundaries, structure, roles, succession plans - just farm until you drop over dead. It feels like he is trapped. It is ruining any nostalgia I had left for growing up on a farm.Honestly I think my dad is kind of going through the same thing. It's just not as much fun for him.
This is prob pretty normal (I have no idea, but it makes sense). Guys have worked their asses off every day their whole lives and don't know or really want anything different. I guess its like the guy that went to his regular job every day until they basically made him retire. Farmer guys don't get that option if they don't have family that want to take it over I guess. One thing I have learned about farms is that the land is really really rough ridin' important to some people in the families. I'm fairly certain my MIL would sell a body part to keep 1/10th of an acre of her family's land. Other people in the family would have sold it off a long time ago.
My dad feels bad - like a deep guilt from shirking duty - anytime that he is not working. He knows it isn't healthy but it is really hard for him to enjoy things like vacations, hobbies, etc. Makes me mad and I feel bad for him at the same time. My grandpa never lost enthusiasm for farming - he just can't physically do it any more. Unfortunately, he never passed control of his farming projects onto the next generation so other people who already have already bitten off more than they can reasonably chew are trying to keep things going for him. It's a real mess and I'm not sure there is a healthy way for dad to extract himself from the situation. I used to admire the way grandpa loved his work and it is good to enjoy your work but there is a point when it all becomes unhealthy.
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This is a good idea. I think having more (or maybe all) of the crop ground custom-farmed could be part of a solution for him. I think he derives enjoyment from his cow/calf operation but as far I can tell, all the aspects of cash grain production are pure drudgery for him.No one in my generation has really shown an interest in getting into farming - possibly because the older generations never showed any signs of wanting to give up control of any of it.I think that farm and ranch related stress is possibly going to kill my dad. Inter- and intragenerational problems with no clear boundaries, structure, roles, succession plans - just farm until you drop over dead. It feels like he is trapped. It is ruining any nostalgia I had left for growing up on a farm.Honestly I think my dad is kind of going through the same thing. It's just not as much fun for him.
This is prob pretty normal (I have no idea, but it makes sense). Guys have worked their asses off every day their whole lives and don't know or really want anything different. I guess its like the guy that went to his regular job every day until they basically made him retire. Farmer guys don't get that option if they don't have family that want to take it over I guess. One thing I have learned about farms is that the land is really really rough ridin' important to some people in the families. I'm fairly certain my MIL would sell a body part to keep 1/10th of an acre of her family's land. Other people in the family would have sold it off a long time ago.
My dad feels bad - like a deep guilt from shirking duty - anytime that he is not working. He knows it isn't healthy but it is really hard for him to enjoy things like vacations, hobbies, etc. Makes me mad and I feel bad for him at the same time. My grandpa never lost enthusiasm for farming - he just can't physically do it any more. Unfortunately, he never passed control of his farming projects onto the next generation so other people who already have already bitten off more than they can reasonably chew are trying to keep things going for him. It's a real mess and I'm not sure there is a healthy way for dad to extract himself from the situation. I used to admire the way grandpa loved his work and it is good to enjoy your work but there is a point when it all becomes unhealthy.
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My wife's family just has someone farm it for them. I have zero interest, but have said that if they want to keep it, we at least need to know who to call if something happens. I'm sure that is going to be a mess when they are gone. I'm sure that would probably be really hard for your dad, but maybe its an option? :dunno:
I think that farm and ranch related stress is possibly going to kill my dad. Inter- and intragenerational problems with no clear boundaries, structure, roles, succession plans - just farm until you drop over dead. It feels like he is trapped. It is ruining any nostalgia I had left for growing up on a farm.
This is good. ThanksI think that farm and ranch related stress is possibly going to kill my dad. Inter- and intragenerational problems with no clear boundaries, structure, roles, succession plans - just farm until you drop over dead. It feels like he is trapped. It is ruining any nostalgia I had left for growing up on a farm.
From personal experience and talking to neighbors, this is very common. My parents estate was a screwed up mess that took several years to unwind. Infact it could be a case study of what not to do. All because dad wouldn't give up control of the one thing that defined/gave meaning to his life, his farm. I could write a book about this family, :lol:.
Your dad should look into estate planning himself just to get an idea where he will be/wants to be in 10 years. Also, cultivate some hobbies outside of work. good luck to your dad.
you want to hear some farm mafia stuff? there is a wooden bridge just in the middle of our ranch over a creek bed that you can drive over. it has a sign on it that says "5 MPH" and it's kept up by the state. so you're driving through just grass for miles and miles and all of a sudden there's a sign that says "5 mph" and a wooden bridge you can drive over for no reason. Like 70 years ago they got dirt or sand or some crap or something else off our property in exchange for them building this bridge they drove over and agreeing to keep it up after they did it? something like that. they tried to back out of this agreement 50 years ago and like our ranch sued them and won and they have to keep up this bridge to nowhere in the middle of nowhere for no reason for eternity. well, it's in bad shape and needs to be replaced. so the state called my dad and offered him $200k to get out of the agreement. literally nobody has driven over this thing for the last 50 years and not even cows walk across it because the creek is dry AF. my dad said he'd have to run it by his attorney.
I'm in if AST agrees to live in the guest house and be full time cook.
Turn it into a goEMAW farmer retreat for the fathers and grandfathers on here that can't give up farming. I would just sit around and listen to all the great stories.
Milo and Tater could run for miles and cool off under a sprinkler head before rounding up all the cats for the evening and snacking on morsels of smoked pork belly.
Seriously, I am watching dryland property in NEKS go for 4-5k recently and none of them came with equipment or a 6k sqft house.
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I'm in if AST agrees to live in the guest house and be full time cook.
Turn it into a goEMAW farmer retreat for the fathers and grandfathers on here that can't give up farming. I would just sit around and listen to all the great stories.
Milo and Tater could run for miles and cool off under a sprinkler head before rounding up all the cats for the evening and snacking on morsels of smoked pork belly.
Seriously, I am watching dryland property in NEKS go for 4-5k recently and none of them came with equipment or a 6k sqft house.
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This sounds great and all but my biggest issue (besides the 25 million) would be the lack of an actual real windbreak.
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The top of this photo is North where you would want your largest/thickest windbreak! Unbelievably piss poor wind break design and execution here IMO.
I grew up listening to farmers constantly talk about what land was going for. just befuddled that anyone would pay what they were paying for land right then. and I'm guessing it has been that way since we decided land could be owned and it will always be that way. and prices have only gone one direction for the history of time. it's a great thing to have. my dad obsessively watches land come for sale and works deals 24/7/365 to acquire it and then tells me what outrageous price he paid for it per acre like I know what is good or bad. it's all just big numbers to me. and it's almost exclusively just garbage pasture or sw ks dryland. but he's wild for it."ya know the thing about land.. they aren't making more of it" - everyone who over pays for land
you want to hear some farm mafia stuff? there is a wooden bridge just in the middle of our ranch over a creek bed that you can drive over. it has a sign on it that says "5 MPH" and it's kept up by the state. so you're driving through just grass for miles and miles and all of a sudden there's a sign that says "5 mph" and a wooden bridge you can drive over for no reason. Like 70 years ago they got dirt or sand or some crap or something else off our property in exchange for them building this bridge they drove over and agreeing to keep it up after they did it? something like that. they tried to back out of this agreement 50 years ago and like our ranch sued them and won and they have to keep up this bridge to nowhere in the middle of nowhere for no reason for eternity. well, it's in bad shape and needs to be replaced. so the state called my dad and offered him $200k to get out of the agreement. literally nobody has driven over this thing for the last 50 years and not even cows walk across it because the creek is dry AF. my dad said he'd have to run it by his attorney.
Update, they have settled on $225k and this deal is done. I'm guessing my dad's attorney is going to take most of that $25k negotiated markup as his fee on the deal. but you can't take the first offer!
Had a 77 Ford f100 for a while in high school. Why I love the 73-79 years so much. A tree fell on ole blue though. Was hilarious the quirks that old truck had and I loved it. Tom why have you been hiding those hot ass pics sir? I know they aren’t as desired but I love the supercabs and if I could find a 73-79 crew at a decent price I’d jump on it
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I drove about 8 variations of those ford trucks growing up. my dad owns about 12 ford pickups at any one time. normally all fords because meade ks has a ford dealer. there were some that wouldn't stay running cold and I'd get like long ass ice scrapers and set them between the seat and pedal and run them at like 3k RPM to get them warmed up to drive in the morning in the winter (lmao). dad would buy 3/4 ton ones just to drag some thing around (bale grinder, bull trailer, etc.) and it would just sit there doing nothing 99% of the time. I think I posted ITT but my dad bought one this year to put a round bale hauler on the back of. how TF does that make sense? use some POS to haul a round bale out to wherever.Question. Do you buy like a normal Ford pickup at the dealership then get it modified with the flatbed/round bale hauler thing?
Yes, buy them then have them converted to whatever.I drove about 8 variations of those ford trucks growing up. my dad owns about 12 ford pickups at any one time. normally all fords because meade ks has a ford dealer. there were some that wouldn't stay running cold and I'd get like long ass ice scrapers and set them between the seat and pedal and run them at like 3k RPM to get them warmed up to drive in the morning in the winter (lmao). dad would buy 3/4 ton ones just to drag some thing around (bale grinder, bull trailer, etc.) and it would just sit there doing nothing 99% of the time. I think I posted ITT but my dad bought one this year to put a round bale hauler on the back of. how TF does that make sense? use some POS to haul a round bale out to wherever.Question. Do you buy like a normal Ford pickup at the dealership then get it modified with the flatbed/round bale hauler thing?
I always assumed you just bought them with the baler carrying thing already on there.
All this truck talk reminded me of the time when a buddy and I were driving out to Colorado for a bachelor party 5 years ago and decided we would crash at the farm on the way out there.My sister's bf (now my brother in law) did something like this once. Wanted to go down "The Bottom Road." Sister told him it probably wouldn't be a good idea but he went anyway. Dad had to bring the tractor to extract his pickup from the morass.
This was pre windmills and the road was a little dicey in some spots after rains....my friend who was driving ended up getting sucked into the ditch.
This was around 11pm and we were about 4 miles from town and 4 miles from the farm. We tried to dig out for a bit but got nowhere and had to wait for my cousin to come pull us out the next morning.
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Also you know that 240 acres of pasture at the cat ranch that was broke out into farmland? The Milo on it was crap and is going to end up getting baled into feed instead of harvested.
My dad blames our tenant who picked some variety that could get sprayed with some herbicide to kill any grass that grew up. Long story short only like 20% of it headed/seeded out.
The Milo on our irrigated circle is looking juicy AF tho and will get harvested next week.
He irrigated milo????lmao
He irrigated milo????Long story short the well is on my Aunt's land and pumps to 2 circles (ours and hers,can only hit 1 at a time). My uncle farms my aunt's land and gets first dibs so my dad only gets to drain the aquifer on his land for a couple of weeks out of the year or something to that effect.
Also he rough ridin' loves Milo because one time a couple of years ago he made a decent amount of money on it so now he is 24/7 stanning for Milo.
Pheasant population should be good since there is about 140 acres of ungrazed pasture + my aunt's CRP for them to chill in while they eat all the waste seed from the successful farmers around us.Also you know that 240 acres of pasture at the cat ranch that was broke out into farmland? The Milo on it was crap and is going to end up getting baled into feed instead of harvested.
My dad blames our tenant who picked some variety that could get sprayed with some herbicide to kill any grass that grew up. Long story short only like 20% of it headed/seeded out.
The Milo on our irrigated circle is looking juicy AF tho and will get harvested next week.
This isn’t going to eff up your pheasant population will it?!
My dad sold the mini horses to break even from his attempt at raising some feeder calf's .Also he rough ridin' loves Milo because one time a couple of years ago he made a decent amount of money on it so now he is 24/7 stanning for Milo.
goodbye cat ranch, hello mini horse farm.
My dad sold the mini horses to break even from his attempt at raising some feeder calf's .
He irrigated milo????Long story short the well is on my Aunt's land and pumps to 2 circles (ours and hers,can only hit 1 at a time). My uncle farms my aunt's land and gets first dibs so my dad only gets to drain the aquifer on his land for a couple of weeks out of the year or something to that effect.
Also he rough ridin' loves Milo because one time a couple of years ago he made a decent amount of money on it so now he is 24/7 stanning for Milo when I talk to him about what he's gonna grow.
Ben Ji: Hey, why don't you grow some corn on that irrigated circle?
Dad: If there is a drought I can still get a good crop of Milo.
Ben Ji: It's irrigated, you can make your own rain.
Dad: Good point. But I made money when we planted Milo one time like X years ago.
Plans to gradually grow a cattle herd (putting a few cows in with another guy's herd - he takes care of my cows, I provide pasture, water, corals. Details sorted out in agreement.)
Unauthorized game cam West of farmhouse in windbreak. Left them a note and set up my own game cam.
Levant church pastor Ron Alexander has permission to hunt deer/coyotes/raccoons on the farm.
Garage is home for farm kitties. Leave doors as they are - about 5 inches from ground - keeps predators out. Milk in garage fridge for kitties - pour into the tuna cans. Don't let dogs chase kitties or go in garage. Thx.
Blackie and Grey Boy. There is another wild tom white with yellow tail, is around.
Should have pointed his game cam at their game cam to find out who it was!I believe that is what he did, left a note on theirs and pointed one of his game cams at that area.
If a fella wanted some grass fed beef, where should he get it? Also, this very same fella is not interested in any discussions about grass fed beef vs grain fed beef. He likes both and thinks people should eat a well balanced diet of whatever the eff they want.Local locker trash can should be able to help out
If a fella wanted some grass fed beef, where should he get it? Also, this very same fella is not interested in any discussions about grass fed beef vs grain fed beef. He likes both and thinks people should eat a well balanced diet of whatever the eff they want.
How a meatpacking plant changed one Kansas town 40 years ago and left a Colorado community behindBeat me too to it ben ji. I interviewed at that plant in 86 coming out of K-STATE when it was IBP. Incredible operation.
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Found the unauthorized game cam when I was out there last weekend.Should have pointed his game cam at their game cam to find out who it was!I believe that is what he did, left a note on theirs and pointed one of his game cams at that area.
90% chance it's one of his old ones he forgot about or belongs to the small town pastor he gave hunting permission to.
Combine fire in Osage County this evening. Guy jumped off and broke his leg to add insult to injury.That sucks. Is it just me, or are there more combine fires these days? Is soybean dust more flammable than other dusts? Saw a large red machine that had burned along K-9 near Concordia a few weeks ago. Really bad day for someone.
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farmers love insurance fraud fyi
NOT MAKING A STATEMENT ON THIS SPECIFIC FIRE BTW
farmers love insurance fraud fyi
NOT MAKING A STATEMENT ON THIS SPECIFIC FIRE BTW
better back that up big guy :comehere:
LTIQ question: Are beets and turnips the same thing?Negative. Bears don’t eat turnips
LTIQ question: Are beets and turnips the same thing?No, but also yes basically
Doing a week at the farm... Tater riding the Gator
Turnips grown as a cover crop
Beaver dam on the creek
Tires we hauled off our place to create a wind break in cow lot
Tillie messing with Tater in the feed bunk
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Amazing beaver dam. Beavers are just incredible. How are they just born with the software for building dams???
LTIQ question: Are beets and turnips the same thing?No, but also yes basically
:thumbs:Amazing beaver dam. Beavers are just incredible. How are they just born with the software for building dams???
not all of them:
https://www.theonion.com/beaver-overthinking-dam-1819568416
Amazing beaver dam. Beavers are just incredible. How are they just born with the software for building dams???Looked at it closer today. Found their Lodge further upstream. Half on the bank, half on the creek. The dam is a woven thicket of limbs, corn stalks, trees. As the water rose they used growing trees on the bank as piers and packed stuff behind them to extend and support it.
Milo after a hard day of huntingYou can tell there is some recently broken out land there. Used to be about a 5 acre triangle of grass at the edge of the irrigated circle that my uncle would stack hay bales on. This year it was overgrown with weeds and I was super excited to hunt it but when I got out there it had just been broken out .
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Doing a week at the farm... Tater riding the GatorTell me more about the turnips as cover crops. Did you plant them after the wheat harvest or corn harvest? I would guess wheat but I have no idea how long it takes turnips to grow.
Turnips grown as a cover crop
Beaver dam on the creek
Tires we hauled off our place to create a wind break in cow lot
Tillie messing with Tater in the feed bunk
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Great pix farming_. Presume the corn pile is at the local elevator?
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Nice shots. What kind of drone are you using?
I have absolutely zero need for a $1000 drone, but I'll be damned if I'm not wanting one now. That thing is really cool.Nice shots. What kind of drone are you using?
DJI Air 2S.
Here is a video that I put together from the same day and of course with the same drone.I have absolutely zero need for a $1000 drone, but I'll be damned if I'm not wanting one now. That thing is really cool.Nice shots. What kind of drone are you using?
DJI Air 2S.
Here is a video that I put together from the same day and of course with the same drone.I have absolutely zero need for a $1000 drone, but I'll be damned if I'm not wanting one now. That thing is really cool.Nice shots. What kind of drone are you using?
DJI Air 2S.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LNsCF_vI7c
SameI have absolutely zero need for a $1000 drone, but I'll be damned if I'm not wanting one now. That thing is really cool.Nice shots. What kind of drone are you using?
DJI Air 2S.
Welcome to the board farming_cat fan, hell of a introduction.Northeast Kansas (Nemaha County).
What part of KS was that you were harvesting in? I'm guessing central KS (between Salina and Hays but closer to Salina) for the following reasons
1. Non Irrigated Corn
2. Water visible in one of the drone shots
3. Some Tree's but not ton's of tree's like in eastern KS.
4. The topography and way the field is laid out seems like its the edge of the smoky hills
Am I good to cut up these old weathered fence posts for firewood or will I still die from the residual creosote fumes?There is also a huge pile of them in the junkyard so if I'm good to burn them in the fireplace I'm set on firewood for like 10 years.
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Sunrise over the "Danger keep out barn", check out that old school trailer that hauled away the mini ponies. I'm guessing it belongs to the guy who does the actual farming at the cat ranch.
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Thanks for bumping SD. I recently learned that my dad owns this trailer and actually bought like 10 feeder calfs to fatten up over the summer. He wouldnt give me too many details besides saying "It didn't work out like I planned" and "I didn't make any money".
Some of the big hangups were "I didnt know I would have to give them all the shots so I had to have a vet come out and do it which costs alot, also there was no chute to confine them in so that was hard"
One of them got sick so the vet had to come out again and give it some meds or something.
He chalked it up as "A learning experience"
I'm guessing he sold off the mini ponies to make up for his losses from attempting to farm cattle
"Bot 3 feeders about 5 weeks ago. $167 x 1 $158 x 2 hereford. #1 dies 4 days later either(?) cough or ponies (Does he think the ponies stomped his calf to death?!? Is that why he sold them?!?).
#2 and #3 run off. Travel 7 miles over a week, Alvin Depee corralled them. Brought back to corral so they would not escape. Figured ponies tau(taught?) them through the fence. Was back in KC a few days when calf got sick and feeders were found.
(moving from bottom of page to here since it goes with the calfs)
"One feeder of 2 got cough. 2 vet trips $70, $50 to get RES-FLOR shots. Likely sell both thurs."
Pictures need more Tater
Pictures need more Tater
If you're like me and a whole lot of others on this board, you just can't get enough tater around here. :love: ;)
Pictures need more Tater
If you're like me and a whole lot of others on this board, you just can't get enough tater around here. :love: ;)
We meet on wednesdays and have unofficially called the gathering “the tator tots”
Pictures need more Tater
If you're like me and a whole lot of others on this board, you just can't get enough tater around here. :love: ;)
We meet on wednesdays and have unofficially called the gathering “the tator tots”
If you're keeping up, Tom has at least three dogs.
Where exactly does one acquire a guard rail??KDOT/KTA auctions it off in various lengths and quantities a couple times a year.
Hey tom, I found a new piece of machinery out in the big barn mounted to a wall while I was out chasing pheasants. Is this another drill bit type thingy? Looks like it used to have a power cord to plug into the outlet.Looks like an old timey drill press.
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Also my dad bought a bunch of fence posts this summer when lumber prices were through the roof because he wants to fence off the field he broke out in the pasture. I'm betting these stay in this building for at least 2-3 years if not longer. No way he puts them all in himself.
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What is that giant hybrid corn cob/fire hydrant looking thing that is in the field even with the bobcat?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifv6z07m2FE&ab_channel=JonathanPetramalaI had not heard about this. Terrible.
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We've had massive fires sweep through SW KS occasionally. They seem to be more common but recency bias probably. We've always been able to save our structures but our ranch has been burned multiple times. we've also been lucky enough to not lose a lot of head of cattle, mostly because it's a barren hellscape in the best of times and there is plenty of pen outside of any vegetation where we can easily move them. It's quite the scene when one sweeps through. State, County, and township road blades just tearing through fields trying to create fire breaks, farmers from all over the place with their own equipment ripping into stuff to break the line. they will shut down the highway and no farmer gives a crap and just drives through to either get to their families or go to see if they can help. to the KS HP and other law enforcements credit they don't put up much of a fight when you just drive right by their road barriers, and they leave you plenty of room to do so. rural communities are irl the bitb at banding together to help with stuff like that. Not always successfully but not for lack of trying.They are emboldened by knowing that the government will just socialist them a bajillion dollars for their losses.
I've probably talked about this in this thread before actually. not sure.
We've had massive fires sweep through SW KS occasionally. They seem to be more common but recency bias probably. We've always been able to save our structures but our ranch has been burned multiple times. we've also been lucky enough to not lose a lot of head of cattle, mostly because it's a barren hellscape in the best of times and there is plenty of pen outside of any vegetation where we can easily move them. It's quite the scene when one sweeps through. State, County, and township road blades just tearing through fields trying to create fire breaks, farmers from all over the place with their own equipment ripping into stuff to break the line. they will shut down the highway and no farmer gives a crap and just drives through to either get to their families or go to see if they can help. to the KS HP and other law enforcements credit they don't put up much of a fight when you just drive right by their road barriers, and they leave you plenty of room to do so. rural communities are irl the bitb at banding together to help with stuff like that. Not always successfully but not for lack of trying.They are emboldened by knowing that the government will just socialist them a bajillion dollars for their losses.
I've probably talked about this in this thread before actually. not sure.
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Those hayseeds aren’t saving anything by “playing firefighters”We've had massive fires sweep through SW KS occasionally. They seem to be more common but recency bias probably. We've always been able to save our structures but our ranch has been burned multiple times. we've also been lucky enough to not lose a lot of head of cattle, mostly because it's a barren hellscape in the best of times and there is plenty of pen outside of any vegetation where we can easily move them. It's quite the scene when one sweeps through. State, County, and township road blades just tearing through fields trying to create fire breaks, farmers from all over the place with their own equipment ripping into stuff to break the line. they will shut down the highway and no farmer gives a crap and just drives through to either get to their families or go to see if they can help. to the KS HP and other law enforcements credit they don't put up much of a fight when you just drive right by their road barriers, and they leave you plenty of room to do so. rural communities are irl the bitb at banding together to help with stuff like that. Not always successfully but not for lack of trying.They are emboldened by knowing that the government will just socialist them a bajillion dollars for their losses.
I've probably talked about this in this thread before actually. not sure.
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I'm not following your logic here cire.
Those hayseeds aren’t saving anything by “playing firefighters”We've had massive fires sweep through SW KS occasionally. They seem to be more common but recency bias probably. We've always been able to save our structures but our ranch has been burned multiple times. we've also been lucky enough to not lose a lot of head of cattle, mostly because it's a barren hellscape in the best of times and there is plenty of pen outside of any vegetation where we can easily move them. It's quite the scene when one sweeps through. State, County, and township road blades just tearing through fields trying to create fire breaks, farmers from all over the place with their own equipment ripping into stuff to break the line. they will shut down the highway and no farmer gives a crap and just drives through to either get to their families or go to see if they can help. to the KS HP and other law enforcements credit they don't put up much of a fight when you just drive right by their road barriers, and they leave you plenty of room to do so. rural communities are irl the bitb at banding together to help with stuff like that. Not always successfully but not for lack of trying.They are emboldened by knowing that the government will just socialist them a bajillion dollars for their losses.
I've probably talked about this in this thread before actually. not sure.
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I'm not following your logic here cire.
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Change his handle to elohssa or daehkcid.
Those hayseeds aren’t saving anything by “playing firefighters”We've had massive fires sweep through SW KS occasionally. They seem to be more common but recency bias probably. We've always been able to save our structures but our ranch has been burned multiple times. we've also been lucky enough to not lose a lot of head of cattle, mostly because it's a barren hellscape in the best of times and there is plenty of pen outside of any vegetation where we can easily move them. It's quite the scene when one sweeps through. State, County, and township road blades just tearing through fields trying to create fire breaks, farmers from all over the place with their own equipment ripping into stuff to break the line. they will shut down the highway and no farmer gives a crap and just drives through to either get to their families or go to see if they can help. to the KS HP and other law enforcements credit they don't put up much of a fight when you just drive right by their road barriers, and they leave you plenty of room to do so. rural communities are irl the bitb at banding together to help with stuff like that. Not always successfully but not for lack of trying.They are emboldened by knowing that the government will just socialist them a bajillion dollars for their losses.
I've probably talked about this in this thread before actually. not sure.
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I'm not following your logic here cire.
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Stopping wildfire is an ancient secret that only Kansas farmers knowwell, that’s not accurate
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Also, nsfl, not all cows made it out :-(
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IIRC, the second pic. is of a pasture. :dunno:IIRC?
IIRC, the second pic. is of a pasture. :dunno:IIRC?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifv6z07m2FE&ab_channel=JonathanPetramalaThis is incredible and awful. Not all that far from my hometown.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifv6z07m2FE&ab_channel=JonathanPetramalaThis is incredible and awful. Not all that far from my hometown.
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I was informed that apparently the fire affected leoti, ks and killed an old farmer who got surrounded. Pretty awful imagining that.awful
farmers donating hay to help farmers who had their winter hay stockpiles incinerated:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifv6z07m2FE&ab_channel=JonathanPetramalaThis is incredible and awful. Not all that far from my hometown.
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Very sad and awful. :pray:
About 20 minutes south of Manhattan. I think this barely qualifies as a hobby farm. Although my parents rent it for pasture and crops, they go there somewhat regularly to maintain the fence and do other hobby farm stuff like pick up sticks and put them in a ditch.Dwight, KS?
I don't know why there are two ponds here, but I got the impression it was intentional. ???
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My dad must have took all of the useless junk that was in here and put it in his giant shed at home before it collapsed.
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This antique is probably worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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My dad likes that the beavers help him fight the menace of too many trees.
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You're probably asking yourself what these things are. Believe it or not, they are cow bones.
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Dwight, KS?
About 20 minutes south of Manhattan. I think this barely qualifies as a hobby farm. Although my parents rent it for pasture and crops, they go there somewhat regularly to maintain the fence and do other hobby farm stuff like pick up sticks and put them in a ditch.That's a hot piece of hobby farm ass.
I don't know why there are two ponds here, but I got the impression it was intentional. ???
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My dad must have took all of the useless junk that was in here and put it in his giant shed at home before it collapsed.
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This antique is probably worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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My dad likes that the beavers help him fight the menace of too many trees.
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You're probably asking yourself what these things are. Believe it or not, they are cow bones.
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Chum, is there still some beavers on the farm? That tree was chewed on quite a while ago.katdaddy no!
Chum, is there still some beavers on the farm? That tree was chewed on quite a while ago.katdaddy no!
Chum, is there still some beavers on the farm? That tree was chewed on quite a while ago.
Chum, is there still some beavers on the farm? That tree was chewed on quite a while ago.
Yeah, they've actually moved on. Need some more!
Chum, is there still some beavers on the farm? That tree was chewed on quite a while ago.
Yeah, they've actually moved on. Need some more!
Are the dams man-made or beaver built?
I don't know why there are two ponds here, but I got the impression it was intentional. ???
My brother almost burned down Thomas County earlier this week. He was out at the cat ranch cutting firewood with a chainsaw and hit a nail that was buried in a dead tree.
Sparks went flying and caught some grass on fire which spread fast due to the wind and it being dry. Luckily it was in the windbreak and not an open field of grass so he was able to stomp it out once the fire ran into the trees/out of grass.
My brother almost burned down Thomas County earlier this week. He was out at the cat ranch cutting firewood with a chainsaw and hit a nail that was buried in a dead tree.
Sparks went flying and caught some grass on fire which spread fast due to the wind and it being dry. Luckily it was in the windbreak and not an open field of grass so he was able to stomp it out once the fire ran into the trees/out of grass.
Yeah, his chainsaw hit a nail....that's what happened
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Before excavators became popular it was easier just to build a new pond than cut and clean out an old one. Also didn't have to source new water while old one dried out before cleaning.
Also, also can never have enough water.
Lazy farmers. smh.
https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/john-deere-breaks-new-ground-with-self-driving-tractors-you-can-control-from-a-phone/
Ben Ji. Do this with cat food at the ranch.Cat census is only 3ish but once we get a bumper crop of kittens this spring I will attempt this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFQRXACKAKQ
Make it a powercat instead of a heart tho.Ben Ji. Do this with cat food at the ranch.Cat census is only 3ish but once we get a bumper crop of kittens this spring I will attempt this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFQRXACKAKQ
lmao at still dumping ash into rutsGotta dump it somewhere!
farming is nothing more than a real estate/tax evasion scheme(as has been pointed out here many times). Just try and break even every year while the price of the land goes up.
From a strictly financial position we would probably be better off selling the land, putting it all in a SP500 index fund and the dividends would kick off way more than the farm makes in a year.
It only sucks if you don’t currently own landFeels good to be part of the landed gentry
It only sucks if you don’t currently own land
My dad usually has a mobile hotspot out there that I am allowed to use "for work only" but I blast that crap by streaming football games and Netflix etc.
When I was out there last weekend the mobile hotspot my dad usually has out there was gone so I had to use all my phone data, apparently it stopped working so I picked up the new one today along with some instructions.
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cat ranch never ceases to amaze meThe cats are living good. I always put my pheasants in the garage fridge until I clean them before I leave. Yesterday I either didn't close the door all the way or the tail feathers were sticking out and a cat was able to open the door.
Man that bird was dining good on milo it looks likeI remember cleaning pheasants as playing with a feathery milo bomb.
Man that bird was dining good on milo it looks likeI remember cleaning pheasants as playing with a feathery milo bomb.
https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/equipment/article/2022/01/13/north-dakota-farm-sues-john-deereQuestion, do farmers have the same issue with other combine/implement manufacturers or is this just a Deere thing?
What will happen first... farmers get the ability to work on their equipment/software, or the farmer gets eliminated by autonomous equipment?
I know that's not the real question, and I don't want to risk having the best thread on goEMAW ending up in the pit.
The bro inlaw plants with GPS steering. Just sits in the seat once the field is selected. We watched a demo on the Kinze tour 2 years ago where the tractor and grain cart will follow the combine around the field.
Would love to hear what the real farmers in here are experiencing.
Does autonomous cost less than having a son? Glad that question was never posed to my dad;) I suspect the robot would remember to avoid the wet hole on south end of the back bottom field. 16 yo Tom couldn't.
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https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/equipment/article/2022/01/13/north-dakota-farm-sues-john-deereCathie Woods (and by awful decision making association, I) owns an absolute truckload of DE so I can tell you her vote is on the autonomous side. But good news for farmers, she’s mostly wrong 24/7/365 lately.
What will happen first... farmers get the ability to work on their equipment/software, or the farmer gets eliminated by autonomous equipment?
I know that's not the real question, and I don't want to risk having the best thread on goEMAW ending up in the pit.
The bro inlaw plants with GPS steering. Just sits in the seat once the field is selected. We watched a demo on the Kinze tour 2 years ago where the tractor and grain cart will follow the combine around the field.
Would love to hear what the real farmers in here are experiencing.
Does autonomous cost less than having a son? Glad that question was never posed to my dad;) I suspect the robot would remember to avoid the wet hole on south end of the back bottom field. 16 yo Tom couldn't.
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https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/equipment/article/2022/01/13/north-dakota-farm-sues-john-deereCathie Woods (and by awful decision making association, I) owns an absolute truckload of DE so I can tell you her vote is on the autonomous side. But good news for farmers, she’s mostly wrong 24/7/365 lately.
What will happen first... farmers get the ability to work on their equipment/software, or the farmer gets eliminated by autonomous equipment?
I know that's not the real question, and I don't want to risk having the best thread on goEMAW ending up in the pit.
The bro inlaw plants with GPS steering. Just sits in the seat once the field is selected. We watched a demo on the Kinze tour 2 years ago where the tractor and grain cart will follow the combine around the field.
Would love to hear what the real farmers in here are experiencing.
Does autonomous cost less than having a son? Glad that question was never posed to my dad;) I suspect the robot would remember to avoid the wet hole on south end of the back bottom field. 16 yo Tom couldn't.
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Deere stock I am assuming is what SD is referring to.https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/equipment/article/2022/01/13/north-dakota-farm-sues-john-deereCathie Woods (and by awful decision making association, I) owns an absolute truckload of DE so I can tell you her vote is on the autonomous side. But good news for farmers, she’s mostly wrong 24/7/365 lately.
What will happen first... farmers get the ability to work on their equipment/software, or the farmer gets eliminated by autonomous equipment?
I know that's not the real question, and I don't want to risk having the best thread on goEMAW ending up in the pit.
The bro inlaw plants with GPS steering. Just sits in the seat once the field is selected. We watched a demo on the Kinze tour 2 years ago where the tractor and grain cart will follow the combine around the field.
Would love to hear what the real farmers in here are experiencing.
Does autonomous cost less than having a son? Glad that question was never posed to my dad;) I suspect the robot would remember to avoid the wet hole on south end of the back bottom field. 16 yo Tom couldn't.
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? :dunno:
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4479593-deere-and-co-update-and-doubling-down-due-to-fundamental-factorsDeere stock I am assuming is what SD is referring to.https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/equipment/article/2022/01/13/north-dakota-farm-sues-john-deereCathie Woods (and by awful decision making association, I) owns an absolute truckload of DE so I can tell you her vote is on the autonomous side. But good news for farmers, she’s mostly wrong 24/7/365 lately.
What will happen first... farmers get the ability to work on their equipment/software, or the farmer gets eliminated by autonomous equipment?
I know that's not the real question, and I don't want to risk having the best thread on goEMAW ending up in the pit.
The bro inlaw plants with GPS steering. Just sits in the seat once the field is selected. We watched a demo on the Kinze tour 2 years ago where the tractor and grain cart will follow the combine around the field.
Would love to hear what the real farmers in here are experiencing.
Does autonomous cost less than having a son? Glad that question was never posed to my dad;) I suspect the robot would remember to avoid the wet hole on south end of the back bottom field. 16 yo Tom couldn't.
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? :dunno:
Here is an interesting article I ran across about a ranch/farming operation in Washington.sddad trades cattle and crop futures all the time. I don’t recall a day I have been around him when he wasn’t talking on the phone with his commodities guy at least once. I am not aware of any barrier to entry to doing it but I never asked obviously.
https://www.hcn.org/issues/53.12/ranching-betting-the-ranch
It's a really good article but the part that caught my attention was the son saying "I pissed it all away on the merch" trading cattle futures and being really bad at it. Basically the profit from a cow that goes to a rancher has been decreasing for years due to consolidation in the meat packing business and the kid got drunk on trading cattle futures, started a whole fraud thing then got even deeper in a deep hole and couldn't get out.
In the article they mentioned you had to have X amount of cattle before you can trade on the futures market. Does the SD fam or anyone else have enough cattle to shed light on how this works?
Ben ji-Here is an interesting article I ran across about a ranch/farming operation in Washington.sddad trades cattle and crop futures all the time. I don’t recall a day I have been around him when he wasn’t talking on the phone with his commodities guy at least once. I am not aware of any barrier to entry to doing it but I never asked obviously.
https://www.hcn.org/issues/53.12/ranching-betting-the-ranch
It's a really good article but the part that caught my attention was the son saying "I pissed it all away on the merch" trading cattle futures and being really bad at it. Basically the profit from a cow that goes to a rancher has been decreasing for years due to consolidation in the meat packing business and the kid got drunk on trading cattle futures, started a whole fraud thing then got even deeper in a deep hole and couldn't get out.
In the article they mentioned you had to have X amount of cattle before you can trade on the futures market. Does the SD fam or anyone else have enough cattle to shed light on how this works?
Tom do farmers watch that farm futures show on pbs at like 5 am?sd dad just tracks that stuff on his phone like you and I trading stonks
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? :dunno:Tom do farmers watch that farm futures show on pbs at like 5 am?sd dad just tracks that stuff on his phone like you and I trading stonks
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Tom do farmers watch that farm futures show on pbs at like 5 am?https://www.pbs.org/show/market-market/
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The technically averse just listen to the markets at noon before Paul Harvey while they are eating a bologna sandwich.I don’t think anyone does this anymore. I know shitloads of farmers and they are on avg more technically savvy than the average human I know all else equal.
Wouldn't necessarily argue this, but how available is internet service/signal vs AM radio in bumfuck SW Kansas?The technically averse just listen to the markets at noon before Paul Harvey while they are eating a bologna sandwich.I don’t think anyone does this anymore. I know shitloads of farmers and they are on avg more technically savvy than the average human I know all else equal.
Like, super goodWouldn't necessarily argue this, but how available is internet service/signal vs AM radio in bumfuck SW Kansas?The technically averse just listen to the markets at noon before Paul Harvey while they are eating a bologna sandwich.I don’t think anyone does this anymore. I know shitloads of farmers and they are on avg more technically savvy than the average human I know all else equal.
Like, super goodWouldn't necessarily argue this, but how available is internet service/signal vs AM radio in bumfuck SW Kansas?The technically averse just listen to the markets at noon before Paul Harvey while they are eating a bologna sandwich.I don’t think anyone does this anymore. I know shitloads of farmers and they are on avg more technically savvy than the average human I know all else equal.
Benji, pretty much anyone that can meet and maintain the account minimums can trade futures, cattle or otherwise. Some of the author’s assertions sound like a bad episode of Yellowstone. If you want more details, given I am off today, I thought I would expand on the article. Otherwise, stop here.
I know this is overkill and not the question Benji asked, but after working in the industry for years to see things so poorly explained in articles like this just frustrate me to no end.
This article is a hot mess, IMHO. The author mentions the following:
System is rigged in favor of big meat over ranchers
Volatility of the pandemic created historically bad prices for ranchers
Ranchers don’t get their fair share of the boxed beef dollar
Formula contract pricing reduces competition and price transparency for ranchers
Only speculators contribute to futures price increases for cattle (just LOL)
If you want to write that article, then write that article. There are hundreds of them out there. Not going to debate any of those positions here, but I do question how what happened to the Easterday Ranch relates to any of the above points.
Easterday was not some struggling rancher who lost grandpa’s 160 acres the family had owned since the 1880’s. It was one of the largest, most diversified farming operations in the PNW. Given its size and longevity, I suspect Easterday was a very viable operation thru good times and bad.
Outside of Cody being the antithesis to Hillary Clinton’s cattle futures trading experience the explanation of how cattle futures work is just terrible.
LC futures- Live Cattle futures, contract size 40,000 lbs
Roughly 30-35 head of fat cattle weighing 1200-1250 lbs ready for slaughter. Basically a “pot load” of cattle in the shiny, aluminum, double decked (pot belly) cattle trailers on the highway. Actually, not shiny, but covered in runny, corn laden cattle crap.
FC futures- Feeder Cattle futures, contract size 50,000 lbs
60-65 head of feeder cattle weighing 700-750 ready for the feedlot to be fattened for the kill (see above). Again, this is about a truck load. Note if you have 65-70 head to load you can damn sure bet SD dad or Tom dad would get those boys on the truck with a note to the driver to avoid the KDOT scale house on the way to the feedlot.
The author mentions only buying a futures contract from a “stockbroker.” You buy AND SELL futures contracts, and you do it on margin. Probably like $1,500 will allow you to buy or sell a contract worth $50-60,000. If the price goes in your favor you build equity. If the price moves against you then a margin call requires you to put in more money. See the boys in the investing thread if any questions.
Basic Hedge example using their numbers:
This is highly simplified ignoring basis (differences between futures and cash price, discounts, delivery periods, etc). It even ignores the fact you can hedge the feed costs (second biggest expense next to the animal) using grain futures.
Buy feeders to put on feed with a breakeven of $1.30. You SELL futures contract for $1.34 to lock in the $.04 margin.
Cattle are fat and cash/futures are at $1.50 (prices go up)
Sell cash cattle for $1.50 - $1.30 breakeven you make $0.20 on cash
BUY back futures at $1.50 - $1.34 original sale you lose $0.16 on futures*
Net you made your $0.04 margin
*note must meet margin calls to keep your short sale to end of the trade
Cattle are fat and cash/futures are at $1.20 (prices go down)
Sell cash cattle for $1.20 - $1.30 breakeven you lose $0.10 on cash
BUY back futures at $1.20 - $1.34 original sale you make $0.14 on futures
Net you made your $0.04 margin
Cody was not hedging in any sense of the word. My guess is he was putting on a “Texas hedge.” He was long cash cattle and probably long cattle futures in the hopes of doubling up. Bottom line he was really bad at speculative trading of cattle futures. He had/has a serious gambling addiction. He could have as easily been losing millions at a casino.
Yes the cattle sector has went thru some very tough times. Ranchers and farmers are honest, hard working folk. However, they are human and prone to greed and corruption just like everyone else. I just feel like maybe that’s more of the story here.
The author also states futures and scale are the only way to survive in the cattle industry. For the subsidy crowd here USDA offers multiple programs for price protection in the livestock sector. There are other ways to manage the risk outside of futures.
https://www.rma.usda.gov/Policy-and-Procedure/Insurance-Plans/Livestock-Insurance-Plans
Tom
Ben ji-Here is an interesting article I ran across about a ranch/farming operation in Washington.sddad trades cattle and crop futures all the time. I don’t recall a day I have been around him when he wasn’t talking on the phone with his commodities guy at least once. I am not aware of any barrier to entry to doing it but I never asked obviously.
https://www.hcn.org/issues/53.12/ranching-betting-the-ranch
It's a really good article but the part that caught my attention was the son saying "I pissed it all away on the merch" trading cattle futures and being really bad at it. Basically the profit from a cow that goes to a rancher has been decreasing for years due to consolidation in the meat packing business and the kid got drunk on trading cattle futures, started a whole fraud thing then got even deeper in a deep hole and couldn't get out.
In the article they mentioned you had to have X amount of cattle before you can trade on the futures market. Does the SD fam or anyone else have enough cattle to shed light on how this works?
Feeder cattle contracts trade in 50,000 lb contracts, live cattle trade in 40,000 lb contracts. If you are planning to sell 800 lb feeders steers after you have fed/grew them you would basically need 62 head that would be selling at the same time to match up with your contract that you would have in place for the month you will be selling in. If selling 1300 to 1350 lb fat/finished steers you would need approximately 30 head selling at once. You can place as many or as few of contracts you need to cover the cattle/pounds you will be selling. Assuming there is enough liquidity / volume interest in the contract month you are trading to get someone to offset your positions at the price you are trying to put a contract on at.
Now I'm totally sidetracking this thread but I can't think about overalls without also discussing 5-buckle boots? Who grew up wearing these things? They would invariably spring leaks and get filled with icy slime when feeding cows during the winter. Muck boots were a quantum leap forward over these.Had a pair of these from a western store. They had pointed toes for cowboy boots although I didn't own boots.
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we had tons of these. all just black. and they were critical because when you are working cattle (we used "working cattle" to mean doctoring them and sorting out sicks and whatnot) in large numbers you are eventually just wading through cow poop a foot deep if you had the jobs I sometimes had (guy who makes the cows move up into the shoot barrel for me to move the giant wheel thing to smoosh them into the lane to eventually get to the chute before then reloading the giant barrel with more potentially sick cows). This is all high level cow farmer stuff that should be posted in that thread tbh.
To get this convo on track in the right threadThanks for getting this into the right thread, sd.Now I'm totally sidetracking this thread but I can't think about overalls without also discussing 5-buckle boots? Who grew up wearing these things? They would invariably spring leaks and get filled with icy slime when feeding cows during the winter. Muck boots were a quantum leap forward over these.Had a pair of these from a western store. They had pointed toes for cowboy boots although I didn't own boots.
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we had tons of these. all just black. and they were critical because when you are working cattle (we used "working cattle" to mean doctoring them and sorting out sicks and whatnot) in large numbers you are eventually just wading through cow poop a foot deep if you had the jobs I sometimes had (guy who makes the cows move up into the shoot barrel for me to move the giant wheel thing to smoosh them into the lane to eventually get to the chute before then reloading the giant barrel with more potentially sick cows). This is all high level cow farmer stuff that should be posted in that thread tbh.
Tater surveying his domain which is the farm. The shy little puppy exits the truck and announces his arrival. Drove out at noon to take care of a couple items.
He knows when I put on the boots and Carhartt it's farm time. Turns circles and barks at the door ready to go.
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Benji, pretty much anyone that can meet and maintain the account minimums can trade futures, cattle or otherwise. Some of the author’s assertions sound like a bad episode of Yellowstone. If you want more details, given I am off today, I thought I would expand on the article. Otherwise, stop here.
I know this is overkill and not the question Benji asked, but after working in the industry for years to see things so poorly explained in articles like this just frustrate me to no end.
This article is a hot mess, IMHO. The author mentions the following:
System is rigged in favor of big meat over ranchers
Volatility of the pandemic created historically bad prices for ranchers
Ranchers don’t get their fair share of the boxed beef dollar
Formula contract pricing reduces competition and price transparency for ranchers
Only speculators contribute to futures price increases for cattle (just LOL)
If you want to write that article, then write that article. There are hundreds of them out there. Not going to debate any of those positions here, but I do question how what happened to the Easterday Ranch relates to any of the above points.
Easterday was not some struggling rancher who lost grandpa’s 160 acres the family had owned since the 1880’s. It was one of the largest, most diversified farming operations in the PNW. Given its size and longevity, I suspect Easterday was a very viable operation thru good times and bad.
Outside of Cody being the antithesis to Hillary Clinton’s cattle futures trading experience the explanation of how cattle futures work is just terrible.
LC futures- Live Cattle futures, contract size 40,000 lbs
Roughly 30-35 head of fat cattle weighing 1200-1250 lbs ready for slaughter. Basically a “pot load” of cattle in the shiny, aluminum, double decked (pot belly) cattle trailers on the highway. Actually, not shiny, but covered in runny, corn laden cattle crap.
FC futures- Feeder Cattle futures, contract size 50,000 lbs
60-65 head of feeder cattle weighing 700-750 ready for the feedlot to be fattened for the kill (see above). Again, this is about a truck load. Note if you have 65-70 head to load you can damn sure bet SD dad or Tom dad would get those boys on the truck with a note to the driver to avoid the KDOT scale house on the way to the feedlot.
The author mentions only buying a futures contract from a “stockbroker.” You buy AND SELL futures contracts, and you do it on margin. Probably like $1,500 will allow you to buy or sell a contract worth $50-60,000. If the price goes in your favor you build equity. If the price moves against you then a margin call requires you to put in more money. See the boys in the investing thread if any questions.
Basic Hedge example using their numbers:
This is highly simplified ignoring basis (differences between futures and cash price, discounts, delivery periods, etc). It even ignores the fact you can hedge the feed costs (second biggest expense next to the animal) using grain futures.
Buy feeders to put on feed with a breakeven of $1.30. You SELL futures contract for $1.34 to lock in the $.04 margin.
Cattle are fat and cash/futures are at $1.50 (prices go up)
Sell cash cattle for $1.50 - $1.30 breakeven you make $0.20 on cash
BUY back futures at $1.50 - $1.34 original sale you lose $0.16 on futures*
Net you made your $0.04 margin
*note must meet margin calls to keep your short sale to end of the trade
Cattle are fat and cash/futures are at $1.20 (prices go down)
Sell cash cattle for $1.20 - $1.30 breakeven you lose $0.10 on cash
BUY back futures at $1.20 - $1.34 original sale you make $0.14 on futures
Net you made your $0.04 margin
Cody was not hedging in any sense of the word. My guess is he was putting on a “Texas hedge.” He was long cash cattle and probably long cattle futures in the hopes of doubling up. Bottom line he was really bad at speculative trading of cattle futures. He had/has a serious gambling addiction. He could have as easily been losing millions at a casino.
Yes the cattle sector has went thru some very tough times. Ranchers and farmers are honest, hard working folk. However, they are human and prone to greed and corruption just like everyone else. I just feel like maybe that’s more of the story here.
The author also states futures and scale are the only way to survive in the cattle industry. For the subsidy crowd here USDA offers multiple programs for price protection in the livestock sector. There are other ways to manage the risk outside of futures.
https://www.rma.usda.gov/Policy-and-Procedure/Insurance-Plans/Livestock-Insurance-Plans
Tom
He has shown a lot of heeler characteristics. I had a blue heeler growing up that had no reservations about sticking its head in any den hole. Skunks, raccoons, rabbits, coyotes she was nuts about chasing creatures.
Squirrels put Tater into orbit. At the farm the neighbors chickens wander over, and he chases them, but that sausage body and short legs work against him really catching anything.
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https://www.wibw.com/2022/01/24/secret-acres-foreign-owned-agricultural-land-inaccurately-tracked-by-government/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=snd&utm_content=wibwWeird that government records don't align from Federal,state, county levels?
weird
Ben Ji--I can tell you as an owner of a mini dachsund that if you get a mini (15lb<) it'll act badass but won't dive into that kind of danger. If you get a full sized one (+/_ 30lb) it very well might win the battle. Fun fact: weiners evolved over the years with the elongated body and long snout to be able to grab a badger face-to-face and keep the badger's sharp claws out of reach of the vitals. Drag him out. German farmer whacks the badger with a shovel.
Did you move out to farm full time Tom?Not yet. Would be great, but probably a few years away
Man, that rules. I hate farming but maybe I won’t at some point?
Man, that rules. I hate farming but maybe I won’t at some point?
It's your destiny SD. ben ji's dad wanted nothing more than to get off the farm and get his big city computer job but once he got older, all the kids moved out and he inherited some farmland he went right back to living that farm life.
Man, that rules. I hate farming but maybe I won’t at some point?
It's your destiny SD. ben ji's dad wanted nothing more than to get off the farm and get his big city computer job but once he got older, all the kids moved out and he inherited some farmland he went right back to living that farm life.
oh, I will never in my entire life move back to MY farm. I will buy some other better non-shitty farm.
Man, that rules. I hate farming but maybe I won’t at some point?I love farming. farming ho’s from the club. you feel me?
Man, that rules. I hate farming but maybe I won’t at some point?I love farming. farming ho’s from the club. you feel me?
https://www.csis.org/analysis/foreign-purchases-us-agricultural-land-facts-figures-and-assessment-real-threats?amphttps://www.wibw.com/2022/01/24/secret-acres-foreign-owned-agricultural-land-inaccurately-tracked-by-government/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=snd&utm_content=wibwWeird that government records don't align from Federal,state, county levels?
weird
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For Ben Ji
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1CtlRh5P7M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EadYOb-JO-E
https://thehustle.co/would-you-take-free-land-in-rural-america/
No idea where to post. Enjoyable article about how people were brought to the plains with free farmland in the 19th century, followed by a declining population and how people are returning to Kansas again due to the cheap real estate.
reminds me of this one time that small me was over at my uncle's place when the vet was preg-checking some heifers. I was sitting on a pile of rocks starting off into space when the vet pulled off his OB sleeve and lobbed it at me, looping it around my neck. It felt really warm and sticky but fortunately, he had turned it inside out before throwing it at me.
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Man, that rules. I hate farming but maybe I won’t at some point?I love farming. farming ho’s from the club. you feel me?
reminds me of this one time that small me was over at my uncle's place when the vet was preg-checking some heifers. I was sitting on a pile of rocks starting off into space when the vet pulled off his OB sleeve and lobbed it at me, looping it around my neck. It felt really warm and sticky but fortunately, he had turned it inside out before throwing it at me.
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https://thehustle.co/would-you-take-free-land-in-rural-america/
No idea where to post. Enjoyable article about how people were brought to the plains with free farmland in the 19th century, followed by a declining population and how people are returning to Kansas again due to the cheap real estate.
You could buy an abandoned atomic age high school building in rural KS and turn it into a hunting lodge or AirBNB. Seems like a lot of these things were up for sale 10 -15 years ago.https://thehustle.co/would-you-take-free-land-in-rural-america/
No idea where to post. Enjoyable article about how people were brought to the plains with free farmland in the 19th century, followed by a declining population and how people are returning to Kansas again due to the cheap real estate.
interesting stuff. I just talked to my dad and he mentioned a few folks paying cash for cheap houses in rural KS but he thought it was over. I think the brief WFH era is over for most and will really slow that down in the future.
reminds me of this one time that small me was over at my uncle's place when the vet was preg-checking some heifers. I was sitting on a pile of rocks starting off into space when the vet pulled off his OB sleeve and lobbed it at me, looping it around my neck. It felt really warm and sticky but fortunately, he had turned it inside out before throwing it at me.:horrorsurprise: :facepalm:
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Here is the Levant Nursing Home. My dad lived in Levant for a couple years as a kid.
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I'm sure the city of Levant would give the old high school/nursing home away if someone would turn it into something useful.That looks a lot like the school my grandparents went to in Carneiro, KS.Here is the Levant Nursing Home. My dad lived in Levant for a couple years as a kid.
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When I was a kid Moran had a movie theater. A young IC saw the movie The Car there. Hid behind trees every time headlights started down the street on my walk home.
Not a very good photo. Building has now been torn down.
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When I was there for 30th reunion in 2019,:sdeek:
When I was there for 30th reunion in 2019,:sdeek:
Bounced over to St Louis today for the Gateway Farm Toy Show. SD, that pocket ledger from Meade, KS set you back $40.
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Meade, KS is an international brand
Our distant cousin is the local land baron of thomas county and their home base of operations is like 2 miles away from our farm so I made my dad promise to try and contact him to see if he would be interested in leasing/custom working the circle and possibly breaking out the good part of the pasture and we left it at that.
:crossfingers: :pray: :crossfingers:
Our distant cousin is the local land baron of thomas county and their home base of operations is like 2 miles away from our farm so I made my dad promise to try and contact him to see if he would be interested in leasing/custom working the circle and possibly breaking out the good part of the pasture and we left it at that.
:crossfingers: :pray: :crossfingers:
:dubious: You can lead a horse to water but you cant make it drink
Our distant cousin is the local land baron of thomas county and their home base of operations is like 2 miles away from our farm so I made my dad promise to try and contact him to see if he would be interested in leasing/custom working the circle and possibly breaking out the good part of the pasture and we left it at that.
:crossfingers: :pray: :crossfingers:
:dubious: You can lead a horse to water but you cant make it drink
But then I would have to hunt pheasants on public land with all the peasants.Our distant cousin is the local land baron of thomas county and their home base of operations is like 2 miles away from our farm so I made my dad promise to try and contact him to see if he would be interested in leasing/custom working the circle and possibly breaking out the good part of the pasture and we left it at that.
:crossfingers: :pray: :crossfingers:
:dubious: You can lead a horse to water but you cant make it drink
You could also try and get him to sell the absolute crap out of it and head on over to the investing and crypto threads. :kstategrad:
But then I would have to hunt pheasants on public land with all the peasants.Our distant cousin is the local land baron of thomas county and their home base of operations is like 2 miles away from our farm so I made my dad promise to try and contact him to see if he would be interested in leasing/custom working the circle and possibly breaking out the good part of the pasture and we left it at that.
:crossfingers: :pray: :crossfingers:
:dubious: You can lead a horse to water but you cant make it drink
You could also try and get him to sell the absolute crap out of it and head on over to the investing and crypto threads. :kstategrad:
Also as SD mentioned land prices only go up.
But then I would have to hunt pheasants on public land with all the peasants.Our distant cousin is the local land baron of thomas county and their home base of operations is like 2 miles away from our farm so I made my dad promise to try and contact him to see if he would be interested in leasing/custom working the circle and possibly breaking out the good part of the pasture and we left it at that.
:crossfingers: :pray: :crossfingers:
:dubious: You can lead a horse to water but you cant make it drink
You could also try and get him to sell the absolute crap out of it and head on over to the investing and crypto threads. :kstategrad:
Also as SD mentioned land prices only go up.
But then I would have to hunt pheasants on public land with all the peasants.Our distant cousin is the local land baron of thomas county and their home base of operations is like 2 miles away from our farm so I made my dad promise to try and contact him to see if he would be interested in leasing/custom working the circle and possibly breaking out the good part of the pasture and we left it at that.
:crossfingers: :pray: :crossfingers:
:dubious: You can lead a horse to water but you cant make it drink
You could also try and get him to sell the absolute crap out of it and head on over to the investing and crypto threads. :kstategrad:
Also as SD mentioned land prices only go up.
Yea avoid this outcome at all costs, no crypto gains are worth giving up prime pheasant hunting
I can assure you I’m selling both an absolute truckload of farmland and an undetermined amount of Bitcoin in my lifetime
I can assure you I’m selling both an absolute truckload of farmland and an undetermined amount of Bitcoin in my lifetimeI will hodl my Bitcoin until I have enough to pay the horse farm note in full.
ben ji, talk to your dad about apartments and car washes immediately. for the content.:ROFL:
Farmland is way sexier than crypto, at least to this cat fan.I have 10 acres and will eventually own the other 150 or so around me. Patiently building the land empire for the kids to squander.
seems like a pretty significant chance ben ji's father would lose some or all of the proceeds in unfortunate investments if he were to sell the cat ranch.
Farmland is way sexier than crypto, at least to this cat fan.Wait until you can use NFTs to buy virtual farm land. Best of both worlds. Get that cyberbeef.
Farmland is way sexier than crypto, at least to this cat fan.I have 10 acres and will eventually own the other 150 or so around me. Patiently building the land empire for the kids to squander.
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My family hasn't farmed since early 1900s. Great grandparents born on farms and headed to cities. Maybe my kids will takeover the breeding farm when I retire.Farmland is way sexier than crypto, at least to this cat fan.I have 10 acres and will eventually own the other 150 or so around me. Patiently building the land empire for the kids to squander.
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Something about putting your bare feet on the turf you own is hard to beat. But I’m a bumpkin so I get it’s not the same for most. My family has 1000’s of acres of farmland in central KS that I think will probably at least make it another generation which is pretty remarkable.
ben ji, talk to your dad about apartments and car washes immediately. for the content.He has already mentioned running an AirBnB out there and I stumbled across these random AirBnBs in the area so maybe it's a hipster thing to stay in old ass farm buildings during road trips?
My family is current 4th gen KS ranchers which is about the most generations you can get without some weirdness. I comment a lot about selling but I almost certainly won’t, it’s in our blood. And obviously I’d just be selling to another bro and I’m not being that downgrade when we all grew up there.The cousin who farms our place... his dad used tell us boys it's the 3rd generation who squanders the inheritance looking directly at us. I guess it depends on when you start counting.
seems like a pretty significant chance ben ji's father would lose some or all of the proceeds in unfortunate investments if he were to sell the cat ranch.This is a very valid point but thankfully there is a zero percent chance he sells it unless he uses it as collateral to buy more land and get in over his head which doesn't seem likely now that he realized he is a shitty farm manager. (But great cat rancher, in fact he picked up a new cat from the Colby vet when he was out there...I'm guessing he has open orders to be filled for any stray cats people want to get rid of)
That is the way to do it SD. The cat ranch isn't a direct 4th generation KS ranch, bounced around my grandmother's side of the family for 70 years until my grandparents bought it in the 70's when the heirless great aunt or something passed away ( was a closed bid between people related to her) then they added some acreage to it.My family is current 4th gen KS ranchers which is about the most generations you can get without some weirdness. I comment a lot about selling but I almost certainly won’t, it’s in our blood. And obviously I’d just be selling to another bro and I’m not being that downgrade when we all grew up there.The cousin who farms our place... his dad used tell us boys it's the 3rd generation who squanders the inheritance looking directly at us. I guess it depends on when you start counting.
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My family is current 4th gen KS ranchers which is about the most generations you can get without some weirdness. I comment a lot about selling but I almost certainly won’t, it’s in our blood. And obviously I’d just be selling to another bro and I’m not being that downgrade when we all grew up there.
It is wild how old farmers are. I know a fellow Gen Xer who just earned a "young farmer of the year" award. In what other career field are you considered "young" in your 40's?Ranching. But irl there is no “next generation” of farmers. It dies out fairly soon. There isn’t a need for it and the “victim” is going to be rural communities. Though there isn’t much need for most of them either for the same reason. It sucks…..but does it? Or is that just us talking who grew up there? I don’t know.
It is wild how old farmers are. I know a fellow Gen Xer who just earned a "young farmer of the year" award. In what other career field are you considered "young" in your 40's?
Are these good ones, Tom? I grabbed a couple from my grandpa's basement. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220210/9dfd1aa0343926d0a65d90b51a21eec5.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220210/154dae975d5b8899f56ad637c58df0dc.jpg)Those are in great condition. They have been on a shelf. I am guessing grandpa owned the real versions of both?
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Definitely a shelf, but he was from my non-ag side of the family. Huge toy collection.Is his collection early era stuff like this?
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Got married in 86 and followed the wife to Sioux Falls. They have a huge farm toy show President Day weekend every year. That was my first clue such a thing existed. (farm toys are collectible?)We have a airplane style one that every grandchild has taken a picture in. It was recently completely restored.
At the show I see my old pedal tractor going for three figures. So I call dad, whatever happened to my old pedal tractor?
He says oh that was passed around 2-3 times to neighbors for their kids, but he says let me make a call or two.
The next time we were home he has that tractor in the garage. He had tracked it down to a chicken coupe in Goff, KS.
I restored it and the boys rode it on the cul de sac when they were little.
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Got married in 86 and followed the wife to Sioux Falls. They have a huge farm toy show President Day weekend every year. That was my first clue such a thing existed. (farm toys are collectible?)Tom, you're getting close to home with references like Goff. Can't say there are many people that have heard of it. My grandpa owned a TV repair business based out of Goff for a couple of years in the mid 60s.
At the show I see my old pedal tractor going for three figures. So I call dad, whatever happened to my old pedal tractor?
He says oh that was passed around 2-3 times to neighbors for their kids, but he says let me make a call or two.
The next time we were home he has that tractor in the garage. He had tracked it down to a chicken coupe in Goff, KS.
I restored it and the boys rode it on the cul de sac when they were little.
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It is wild how old farmers are. I know a fellow Gen Xer who just earned a "young farmer of the year" award. In what other career field are you considered "young" in your 40's?Ranching. But irl there is no “next generation” of farmers. It dies out fairly soon. There isn’t a need for it and the “victim” is going to be rural communities. Though there isn’t much need for most of them either for the same reason. It sucks…..but does it? Or is that just us talking who grew up there? I don’t know.
It is wild how old farmers are. I know a fellow Gen Xer who just earned a "young farmer of the year" award. In what other career field are you considered "young" in your 40's?
University Professor
https://twitter.com/kmmunger/status/1491534739030700033?s=21&fbclid=IwAR3XF8wMPoAdN4cN1lWlBQ-EASg8tmROI_AlQw_SxltSyE6-e1R5CrYTepMIt is wild how old farmers are. I know a fellow Gen Xer who just earned a "young farmer of the year" award. In what other career field are you considered "young" in your 40's?
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In terms of average age, I think you could make an argument for young being into your 50s in this case.
farming_catWe plant almost 100% of our acres to cover crops or wheat, so that takes a little time after harvest. We like to put most of our P(phosphorous) and K(potassium) on in the fall before the ground freezes. Pastures and hay ground get all of their fertilizer in the fall. Wheat gets a little bit of N(nitrogen) in the fall and all of it's P and K. The old man has cattle so they keep him busy as they are calving now. I have a job in town to keep me busy. We have some equipment that gets worked on. The next few weeks we'll be getting the planter ready. I'm in the process of building a shop at my place, so that's been taking my time as I finish the little things like electrical and heat. Of course we also find time for a few drinks with friends and fellow farmers on weekends. We hit up a farm show or two. Actually it's looking like I'll head to Louisville this week for the National Farm Machinery Show.
What's the update from your operation? What keeps you busy during the winter before spring planting?
Tom
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How is your rain / moisture situation? There has been essentially zero precip in my part of KS since about 1/11/21.farming_catWe plant almost 100% of our acres to cover crops or wheat, so that takes a little time after harvest. We like to put most of our P(phosphorous) and K(potassium) on in the fall before the ground freezes. Pastures and hay ground get all of their fertilizer in the fall. Wheat gets a little bit of N(nitrogen) in the fall and all of it's P and K. The old man has cattle so they keep him busy as they are calving now. I have a job in town to keep me busy. We have some equipment that gets worked on. The next few weeks we'll be getting the planter ready. I'm in the process of building a shop at my place, so that's been taking my time as I finish the little things like electrical and heat. Of course we also find time for a few drinks with friends and fellow farmers on weekends. We hit up a farm show or two. Actually it's looking like I'll head to Louisville this week for the National Farm Machinery Show.
What's the update from your operation? What keeps you busy during the winter before spring planting?
Tom
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How is your rain / moisture situation? There has been essentially zero precip in my part of KS since about 1/11/21.We can definitely use a rain. We've been dry all winter, but are probably still sitting better than the rest of the state. So I won't complain too much.
:thumbs:How is your rain / moisture situation? There has been essentially zero precip in my part of KS since about 1/11/21.We can definitely use a rain. We've been dry all winter, but are probably still sitting better than the rest of the state. So I won't complain too much.
That's a full fall and winter. The cover crop process fascinates me. If not wheat then what do you plant?farming_catWe plant almost 100% of our acres to cover crops or wheat, so that takes a little time after harvest. We like to put most of our P(phosphorous) and K(potassium) on in the fall before the ground freezes. Pastures and hay ground get all of their fertilizer in the fall. Wheat gets a little bit of N(nitrogen) in the fall and all of it's P and K. The old man has cattle so they keep him busy as they are calving now. I have a job in town to keep me busy. We have some equipment that gets worked on. The next few weeks we'll be getting the planter ready. I'm in the process of building a shop at my place, so that's been taking my time as I finish the little things like electrical and heat. Of course we also find time for a few drinks with friends and fellow farmers on weekends. We hit up a farm show or two. Actually it's looking like I'll head to Louisville this week for the National Farm Machinery Show.
What's the update from your operation? What keeps you busy during the winter before spring planting?
Tom
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Good stuff farming cat, always enjoy learning more. I'm wondering if cover crops have the same benefits out on western KS where there isn't as much moisture. Still beneficial? Would it steal the moisture your summer crops need?I'm unsure if covers would be beneficial in western, KS. I would imagine that they could be and the hardcore cover croppers will tell you that they absolutely would be beneficial. However, I would imagine that profit margins are somewhat narrow out there, therefore they might not want to take the risk of planting covers. The barley mix I planted cost approximately $50/acre. Rye closer to $15/acre. Cover crops are supposed to increase the water holding capacity of the soil and if they do aid with that, there is a possible benefit. I would say there is definitely valid concern with covers stealing moisture. I know termination timing is somewhat critical for us and would probably be even more critical out west if they are looking dry before spring planting. One year we terminated the cover a couple of weeks before we wanted to plant. Ended up getting some rain and the cover basically turned into a mulch and kept the soil too wet for planting for quite some time. We now like to "plant green" into standing, fully alive cover and terminate after planting.
I can't think of any places around the cat ranch that grow cover crops besides planting wheat directly after a the corn is harvested (but then they still harvest the wheat).
Usually it's just a barren wasteland of corn/Milo/wheat stubble in the field.
Good stuff farming cat, always enjoy learning more. I'm wondering if cover crops have the same benefits out on western KS where there isn't as much moisture. Still beneficial? Would it steal the moisture your summer crops need?I'm unsure if covers would be beneficial in western, KS. I would imagine that they could be and the hardcore cover croppers will tell you that they absolutely would be beneficial. However, I would imagine that profit margins are somewhat narrow out there, therefore they might not want to take the risk of planting covers. The barley mix I planted cost approximately $50/acre. Rye closer to $15/acre. Cover crops are supposed to increase the water holding capacity of the soil and if they do aid with that, there is a possible benefit. I would say there is definitely valid concern with covers stealing moisture. I know termination timing is somewhat critical for us and would probably be even more critical out west if they are looking dry before spring planting. One year we terminated the cover a couple of weeks before we wanted to plant. Ended up getting some rain and the cover basically turned into a mulch and kept the soil too wet for planting for quite some time. We now like to "plant green" into standing, fully alive cover and terminate after planting.
I can't think of any places around the cat ranch that grow cover crops besides planting wheat directly after a the corn is harvested (but then they still harvest the wheat).
Usually it's just a barren wasteland of corn/Milo/wheat stubble in the field.
Need cat ranch update or something. The actual farmers are getting a bit upity with their technical farming talk.
So once we opted out of Sundays bat cat game we looked for something else to do. We stumbled on this windmill ranch near Tolar, TX. 30 windmills on 20 acres.
A retired nuclear engineer from a farm in SD who became fascinated with wind mills.
It was a fun hour plus learning the workings of these icons of the prairie.
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So once we opted out of Sundays bat cat game we looked for something else to do. We stumbled on this windmill ranch near Tolar, TX. 30 windmills on 20 acres.
A retired nuclear engineer from a farm in SD who became fascinated with wind mills.
It was a fun hour plus learning the workings of these icons of the prairie.
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My uncle pumps air into his stocked pond via wind-meal. I guess it's good for the water?Yeah, fish will die if there isn’t oxygen in the water. A fountain also works.
My uncle pumps air into his stocked pond via wind-meal. I guess it's good for the water?Yeah, fish will die if there isn’t oxygen in the water. A fountain also works.
And yes, my dad did mention his desire to capture a baby skunk, have it descented and keep it inside like a cat...again
"Sometimes you will see the mother walking around and all the little babies following it. Just need to find a way to get one of the little ones. I don't think I could find a vet to descent it though, maybe out there (cat ranch area) but definitely not here (KC)"
I think I just found the perfect father's day gift....
I think I just found the perfect father's day gift....
I think I just found the perfect father's day gift....
https://www.evenkeelexotics.com/skunks
Years back when I was first married, we lived in three-plex flats in the city. Our neighbor had a skunk. It was like a spoiled fat cat, and guess what he feed it, if you guessed cat food you are correct. It was deglanded and didn't smell bad. It was funny when someone would come over to see him when we were visiting and didn't know about the skunk. Giff would have to pick up the little chub and let the person know it was his pet and did not squirt the smelly stuff. :lol:
lol, probably could've guessed that
No Wagyu :angry:
Medicinal hay baby
No Wagyu :angry:
ha, noob
crap you're rightMedicinal hay baby
*therapeutic hay
No Wagyu :angry:
ha, noob
Noob?? I've moved on from "pedestrian" beef. :dubious:
Better tell these guys https://wagyu.org/ (https://wagyu.org/) :gocho:
In Japan there are four breeds that are considered Wagyu and those are the Japanese Black (the predominant Wagyu exported to the U.S), Japanese Brown (In the U.S. referred to as Red Wagyu), Japanese Polled and Japanese Shorthorn. There are no Japanese Polled or Shorthorns being bred outside Japan.
is that a wagyu in the shovel
also you know you are farm AF if you have a squared off shovel like that. you don't see those anywhere other than 100 year old lean-to buildings filled with absolute truckloads of bullshit.Or in the hands of the lowest guy on every concrete crew in existence.
also you know you are farm AF if you have a squared off shovel like that. you don't see those anywhere other than 100 year old lean-to buildings filled with absolute truckloads of bullshit.
Here is the pasture my dad broke out and planted Milo that only headed out at around 25%. It was great for pheasant hunting but it's why he lost money in a farming period of record high crop prices.
They harvested a small area of the field but then just left the rest. I told my dad not to bother wasting seed on the playa lakes area of the field but he didn't listen. Only 4 more years then we can get those areas into some sweet sweet CRP
(The mowed trails area is in the top right of this photo)
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I randomly checked the KS WIHA map and they have updated the satellite imagery which I have dated to between November 1st and November 14th of 2021.
https://ksdot.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=a6467b7c4f714053ab63003607674413
There is a U shape in the windbreak where my uncle used to dump hay bales for his cattle and all the grass was dead since it was trampled so much. Over the summer it grew up a mix of weeds/alfalfa/grass. Each time I went out to the cat ranch I would mow some trails through it just dreaming of pheasant season.
I was out there October 31st when Nebraska's pheasant season opened and would walk my dogs through that area and flush 5+ birds without even trying.
Came back out 2 weeks later for KS opening day and my dad had tilled it up because "Nothing but a bunch of weeds"
I was devastated and it's all coming back to me now that I can see the sweet ass trails I painstakingly mowed. He promises he won't mow/till it up this year.
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That uncut milo is going to be wilding out next year. Did you burn it off or work the crap out of it?
Burnt the hobby farm yesterday.
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The Hill right across from Fort Riley on I-70 was burning on Friday when I drove out.This made my commute home 40 minutes. Which is basically a war crime.
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Here is the pasture my dad broke out and planted Milo that only headed out at around 25%. It was great for pheasant hunting but it's why he lost money in a farming period of record high crop prices.So my dad has been letting a local "Nate" run cattle on his pasture for free this winter and in exchange Nate is gonna use his fence post digger implement and farming skills to fence off the new dry cropland we broke out last year. (There are cattle out there now but with temp electric fences)
They harvested a small area of the field but then just left the rest. I told my dad not to bother wasting seed on the playa lakes area of the field but he didn't listen. Only 4 more years then we can get those areas into some sweet sweet CRP
(The mowed trails area is in the top right of this photo)
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if you are going to continue to plant that land I would strongly recommend continuing to utilize the electric fence during times cattle are on it (for free).The electric fence/new permanent fence is to keep the cattle OUT of the new cropland. The guy my dad leased the cropland to doesn't want cows compacting the dirt down since he wants to no till farm it this spring (or something like that).
if you are going to continue to plant that land I would strongly recommend continuing to utilize the electric fence during times cattle are on it (for free).The electric fence/new permanent fence is to keep the cattle OUT of the new cropland. The guy my dad leased the cropland to doesn't want cows compacting the dirt down since he wants to no till farm it this spring (or something like that).
Ben ji's dad is making it out to the farm for the first time in about 2 months...they closed I-70 due to dust storms right as he was getting in. Storm front is moving in but the dust is blowing before the rain is supposed to arrive around 10pm tonight.
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Pretty sure it's gonna be more Milo (of a different variety that hopefully heads out this year).if you are going to continue to plant that land I would strongly recommend continuing to utilize the electric fence during times cattle are on it (for free).The electric fence/new permanent fence is to keep the cattle OUT of the new cropland. The guy my dad leased the cropland to doesn't want cows compacting the dirt down since he wants to no till farm it this spring (or something like that).
what are you planting that you don't want cattle stomping it? I'm by no means a farming genius but I've got enough farming genius via osmosis (yelling at me for rough ridin' up) that I am curious.
I love the isolation of the high plains and it's some beautiful looking country between Mid May-Late July (assuming no drought) but God dam does the wind and the dust make you realize why they were still giving the land away for free in the early 20th centuryBen ji's dad is making it out to the farm for the first time in about 2 months...they closed I-70 due to dust storms right as he was getting in. Storm front is moving in but the dust is blowing before the rain is supposed to arrive around 10pm tonight.
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great pic
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after reading this thread forever, I just realized I have no idea what the hell milo is? :dunno:
after reading this thread forever, I just realized I have no idea what the hell milo is? :dunno:
after reading this thread forever, I just realized I have no idea what the hell milo is? :dunno:It has like 10 names (sorghum, broomcorn etc) etc but in Western KS it's called Milo. It's a grain they feed to cows.
really good quick watch on a bull rider
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kQl6BnDRQg
we had a few bull riders work for us over the years and one was big enough that you could say his name and it'd get head turns by rodeo folks. but man it's a brutal sport. lotta headers and healers worked for us and didn't get crippled but all of the bull riders did. just a brutal undertaking.
Also, I think you can smoke it???
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So what's the best game cam to capture trespassing activities with?
Tom
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So what's the best game cam to capture trespassing activities with?
Tom
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So what's the best game cam to capture trespassing activities with?
Tom
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What kind of game? Are we talking about ... the most dangerous game???
But the gov will make it rain so no worries
Infuriating that you downgrades don’t ask me, the originator and best farm thread poster, your stupid farm questions.Come on SD. I couldn't post anywhere on GE if not for your farm thread.
Any of that stuff have a pan seat on it? Any make or model names?I'm guessing these are pan seats? If so they are around but not attached.
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No idea what this thing is but maybe it blows grain or something?This has me intrigued. Here's your chance, SD. Remnants of a stationary combine?
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This (discer?) Has 3 hitches for all the horsesIs there a windmill laying in the background?
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I took a closer look this afternoon and it has a conveyor belt of "scoops" that run through the tube powered by that pulley/gear portion.No idea what this thing is but maybe it blows grain or something?This has me intrigued. Here's your chance, SD. Remnants of a stationary combine?
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It's some sort of hoist thing but only about 12ft tall so not a true windmill.This (discer?) Has 3 hitches for all the horsesIs there a windmill laying in the background?
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Of course it does you dumbassWow, looks who is still salty about getting overshadowed by Tom.
But the gov will make it rain so no worries
Farming_catSo far it's been too windy to put the bird in the air the days that we've been planting. Here is a video that I shot last year.
Where's our spring drone pix of you planting?
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Nice perspective on the planting. Is your moisture situation okay? Was talking to one of Mrs SSOC's family members from the Pratt area and they are hurting for moisture - bad enough that even wheat is suffering.Farming_catSo far it's been too windy to put the bird in the air the days that we've been planting. Here is a video that I shot last year.
Where's our spring drone pix of you planting?
Tom
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyli7K_i1Fs
Our moisture is pretty good here. Mostly waiting on it to dry out a little bit to finish planting. Everything that's been planted is off to an excellent start. Wheat should be set up pretty good to have good yields. Weather during grain fill will be important now.Hope that your operation has a prosperous year.
Skip ahead to 6:50 when they break out a JD 95 from the 1950s and run it along with the modern machines:
https://youtu.be/vT_VDYn1H-4
Our moisture is pretty good here. Mostly waiting on it to dry out a little bit to finish planting. Everything that's been planted is off to an excellent start. Wheat should be set up pretty good to have good yields. Weather during grain fill will be important now.There was some decent looking wheat out in NW KS but the majority of it looked pretty shitty, wind erosion in some spots and spotty growth. They didn't get any real precipitation from Oct to April.
Thanks farming_cat. I always stress when I see a planter with both markers up until I realize you're running using GPS. Probably just sitting in the cab reading goEMAW.Farming_catSo far it's been too windy to put the bird in the air the days that we've been planting. Here is a video that I shot last year.
Where's our spring drone pix of you planting?
Tom
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyli7K_i1Fs
Token pic of our cow farmer Nate's yearling cows hanging out by the windmill.Probably whatever is in that contrail is making the cows sick.
#62 was moving slow and off by itself with drool hanging out of it's mouth coughing and my dad mentioned it's probably sick. I told him he better tell Nate to hit him with the Nuflor needle and my dad was shocked to know I knew what that was.
Look at all this knowledge I am absorbing from the best farming thread on a sports themed message board in the world.
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Nice perspective on the planting. Is your moisture situation okay? Was talking to one of Mrs SSOC's family members from the Pratt area and they are hurting for moisture - bad enough that even wheat is suffering.Farming_catSo far it's been too windy to put the bird in the air the days that we've been planting. Here is a video that I shot last year.
Where's our spring drone pix of you planting?
Tom
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyli7K_i1Fs
Have you seen any of this guy's farming / drone videos? Skip ahead to 6:50 when they break out a JD 95 from the 1950s and run it along with the modern machines:
https://youtu.be/vT_VDYn1H-4
No idea what this thing is but maybe it blows grain or something?
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I almost forgot about the equipment seats. If you let them go for $25 ea, you are giving them away. They are almost as popular as steel wheels. Let's say I saw them go for around $100 to $150 at auctions when they are cleaned up, but not painted or power bushed since that will destroy the art value. People use them as seating next to their garage/barn/house. Usually, weld the equipment mount to a metal post as this makes the seat bouncy like when it was on the horse-drawn equipment.
Here is an online auction site that might help you with the value of your equipment.
https://www.machinerytrader.com/listings/for-sale/horse-drawn-equipment/40045
Tom, return that overpriced box scraper and grab this tried and true scraper (I'm assuming that's what it is) from the cat ranch for free.Token pic of our cow farmer Nate's yearling cows hanging out by the windmill.Probably whatever is in that contrail is making the cows sick.
#62 was moving slow and off by itself with drool hanging out of it's mouth coughing and my dad mentioned it's probably sick. I told him he better tell Nate to hit him with the Nuflor needle and my dad was shocked to know I knew what that was.
Look at all this knowledge I am absorbing from the best farming thread on a sports themed message board in the world.
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You're correct. We have been running Auto-Steer for a few years now. It has been a great asset that allows me to catch up on goEMAW.Thanks farming_cat. I always stress when I see a planter with both markers up until I realize you're running using GPS. Probably just sitting in the cab reading goEMAW.Farming_catSo far it's been too windy to put the bird in the air the days that we've been planting. Here is a video that I shot last year.
Where's our spring drone pix of you planting?
Tom
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyli7K_i1Fs
Do you like the White planter? I've known one other farmer who had one, and they liked it.
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That's one of those Chinese hurricane contrails.
You're correct. We have been running Auto-Steer for a few years now. It has been a great asset that allows me to catch up on goEMAW.Thanks farming_cat. I always stress when I see a planter with both markers up until I realize you're running using GPS. Probably just sitting in the cab reading goEMAW.Farming_catSo far it's been too windy to put the bird in the air the days that we've been planting. Here is a video that I shot last year.
Where's our spring drone pix of you planting?
Tom
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyli7K_i1Fs
Do you like the White planter? I've known one other farmer who had one, and they liked it.
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We have been getting along pretty good with the White planter. I worked for AGCO for a few years out of college as a design engineer for White planters. That helped with the decision to buy one as I knew my way around them pretty well.
Do you have another job or is it farming 24/7 365 now for farming_cat?I have another job. I would like to farm 24/7 365, but that is not in the cards yet.
is wheat the whole stick or just the top part?revisiting this question since it was ignored by everyone probably because it’s too advanced?
is wheat the whole stick or just the top part?revisiting this question since it was ignored by everyone probably because it’s too advanced?
let’s assume wheat is the whole thing that sticks up from the ground, so the stick, the leaves, and the seeds next to the leaves, it’s crazy to think that the mayans or maybe incas, iroquois? decided to smash the stick/leaves/seeds together between two cement stones (assuming this is what a combine is) and then you would have flour which has vitamins and minerals in it.
The entire plant is wheat. The grain (seeds) itself is harvested with a combine. The combine separates the grain from the MOG (material other than grain) or chaff. Flour is made from only the grain at the mill. The remaining stock of the plant is considered straw. Some farmers will choose to bale the straw and either sell it or use it as bedding for livestock. Other farmers leave it on the field as there are nutrients in the straw that will be available for other crops to use once it is broken down over time.is wheat the whole stick or just the top part?revisiting this question since it was ignored by everyone probably because it’s too advanced?
let’s assume wheat is the whole thing that sticks up from the ground, so the stick, the leaves, and the seeds next to the leaves, it’s crazy to think that the mayans or maybe incas, iroquois? decided to smash the stick/leaves/seeds together between two cement stones (assuming this is what a combine is) and then you would have flour which has vitamins and minerals in it.
thanks farming_cat fan. it’s hilarious how much more you know about farming than the rest of the poser downgrades ITT. a few of these guys bought a garth brooks compact disc in high school and decided they were john deere reincarnated.There is little to no protein in the straw therefore the feed quality is very low. At times I'm sure straw is used as cattle feed and it is probably mixed in from time to time with higher quality of feed. I don't know very much about cattle feed. I try to just stick with eating cattle and not raise them. The main nutrient in the straw that is beneficial to the next crop would be potassium. Potassium is one of 3 major nutrients required to raise crops. The other 2 are phosphorus and nitrogen.
one follow up- is straw the same thing as hay? and if there’s vitamins and minerals in the straw why not turn it into flour too?
thanks farming_cat fan. it’s hilarious how much more you know about farming than the rest of the poser downgrades ITT. a few of these guys bought a garth brooks compact disc in high school and decided they were john deere reincarnated.There is little to no protein in the straw therefore the feed quality is very low. At times I'm sure straw is used as cattle feed and it is probably mixed in from time to time with higher quality of feed. I don't know very much about cattle feed. I try to just stick with eating cattle and not raise them. The main nutrient in the straw that is beneficial to the next crop would be potassium. Potassium is one of 3 major nutrients required to raise crops. The other 2 are phosphorus and nitrogen.
one follow up- is straw the same thing as hay? and if there’s vitamins and minerals in the straw why not turn it into flour too?
Basically straw has nothing beneficial for human consumption therefore is not processed into flour.
Token pic of our cow farmer Nate's yearling cows hanging out by the windmill.Probably whatever is in that
#62 was moving slow and off by itself with drool hanging out of it's mouth coughing and my dad mentioned it's probably sick. I told him he better tell Nate to hit him with the Nuflor needle and my dad was shocked to know I knew what that was.
Look at all this knowledge I am absorbing from the best farming thread on a sports themed message board in the world.
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corn used to be my #1 vegetable but as of this week, wheat is making a huge push for the top spot
and before slim goodbody comes in here to try and say that wheat isn’t a vegetable, it’s a plant that grows from the earth just like every other vegetable
also, is anyone else fascinated by the potassium in straw?
Just found out this is a thingThat wheat looks terrible. On a related note, wheat for July delivery is $12.58 at a local terminal.
How’s everyone’s wheat crop?
https://twitter.com/aarhar/status/1526590454157950976?s=21&t=W4zwgxrf7XINj2DWYcOUdQ
#wheattour22
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thanks farming_cat fan. it’s hilarious how much more you know about farming than the rest of the poser downgrades ITT. a few of these guys bought agarth brooksJoe Diffie. compact disc in high school and decided they were john deere reincarnated.
one follow up- is straw the same thing as hay? and if there’s vitamins and minerals in the straw why not turn it into flour too?
don’t go there, city slicker! my ropers are older than you!thanks farming_cat fan. it’s hilarious how much more you know about farming than the rest of the poser downgrades ITT. a few of these guys bought agarth brooksJoe Diffie. compact disc in high school and decided they were john deere reincarnated.
one follow up- is straw the same thing as hay? and if there’s vitamins and minerals in the straw why not turn it into flour too?
FYP, city boy. :lol:
https://kingflour.com/all-about-wheat-2/
50 percent of human calories consumed globally come from wheat.
The only human application for straw is as a toothpick to get the meat and bread out of your teeth.
Putting up straw bales was the easiest hay money every summer because they were so lite.
We've double cropped wheat followed by beans some years.
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You are correct. I know southern Kansas plans on double cropping beans every year. I would guess they typically have their wheat harvested in mid June. Their fertilizer plan includes both crops for the year. With new crop soybean prices where they are, I would imagine there will be quite a few double crop acres this year. We are considering it here in northeast Kansas.https://kingflour.com/all-about-wheat-2/
50 percent of human calories consumed globally come from wheat.
The only human application for straw is as a toothpick to get the meat and bread out of your teeth.
Putting up straw bales was the easiest hay money every summer because they were so lite.
We've double cropped wheat followed by beans some years.
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Tell me more about this double cropping beans after wheat. When I was out at the cat ranch last weekend I was listening to the local radio and they played something about Biden encouraging double cropping. Based on what I remember only like 600 counties in the country can get their sweet sweet subsidized crop insurance if they double crop but Biden was talking about expanding it to like 2,000 counties or something.
So you harvest the wheat in late june/early july and still have enough time to get in a soybean crop?
I know this wouldn't be a thing in western ks where the cat ranch is but I'm interested in learning more about the feasibility.
Probably better fit in maps thread but putting here. Land value.USD/ha
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Probably better fit in maps thread but putting here. Land value.I love how you can see where they built the transcontinental railroad out west. Just a rope of private land surrounded by BLM land.
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Follow the hashtagJust found out this is a thingThat wheat looks terrible. On a related note, wheat for July delivery is $12.58 at a local terminal.
How’s everyone’s wheat crop?
https://twitter.com/aarhar/status/1526590454157950976?s=21&t=W4zwgxrf7XINj2DWYcOUdQ
#wheattour22
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Probably better fit in maps thread but putting here. Land value.What's going on with Iowa, and to a lesser extent the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles?
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Iowa - CornProbably better fit in maps thread but putting here. Land value.What's going on with Iowa, and to a lesser extent the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles?
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You telling me corn stops growing across those imaginary lines that make Iowa's north and south borders?? Also Texas looks cheaper. Texas might be high property taxes?Iowa - CornProbably better fit in maps thread but putting here. Land value.What's going on with Iowa, and to a lesser extent the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles?
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Texas - Oil
Yeah, guessing the immediate cutoff from IA to NE is the ridiculous NE property taxes. Same with TX.Does Iowa just have ridiculously low property taxes? Because they have higher values compared to all their neighbors
First time reading this 194 pager and I’m not going to check if this question has already been asked, but here’s my question:iirc they are the same
Hay and straw…what’s the difference, REALLY?
Straw in my mind originates from wheat stubble. Hay is Prarie grass, brome, or alfalfa.
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I put up this amount of firewood from the dead trees in the windbreak over my last 2 trips but that will be gone by the end of December assuming normal consumption.that looks awesome, ben ji. I've considered buying a place outside of town just so I could go there and cut wood and stack it in neat piles.
I'll probably cut some more over the summer but I have learned my lesson and have a couple of stacks of firewood hidden in the windbreak for when I go out there in January to chase birds.
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It's very therapeutic. Makes you feel like a manly man when you use power tools to slice some dead tree's into nice small burnable pieces.I put up this amount of firewood from the dead trees in the windbreak over my last 2 trips but that will be gone by the end of December assuming normal consumption.that looks awesome, ben ji. I've considered buying a place outside of town just so I could go there and cut wood and stack it in neat piles.
I'll probably cut some more over the summer but I have learned my lesson and have a couple of stacks of firewood hidden in the windbreak for when I go out there in January to chase birds.
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You seeing/hearing a lot of pheasants this spring? Hoping the Kansas population in general did a lot of sex and made a lot of pheasant babies.Not really but this time of year they seem to hanging out in the wheat and CRP which I stay out of so they can sex up in peace.
So, this rain save everyone's ass? I hope soReal toad-strangler here. Almost 5" on 5/24 and 5/25 combined.
So, this rain save everyone's ass? I hope soReal toad-strangler here. Almost 5" on 5/24 and 5/25 combined.
I don't know if gully washer is the right term since the rain came over a 48 hr period and not in two hours.So, this rain save everyone's ass? I hope soReal toad-strangler here. Almost 5" on 5/24 and 5/25 combined.
so, a gully washer?
I don't know if gully washer is the right term since the rain came over a 48 hr period and not in two hours.So, this rain save everyone's ass? I hope soReal toad-strangler here. Almost 5" on 5/24 and 5/25 combined.
so, a gully washer?
The farmers and ranchers I've been in contact with are very happy about the rainfall.I don't know if gully washer is the right term since the rain came over a 48 hr period and not in two hours.So, this rain save everyone's ass? I hope soReal toad-strangler here. Almost 5" on 5/24 and 5/25 combined.
so, a gully washer?
seriously, this amount of slow soaking rain was good right? I think of my KS wheat bros when it's super dry
The current rain is way too late to help the wheat thoughThe farmers and ranchers I've been in contact with are very happy about the rainfall.I don't know if gully washer is the right term since the rain came over a 48 hr period and not in two hours.So, this rain save everyone's ass? I hope soReal toad-strangler here. Almost 5" on 5/24 and 5/25 combined.
so, a gully washer?
seriously, this amount of slow soaking rain was good right? I think of my KS wheat bros when it's super dry
The current rain is way too late to help the wheat thoughThe farmers and ranchers I've been in contact with are very happy about the rainfall.I don't know if gully washer is the right term since the rain came over a 48 hr period and not in two hours.So, this rain save everyone's ass? I hope soReal toad-strangler here. Almost 5" on 5/24 and 5/25 combined.
so, a gully washer?
seriously, this amount of slow soaking rain was good right? I think of my KS wheat bros when it's super dry
In 2021, Kansas fields produced 52 bushels of wheat per acre. This year, they are estimated to produce 39 bushels per acre according to the USDA estimate.
The Kansas Wheat Commission said that Oklahoma and Colorado crops aren’t fairing much better, and combining their harvest with Kansas’ this year, it will still be less than what Kansas, alone, harvested in 2021.
Probably better fit in maps thread but putting here. Land value.What's going on with Iowa, and to a lesser extent the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles?
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Just heard a farm sold today 6 miles from us 25,000 an acre. Farm credit is lending up to 5,800. Must have deep pockets and other ground paid for in this crazy environment. Farm was 96 acres. Lays nice.
Took a road trip last week thru SD and ND to see the Badlands, black hills, Custer State Park, national grasslamds, and Theodore Roosevelt National Park.Tom, hate to break it to you but that's an old Indian burial site.
I've read about it, but to see the huge piles of rock that ND farmers accumulate in their fields is quite a site.
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god that red s10 is just too adorableMaybe this should go in the shame yourself thread but it's a stick shift and I can't drive it because I'm a city boi.
god that red s10 is just too adorableMaybe this should go in the shame yourself thread but it's a stick shift and I can't drive it because I'm a city boi.
My dad tried to teach me a couple of years ago but I felt bad because I kept killing it and jamming the clutch and thought I might break it.
I don't feel as bad about killing it now since he has had it for 5 years so maybe I'll ask for a lesson again.
https://twitter.com/AP/status/1534340180227805184?t=FSnPYNHjU-L9fWPw66pPBg&s=19Impressed by horses and riders on pavement. We used to move cattle on black top highway a couple times a year.
i always wondered how the center pivot irrigation stuff worked. anyone know how the little systems on wheels that they use in the intermountain west/mormon country work?Those things are gosh darn adorable and all over out west. I've only seen them used on hayfields.
feel bad for that poor cow getting dropped on pavement like that.
https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2022/05/02/proposal-to-build-states-largest-feedlot-hits-snag-but-now-headed-for-another-chance/I have no idea about how much water a 100,000 head feedlot needs but what are they gonna do for water in 20/30 years?
There was a time when something named Blackshirt Feeders LP would have passed with no objections?
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i always wondered how the center pivot irrigation stuff worked. anyone know how the little systems on wheels that they use in the intermountain west/mormon country work?Those things are gosh darn adorable and all over out west. I've only seen them used on hayfields.
feel bad for that poor cow getting dropped on pavement like that.
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i always wondered how the center pivot irrigation stuff worked. anyone know how the little systems on wheels that they use in the intermountain west/mormon country work?Those things are gosh darn adorable and all over out west. I've only seen them used on hayfields.
feel bad for that poor cow getting dropped on pavement like that.
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It's super crazy how you really only see those west of the rockies
https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2022/05/02/proposal-to-build-states-largest-feedlot-hits-snag-but-now-headed-for-another-chance/I have no idea about how much water a 100,000 head feedlot needs but what are they gonna do for water in 20/30 years?
There was a time when something named Blackshirt Feeders LP would have passed with no objections?
Tom
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"The project still has some hurdles. It needs to obtain some nearby irrigated farm ground and “retire” at least six center-pivot irrigation systems to obtain enough water to supply the feedlot. The Upper Republican Natural Resources District would have to approve such a water swap."
They don't mess around with water shenanigans in the Republican compact.https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2022/05/02/proposal-to-build-states-largest-feedlot-hits-snag-but-now-headed-for-another-chance/I have no idea about how much water a 100,000 head feedlot needs but what are they gonna do for water in 20/30 years?
There was a time when something named Blackshirt Feeders LP would have passed with no objections?
Tom
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"The project still has some hurdles. It needs to obtain some nearby irrigated farm ground and “retire” at least six center-pivot irrigation systems to obtain enough water to supply the feedlot. The Upper Republican Natural Resources District would have to approve such a water swap."
bioengineered beef that require less water, like gmo crops. 20/30 years is like a million years irl.
Twitter has 3000 SW kansas dead cows from mysterious causes. SD, I need the conspiracies STATCould be a new string of bovine sex mutilation cases perhaps?
Twitter has 3000 SW kansas dead cows from mysterious causes. SD, I need the conspiracies STATthere is zero reputable sources reporting this.
probably because it’s just hot AF. Cows are extraordinarily pud when it comes to weather. Gotta get them water and shade. There is very little of either in SW KS. Also in the last 20’ish years cow farmers got really into all black cows.Great summary of the ways that heat stresses cattle - they to to the feedlot to get covered in a layer of fat that makes it hard for them to dissipate heat. Their digestion generates more heat. They need to release heat from their cow bodies at night and they cannot do that if it stays hot and humid all night. Pretty wild.
there will sometimes be outbreaks of diseases that will roll through a herd too. sometimes one starts and you have to put the rest down to stop the spread. pretty bad stuff.
probably because it’s just hot AF. Cows are extraordinarily pud when it comes to weather. Gotta get them water and shade. There is very little of either in SW KS. Also in the last 20’ish years cow farmers got really into all black cows.Great summary of the ways that heat stresses cattle - they to to the feedlot to get covered in a layer of fat that makes it hard for them to dissipate heat. Their digestion generates more heat. They need to release heat from their cow bodies at night and they cannot do that if it stays hot and humid all night. Pretty wild.
there will sometimes be outbreaks of diseases that will roll through a herd too. sometimes one starts and you have to put the rest down to stop the spread. pretty bad stuff.
https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/article/2022/06/14/heat-stress-kills-estimated-10-000 (https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/article/2022/06/14/heat-stress-kills-estimated-10-000)
Did they die FROM the heat? Or WITH the heat?you are going to get the farming thread pitted
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Hey, I’m just asking questionsDid they die FROM the heat? Or WITH the heat?you are going to get the farming thread pitted
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Oh god, just post the tweet already.LoL at all the conspiracy replies.
https://twitter.com/buperac/status/1536908506023878656?s=20&t=WVWaNZud4jJED9SpiCgYkQ
omg, doesn’t take long for Bill Gates to show upOh god, just post the tweet already.LoL at all the conspiracy replies.
https://twitter.com/buperac/status/1536908506023878656?s=20&t=WVWaNZud4jJED9SpiCgYkQ
Sandstone, I learned something today. Thank you.They don't mess around with water shenanigans in the Republican compact.https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2022/05/02/proposal-to-build-states-largest-feedlot-hits-snag-but-now-headed-for-another-chance/I have no idea about how much water a 100,000 head feedlot needs but what are they gonna do for water in 20/30 years?
There was a time when something named Blackshirt Feeders LP would have passed with no objections?
Tom
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"The project still has some hurdles. It needs to obtain some nearby irrigated farm ground and “retire” at least six center-pivot irrigation systems to obtain enough water to supply the feedlot. The Upper Republican Natural Resources District would have to approve such a water swap."
bioengineered beef that require less water, like gmo crops. 20/30 years is like a million years irl.
I was talking to one of my buds who is a corn producer the other day and I learned that it takes (based on his calculations) 3000 gal of water to grow one bushel of corn. (Takes about 150 corn plants to grow a bushel of corn). That is a staggering amount of water.
:thumbs:Sandstone, I learned something today. Thank you.They don't mess around with water shenanigans in the Republican compact.https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2022/05/02/proposal-to-build-states-largest-feedlot-hits-snag-but-now-headed-for-another-chance/I have no idea about how much water a 100,000 head feedlot needs but what are they gonna do for water in 20/30 years?
There was a time when something named Blackshirt Feeders LP would have passed with no objections?
Tom
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"The project still has some hurdles. It needs to obtain some nearby irrigated farm ground and “retire” at least six center-pivot irrigation systems to obtain enough water to supply the feedlot. The Upper Republican Natural Resources District would have to approve such a water swap."
bioengineered beef that require less water, like gmo crops. 20/30 years is like a million years irl.
I was talking to one of my buds who is a corn producer the other day and I learned that it takes (based on his calculations) 3000 gal of water to grow one bushel of corn. (Takes about 150 corn plants to grow a bushel of corn). That is a staggering amount of water.
I did the math for NEKS. Probably other factors like run off, time of year, etc. to get to the 3k gal per bu.
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Wacky. You are headed down a pathI'm just posting, brother. This is the material you were begging for from dax. :dunno:
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I've been around cows my whole life. Dad was a cattle buyer. This is the weirdest crap I've ever seen. Only explanation here are the conspiracy theories we all crave.
It’s just heat and it happens more than you’d think but this time some chuds on social media got ahold of it
EXACTLY!It’s just heat and it happens more than you’d think but this time some chuds on social media got ahold of it
BUT, BUT WHATABOUT ALL THOSE OTHER PLANNED FOOD PLACES GETTING HIT??!?!!!?
It’s just heat and it happens more than you’d think but this time some chuds on social media got ahold of it
My favorite reply was someone talking about some microwave weapon that blasted them all from above.
I also enjoyed the people who thought they all just died in those neat orderly rows and didn't see the end of the video where they were dragging cows into rows.
Read the comments to this... Also :curse:
https://twitter.com/Whitney_Hartman/status/1537250785318273024?s=20&t=dU8hQV419VSwlOYbTSMCgA
We had a natural disaster in Southwest Kansas on June 11th, 2022 and in the days that followed that greatly affected cattle being fed for slaughter. It wasn’t a tornado or a flood or government conspiracy to dismantle our food supply. There’s no mysterious disease or theory, we know exactly what happened.
It’s called a heat index crisis. Prior to this day, our average high temperatures were very mild, the night temperatures were very cool, the wind was normal and we were receiving rain showers that we so desperately needed!
On June 11th, temperatures rose, humidity was high, and wind speed nearly ceased. This is an emergency for cattle. Cattle can not compensate for this type of weather event if they do not get a period of night cooling. For several days this continued. Our people did everything in their power to save as many animals as they could. Our people are amazing and tired and weary. We lost a lot of cattle and we are physically affected by each loss because we know first hand the resources and expertise that goes into raising safe, wholesome and delicious beef for our consumers.
This weather event geographically centered in Haskell County and Grant County Kansas. This is cattle feeding country. We are typically subject to a climate that is superior for raising cattle for slaughter.
There’s a video making rounds with misinformation and I’d like to take the time to connect with you as a feedlot veterinarian from Southwest Kansas, a consumer of the same beef you feed your families, and a person passionately working in production agriculture. If you have concerns or questions, I am happy to connect. I don’t have a video to go viral with because what happened is not entertaining to me, it’s my livelihood and it hurts to see my people dealing with so much loss.
Tera Barnhardt, DVM, MS
2% of the '22 KS wheat crop has been harvested. Variable yields and test weights so far in SC KS. I predict that the harvest will move north rapidly over the next weekBack in the day my summer job was collecting wheat data for the KWC.
https://kswheat.com/news/day-1-kansas-wheat-harvest-report-4?fbclid=IwAR11RWfMgX9CI-IPMyWy9MMglm-_cls_Xc4d9ghM8ksrefiNlR__ydiIzGs (https://kswheat.com/news/day-1-kansas-wheat-harvest-report-4?fbclid=IwAR11RWfMgX9CI-IPMyWy9MMglm-_cls_Xc4d9ghM8ksrefiNlR__ydiIzGs)
I'll bet that was a treasure trove of data.2% of the '22 KS wheat crop has been harvested. Variable yields and test weights so far in SC KS. I predict that the harvest will move north rapidly over the next weekBack in the day my summer job was collecting wheat data for the KWC.
https://kswheat.com/news/day-1-kansas-wheat-harvest-report-4?fbclid=IwAR11RWfMgX9CI-IPMyWy9MMglm-_cls_Xc4d9ghM8ksrefiNlR__ydiIzGs (https://kswheat.com/news/day-1-kansas-wheat-harvest-report-4?fbclid=IwAR11RWfMgX9CI-IPMyWy9MMglm-_cls_Xc4d9ghM8ksrefiNlR__ydiIzGs)
FGIS offices in Topeka, Dodge City, KCK collecting railcar inspection data and the elevator origins. Then all that had written data was keyed in to spit out the wheat quality report.
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Here are a few pics from this spring. I haven't had time to get the drone in the air when it hasn't been overly windy. I hope to get some drone pics soon. Ended up spraying round-up on the cover crop mixture hoping to only kill out the barley and keep most of the vetch and peas. Didn't work as well as we'd like. There's a couple of pics of what it would have looked like had we not sprayed it at all. I apologize for having to rotate your phone/computer monitor as I'll have to remember to take horizontal pictures with my phone for the photos that I post here.great stuff, farmingcat. Can your cows graze that or will it make them bloat / upset their stomachs?
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Can confirm. Wanted to drive under a spray rig so bad earlier this week but resisted the urge. (xpost midwesterners thread)
https://twitter.com/midwestern_ope/status/1537850986726817795?s=20&t=gg-2zlvYKvwWG-cFKswmUw
I'm being told that there isn't a concern with bloating. It does sound like there has possibly been issues with their skin. My dad hasn't seen this issue when he grazes his vetch.Here are a few pics from this spring. I haven't had time to get the drone in the air when it hasn't been overly windy. I hope to get some drone pics soon. Ended up spraying round-up on the cover crop mixture hoping to only kill out the barley and keep most of the vetch and peas. Didn't work as well as we'd like. There's a couple of pics of what it would have looked like had we not sprayed it at all. I apologize for having to rotate your phone/computer monitor as I'll have to remember to take horizontal pictures with my phone for the photos that I post here.great stuff, farmingcat. Can your cows graze that or will it make them bloat / upset their stomachs?
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My dad hates huge machinery and hires the elevator to spray his crops.Can confirm. Wanted to drive under a spray rig so bad earlier this week but resisted the urge. (xpost midwesterners thread)
https://twitter.com/midwestern_ope/status/1537850986726817795?s=20&t=gg-2zlvYKvwWG-cFKswmUw
my dad has one of those. it's pretty sweet. and the spray arms extend like 15 miles each direction.
you have to have a special license to order some of the herbicide that's used in those rigs. but not many people have it. so sometimes a guy who may or may not be MY OWN FATHER will order some and leave it out on his trailer and tell his bud about it and then it disappears overnight.My wife's brother-in-law tells a story of how their vet had one of those darts loaded with a med called "Rompin" in a coffee mug in his truck and accidentally poked himself in the hand. The vet felt kind of wobbly for the next day but thankfully no major complications. Dad likes to use his dart gun but only for antibiotics (not anesthesia/sedatives) out the pasture. He successfully treated a case of "footrot" with his dart gun a few days ago.
also a special license to buy the tranquilizer poison stuff that you dart bulls with to knock them out when they are getting all rowdy and won't do what you want them to. then you give them the antidote to wake them up. it's irl secret agent movie stuff. but it'll kill the crap out of you if you jab yourself with the dart so it's good that you have to have a special license or whatever. so my dad will sometimes get called to come out and shoot a poison dart into the ass of a bull and knock it out.
:love:Not to pit this up but what was the occasion of Chad's first viral fame? Was it a truck rant about how people don't respect the flag or something?
https://twitter.com/watchchad/status/1537301309090668545?s=21&t=zb4rbm35pDpktk2-Ypz4gA
Farming Question: How long from the time you plant the little baby tomato plant until it grows big and makes big fat tomatoes for you to eat?
Are you telling me all the tomatoes I buy at the store were lovingly grown by the _33's of the world in their backyards?
Here are a few pics from this spring. I haven't had time to get the drone in the air when it hasn't been overly windy. I hope to get some drone pics soon. Ended up spraying round-up on the cover crop mixture hoping to only kill out the barley and keep most of the vetch and peas. Didn't work as well as we'd like. There's a couple of pics of what it would have looked like had we not sprayed it at all. I apologize for having to rotate your phone/computer monitor as I'll have to remember to take horizontal pictures with my phone for the photos that I post here.that’s some grade a wheat porn
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Look at those hands, no way farming_cat isn't at least 6'2, probably more like 6'5.Here are a few pics from this spring. I haven't had time to get the drone in the air when it hasn't been overly windy. I hope to get some drone pics soon. Ended up spraying round-up on the cover crop mixture hoping to only kill out the barley and keep most of the vetch and peas. Didn't work as well as we'd like. There's a couple of pics of what it would have looked like had we not sprayed it at all. I apologize for having to rotate your phone/computer monitor as I'll have to remember to take horizontal pictures with my phone for the photos that I post here.that’s some grade a wheat porn
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I was just thinking that farming_cat might have missed his calling as a professional hitchhiker.
I was just thinking that farming_cat might have missed his calling as a professional hitchhiker.
@sys what kind of snake do you think this was based off the description.
"2nd brick Crack up from the ground by the bucket. Big Ole Smooth Green snake was coming out, saw me, went back in. Harmless, but you'd mess your pants if shoveling ash out when he came out. Do not kill him - he's harmless. Need him to eat rodents."
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https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2022/05/02/proposal-to-build-states-largest-feedlot-hits-snag-but-now-headed-for-another-chance/I have no idea about how much water a 100,000 head feedlot needs but what are they gonna do for water in 20/30 years?
There was a time when something named Blackshirt Feeders LP would have passed with no objections?
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"The project still has some hurdles. It needs to obtain some nearby irrigated farm ground and “retire” at least six center-pivot irrigation systems to obtain enough water to supply the feedlot. The Upper Republican Natural Resources District would have to approve such a water swap."
bioengineered beef that require less water, like gmo crops. 20/30 years is like a million years irl.
@sys what kind of snake do you think this was based off the description.
"2nd brick Crack up from the ground by the bucket. Big Ole Smooth Green snake was coming out, saw me, went back in. Harmless, but you'd mess your pants if shoveling ash out when he came out. Do not kill him - he's harmless. Need him to eat rodents."
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Is this a photo or a watercolor painting of the scene?
@sys what kind of snake do you think this was based off the description.
I think it's time to upgrade from your original motorola razr ben ji
https://webapps.fhsu.edu/ksherp/account.aspx?o=33&t=66
We actually ended up cutting a bit of wheat. sd dad was touch and go on if he’d get enough out of the field to fill his contracts.
It's literally called cheat! (They catch it at the elevator though)We actually ended up cutting a bit of wheat. sd dad was touch and go on if he’d get enough out of the field to fill his contracts.
What’s the wheat farmer equivalent of cutting your Coke with fentanyl?
i thought it was called cheatgrass because it cheated the wheat (of water) or the farmer (of wheat).That's probably right, I don't think anyone would actually try to present cheat as wheat
https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?KSbetter than 6 weeks ago but not good.
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:love:Had a chat yesterday with one of my beef expert sources deep inside the KSU Vet school yesterday. The source confirms that this die off is not a big deal in the big scheme of cattle operations.
https://twitter.com/watchchad/status/1537301309090668545?s=21&t=zb4rbm35pDpktk2-Ypz4gA
bro, I cow farmed more in my first 18 years of life than anyone at KSU has farmed combined in total all of them. I already confirmed that.I hate to argue with you, sd but I climbed straight up to the top of the mountain and got my info directly from the beef cow guru. don't push me on this.
Guys, am I too late?
Did I miss a good ol' fashioned BEEF-OFF???
:curse: :shakesfist:
Guys, am I too late?
Did I miss a good ol' fashioned BEEF-OFF???
:curse: :shakesfist:
get in here passranch and give us your BEEF OFF credentials
Backyard bottle calf headed back to the ranch.Nice!
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Like the amount of zerks that went ungreased in my day would make a grown man blush.Had to Google pitman sticks
I also broke whole forests worth of pitman sticks every summer.
Backyard bottle calf headed back to the ranch.
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Can you guys take a full grown cow in a fistfight? Because I can, easily.Punching cow isn't as easy as Rocky makes it look. They have very hard bones and experience no pain from human punches.
Can you guys take a full grown cow in a fistfight? Because I can, easily.
Like the amount of zerks that went ungreased in my day would make a grown man blush.Had to Google pitman sticks
I also broke whole forests worth of pitman sticks every summer.
Can you guys take a full grown cow in a fistfight? Because I can, easily.
When you're a kid wrestling calves at branding time and you have hind leg and you get cow diarrhea sprayed all over your face and still don't let go, that's when you know you're cowboy'n!
You learn to put your foot over the butthole every time after that.
Angusdoodle.Backyard bottle calf headed back to the ranch.
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what kind of dog is this?
Cows have such round, beautiful eyes and long eyelashes. It's a shame they're so tasty.
Did SD dad or anyone ever try and raise any buffalo or beefalo?Cows have such round, beautiful eyes and long eyelashes. It's a shame they're so tasty.
for sure, I think that's bred in. on the downside I think just basically hoping you can die if given the opportunity because you area a helpless piece of crap and you mom is a helpless piece of crap is also something that's bred in. so nancy neg there.
Anyone else notice how @stevedave quietly exited the BEEF OFF after Tom posted his #facts?
Like the amount of zerks that went ungreased in my day would make a grown man blush.Had to Google pitman
I also broke whole forests worth of pitmansticksarms every summer.sticksarms
Anyone else notice how @stevedave quietly exited the BEEF OFF after Tom posted his #facts?
SD gave up his king cow farmer crown to tom a couple of months ago.
Did SD dad or anyone ever try and raise any buffalo or beefalo?Cows have such round, beautiful eyes and long eyelashes. It's a shame they're so tasty.
for sure, I think that's bred in. on the downside I think just basically hoping you can die if given the opportunity because you area a helpless piece of crap and you mom is a helpless piece of crap is also something that's bred in. so nancy neg there.
My uncle gave it a go 20 years ago and had maybe 5ish buffalo for a couple of years then said eff that crap after one destroyed his pickup when he was checking on them one day. Just kept ramming the side of it IIRC.
Sold them and went back to 24/7/365 cow farming after that.
Tom, if that is you in the pic I have waaayyy more gray hair than you and I feel like you are way older than me.Not me. That's a cousin, once removed, that rents some of our pasture.
oh noTell me more so I can tell my dad how bad of an idea this would be.
oh noTell me more so I can tell my dad how bad of an idea this would be.
We need to grow something in this semi irrigated circle besides Milo (crop rotation and all) and my dad is convinced corn won't grow out there (even tho all the neighbors grow dryland corn).
What should he do with the circle between the Milo harvest in the fall and the wheat planting time in September of the following year?
when the eff is this milo supposed to be harvested? afaik, milo is a fall harvest unless he's chopping it in the supper for ensilage (elite kansas word for silage).
So most of the Milo on your cat ranch is going to wheat in fall 2023?
So most of the Milo on your cat ranch is going to wheat in fall 2023?
Correct, and my dad is hoping to get some sort of small crop in on the semi irrigated circle between Fall of 22 when we harvest the milo and fall of 23 when we plant the wheat.
Don't worry it looks like Ben Ji got this. Just check out all the hunting he did last season in other areas. :cheers:Yeah, my aunt still has a 40 acre and 20 acre CRP patch within walking distance. My long lost 3rd cousinish across the road has the same ish which I have permission to hunt because I called him up and he said "we are basically family so go for it".
oh noTell me more so I can tell my dad how bad of an idea this would be.
We need to grow something in this semi irrigated circle besides Milo (crop rotation and all) and my dad is convinced corn won't grow out there (even tho all the neighbors grow dryland corn).
What should he do with the circle between the Milo harvest in the fall and the wheat planting time in September of the following year?
The southwest is going to be almost uninhabitable in our lifetimes probably
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So I'm hanging out with Milo on the hilltop watching the sunset and just kind of spacing out. I catch some movement from the corner of my eye and see this chuncky thing wiggling around fence line.
My first thought was, "We have cats again at the cat ranch!" but then I saw the white stripe on its face as it came out of the fence line and was like, aw eff.
Milo was asleep next to me when I saw it and it was walking right towards me without a care in the world. I made some noise when I first saw it, we made eye contact, the badger kind of arched its back like a cat would then slowly continued right towards me. Nothing aggressive just no fucks given, casually sauntering in our direction.
I woke up Milo who was scared as crap of the badger and we started walking back to the house. I even left my folding chair out there because I didn't want to mess with that badger.
WY sunset from 2 nights agoSunset in NW Iowa this eveningI raise you a NW KS sunset from this evening (pre badger)
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Badgers will mess up a field bigly. I’ve slammed into a badger mound a couple times and wrecked a swather header.
Badgers will mess up a field bigly. I’ve slammed into a badger mound a couple times and wrecked a swather header.bet the prairie dog and coyote hunting at the SD farm if primetime
So I'm hanging out with Milo on the hilltop watching the sunset and just kind of spacing out. I catch some movement from the corner of my eye and see this chuncky thing wiggling around fence line.
My first thought was, "We have cats again at the cat ranch!" but then I saw the white stripe on its face as it came out of the fence line and was like, aw eff.
Milo was asleep next to me when I saw it and it was walking right towards me without a care in the world. I made some noise when I first saw it, we made eye contact, the badger kind of arched its back like a cat would then slowly continued right towards me. Nothing aggressive just no fucks given, casually sauntering in our direction.
I woke up Milo who was scared as crap of the badger and we started walking back to the house. I even left my folding chair out there because I didn't want to mess with that badger.
I remember when we had the The Chamber on the Cats FB team. He wasn't afraid of anything, either.:love:
wtf were they doing that for? Cows suck crap at moving up or down inclines.I don't think they were trying to herd the cows up the incline but cows are dumb as crap and kept climbing higher with 3 herding dogs nipping at their heels.
https://twitter.com/ben0ji/status/1547339981676593160?t=J4DjcIWnRd99o3pZiBcxyw&s=19The cow off all by itself was the dumbass who slid down the mountain and just laid there. When it got up the dogs were trying to herd it again and it got itself trapped on a cliff. I don't know how it turned out since I went to go warn oncoming traffic.
The cattle you refer to as "mountain cows" are actually called range cattle. They are grass-fed calves on government open range, which is mostly in foothills or bases of mountains. We would rent about 1800 acres to cattle producers that hauled them in on tractor=trailers in mid-spring and load them up in mid-September. They were like deer since that was the first time they were ever fenced in. We installed posts every eight feet and tied five wire barbed wire with stays every 2'10". Because those wild son of bitches would go thru a fence that they could get their head in between the wire.Look at all this farming knowledge here. I have so many questions.
Where'd you find these mountain cows, benji?
The cattle you refer to as "mountain cows" are actually called range cattle. They are grass-fed calves on government open range, which is mostly in foothills or bases of mountains. We would rent about 1800 acres to cattle producers that hauled them in on tractor=trailers in mid-spring and load them up in mid-September. They were like deer since that was the first time they were ever fenced in. We installed posts every eight feet and tied five wire barbed wire with stays every 2'10". Because those wild son of bitches would go thru a fence that they could get their head in between the wire.Look at all this farming knowledge here. I have so many questions.
1. Where was the land you would lease out to the producers.
2. How often do the owners go out and check their cows over the summer?
3. Do they take horses to find/check on them or just leave them up there and count them in the fall? Like it would be easy if they are right by the road but I doubt they stay there all the time.
4. Do they have a good ole fashioned cattle drive to get them down the mountain or do they just bring the cattle haulers up the mountain and load them right there in an area like my photo?
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I gave up on growing sweet corn after 2 failed attempts. Until I can monitor it daily it's just money spent to feed the racoons. However, I can still pick it at the neighbors patch, and eat the crap out of it.Looks awesome.
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Nice gig, Tom. Are you guys "sharing neighbors"?They share their sweet corn. I share pictures of us eating it.
Nice gig, Tom. Are you guys "sharing neighbors"?They share their sweet corn. I share pictures of us eating it.
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https://twitter.com/ksmesonet/status/1550165183158534146?t=iPrK6iMbljZfjutGngmBbQ&s=19Perhaps some help on the way....
https://twitter.com/joelkoskan/status/1555565401576247297That was one of the most anxiety-inducing videos I've ever seen. Hell no
No farmer worth his salt is bare handing a badger, no sir.
I like that he got it really pissed and just yeeted it at his girlfriend
I like that he got it really pissed and just yeeted it at his girlfriend
I like that he got it really pissed and just yeeted it at his girlfriend
It's kind of funny to watch people do stupid things, but it's not much fun for me to watch idiots badgering wild animals like that. That could have ended poorly for the humans, too.
It's kind of funny to watch people do stupid things, but it's not much fun for me to watch idiots badgering wild animals like that. That could have ended poorly for the humans, too.
It's kind of funny to watch people do stupid things, but it's not much fun for me to watch idiots badgering wild animals like that. That could have ended poorly for the humans, too.
Would you have rather them stuck a shotgun down the badger hole or pew pew'd it once it was on the surface like most farmers would of done? Assuming they didn't pew pew the badger after the video ended I would say it came out alright compared to the majority of farmer/badger interactions.
It's kind of funny to watch people do stupid things, but it's not much fun for me to watch idiots badgering wild animals like that. That could have ended poorly for the humans, too.
Would you have rather them stuck a shotgun down the badger hole or pew pew'd it once it was on the surface like most farmers would of done? Assuming they didn't pew pew the badger after the video ended I would say it came out alright compared to the majority of farmer/badger interactions.
The shotgun is arguably less cruel
If you follow the rabbit hole of tweets you can see he has caught badgers on multiple occasions.
Yep, that cow was thinking to itself, just hurry up and slaughter me so you can enjoy my dumbass meat.
In-laws bought a farm and just bought 2 mules. Sounds like a potential disaster.Sounds like that could provide a trove of interesting posts for this thread.
In-laws bought a farm and just bought 2 mules. Sounds like a potential disaster.Mules are a great hobby farm pet I bet
Yeah, did they buy the mules to hang out with their cattle or just to keep in a fenced corral as hobby farm pets?It appears to be a pretty common practice here in Texas to put a donkey or mule in with cattle.
My dad always talks about how if he ever gets some cattle of his own he will totes get a llama or mule to hang out with them and keep the pesky yotes away (which no real cow farmer does unless they maybe live in the mountains or something)
LlamasWifes cousin has like 5 llamas. One of those sons of guns is a mean sob and they are huge
LlamasWifes cousin has like 5 llamas. One of those sons of guns is a mean sob and they are huge
Pretty common in KS with sheep or goats but I’ve never seen it with cattle that I recall.
Yeah my Texas hobby cow farm family has a mule or donkey or something. They have like Irish or Scottish cows. Something like that.
Yeah my Texas hobby cow farm family has a mule or donkey or something. They have like Irish or Scottish cows. Something like that.
Are they these fuzzy critters? (Scottish "Highland Coo"?)
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Adorable!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belted_GallowayYeah my Texas hobby cow farm family has a mule or donkey or something. They have like Irish or Scottish cows. Something like that.
Are they these fuzzy critters? (Scottish "Highland Coo"?)
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Adorable!
Unfortunately no, they are oreo colors
Yeah my Texas hobby cow farm family has a mule or donkey or something. They have like Irish or Scottish cows. Something like that.
Are they these fuzzy critters? (Scottish "Highland Coo"?)
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Adorable!
they are oreo colors
Yes, never seen a coyote get one. Have posted a lot ITT on it and any coyote seen eating a baby calf found an already dead baby calf to eat. But farmers are rock hard horny for shooting coyotes so blood must be spilled.Pretty common in KS with sheep or goats but I’ve never seen it with cattle that I recall.
my grandfather always talked about coyotes getting a calf, but i don't recall it ever actually happening. probably it's only a (v low) risk for like the first day or so. or maybe never.
I'm heading out to the cat ranch this weekend because I have nothing going on in the big city and want to cut some more firewood and do some pheasant scouting on some WIHA near the cat ranch.
Looking forward to blessing this bbs with more sunset/badger/random farm implements pictures.
Current plan is to take a picture of the badger if I see it again but there is a 5% chance I YOLO and grab it by the neck to become internet famous.
Yeah my Texas hobby cow farm family has a mule or donkey or something. They have like Irish or Scottish cows. Something like that.
Are they these fuzzy critters? (Scottish "Highland Coo"?)
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Adorable!
They look to much like pets. They're way too adorable to eat.
If you follow the rabbit hole of tweets you can see he has caught badgers on multiple occasions.
https://twitter.com/kwiens/status/1558688970799648769?s=20&t=I_MuRjqvmmGRHPDquODEZA (https://twitter.com/kwiens/status/1558688970799648769?s=20&t=I_MuRjqvmmGRHPDquODEZA)Software that runs a John deere tractor can be modified to run Doom (video game). They’re sharing that the John Deere software is just running a version of linux that likely will never be patched/updated.
i have no idea what any of that means but i assume it is good news for our farming friends
I have some questions. You said the silo is full? I didn't realize farmer's still use them...thought they are mostly for show anymore.
are your pictures in chronological order and they are fixing the top part? That makeshift platform they created up there to sit on, no thanks. Also wtf is that ladder standing on? also a LADDER?
I can't believe that silo is only 50 years old, looks like the leaning tower of Pisa.I have some questions. You said the silo is full? I didn't realize farmer's still use them...thought they are mostly for show anymore.
are your pictures in chronological order and they are fixing the top part? That makeshift platform they created up there to sit on, no thanks. Also wtf is that ladder standing on? also a LADDER?
Cousin winters cows for a guy so he still needs silage and hay.
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I think they took some plywood up to set stuff on.
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I can't believe that silo is only 50 years old, looks like the leaning tower of Pisa.I have some questions. You said the silo is full? I didn't realize farmer's still use them...thought they are mostly for show anymore.
are your pictures in chronological order and they are fixing the top part? That makeshift platform they created up there to sit on, no thanks. Also wtf is that ladder standing on? also a LADDER?
Cousin winters cows for a guy so he still needs silage and hay.
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I think they took some plywood up to set stuff on.
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Please tell me more about this farm blower(?) Tool. It was in the back of a flatbed/haybale dispensing farm truck.Its a mist sprayer. Not sure the application in your area of the state. I think you can spray cover crops, vegetables from the edge of the field. Possibly trees too.
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Also please guess how many riding lawnmowers are currently in the garage at the farm. Bonus points if you can guess how many are operational.4 total - 1 operational but out of fuel
Cant. Stop. Watching.
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Also please guess how many riding lawnmowers are currently in the garage at the farm. Bonus points if you can guess how many are operational.4 total - 1 operational but out of fuel
I love that he keeps buying the same’ish POS mower, lmaoIt's probably the only one they sell at the local Walmart...
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I can smell that shed just from looking at that pictureDirt, mixed with some oil/chemicals and some lingering cat/bird/mice poop ammonia smell.
Also, that’s an astounding number of electric chainsaws.Harbor freight specials. My dad bought around 5-10 of them over the years and would put the generator in the back of lil red so we could chop up firewood.
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Don't cut your noggin on that sickle bar in the rafters.Also please guess how many riding lawnmowers are currently in the garage at the farm. Bonus points if you can guess how many are operational.4 total - 1 operational but out of fuel
Close. 4 total and now TWO are operational.
One wouldn't start this spring so my dad went and bought another and at some point in the last month he got it running again.
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I'm suprised there's anything to cut. Aren't you in western ks?Tom is a Flint hills farmer
good move not farming. Looking forward to the adventures ranching.
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I'm suprised there's anything to cut. Aren't you in western ks?NEKS
That grain cart is a hot POA1100 bushels. Unloads in about 2 minutes.
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good move not farming. Looking forward to the adventures ranching.
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Fun fact. Last year my dad bought 3 feeder calfs at the local sale barn to fatten up. One of them died like 3 days later and the remaining 2 escaped the first time my dad went back to KC and ended up 7 miles away. He ended up selling the remaining 2 like 1 month after he bought them. There was also a random vet visit that costs what he thought most of his profit would be if he had actually sold the cows for a profit.
As long as the young local rancher is around it should be all good.
In other news the drought out at the cat ranch zero'd out our milo crop, just gonna cash some gov insurance checks now.Milo-killing drought is bad drought.
This includes the "irrigated" circle (split well thats on my aunts land, we get it like 1/4 weeks) which my dad fought with the GOVERNMENT insurance man to get classified as irrigated for insurance purposes. What my dad didn't realize is that if you grow the same crop year over year the insurance payments go down (to encourage crop rotation) and of course my dad has grown milo on that circle for like 4 years straight because one year he made some money doing it.
The good news is that my dad has finally realized he is not a farmer and is going to cash rent our land to the local land baron which is what I told him to do 5 years ago......
BUT we still have like 120 acres of pasture + grazing on harvested crop fields that my dad has been leasing to a local kid about my age and now he wants to get a couple of heifers to start his own herd and let the local kid take care of them all.
Just checked this book out from the Library and am looking forward to reading it. Author is from SW KS and it's about the ogallala aquiferI don’t like the uppity tone of the description but let me know if it’s good and what towns make an appearance
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I'm about 3/4 the way through it now and you would love the book.Just checked this book out from the Library and am looking forward to reading it. Author is from SW KS and it's about the ogallala aquiferI don’t like the uppity tone of the description but let me know if it’s good and what towns make an appearance
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Nice, will orderI'm about 3/4 the way through it now and you would love the book.Just checked this book out from the Library and am looking forward to reading it. Author is from SW KS and it's about the ogallala aquiferI don’t like the uppity tone of the description but let me know if it’s good and what towns make an appearance
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TLDR - Kids parents get divorced when he's little and he grows up a "city" kid in Liberal and is now an Anthropology Professor at OU. Reconnects with his father/family history on the old homestead along the Cimarron to write about the depletion of the aquifer and his dad gets him interviews with a bunch of people etc. Tons of references to water mining/farm mafia/agribusiness/Mennonites/KSU/GMD (groundwater management districts for the city folk) etc.
Also the writing is pretty good.
The elite family pasture is near Harveyville.
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The elite family pasture is near Harveyville.Juvenile Bobcat
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Pretty sure the cat ranch is just going to fallow all their fields over the summer and hope for some moisture before planting winter wheat next fall.....At least that was the plan until my dad got his phat government insurance check for the zero'd out milo.
Heading out there this weekend to see if there are any birds left to hunt during pheasant season.
Not to pit this up, but here's a very interesting website where you can see who got what farm payments in your area over the past several years:Pretty sure the cat ranch is just going to fallow all their fields over the summer and hope for some moisture before planting winter wheat next fall.....At least that was the plan until my dad got his phat government insurance check for the zero'd out milo.
Heading out there this weekend to see if there are any birds left to hunt during pheasant season.
damn socialists :shakesfist:
Ben ji's dad was super excited when I showed him he showed up on this list the first time for like 1k for some of those trump/china trade war checks. Seeing his name along with all the big time Thomas county farmers made him feel like he was had made it.Not to pit this up, but here's a very interesting website where you can see who got what farm payments in your area over the past several years:Pretty sure the cat ranch is just going to fallow all their fields over the summer and hope for some moisture before planting winter wheat next fall.....At least that was the plan until my dad got his phat government insurance check for the zero'd out milo.
Heading out there this weekend to see if there are any birds left to hunt during pheasant season.
damn socialists :shakesfist:
https://farm.ewg.org/index.php (https://farm.ewg.org/index.php)
ENHANCE
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Glad the 'ji pups didn't tangle with that bastard. My dad has had two dogs bit by rattlers out on the hobby farm. Both survived, one barely though.
"Ben ji found this one in the CRP. Just be aware snakes are on the farm - "do not kill them"
ENHANCE
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So I have this super heavy work bench that I added heavy casters that allow you to move it easily then flip the casters up so the bench can sit firmly on its legs while being used.One day after my dad passed the cat ranch garage will be that clean for like 10 years until I become a super old and start hoarding coffee cans and gallon milk jugs.
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I've got junk creep on the other side of the barn.That shop is entirely too clean. No way that is on a real farm.
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and the exact same folks oppose student loan forgiveness
and the exact same folks oppose student loan forgiveness
Getting dangerously close to the pit here, but this crap drives me nuts. "Yeah, but this is different". no it isn't, just admit that you only care about getting yours and shut the eff up.
and the exact same folks oppose student loan forgiveness
Getting dangerously close to the pit here, but this crap drives me nuts. "Yeah, but this is different". no it isn't, just admit that you only care about getting yours and shut the eff up.
I mean, this is just people in general. Basic human behavior. I wouldn't call it political.
and the exact same folks oppose student loan forgiveness
Getting dangerously close to the pit here, but this crap drives me nuts. "Yeah, but this is different". no it isn't, just admit that you only care about getting yours and shut the eff up.
I mean, this is just people in general. Basic human behavior. I wouldn't call it political.
I agree, but in my experience farmers are the most hypocritical about this crap more than any other group, if anything cause they "salt of the earth" themselves into thinking they are more important than any other group. Not saying they aren't, but enough country songs and self fellating groups reinforce it
and the exact same folks oppose student loan forgiveness
Getting dangerously close to the pit here, but this crap drives me nuts. "Yeah, but this is different". no it isn't, just admit that you only care about getting yours and shut the eff up.
I mean, this is just people in general. Basic human behavior. I wouldn't call it political.
I agree, but in my experience farmers are the most hypocritical about this crap more than any other group, if anything cause they "salt of the earth" themselves into thinking they are more important than any other group. Not saying they aren't, but enough country songs and self fellating groups reinforce it
There are folks from all walks of life who like to fantasize that they lifted themselves up by their bootstraps. But where are my handouts for running a law firm? :shakesfist:
I need a few of these farmers in the Lawrence area to go under and breakup their land and sell it to people like me (specifically me, actually) so that their son and dad can go murder mammals and birds together with bows and cross bows and rifles and traps all sorts of awful things on the land. Not me tho. I only murder fish.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/us-government-court-black-farmer-relief-program-rcna51916
white farmers don't like black farmerseating atsucking off the teet
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white farmers don't like black farmerseating atsucking off the teet
FYP, city boy.
and the exact same folks oppose student loan forgiveness
Getting dangerously close to the pit here, but this crap drives me nuts. "Yeah, but this is different". no it isn't, just admit that you only care about getting yours and shut the eff up.
I mean, this is just people in general. Basic human behavior. I wouldn't call it political.
I agree, but in my experience farmers are the most hypocritical about this crap more than any other group, if anything cause they "salt of the earth" themselves into thinking they are more important than any other group. Not saying they aren't, but enough country songs and self fellating groups reinforce it
There are folks from all walks of life who like to fantasize that they lifted themselves up by their bootstraps. But where are my handouts for running a law firm? :shakesfist:
and the exact same folks oppose student loan forgiveness
Getting dangerously close to the pit here, but this crap drives me nuts. "Yeah, but this is different". no it isn't, just admit that you only care about getting yours and shut the eff up.
I mean, this is just people in general. Basic human behavior. I wouldn't call it political.
I agree, but in my experience farmers are the most hypocritical about this crap more than any other group, if anything cause they "salt of the earth" themselves into thinking they are more important than any other group. Not saying they aren't, but enough country songs and self fellating groups reinforce it
There are folks from all walks of life who like to fantasize that they lifted themselves up by their bootstraps. But where are my handouts for running a law firm? :shakesfist:
and the exact same folks oppose student loan forgiveness
Getting dangerously close to the pit here, but this crap drives me nuts. "Yeah, but this is different". no it isn't, just admit that you only care about getting yours and shut the eff up.
I mean, this is just people in general. Basic human behavior. I wouldn't call it political.
I agree, but in my experience farmers are the most hypocritical about this crap more than any other group, if anything cause they "salt of the earth" themselves into thinking they are more important than any other group. Not saying they aren't, but enough country songs and self fellating groups reinforce it
There are folks from all walks of life who like to fantasize that they lifted themselves up by their bootstraps. But where are my handouts for running a law firm? :shakesfist:
Always have to get a pix of the flint hills driving home from the game today
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Is that an International Harvester?'65 Loadstar 1600
Is that an International Harvester?'65 Loadstar 1600
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We had an 80th birthday party at kick off so I sent my cousin and wife to the cats beat down while I passed the time hauling manure before the party.
I think every cattle operation has that one old truck to haul crap in. You spend half the morning getting it to run 1-2 times a year.
Brake fluid got the brakes working, we pushed it with skid steer to get it started, add a gallon of hydraulic fluid, gallon of anti freeze. Off and running.
We have not hauled for a couple years so this was good manure we just hauled onto a couple low terraces. The cousin will plow the terraces and disc it down later.
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https://twitter.com/HADLEY_PANZER54/status/1588173974563098625It's beautiful
The hayseed jokes would be a bit too on the nose, so I'll refrain.
Finally finished harvest last night. Didn't get as many neat pictures this year. I have some drone footage that I need to review/edit.
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Finally finished harvest last night. Didn't get as many neat pictures this year. I have some drone footage that I need to review/edit.Those are some HAWT harvest/sunset pics.
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I noticed a windmill in the first pic, is farming_cat cashing some sweet sweet wind mill mafia checks?I am not. That is some ground that my brother rents.
benji, need update on water sitchuash'I confirmed there is a pipe wrench hanging up in the garage and turned the water off when I left so it is no longer leaking.
The best pic from last week's vacation at the farm. Cousins calves he is wintering lined up at the bunk.I honestly thought that was a picture of your old tractor tire windbreak at first.
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The best pic from last week's vacation at the farm. Cousins calves he is wintering lined up at the bunk.Looks great. Love to see those calves chowing down.
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There is an old water trough by a pen that is no longer in use that started leaking mad water over the weekend while I was out at the cat ranch trying unsuccessfully to find pheasant.Felt like a real farm person when I fixed this today.
I took it apart and it looks like the "stop cap" on the end of the water pipe in the trough had split (was down in the teens at night) and was spraying water out like a fountain.
It was the night before I left and I couldn't find an individual water turn off for that trough so I'm going to have to replace the cap on the pipe when I'm out there over Thanksgiving weekend. I turned the water well for the house/pens off before I left so we don't have a monster electric bill due to the pump running 24/7.
My dad is currently in the middle of a 2 week long cruise and does not have cell service so I couldn't ask him what to do.
How would you rank ben ji's city boy farm decision making abilities?
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Benji, let me know if you want to kill a nice whitetail.There are plenty out at the cat ranch, saw more deer than pheasant out here. Watched this big boi fight with another younger boi over some female...if I had a rifle instead of a shotgun it would have been easy pickings. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20221126/b8de246b28c0d13f94fa63ae45a01f30.jpg)
In my younger years, we were drilling an oil well in western KS and found an old house about a half mile away. We were slow drilling so we had some free time, but since we worked the morning tower which was 11:00 pm to 7:00 am it was dark. We had a spotlight and went into this house. The next thing that happens is I fell through the rotten floor and landed in the basement. When Tim got done laughing, he lay down flat on the floor and lowered his belt for me to grab hold of which I did and climbed out. That morning we went by the house after our shift was over and all four of us went in the house. We didn't spend much time in there because we saw a big old timber ratter crawling around in there. Needless to say, we kept the eff away from that old house. :ohno:Yeah, I'm afraid to go into these old houses for that exact reason.
Tom, I love the picture of the little guy sitting on your lap while riding on the tractor. Is he an official "farm dog", as it looks like he's earned it? :love:
Starting to fill up!I've got junk creep on the other side of the barn.That shop is entirely too clean. No way that is on a real farm.
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MY CUP OVER FLOWETH WITH THIS STUFF RIGHT NOW!Greatest display of heroism by Americans probably since the Battle of the Bulge.
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The cousins hand crank wore out on the auger elevator. My son hooked him with this new one you run with a cordless drill.That is awesome. I remember running one of those cranks on Grandpa's auger so it could be lowered for transport.
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Curry comb. Used for brushing livestock, usually horses or show cattle.Horses love those things. They're good for cleaning up the winter coat.
Curry comb. Used for brushing livestock, usually horses or show cattle.Horses love those things. They're good for cleaning up the winter coat.
You should try it on Milo.
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I've probably chronicled it a few different times ITT but I hate horses.Horses are a waste of space. Hay burners as I call them.
Cows at sunset
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Cows at sunset
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ben ji, what did you use to take that picture? This is most likely the highest quality picture ITT.
Cow pictures always whip ass. Really foggy cow pictures dominate the most in my experience.How do you feel about snow cows?
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Mrs8 took that pic in 2005. I had drug here along to fix fence in the flint hills. Got caught in a shower then she snapped this picture. That's the best of our collection.That grass looks lush AF
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Need some mutt pics plzJust two mutts exhausted from running buckwild all day chasing birds/rabbits/mice and excited they are allowed to recharge on the furniture out at the cat ranch.
Tater looks a little worried about the declining water levels, TomYeah his wading area dried up. It gets deep fast now.
Tater looks a little worried about the declining water levels, TomYeah his wading area dried up. It gets deep fast now.
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That little feedbag with legs is on a diet. He was pushing 60 lbs. That's a big lift into the F250 with an artificial hip and shoulder.Tater looks a little worried about the declining water levels, TomYeah his wading area dried up. It gets deep fast now.
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Looks like he lost a little weight. Is it due to swimming vs wadding?
Had the opportunity to ride on a private jet for the first time in my life. Beck's Hybrids flies farmers out to their facility in Indiana to learn about their history and why they do what they do. The one pic is of the 20'+ tall corn they breed for fun. They enter a plant in their local county fair every year and win.
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I recall yellow NH combines back in the 70s. Combine forum claims now European mfgd are yellow and US mfgd are red?
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Had the opportunity to ride on a private jet for the first time in my life. Beck's Hybrids flies farmers out to their facility in Indiana to learn about their history and why they do what they do. The one pic is of the 20'+ tall corn they breed for fun. They enter a plant in their local county fair every year and win.
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That looks like a cool trip, farming_cat. Did they feed you good?
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One of the guys I work for took that same trip. Said it was insane. Did you get a framed pic to put in your office too?
Do you think there is an objective difference between Beck's and other seed companies like Channel, Ohlde, Pioneer?That looks like a cool trip, farming_cat. Did they feed you good?
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Turns out Beck's has a cafeteria for all of their employees to eat at. They claimed they don't charge anyone to eat there, but I'm sure that makes the entire thing a business expense and they write it all off of their taxes. So we ate whatever was on the menu that day which happened to be BBQ brisket. So I would say they fed us pretty good.
The majority of Beck's genetics started with something from the likes of Monsanto (Dekalb, Channel, etc.) and Corteva (Pioneer). They use these genetics and breed in other traits that they like. None of Beck's hybrids will have a cross of genetics between Monsanto and Corteva. That would break their contract agreements and Beck's would essentially be no more. Ohlde is much the same as Beck's except much smaller. Ohlde most likely breeds hybrids to excel in Central Kansas. Whereas Beck's are bred to excel where there is substantially more rain fall. However, Beck's has research sites all across the corn belt, so they probably have a few hybrids very similar to Ohlde. Hybrid selection all comes down to which hybrid is best for your location, soil type, and crop management style. Some companies don't necessarily always have a hybrid that fits a farmers particular case, but another company might. Beck's head agronomist admitted that the 109-115 day corn hybrids are where Monsanto excels and everyone else is playing catch up.Do you think there is an objective difference between Beck's and other seed companies like Channel, Ohlde, Pioneer?That looks like a cool trip, farming_cat. Did they feed you good?
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Turns out Beck's has a cafeteria for all of their employees to eat at. They claimed they don't charge anyone to eat there, but I'm sure that makes the entire thing a business expense and they write it all off of their taxes. So we ate whatever was on the menu that day which happened to be BBQ brisket. So I would say they fed us pretty good.
I didn't realize that Dekalb and Channel were part of the same entity.The majority of Beck's genetics started with something from the likes of Monsanto (Dekalb, Channel, etc.) and Corteva (Pioneer). They use these genetics and breed in other traits that they like. None of Beck's hybrids will have a cross of genetics between Monsanto and Corteva. That would break their contract agreements and Beck's would essentially be no more. Ohlde is much the same as Beck's except much smaller. Ohlde most likely breeds hybrids to excel in Central Kansas. Whereas Beck's are bred to excel where there is substantially more rain fall. However, Beck's has research sites all across the corn belt, so they probably have a few hybrids very similar to Ohlde. Hybrid selection all comes down to which hybrid is best for your location, soil type, and crop management style. Some companies don't necessarily always have a hybrid that fits a farmers particular case, but another company might. Beck's head agronomist admitted that the 109-115 day corn hybrids are where Monsanto excels and everyone else is playing catch up.Do you think there is an objective difference between Beck's and other seed companies like Channel, Ohlde, Pioneer?That looks like a cool trip, farming_cat. Did they feed you good?
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Turns out Beck's has a cafeteria for all of their employees to eat at. They claimed they don't charge anyone to eat there, but I'm sure that makes the entire thing a business expense and they write it all off of their taxes. So we ate whatever was on the menu that day which happened to be BBQ brisket. So I would say they fed us pretty good.
I didn't realize that Dekalb and Channel were part of the same entity.There are really only 3 major corn seed companies in the US. Bayer who owns Monsanto which has several different brands of seed including Dekalb and Channel. Corteva who owns Pioneer and several others. Finally Syngenta which has the brand Golden Harvest which you may have heard of. I'm not too familiar with all of the seed brands that are in the US, but let me tell you that there are A LOT!
What do cash crop farmers do all winter? I get that people with cattle still have things to do but if you are strictly a grain farmer what do you do between harvest and planting?Repair equipment in their big fancy heated shops and haul grain. I would imagine the BTOs (big time operators) have grain contracts about every month throughout the winter so they have to haul grain regularly. Some go on vacations to resorts in much warmer climates. Some probably have winter homes in Arizona.
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small town kansas farmers fly personal jets irl way more than city people per capita. obviously geography plays a part but also in my experience so does just being big time at doing cow farming. also everyone has their pilots license. both my parents did and we owned an obviously non-jet beechcraft bonanza when I was growing up which I've talked about on here.The nickname of the Beechcraft Bonanza is “doctor killer”. I’ve never asked my dad how many doctors he shot down in it but will next time I talk to him.
which seed company will murder you if you try and save their seeds to use next year?All of them, but notoriously Monsanto. Most corn and soybean seed purchases require a signed contract stating that the grain won't be kept back for planting.
"The Fork-Tailed Doctor Killer."small town kansas farmers fly personal jets irl way more than city people per capita. obviously geography plays a part but also in my experience so does just being big time at doing cow farming. also everyone has their pilots license. both my parents did and we owned an obviously non-jet beechcraft bonanza when I was growing up which I've talked about on here.The nickname of the Beechcraft Bonanza is “doctor killer”. I’ve never asked my dad how many doctors he shot down in it but will next time I talk to him.
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"The Fork-Tailed Doctor Killer."small town kansas farmers fly personal jets irl way more than city people per capita. obviously geography plays a part but also in my experience so does just being big time at doing cow farming. also everyone has their pilots license. both my parents did and we owned an obviously non-jet beechcraft bonanza when I was growing up which I've talked about on here.The nickname of the Beechcraft Bonanza is “doctor killer”. I’ve never asked my dad how many doctors he shot down in it but will next time I talk to him.
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The SW KS farmers much be much wealthier than the north central KS variety. I only knew one farmer who had a plane and he was mostly a crop duster, not a farmer. Sadly, he died in a plane crash while flying near Ness City in the late 1990s. Investigators determined that carbon monoxide had leaked into the cabin of the plane.
That's pretty messed up, katpappy"The Fork-Tailed Doctor Killer."small town kansas farmers fly personal jets irl way more than city people per capita. obviously geography plays a part but also in my experience so does just being big time at doing cow farming. also everyone has their pilots license. both my parents did and we owned an obviously non-jet beechcraft bonanza when I was growing up which I've talked about on here.The nickname of the Beechcraft Bonanza is “doctor killer”. I’ve never asked my dad how many doctors he shot down in it but will next time I talk to him.
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The SW KS farmers much be much wealthier than the north central KS variety. I only knew one farmer who had a plane and he was mostly a crop duster, not a farmer. Sadly, he died in a plane crash while flying near Ness City in the late 1990s. Investigators determined that carbon monoxide had leaked into the cabin of the plane.
At lease he died in his sleep; kind of like grampa, and not kicking and screaming like his passengers. ;)
the old "I don't think there's anything wrong but the wife made me get checked out" line you get from these farmers.
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Is that the lazy JI brand? Those pics trigger a lot of memories.No idea on what the official brand is but I'm glad you enjoyed the pictures.
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farmer wants a wife debuts tonight on fox, 8pm central!Watching this between big12 tourney games and it is pretty LOL so far
farmer wants a wife debuts tonight on fox, 8pm central!Watching this between big12 tourney games and it is pretty LOL so far
LOL, one of these "farmers" has a FORTY SIX ACRE RANCH.
Lets write a real script for "Farmer wants a wife" KS version. Here are my 4 contestants
Ron - 43 year old NW KS farmer, inherited 3000 acres of dryland farming/ranching land and is an aspiring land baron. Never married because Jessica left in in 2000 and he hasn't recovered.
Jordy - 37 year old flint hills rancher who was incredibly successful in a high pressure career and saved enough money in that career to retire early and buy some land where he was from. Local's love him but also hate that he has more money to buy up land they want.
Zeke - 28 year old Hired man, owns no land and has bounced around the plains working on harvest crews and as a hired man. Most attractive of the 4 but has a couple run ins with the law that will add some drama later in the season.
Kayden - 24 year old from Miami county whose family grows 400 acres of row crops on the edge of JOCO and is waiting for a developer to make the right offer. 5 horses (aunts own them) and lots of dirt bikes/Polaris's etc.
Juvenile?
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Juvenile?
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Spring break week concluded today. In between the cats March Madness games Tater sbd I got a little farm time in.Does that "Tube" connect to another tube I can't see or what does it do? (Only familiar with WKS farms where it barely rains)
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A picture of 4 of the apple trees (planted with cow manure). The larger trees behind the apple seedlings are pear trees my uncle planted a couple of years ago. There is a water faucet thing by the quisonet building so Im guessing that is where the automatic watering device will connect to.My brother finally ran a soaker hose to the apple and pear tree's that were recently planted, even put some chicken wire around them to keep the dam rabbits out.
Also LOL at the "Danger Keep out" sign on the collapsing out building my dad put up sometime in the last year.
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Every time I see a glimpse of Tater I am reminded of how lucky Tom is to have him.Tater struggling with a leg injury so I am little worried about my sidekick. Tried to reduce his activity and anti inflammatory, but I fear the injury maybe worse than a sprain or bruise. Going back to see what the Dr says .
Every time I see a glimpse of Tater I am reminded of how lucky Tom is to have him.Tater struggling with a leg injury so I am little worried about my sidekick. Tried to reduce his activity and anti inflammatory, but I fear the injury maybe worse than a sprain or bruise. Going back to see what the Dr says .
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Every time I see a glimpse of Tater I am reminded of how lucky Tom is to have him.Tater struggling with a leg injury so I am little worried about my sidekick. Tried to reduce his activity and anti inflammatory, but I fear the injury maybe worse than a sprain or bruise. Going back to see what the Dr says .
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do you have to clear it with anyone to dig next to the road like that?This is Shawnee County so you have to get a right of way permit from public works. They have to approve the location. Also submitted a dig safe request before we started.
Fitting inside a 3’ gate is a must.
Fitting inside a 3’ gate is a must.
man, that's tiny. didn't know they came that small.
I've run the tiny little baby ones but they have all been rented. They have absolutely no breakout power but I'm sure you're aware of that and still beats a shovel.
Past sand and topsoil you may find the little fella wanting if you get into fill dirt. I don't know how deep you'll need to dig in texas, so just a consideration.
why not use a trencher? also Ditch Witch made what they called a tool carrier that had a little backhoe that were popular with turf contractors but they stopped making them in 2012
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Dang man, that sucks. I guess it is a good thing it is early in the year? Looking for silver linings.We made it through man, appreciate you
What started it?Dang man, that sucks. I guess it is a good thing it is early in the year? Looking for silver linings.We made it through man, appreciate you
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Silage fire?No, just normal dry AF grass and wind. No known ignition source. Burned a ton of acres and CRP but overall nothing of merit lost.
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Where's the beef? And by that I mean, were any cattle lost?Nope, all good
looking at the bright side, this is the time of the year for burning pasture to get rid of the pesky weeds so if crops didn't get damaged it should be all good. :crossfingers:That’s not how pasture works but thank you
Do you have to replace a whole crap load of fence now?No, it’s mostly just open range. There is fence but it’s like miles from the fire.
One casualty while driving around today. We burn with neighbors so they let the fire run between us. One of our big corner posts got consumed. This was a huge hedge post. What you see in the picture is just the top remaining.
It was dry and ideal burning conditions. There was nothing left of this post along with 2-3 brush piles.
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Tom, is that a hole where the post was? I have never seen one burn more than a foot below ground, so that's why I'm interested.
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looking at the bright side, this is the time of the year for burning pasture to get rid of the pesky weeds so if crops didn't get damaged it should be all good. :crossfingers:That’s not how pasture works but thank you
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Yes. This was crazy to me how thoroughly this thing burned up.One casualty while driving around today. We burn with neighbors so they let the fire run between us. One of our big corner posts got consumed. This was a huge hedge post. What you see in the picture is just the top remaining.
It was dry and ideal burning conditions. There was nothing left of this post along with 2-3 brush piles.
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Tom, is that a hole where the post was? I have never seen one burn more than a foot below ground, so that's why I'm interested.
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Yes. This was crazy to me how thoroughly this thing burned up.One casualty while driving around today. We burn with neighbors so they let the fire run between us. One of our big corner posts got consumed. This was a huge hedge post. What you see in the picture is just the top remaining.
It was dry and ideal burning conditions. There was nothing left of this post along with 2-3 brush piles.
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Tom, is that a hole where the post was? I have never seen one burn more than a foot below ground, so that's why I'm interested.
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Past sand and topsoil you may find the little fella wanting if you get into fill dirt. I don't know how deep you'll need to dig in texas, so just a consideration.
Typical is 18”-24” to run pool pipes here.
I want to buy this and do this work for a living.
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They've got drones doing light shows and crap, I'm pretty sure that thing would fly itself and the only thing I'd have to do is cash those farmers' checks. And grease the zerks.I want to buy this and do this work for a living.
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You would forget to grease the zerks, it would crash into the field and set it on fire resulting in you getting sued.
What are we broadcasting here?Tom, I'd guess this is a top dress application of Urea.
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https://www.ksn.com/news/crime/stolen-tiny-house-found-at-kansas-grain-elevator/amp/
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The tiny house is valued at $9,000. The sheriff said the $33,000 Bobcat was stolen out of Castle Rock, Colorado, and the $25,000 trailer is from Florida.
I had a Chinese co worker read the bag. You are correct.What are we broadcasting here?Tom, I'd guess this is a top dress application of Urea.
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So my dad took home a runt kitten from the family homestead earlier this spring and nursed it back to health. He calls it "Farm Kitty" and loves this thing more than he loves Rush Limbaugh, even after it gave him and my mom ringworm.
Everytime he goes back to western KS he takes the cat and sends us pictures of it doing farm things with him.
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After a couple of years of failing health Farm kitty/Lil Lil passed peacefully this evening in the burbs of KC. She was born in a barn outside of Colby Kansas, abandoned by her mother as the runt of the litter and nursed back to health by a kind cat rancher.
She lived 5 years on a diet of kibble and eggs and out lived all of her blood relatives who were eaten by coyotes, she brought joy to all around her. She is survived by her younger sister Tazee (another farm cat runt).
That's great. Thinking of you tonight lil lil.Thank you for your thoughts, the ji family is keeping you in their thoughts as well.
I say this with all respect to lil lil…..lmaoSo my dad took home a runt kitten from the family homestead earlier this spring and nursed it back to health. He calls it "Farm Kitty" and loves this thing more than he loves Rush Limbaugh, even after it gave him and my mom ringworm.
Everytime he goes back to western KS he takes the cat and sends us pictures of it doing farm things with him.
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After a couple of years of failing health Farm kitty/Lil Lil passed peacefully this evening in the burbs of KC. She was born in a barn outside of Colby Kansas, abandoned by her mother as the runt of the litter and nursed back to health by a kind cat rancher.
She lived 5 years on a diet of kibble and eggs and out lived all of her blood relatives who were eaten by coyotes, she brought joy to all around her. She is survived by her younger sister Tazee (another farm cat runt).
Lil lil will now live on forever at the cat ranch thanks to this touching tribute my dad ordered. As far as I know lil lil is the first barn cat to get this treatment but I'm sure Tazee will get it as well whenever she passes.
Pour one out for lil lil tonight
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I say this with all respect to lil lil…..lmaoSo my dad took home a runt kitten from the family homestead earlier this spring and nursed it back to health. He calls it "Farm Kitty" and loves this thing more than he loves Rush Limbaugh, even after it gave him and my mom ringworm.
Everytime he goes back to western KS he takes the cat and sends us pictures of it doing farm things with him.
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After a couple of years of failing health Farm kitty/Lil Lil passed peacefully this evening in the burbs of KC. She was born in a barn outside of Colby Kansas, abandoned by her mother as the runt of the litter and nursed back to health by a kind cat rancher.
She lived 5 years on a diet of kibble and eggs and out lived all of her blood relatives who were eaten by coyotes, she brought joy to all around her. She is survived by her younger sister Tazee (another farm cat runt).
Lil lil will now live on forever at the cat ranch thanks to this touching tribute my dad ordered. As far as I know lil lil is the first barn cat to get this treatment but I'm sure Tazee will get it as well whenever she passes.
Pour one out for lil lil tonight
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Well eff guyz, I may be getting grounded from the farm for doing too much cleaning AGAIN.
I had a Buddy coming out on opening weekend to look for those mystical pheasants and decided to clean out the second bedroom upstairs to make it not look like a hoarder lives there...my mistake
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So what's everyone gonna do with their farms when the Aquifer runs out?Pffff rains are back baby. All it took was my dad burying lil lil and ungrounding me from the farm to make the rain god(s) return.
Corn planted April 12th is up and going here in northeast Kansas.Planted April 27th.
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I was out in western Kansas all weekend and I just have to say, thank you to the peeps who actually live and work out there.
WOOF
Could not do it
:dubious:I was out in western Kansas all weekend and I just have to say, thank you to the peeps who actually live and work out there.
WOOF
Could not do it
Spent the weekend in Manhattan?
I was out in western Kansas all weekend and I just have to say, thank you to the peeps who actually live and work out there.
WOOF
Could not do it
Spent the weekend in Manhattan?
I was out in western Kansas all weekend and I just have to say, thank you to the peeps who actually live and work out there.
WOOF
Could not do it
A lot of people couldn’t do it. It’s fine.Really shows which people aren’t afraid to get a little dirty and which people don’t want to get their loafers dusty, imo
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N fork of the Solomon river in October of last year after a 2 year drought.Picture from underneath the windmill looking at where this picture was taken.... first time I have ever seen the "river" actually flow, usually it's just random pools.
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Good to see some rain rolling in out there. Is lil Red running again?Lil red got towed into town by our cow farmer who runs cattle on our pasture. Lil red had a busted radiator and some mice who had made a home in the air filter.
Finally got our windmill in the pasture fixed (the pump "rod"? Broke) this week even tho we don't really need it since the "river" is full.I've never seen one in the wild that actually pumps water. I need to stop by the Benji ranch to observe. Honestly, I don't know much about them other than the ones I've been around are either ornamental or laying on their side in disrepair.
A classic Aeromotor windmill from Chicago, can't wait for Tom to give me all the history of these bad bois.
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He was in a burning mood and also burned down the Old boxcar that was in the pig pen (no pigs have lived there in maybe 25 years)I got one that needs to be gone. Township fire chief said I would need a permit to burn it since it was "a structure."
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Finally got our windmill in the pasture fixed (the pump "rod"? Broke) this week even tho we don't really need it since the "river" is full.I've never seen one in the wild that actually pumps water. I need to stop by the Benji ranch to observe. Honestly, I don't know much about them other than the ones I've been around are either ornamental or laying on their side in disrepair.
A classic Aeromotor windmill from Chicago, can't wait for Tom to give me all the history of these bad bois.
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Old Shawnee Days parade always has a little farm flavor.Why didn't you participate this year?
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No permits needed in Thomas county but my dad does call the local fire department to give them a heads up so they don't respond.He was in a burning mood and also burned down the Old boxcar that was in the pig pen (no pigs have lived there in maybe 25 years)I got one that needs to be gone. Township fire chief said I would need a permit to burn it since it was "a structure."
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Would be another good rabbit hole for this thread. Like every farm had 1-2 boxcars for storage or incorporated into a barn. What was peak boxcar inventory in this country? Did the RR just give these things away?
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He was in a burning mood and also burned down the Old boxcar that was in the pig pen (no pigs have lived there in maybe 25 years)I got one that needs to be gone. Township fire chief said I would need a permit to burn it since it was "a structure."
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Would be another good rabbit hole for this thread. Like every farm had 1-2 boxcars for storage or incorporated into a barn. What was peak boxcar inventory in this country? Did the RR just give these things away?
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He was in a burning mood and also burned down the Old boxcar that was in the pig pen (no pigs have lived there in maybe 25 years)I got one that needs to be gone. Township fire chief said I would need a permit to burn it since it was "a structure."
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Would be another good rabbit hole for this thread. Like every farm had 1-2 boxcars for storage or incorporated into a barn. What was peak boxcar inventory in this country? Did the RR just give these things away?
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My great aunt and uncle lived in one. I’m told it was pretty nice.
We have probably 20 boxcars and at least one is built into a barn
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I thought I would be in Chicago for work, but that got pushed. I also forgot. My son works for a local construction company so we might make an entry next year.Old Shawnee Days parade always has a little farm flavor.Why didn't you participate this year?
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https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:McNee_Barns_boxcar_barn_Chase_County_Kansas.jpgThat is amazing.
This was peak boxcar barn combo. Neighbor had a similar set up though not as big. We used ours to store bagged feed, mineral, salt blocks, seed. Mom used to hang onions in it. Set on a stone foundation car floor was the same height as the pickup.
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Livestock cars were open air. Their demise was due to the refrigerated box car. Packers like Swift and Armour developed and built their own fleet of refrigerator cars because the railroads were making bank shipping live cattle and hogs.https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:McNee_Barns_boxcar_barn_Chase_County_Kansas.jpgThat is amazing.
This was peak boxcar barn combo. Neighbor had a similar set up though not as big. We used ours to store bagged feed, mineral, salt blocks, seed. Mom used to hang onions in it. Set on a stone foundation car floor was the same height as the pickup.
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Also I had a shower thought this afternoon. Basically when meat packing shifted from KC/Omaha/Chicago etc to rural areas all the RR companies had a ton of cattle cars they didn't need anymore and that is why there are boxcars all over farms.
My dad was checking some random game cams out at the cat ranch.I need some guidance on cams for the farm.
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I may be Luking here, but in the twilight of my dad's farming career he decided he wanted to be the first guy in the area to have a tracked tractor. Despite some banker protests he got a Cat 45 Challenger. It was a smooth ride the few times I rode along.
Side hustle was using the dirt box to smooth terraces.
Went thru one set of tracks then it didn't bring his reserve at the retirement auction. I ended up listing it on one of the early online auction sites, and a guy in Minnesota bought it.
He is still the only farmer in our area to have owned a tracked tractor 15 years after he passed.
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I may be Luking here, but in the twilight of my dad's farming career he decided he wanted to be the first guy in the area to have a tracked tractor. Despite some banker protests he got a Cat 45 Challenger. It was a smooth ride the few times I rode along.
Side hustle was using the dirt box to smooth terraces.
Went thru one set of tracks then it didn't bring his reserve at the retirement auction. I ended up listing it on one of the early online auction sites, and a guy in Minnesota bought it.
He is still the only farmer in our area to have owned a tracked tractor 15 years after he passed.
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we had that exact sled. the downside to them was you are cresting a hill, windrow, culvert, etc. and it goes up....until it comes down and then it crashes down. had the exact same controls as a ford new holland iirc. it was fine and, agreed, very cool at the time. allegedly good for compaction like my dad gave a crap (he was in it for the cool I can assure you)
He was back in KC a couple of days ago so I asked him if he was back at the cat ranch or if these were old photos. His response
"Catless ranch for now"
He was back in KC a couple of days ago so I asked him if he was back at the cat ranch or if these were old photos. His response
"Catless ranch for now"
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Yotes got em all 3 years ago.He was back in KC a couple of days ago so I asked him if he was back at the cat ranch or if these were old photos. His response
"Catless ranch for now"
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I feel like there's more to this story that's being withheld from us.
Yotes got em all 3 years ago.He was back in KC a couple of days ago so I asked him if he was back at the cat ranch or if these were old photos. His response
"Catless ranch for now"
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I feel like there's more to this story that's being withheld from us.
Attempted to restarr the population with 4 rando cats my dad picked up from another farm about a year and a half ago but the yotes got them too.
Are you sure it was coyotes? In my experience hawks and owls eat a lot more cats than coyotes.Yeah, it was probably owls (2 live there) but my dad likes them so he blames the yotes
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Are you sure it was coyotes? In my experience hawks and owls eat a lot more cats than coyotes.Yeah, it was probably owls (2 live there) but my dad likes them so he blames the yotes
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My dad has a lil lil memorial/shrine out on the cat ranch.Just remembered a great lil lil story. See those middle pictures where it's on my mom's shoulder? That was right after my dad brought it back from the farm.
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Are you sure it was coyotes? In my experience hawks and owls eat a lot more cats than coyotes.Yeah, it was probably owls (2 live there) but my dad likes them so he blames the yotes
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classic farmer move. find a dead calf that's been eaten on it's always the coyotes that killed it and not that it just died and they started eating the corpse. same with prairie dogs. cows could break their legs in the holes! gotta shoot the crap out of them! luckily coyotes are absolutely BITB at being alive everywhere no matter what.
Today hammered home the POINT of how western KS farmers talk about rain in points not inches and love talking about how much more they got then someone else. (For the city slickers 100 points equals an inch).
At 830am our crop farmer showed up to see how much rain we had gotten while I was walking the mutts. I told him I just emptied the rain gauge and we got an inch last night. He replies with how he got 120 points over at his place.
Around 11 our cow farmers wife shows up in a Polaris to check on the cows in our pasture and brags about the 150 points they got at their place 7 miles away and casually dropped that some other pasture they rent got 240 points.
Also it's raining again, basically ShangriLa on the high plains of NW KS this year.
Today hammered home the POINT of how western KS farmers talk about rain in points not inches and love talking about how much more they got then someone else. (For the city slickers 100 points equals an inch).I’ve never hear points in my life. Hundreths is always what they’d say where I was from. 30 hundreths, etc.
At 830am our crop farmer showed up to see how much rain we had gotten while I was walking the mutts. I told him I just emptied the rain gauge and we got an inch last night. He replies with how he got 120 points over at his place.
Around 11 our cow farmers wife shows up in a Polaris to check on the cows in our pasture and brags about the 150 points they got at their place 7 miles away and casually dropped that some other pasture they rent got 240 points.
Also it's raining again, basically ShangriLa on the high plains of NW KS this year.
Today hammered home the POINT of how western KS farmers talk about rain in points not inches and love talking about how much more they got then someone else. (For the city slickers 100 points equals an inch).I’ve never hear points in my life. Hundreths is always what they’d say where I was from. 30 hundreths, etc.
At 830am our crop farmer showed up to see how much rain we had gotten while I was walking the mutts. I told him I just emptied the rain gauge and we got an inch last night. He replies with how he got 120 points over at his place.
Around 11 our cow farmers wife shows up in a Polaris to check on the cows in our pasture and brags about the 150 points they got at their place 7 miles away and casually dropped that some other pasture they rent got 240 points.
Also it's raining again, basically ShangriLa on the high plains of NW KS this year.
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what's the plan for that green wheat? graze it, bale it?No idea as it's my aunt's land. I'm assuming even the non green wheat has been zero'd out like most the dry land crops in the area so maybe they can bale it for feed or let cows graze it?
The cousin with mad farm skills is restoring an IH 1206. Then we're hitting the parade circuit.Down to the rear tires, fenders. After market seat bracket will need some modifications.
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The cousin with mad farm skills is restoring an IH 1206. Then we're hitting the parade circuit.Down to the rear tires, fenders. After market seat bracket will need some modifications.
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It has a turbo charger. He tracked down an original to get that whirling sound.The cousin with mad farm skills is restoring an IH 1206. Then we're hitting the parade circuit.Down to the rear tires, fenders. After market seat bracket will need some modifications.
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I did most of the fieldwork with an IH 856 during high school years. Tom, is that a torque converter on the right side of the tractor?
That's some pretty good straight line winds. That piss elm(I think?) didn't stand a chance. Lucky it missed the house.
Also, what is the year and power rating of that brute?The 1206's with Turbo Diesels were only built from 1965-1967, Drawbar HP I think they are 95 HP and for the PTOs they were 112 HP.
SD we hope everyone is ok. Grain bin damage sucks.
Thanks for triggering my fear of dying in bed because a big tree crushed my house.
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My folks had a bit of a stiff breeze blow through yesterday
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Thanks for triggering my fear of dying in bed because a big tree crushed my house.
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In the northern part of Barton County, Dean Stoskopf reported even higher abandonment, estimating up to 90 percent of local acres would not be harvested due to extreme drought conditions. Some of Stoskopf’s fields went a year without an inch (or some even a half inch) of moisture. The majority of the county finally moved out of D4 (exceptional) drought, thanks to rains in the past two weeks, but more rain is needed to keep that status at bay.
“If it doesn't rain, we’ll be right back in exceptional drought,” Stoskopf said.
Stoskopf abandoned 80 percent of planted acres and chose not to spray the remaining 200 acres. As a result, he decided to use only a conventional combine, which handles the ever-growing weeds better than his other rotary head. He noted 100-degree weather also helps chop weeds a little bit easier.
Nice harvest pic. What are your yields like?
Okay. Hope you get done without any breakdowns and stay safe out there.Nice harvest pic. What are your yields like?
Yields are probably about average to slightly above average for our area. Dry fall and winter held it back.
Also, what is the year and power rating of that brute?The 1206's with Turbo Diesels were only built from 1965-1967, Drawbar HP I think they are 95 HP and for the PTOs they were 112 HP.
My Grandfather and Uncle restored Farmall's and Cub Cadets from the 1940's to the 1980's models. Red Tractors rule, Green Tractor's drool.
During the summers we would go to Tractor Shows and Red Power Roundups. I truly know more than I should.
A fully ripe wheat field really gets the ole juices flowing.I really enjoy the contrast between a blue Kansas sky and the bright golden color of the straw in a freshly harvested wheat field.
Yup. Up until Russia invaded Ukraine I had no idea that Ukraine's flag symbolized a wheat feild and the sky.A fully ripe wheat field really gets the ole juices flowing.I really enjoy the contrast between a blue Kansas sky and the bright golden color of the straw in a freshly harvested wheat field.
Got some hail out at the cat ranch, our crop farmer sent us a picture of the neighbors corn.
We planted some Milo about 2 weeks ago but no idea if we got any damage.
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Only planted about 100 acres of Milo (other 300ish acres is going into wheat this fall) but according to our crop farmer it got hailed out.Got some hail out at the cat ranch, our crop farmer sent us a picture of the neighbors corn.
We planted some Milo about 2 weeks ago but no idea if we got any damage.
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That about makes a guy sick to his stomach to see that. Hopefully the damage wasn't widespread.
Team Horny? :fatty:
Does he like ICP and or fists?Team Horny? :fatty:
First thing I noticed too. I think I might need to know more about this "event company" that ben ji bro runs... :fatty:
Had a visitor on the farm today. Name was Ron and my uncle told him about the antique farming equipment in the junkyard so he drove by to look at it, saw me and we started chatting.elite post
Ron is a 60 year old farmer who recently got into raising horses to pull antique equipment in parades/shows.
Pulled up in a flat bed pickup with his dog on back who never left the entire time. Was rocking overalls, a cutoff flannel and a cowboy hat accented by a chew in his mouth.
Anyways I gave him a tour of our junkyard and he explained what every old piece of equipment was and how it was used.
I asked him if he lived around here and he said "So you know XYZ's old place? I'm right by them" I was like "nah, I just know letters and numbers from street signs" and he explained he lived about 5 miles NW of us.
Put him in touch with my dad and he might haul off some of the stuff.
10/10
(Sneaked a pic of Ron for the bbs)
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Everything looks nice and green at the cat ranch
SW KS is filthy with water right now too. Pics of lil sd and his cousins who are there right nowHell yeah, is lil SD down there for a week or so? I used to spend a week at my grandparents farm each summer around that age and it was a blast. Like summer camp but with a 4 wheeler and .22
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That’s lil sd bombing off the tree into what I expect is like 2 feet of water because he’s smart AF
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ANOTHER BRAG: I can slowly back a double trailer (tractor, implement, anhydrous tank) reliably. This is an impossible task for 99.99999% of human beings.
I can back a trailer faster than 99% of the human race can back their car. I'm born into this. It's my heritage.Pro tip for non farmers who have no idea how to back up a trailer:
I can back a trailer faster than 99% of the human race can back their car. I'm born into this. It's my heritage.Pro tip for non farmers who have no idea how to back up a trailer:
Actually not giving it. learn it yourselves, losers!
WRONGI can back a trailer faster than 99% of the human race can back their car. I'm born into this. It's my heritage.Pro tip for non farmers who have no idea how to back up a trailer:
Actually not giving it. learn it yourselves, losers!
I'll give the pro tip: just do the opposite of what you'd think.
BITCH YOU THOUGHT!I can back a trailer faster than 99% of the human race can back their car. I'm born into this. It's my heritage.Pro tip for non farmers who have no idea how to back up a trailer:
Actually not giving it. learn it yourselves, losers!
I'll give the pro tip: just do the opposite of what you'd think.
got off track in another thread:Dad used to send mom and me to pick up cattle before I could drive. My sole job was to back the trailer up to the loading chute. Let's do this...ANOTHER BRAG: I can slowly back a double trailer (tractor, implement, anhydrous tank) reliably. This is an impossible task for 99.99999% of human beings.
I will challenge anyone in this blog to a backing up contest.
I am the opposite of Steve Dave in trailer backing prowess. I attribute this to never living on a farm.
UPDATE: Apparently it's getting baled up for cow food. Check out these windrows from about 10 days ago.what's the plan for that green wheat? graze it, bale it?No idea as it's my aunt's land. I'm assuming even the non green wheat has been zero'd out like most the dry land crops in the area so maybe they can bale it for feed or let cows graze it?
Maybe some real farmers can come in here and explain what happens when your crop is X'd and you take the insurance payout. Do you get to do whatever you want with it or do they make you plow it under or something?
Some basic wheat shots of my aunts crop next door. The green wheat at the front got some bad wind erosion this winter and has only recently grown in the past month with the rain, has not headed out.Here was the green wheat that was windrowed, probably before the hail Storm.
The wheat behind it is starting to turn golden but I doubt they get much out of it.
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UPDATE: Apparently it's getting baled up for cow food. Check out these windrows from about 10 days ago.
Tater and I think we might grow some corn this year.
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One time I for some reason was asked to back a boat trailer in to retrieve a fishing boat at Tuttle and the guy waiting on my dumbass in the line just saddled up and did it before I mumped something up seriously.I can back a trailer faster than 99% of the human race can back their car. I'm born into this. It's my heritage.Pro tip for non farmers who have no idea how to back up a trailer:
Actually not giving it. learn it yourselves, losers!
What are you driving there, farming_cat? An old model A or B?1951 John Deere A.
Where was this farming_cat?Started and ended in Wetmore. First year for the event, but by the sounds of it, they will try to have annually.
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Cool. Need go get on the mailing list.Where was this farming_cat?Started and ended in Wetmore. First year for the event, but by the sounds of it, they will try to have annually.
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Where was this farming_cat?Started and ended in Wetmore. First year for the event, but by the sounds of it, they will try to have annually.
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Anyone here have a ZT mower recommendation?My folks have a Hustler and are hard as hell on it and it’s been cutting huge swaths of poorly maintained farm “grass” for like at least 5 years and still going strong so I can recommend that one. Also it hauls ass.
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Anyone here have a ZT mower recommendation?I researched mowers a decent amount this summer then the rain decided to shut off so I figured I'd get by with what I have for the remainder of the year. If you have much acreage at all, I would strongly consider a commercial unit. Scag, Ferris, Hustler, Deere, and Exmark all make excellent commercial units. Ferris has suspension all the way around if you have rough terrain. Former coworker had a rear discharge Grasshopper and he mentioned that it would windrow pretty bad if the grass had much height to it at all.
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Anyone here have a ZT mower recommendation?Husqvarna with Kawasaki is my choice.
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https://twitter.com/coloradowheat/status/1685007916410232832?t=uarXqzVgblQ8zmBbAfJPIA&s=19Incredible. I was surprised to see wheat harvest still going on west of Scott City in W. KS and eastern Colorado a couple of weeks ago.
IIRC a couple of years ago someone in this thread mentioned a Russian buying up any farmland that went for sale near Scott City.Soloviev is of Russian descent but was born in the US.
Interesting bio between being the 22nd largest land owner in the US and being able to field a full offensive football team with only his offspring.IIRC a couple of years ago someone in this thread mentioned a Russian buying up any farmland that went for sale near Scott City.Soloviev is of Russian descent but was born in the US.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Soloviev (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Soloviev)
an in the wild sighting of rain in pts.Is this a western KS thing? I've always heard "inches" and "hundreths"
Western KS is 100% all hundreths. I never heard points u til this thread.an in the wild sighting of rain in pts.Is this a western KS thing? I've always heard "inches" and "hundreths"
an in the wild sighting of rain in pts.Is this a western KS thing? I've always heard "inches" and "hundreths"WesternKS is 100% all hundreths. I never heard points u til this thread.
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My family always used basis points.Your family also allowed their kid to attend KU.
My family always used basis points.
Not sure if you saw the pet peeves thread but I work with a guy who calls them "bips" and it sends me into a rage every time lolMy family always used basis points.
lmao, irl when finance bros use basis points I mentally convert that to hundredths
My family always used basis points.Your family also allowed their kid to attend KU.
It’s honestly a horrific outside experience 90% of the timeIt's hot as crap and all you want is a nice summer breeze? NOPE, enjoy some squitos instead.
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tiger, like sd said. pretty cool, i only ever found a couple in kansas.We’d find them all the time in Meade and keep them as pets until we grew bored of them and let them go.
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.
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.
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.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.
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
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.
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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.
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).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.
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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).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.
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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.
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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.
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Gimme that cow. Not sure what to do with it, but it needs to be mine.
Gimme that cow. Not sure what to do with it, but it needs to be mine.
you have to prove that you own it. the sheriff is on one side and you are on the other. you call to it and if it comes to you it's yours.
actually I have no rough ridin' clue how you'd claim this thing. obviously isn't branded. just show up and do it imo.
anyone know the best part of the country to buy a hobby farm? like the part of the country where you can get the most grass for your dollar.I do not but if I was guessing I’d say somewhere like New York or obvious places like shitty North Dakota.
sd, can you have your father submit a bid for me on that boy cow? i'd like to bring him home.NO! ITS NOT YOUR COW (bull)!
anyone know the best part of the country to buy a hobby farm? like the part of the country where you can get the most grass for your dollar.
Ben ji go claim this juvenile bull as your own and start a herd.
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I bet you could buy some desert land in BFE Nevada for super cheap but you wouldn't have grass.
I used to play so much goddam pitch on weekends at the sale barn in republic county. AMASale barn stories... St Mary's, Holton, Falls City (NE), Wakarusa,...
I bet you could buy some desert land in BFE Nevada for super cheap but you wouldn't have grass.
yeah, i'm trying to find out where land is cheapest on a per cows it can support basis, not a per acre basis. it's surprisingly hard to find that information.
my guess is that's probably missouri or kentucky or something. somewhere with abundant rain, long growing seasons and where not a ton of people want to live in rural areas.
which i probably wouldn't either, but maybe i'd see somewhere at like, number six on the list, where i'd want to live.
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That is my cow, I acquired it through a trade and his name is Mr. Pickles. If anyone in Collins county tells you otherwise tell them to talk to the Judge
Mississippi is quite green in this hot ass summer. Would support the cows quite well.I bet you could buy some desert land in BFE Nevada for super cheap but you wouldn't have grass.
yeah, i'm trying to find out where land is cheapest on a per cows it can support basis, not a per acre basis. it's surprisingly hard to find that information.
my guess is that's probably missouri or kentucky or something. somewhere with abundant rain, long growing seasons and where not a ton of people want to live in rural areas.
which i probably wouldn't either, but maybe i'd see somewhere at like, number six on the list, where i'd want to live.
Day two in the books! Neighbor busted out his 6430 to pull wagons today. So desire one of those. Silo filling has its benefits like copious amounts of bourbon when the day is done.That bottle of WT101 looks delicious. Are you going to post pictures of happy cows chowing down on that delicious silage this winter?
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Mississippi is quite green in this hot ass summer. Would support the cows quite well.I bet you could buy some desert land in BFE Nevada for super cheap but you wouldn't have grass.
yeah, i'm trying to find out where land is cheapest on a per cows it can support basis, not a per acre basis. it's surprisingly hard to find that information.
my guess is that's probably missouri or kentucky or something. somewhere with abundant rain, long growing seasons and where not a ton of people want to live in rural areas.
which i probably wouldn't either, but maybe i'd see somewhere at like, number six on the list, where i'd want to live.
This was from last November he wintered a pen of heifers.Day two in the books! Neighbor busted out his 6430 to pull wagons today. So desire one of those. Silo filling has its benefits like copious amounts of bourbon when the day is done.That bottle of WT101 looks delicious. Are you going to post pictures of happy cows chowing down on that delicious silage this winter?
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Gorgeous. Love seeing happy bovines lined up at the bunk.This was from last November he wintered a pen of heifers.Day two in the books! Neighbor busted out his 6430 to pull wagons today. So desire one of those. Silo filling has its benefits like copious amounts of bourbon when the day is done.That bottle of WT101 looks delicious. Are you going to post pictures of happy cows chowing down on that delicious silage this winter?
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On feed or held back? Nice set.This was from last November he wintered a pen of heifers.Day two in the books! Neighbor busted out his 6430 to pull wagons today. So desire one of those. Silo filling has its benefits like copious amounts of bourbon when the day is done.That bottle of WT101 looks delicious. Are you going to post pictures of happy cows chowing down on that delicious silage this winter?
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Definitely rust beltI bet you could buy some desert land in BFE Nevada for super cheap but you wouldn't have grass.
yeah, i'm trying to find out where land is cheapest on a per cows it can support basis, not a per acre basis. it's surprisingly hard to find that information.
my guess is that's probably missouri or kentucky or something. somewhere with abundant rain, long growing seasons and where not a ton of people want to live in rural areas.
which i probably wouldn't either, but maybe i'd see somewhere at like, number six on the list, where i'd want to live.
Those are feeders.On feed or held back? Nice set.This was from last November he wintered a pen of heifers.Day two in the books! Neighbor busted out his 6430 to pull wagons today. So desire one of those. Silo filling has its benefits like copious amounts of bourbon when the day is done.That bottle of WT101 looks delicious. Are you going to post pictures of happy cows chowing down on that delicious silage this winter?
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Out at the cat ranch and my dad disced/swept (not sure of the difference) the field we are planting wheat next month with our crop farmers equipment he had left there.Disc. Sweeps are big arrows that go under the ground and are better for soil water retention.
When he was done for the day he noticed one of the big circular discs was missing so figured it fell off.
This morning I took the minibike out and spent about an hour looking for this missing metal circle until I gave up.
Later in the day my dad called his crop farmer and was like "yeah this one part is missing, trying to find it etc"
Crop farmer dude was like "nah, that's been missing since a couple of years ago"
Anyways here is the disced/swept? Soon the be planted wheat field next to our current Milo crop.
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So another farm glossary discussion in the points vs tenths vein.Out at the cat ranch and my dad disced/swept (not sure of the difference) the field we are planting wheat next month with our crop farmers equipment he had left there.Disc. Sweeps are big arrows that go under the ground and are better for soil water retention.
When he was done for the day he noticed one of the big circular discs was missing so figured it fell off.
This morning I took the minibike out and spent about an hour looking for this missing metal circle until I gave up.
Later in the day my dad called his crop farmer and was like "yeah this one part is missing, trying to find it etc"
Crop farmer dude was like "nah, that's been missing since a couple of years ago"
Anyways here is the disced/swept? Soon the be planted wheat field next to our current Milo crop.
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I thought sweeping was like the windrow thing with the spinny things
So another farm glossary discussion in the points vs tenths vein.Out at the cat ranch and my dad disced/swept (not sure of the difference) the field we are planting wheat next month with our crop farmers equipment he had left there.Disc. Sweeps are big arrows that go under the ground and are better for soil water retention.
When he was done for the day he noticed one of the big circular discs was missing so figured it fell off.
This morning I took the minibike out and spent about an hour looking for this missing metal circle until I gave up.
Later in the day my dad called his crop farmer and was like "yeah this one part is missing, trying to find it etc"
Crop farmer dude was like "nah, that's been missing since a couple of years ago"
Anyways here is the disced/swept? Soon the be planted wheat field next to our current Milo crop.
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What SD describes was called a spring tooth, shank, field cultivator where I grew up. I never heard the term sweep until probably college.
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So another farm glossary discussion in the points vs tenths vein.Out at the cat ranch and my dad disced/swept (not sure of the difference) the field we are planting wheat next month with our crop farmers equipment he had left there.Disc. Sweeps are big arrows that go under the ground and are better for soil water retention.
When he was done for the day he noticed one of the big circular discs was missing so figured it fell off.
This morning I took the minibike out and spent about an hour looking for this missing metal circle until I gave up.
Later in the day my dad called his crop farmer and was like "yeah this one part is missing, trying to find it etc"
Crop farmer dude was like "nah, that's been missing since a couple of years ago"
Anyways here is the disced/swept? Soon the be planted wheat field next to our current Milo crop.
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What SD describes was called a spring tooth, shank, field cultivator where I grew up. I never heard the term sweep until probably college.
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I don't get the chicken stuff. I mean, if you didn't have like stores to buy eggs for basically free then I'd get it. but otherwise it just seems like a PITA and waste of energy. unless you enjoy it obviously. then go nuts if that makes you happy.
I feel unless you have 5+ kids who love eggs, egg people are always trying to give them away at certain times.
chickens are great. very diverse.
Should mention in this thread we ate one of our roosters the other night.. wife had mentioned for a while we had too many roosters. Got home from work and she had killed, skinned and cooked that ole boy.. :horrorsurprise:
Should mention in this thread we ate one of our roosters the other night.. wife had mentioned for a while we had too many roosters. Got home from work and she had killed, skinned and cooked that ole boy.. :horrorsurprise:
Very confused about the gender identity of this "rooster."
Should mention in this thread we ate one of our roosters the other night.. wife had mentioned for a while we had too many roosters. Got home from work and she had killed, skinned and cooked that ole boy.. :horrorsurprise:lmao what on earth
Used my biggest pair of garden loppers. :horrorsurprise: She’s also a complete hippy god bless her and hatched them from eggs in a massive like 30 or so incubator and about 5 of the ones that hatched were roosters. Could be a yla wife thread. Few months ago I wasn’t home and she spotted three (hide your eyes sd) raccoons at night in the tree by our chicken coop. She couldn’t find my shotgun shells (responsible gun owner) she used my 40 cal hand gun and blasted the three of them in 4 shots
Wasn’t definitely tougher than store bought chicken but was tasty
Was actually a younger one. He was a little to Randy and was pestering the hens. He also wouldn’t give us adorable blue eggs I was told.
It's a serious question. How does she know this particular rooster was responsible for the offensive œufs?We’ve all witnessed it. Fella had no chill. Think if any of her chicken friends would’ve wanted it though she would’ve gladly given him away. She hated every minute of it
They do when you crossbreed and hatch those eggs ole boyAlrighty, breeding. Gotcha.
Goddam you guys are dumbasses. Mrs. YLA sounds like a keeper.They do when you crossbreed and hatch those eggs ole boyAlrighty, breeding. Gotcha.
Thought someone had convinced you male genitals or no male genitals changes the color daily.
Not the dumbass as I'm well aware of how to raise chickens as I have over 80 running around the hobby farm.Goddam you guys are dumbasses. Mrs. YLA sounds like a keeper.They do when you crossbreed and hatch those eggs ole boyAlrighty, breeding. Gotcha.
Thought someone had convinced you male genitals or no male genitals changes the color daily.
Besides shooting animals who venture onto your property, what other classic hippie stuff does mrs yla do
Here, yla's wife comes to snuff the rooster, oh yeah.
Besides shooting animals who venture onto your property, what other classic hippie stuff does mrs yla domaybe resourceful is a better word. other than the small orchard and garden she has going I think bees and mini goats are in our future
Besides shooting animals who venture onto your property, what other classic hippie stuff does mrs yla domaybe resourceful is a better word. other than the small orchard and garden she has going I think bees and mini goats are in our future
Make her post ITTBesides shooting animals who venture onto your property, what other classic hippie stuff does mrs yla domaybe resourceful is a better word. other than the small orchard and garden she has going I think bees and mini goats are in our future
at least post pics of the chickens and eggs.
This brings me back to my childhood days. My mom had leghorns and some reddish-brown ones. She would order chicks in the spring and get them mailed to us. She would let me or my little brother hold them because it was easy to quash them. At about 6 weeks old she would be picking out young fryers and keep the biggest and meanest of the reddish-brown and leghorns. All the rest made fine Sunday meals. YLA, enjoy those tasty meals.
I don't get the chicken stuff. I mean, if you didn't have like stores to buy eggs for basically free then I'd get it. but otherwise it just seems like a PITA and waste of energy. unless you enjoy it obviously. then go nuts if that makes you happy.
I don't get the chicken stuff. I mean, if you didn't have like stores to buy eggs for basically free then I'd get it. but otherwise it just seems like a PITA and waste of energy. unless you enjoy it obviously. then go nuts if that makes you happy.
The chicken ranching gives the city/hippy/greenies who have a large suburban lot or mini ranch some sense of getting with nature farming.
This brings me back to my childhood days. My mom had leghorns and some reddish-brown ones. She would order chicks in the spring and get them mailed to us. She would let me or my little brother hold them because it was easy to quash them. At about 6 weeks old she would be picking out young fryers and keep the biggest and meanest of the reddish-brown and leghorns. All the rest made fine Sunday meals. YLA, enjoy those tasty meals.
i participated in a full on slaughter at a neighbors house. meaning head chopped with hatchet, ran around spraying blood, dip in boiling water then pluck and use machine to get pinfeathers off.
Yea, we did it the same way. Mom had a stump and an axe and she was very good at it. My job was to go find the headless chickens, and they loved getting in the ditch with the ten-foot-high fireweeds. Also, the house stunk really bad with her putting them in the sink with boiling water. Sometimes it took days to get rid of the smell, but damn they tasted good.
I think his wife probably male genitals fights the bird that looks bad. Just says the neck is naturally all mumped up that way as a cover story.Poor, ugly nakie was the one that was getting the brunt of the horncock
We had a huge outdoor kettle that sat on top of an incenter made of stacked steel tractor wheels with the spokes removed. We would put wood in it and fill the kettle with water and while the fire heated the water to boiling we would shoot a pig just above the eyes while it was eating from a trough of grain and then hang it by the hind legs with the tractor and take it over to the kettle then dipped the pig for butchering. In a way it was similar to butchering a chicken, but on a larger scale.
We had a huge outdoor kettle that sat on top of an incenter made of stacked steel tractor wheels with the spokes removed. We would put wood in it and fill the kettle with water and while the fire heated the water to boiling we would shoot a pig just above the eyes while it was eating from a trough of grain and then hang it by the hind legs with the tractor and take it over to the kettle then dipped the pig for butchering. In a way it was similar to butchering a chicken, but on a larger scale.
jesus christ did you grow up at texas chainsaw massacre?
LOL, SD I didn't tell you what my job was when my old man shot the pig. Do you want to know?
leatherface could do the quote function properly katdaddy!
Ben ji are soil moisture conditions better than last year?No idea about the air hose but yeah, it rained this year. 18 inches so far (20 inches is average)and most of it since May so we may get a crop from our Milo this year and a wheat crop next year.
Is he using an air hose to get the wheat out of the truck?
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https://m.facebook.com/PrincetonPopcorn/videos/the-best-popcorn-youve-never-tried/1003300044354003/Lol, I like how he says that his popcorn is gluten free....
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https://m.facebook.com/PrincetonPopcorn/videos/the-best-popcorn-youve-never-tried/1003300044354003/Lol, I like how he says that his popcorn is gluten free....
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Wild seeing that cow deflate like a balloon, though she did look relieved (as would I). Has @stevedave or anyone else ever experienced this irl?Yep. Been a part of two cow deflations. My experiences were more similar to Katdaddy's though I didn't have to sit on the cow to speed up the process.
Did some flint hills pasture spraying last Saturday. About 40 replacement heifers waiting for their ride back to the home place. The old truck cab has been on this place since dad bought it. Tater enjoyed a 100 gal shower after we drained our unused water from the tank.:love:
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Embarrassingly low farming IQ, so I apologize for this question, but what happens with the stocks? You know, the majority of the plant ...When corn is harvested for the grain only, the stalks are usually left on the field. The stalks themselves are where the majority of the potassium is stored for the plant. When they are left on the field, they will break down and return the potassium to the soil for the needs of future crops. Some farmers will also bale the corn stalks for livestock bedding.
Stabbed into some corn yesterday. Got rained out for today.Any yield estimates? We (the renter) harvested last weekend. Made 160-180.
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Wild seeing that cow deflate like a balloon, though she did look relieved (as would I). Has @stevedave or anyone else ever experienced this irl?I have witnessed cow deflations. It is gross.
Wild seeing that cow deflate like a balloon, though she did look relieved (as would I). Has @stevedave or anyone else ever experienced this irl?I have witnessed cow deflations. It is gross.
Stabbed into some corn yesterday. Got rained out for today.
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maybe a fistulization?Wild seeing that cow deflate like a balloon, though she did look relieved (as would I). Has @stevedave or anyone else ever experienced this irl?I have witnessed cow deflations. It is gross.
Is there a term for it? Or did I accidentally stumble upon deflation?
Any yield estimates? We (the renter) harvested last weekend. Made 160-180.I'm not sure how it's doing as I was driving truck all day. I would guess about average for our area since the combine operator wasn't griping about yields.
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that looks great. have you harvested any beans? Dad cut some last week that make about 10 bu / acre after drought and hail impacts. He said the insurance adjuster was coming out - hopefully it will save him the time and fuel need to harvest any more fields that are that terrible.We are mostly done harvesting our beans. They've been a little below average which is a lot better than I was expecting. I saw a lot of flat pods and figured we were in for an insurance claim. Turns out I checked about the worst parts of the field.
Wild seeing that cow deflate like a balloon, though she did look relieved (as would I). Has @stevedave or anyone else ever experienced this irl?Yep. Been a part of two cow deflations. My experiences were more similar to Katdaddy's though I didn't have to sit on the cow to speed up the process.
Glad to hear that they turned out okay.that looks great. have you harvested any beans? Dad cut some last week that make about 10 bu / acre after drought and hail impacts. He said the insurance adjuster was coming out - hopefully it will save him the time and fuel need to harvest any more fields that are that terrible.We are mostly done harvesting our beans. They've been a little below average which is a lot better than I was expecting. I saw a lot of flat pods and figured we were in for an insurance claim. Turns out I checked about the worst parts of the field.
maybe a fistulization?
Prime ranched long horn cattle before 'Ji's nuts dropped and he has the audacity to call him a fake cowboy, smdh.
Not sure if this should go in the shame yourself thread or in this thread but here it goes
For the last 4-5 years I have always wanted to get a cowboy hat but can't decide so I'll let gE decide
PRO'S
I'd probably look pretty cool
Non cowboys are wearing them now (PRIME TIME)
I quasi have some land that cows eat in western KS so I could sort of claim legitimacy
CONS
ALL HAT NO CATTLE
None of my farming cousins/uncle wear them and if they ever saw me in one they would SHRED me
Not really sure when I would actually wear it
in my experience you start with a nice straw hat. then move on to the expensive nonsense. I would have these kinds of hats growing up and into HS and would just creese the crap out of them and make them kind of eff off hats and it was pretty cool. Like in HS we had a lot of our football team that had those kinds of hats. Some were actual cowboy type kids and some were just Meade KS type kids.
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If it's this hat, I vote yes.
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Do cowboys take their hats off for the national anthem?Stand for the flag, kneel for the cross (with hat removed)
If one of my KC friends showed up with a cowboy hat at any type of event whatsoever, I would immediately knock it off his head without saying a word. Your friends are going to do that Benji so be prepared.
WEAR THE HAT PETEIf I get this land, I will purchase a Charlie Daniels style hat with pheasant plumage, and put that rough rider on as soon as I sign the closing documents.
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Saw milling seems cool. That’s up there on my list of ridiculously unnecessary things to do on the land.I could watch videos of people using their home saw mills to make beautiful boards for hours.
This thread never disappoints.
I need some advice. What is the bottom entry level amount of farming/ranching crap I should do in order to call myself at least a hobby farmer and be able appropriate farm/ranch culture (e.g. wear hats such as those featured recently in this thread, etc.)?
Those of you who follow this thread closely may recall that I once contemplated a crazy farm land scheme in northern MN, but I put that plan on hold. HOWEVER, I have a new crazy land scheme in the works and have about a 27% chance of buying a parcel of land outside of Lawrence (Paradise Club side of town) with some pals from HS.
We would have control of 50+ acres. Most of it wooded with a really deep creek gully winding through it. Of the wooded amount, on corner (about 25% of the total wooded amount) is thickest cedar grove you could imagine.
One pal already has 10 acres of this area purchased and has started putting enough apple trees on it to claim it for Ag use on taxes.
Same here! And vids of simplistic rustic cabin builds with rough cut lumber.Saw milling seems cool. That’s up there on my list of ridiculously unnecessary things to do on the land.I could watch videos of people using their home saw mills to make beautiful boards for hours.
HAVE YOU SEEN THOSE PRICES?!?!This thread never disappoints.
I need some advice. What is the bottom entry level amount of farming/ranching crap I should do in order to call myself at least a hobby farmer and be able appropriate farm/ranch culture (e.g. wear hats such as those featured recently in this thread, etc.)?
Those of you who follow this thread closely may recall that I once contemplated a crazy farm land scheme in northern MN, but I put that plan on hold. HOWEVER, I have a new crazy land scheme in the works and have about a 27% chance of buying a parcel of land outside of Lawrence (Paradise Club side of town) with some pals from HS.
We would have control of 50+ acres. Most of it wooded with a really deep creek gully winding through it. Of the wooded amount, on corner (about 25% of the total wooded amount) is thickest cedar grove you could imagine.
One pal already has 10 acres of this area purchased and has started putting enough apple trees on it to claim it for Ag use on taxes.
Need a side by side
order of vehicles purchased by my legit hobby farm dad over the last 20ish years (none have been sold)So he currently has 2 4 wheelers, a gator and a side by side? Has there ever been a time when they have all been in use at the same time or it a situation where half are broken down at any point in time?
-golf cart
-dodge ram 1500 farm truck (purchased his work truck when he got a new work expedition)
-john deere tractor
-777 bobcat
-4 wheeler #1
-4 wheeler #2
-ex mark mower
-john deere gator
-dodge ram 2500 diesel farm truck
-razor side by side
one of the things that gives me pause about diving full on into the hobby farming lifestyle is that i hate fixing stuff. don't really like machines in general.
one of the things that gives me pause about diving full on into the hobby farming lifestyle is that i hate fixing stuff. don't really like machines in general.Be sure and buy brands that have a local dealer then.
Looking forward to possibly being farm neighbors, Pete.I hope this land scheme works out so I can take you up on all of that!
Happy to demo skid steer, turbo saw on your "home place."
I got a 855D Gator I might part with for the right buyer.
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Sunday was a perfect day for plowing terraces. IH 1066 turbo with straight chrome pipe and 5 bottom plow.There is never a perfect day for plowing anything, especially terraces.
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I would say yes, it's early 70s.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?
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.
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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.I would say yes, it's early 70s.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?
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.
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maybe it's the angle but it looks like the terrace maintenance was long overdueDon't make me beat a plowshare into a sword, Mich.
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.I would say yes, it's early 70s.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?
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.
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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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This farm is in Douglas County. Grass should get progressively better.
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You sure they were talking about wheat?No.
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!
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.[/b]
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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Lots of good grazing thereThese cows are grazing on some luscious Winter wheat and getting fed alfalfa bales when they aren't being used as a wind break. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20231126/199b343e489bbebf6f71753b99d3e2c6.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20231126/c3c893cefa3140e2c5369bf8744e9407.jpg)
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Anyone bought/used a battery powered chainsaw? I pulled the trigger today and am hoping it has enough musk in it to cut the things I want it to.
I got a 12" GreenWorks 60V chainsaw from TSC. It's a POS that can't cut more than a few 3" bushes. The battery is huge so the saw is heavy and it doesn't last. Would not recommend it, but I don't know about other brands.Damnett katpappy, I ended up buying a 60v 16 in bar but was only $150. Hoping to just use it for smaller locust trees and things of that nature. Will report back how shitty or great it is
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.
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a wood blade in a cordless sawzall is pretty effective for small limbsHave definitely done that and you're 100% correct
I got a 12" GreenWorks 60V chainsaw from TSC. It's a POS that can't cut more than a few 3" bushes. The battery is huge so the saw is heavy and it doesn't last. Would not recommend it, but I don't know about other brands.Damnett katpappy, I ended up buying a 60v 16 in bar but was only $150. Hoping to just use it for smaller locust trees and things of that nature. Will report back how shitty or great it is
I have an EGO 16" bar that actually works pretty well. It is over twice what you paid tho.I got a 12" GreenWorks 60V chainsaw from TSC. It's a POS that can't cut more than a few 3" bushes. The battery is huge so the saw is heavy and it doesn't last. Would not recommend it, but I don't know about other brands.Damnett katpappy, I ended up buying a 60v 16 in bar but was only $150. Hoping to just use it for smaller locust trees and things of that nature. Will report back how shitty or great it is
A barrel in Meade Lake would be 1/4 above water so obviously the wrong Meade. Also fun fact got my first MIP at Meade Lake.Mine was at the Aggie Lounge.
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"first" is doing quite a bit of heavy lifting here...I’m not even joking I think I got a total of ~7 MIPs. 4 in Meade or Meade adjace. and 3 in Manhattan. I think I got a “diversion” in all or most. I bet spacne can check my stats here.
ben ji if your dad loses these city cats, you should catch a few raccoons. They make great pets and since they know how to get along at the cat ranch, your dad won't need to worry about them disappearing. If he forgets to feed them they will find food, only difference is they are used to the wild and have methods of finding food, unlike the dependent cats.
ben ji if your dad loses these city cats, you should catch a few raccoons. They make great pets and since they know how to get along at the cat ranch, your dad won't need to worry about them disappearing. If he forgets to feed them they will find food, only difference is they are used to the wild and have methods of finding food, unlike the dependent cats.
ben ji if your dad loses these city cats, you should catch a few raccoons. They make great pets and since they know how to get along at the cat ranch, your dad won't need to worry about them disappearing. If he forgets to feed them they will find food, only difference is they are used to the wild and have methods of finding food, unlike the dependent cats.
Cats are natural born killers.
ben ji if your dad loses these city cats, you should catch a few raccoons. They make great pets and since they know how to get along at the cat ranch, your dad won't need to worry about them disappearing. If he forgets to feed them they will find food, only difference is they are used to the wild and have methods of finding food, unlike the dependent cats.
Why the hell would you murder an owl? What is wrong with you? Plus, I doubt you could.
Why the hell would you murder an owl? What is wrong with you? Plus, I doubt you could.
Cat killers
Why the hell would you murder an owl? What is wrong with you? Plus, I doubt you could.
Cat killers
possum should be above skunk on the don't kill list. skunks get rabies a lot.
we don't have hedgehogs in north america.
KS is big male genitals country!
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Why the hell would you murder an owl? What is wrong with you? Plus, I doubt you could.
Cat killers
Yup, which is weird that they are on the DONT SHOOT list. We have 2-3 big ole horned owls that live in our windbreak and I'm pretty sure that they were the ones that cleaned out the last cat population.
I have never shot one but my dad is very concerned that I might somehow mistake it for a pheasant so he reminds me a couple of times a year not to shoot them.
KS is big male genitals country!
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Are you talking about KS folks in general, or just guys like SD and me?
we don't have hedgehogs in north america.it was actually a porcupine
I want to give a shout out to a couple of true heroes! An incident happened on I-70 yesterday (Dec. 19, 2023) that led a NW Kansas farmer and his son to do extraordinary things to keep people safe in our county. A semi-truck driver traveling west on I-70, had a medical incident where he blacked out. His semi went into the median at highway speeds! Traveling in the median, it stayed between the traffic lanes for about a quarter of mile where it jumped over a crossover. This slowed the semi-truck down. The farmer and his son traveling in the same direction noticed the driver needing help, so they went into action. The semi-truck slowed down enough so they could jump onto the passenger’s side, but they found the door locked. The son riding on the semi-truck asked his dad to throw him a hammer. He then broke the window out, crawled into the semi-truck and stopped the semi-truck before it got to the overpass at exit 17. This action more than likely saved the life of the truck driver along with protecting all the other travelers on I-70 and Highway 27. It is amazing what people will do to help others they do not know. Thank you to Brent Ginther and his son Brady for your heroic actions. Our community is incredibly grateful!
Sheriff Burton Pianalto
Sherman County Sheriff’s Office
incredible work by western KS farmersQuoteI want to give a shout out to a couple of true heroes! An incident happened on I-70 yesterday (Dec. 19, 2023) that led a NW Kansas farmer and his son to do extraordinary things to keep people safe in our county. A semi-truck driver traveling west on I-70, had a medical incident where he blacked out. His semi went into the median at highway speeds! Traveling in the median, it stayed between the traffic lanes for about a quarter of mile where it jumped over a crossover. This slowed the semi-truck down. The farmer and his son traveling in the same direction noticed the driver needing help, so they went into action. The semi-truck slowed down enough so they could jump onto the passenger’s side, but they found the door locked. The son riding on the semi-truck asked his dad to throw him a hammer. He then broke the window out, crawled into the semi-truck and stopped the semi-truck before it got to the overpass at exit 17. This action more than likely saved the life of the truck driver along with protecting all the other travelers on I-70 and Highway 27. It is amazing what people will do to help others they do not know. Thank you to Brent Ginther and his son Brady for your heroic actions. Our community is incredibly grateful!
Sheriff Burton Pianalto
Sherman County Sheriff’s Office
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my one and only time in western kansas was spent pheasant hunting in a town between quinter and park, kansas, with some locals.
the locals shot at every single living animal that we came across including a hedgehog, an owl, and multiple other species. they were very careful, however, to only shoot male pheasants
Speaking of Pianalto's... Does anyone remember the story of the art teacher in Lincoln, KS who killed his wife, two children and then himself with a deer rifle back in 1990? A relative was a student of Mr Pianalto, loved art class and was pretty shaken up by the situation.incredible work by western KS farmersQuoteI want to give a shout out to a couple of true heroes! An incident happened on I-70 yesterday (Dec. 19, 2023) that led a NW Kansas farmer and his son to do extraordinary things to keep people safe in our county. A semi-truck driver traveling west on I-70, had a medical incident where he blacked out. His semi went into the median at highway speeds! Traveling in the median, it stayed between the traffic lanes for about a quarter of mile where it jumped over a crossover. This slowed the semi-truck down. The farmer and his son traveling in the same direction noticed the driver needing help, so they went into action. The semi-truck slowed down enough so they could jump onto the passenger’s side, but they found the door locked. The son riding on the semi-truck asked his dad to throw him a hammer. He then broke the window out, crawled into the semi-truck and stopped the semi-truck before it got to the overpass at exit 17. This action more than likely saved the life of the truck driver along with protecting all the other travelers on I-70 and Highway 27. It is amazing what people will do to help others they do not know. Thank you to Brent Ginther and his son Brady for your heroic actions. Our community is incredibly grateful!
Sheriff Burton Pianalto
Sherman County Sheriff’s Office
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NOT COW FARM RELATED
NOT COW FARM RELATEDsorry to derail your very good farm thread, SD.
SD just jealous he didn't get to rodeo a runaway truckNOT COW FARM RELATEDsorry to derail your very good farm thread, SD.
I may start a Kansas True Crime thread.
Not sure what speed the truck was doing but, I don't think I would have the cajones to do what this guy did. probably would have called the Highway Patrol and hoped for the best.SD just jealous he didn't get to rodeo a runaway truckNOT COW FARM RELATEDsorry to derail your very good farm thread, SD.
I may start a Kansas True Crime thread.
SD just jealous he didn't get to rodeo a runaway truckNOT COW FARM RELATEDsorry to derail your very good farm thread, SD.
I may start a Kansas True Crime thread.
Same truck?
https://www.kake.com/story/50233647/kansas-farmers-and-ranchers-help-round-up-cattle-after-semi-crash
cowboys rounding up crashed truck cattle is a daily event in KS irl.
Serious question. We have dogs getting ACL surgery, but if you're a horse and break your leg, well, the treatment is still the same as it was since guns were invented?Your comment reminded me of this classic Far Side cartoon:
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I recently learned a new ben ji's dad/farm story. In the early 80's my dad had a great idea to plant 200 walnut tree's on the cat ranch windbreak. The plan was to cut them down and sell them when he retired like 40 years later. (For reference the cat ranch is in NW KS where there are very few trees).
He took a week off work to hand dig holes and plant 200 walnut tree's one summer.....they all died within 10 years except for like 2 of them that ended up where the snow drifted. This conversation ensue'd
ben ji "so did you ask grandpa if you could do it? what did he say?"
dad "Yeah, I asked to make sure it was okay and he just snickered and said "sure go ahead""
ben ji "so he didn't think they would survive but you went ahead and bought 200 walnut seedling and hand planted them"
dad "Sometimes you have to do something to learn it won't work"
That walnut windbreak was replaced with a cedar windbreak a couple of years later which is still there. I'm out here bird hunting and my dad is coming out tomorrow so hopefully he can show me the few remaining walnut trees that were part of his retirement plan.
I recently learned a new ben ji's dad/farm story. In the early 80's my dad had a great idea to plant 200 walnut tree's on the cat ranch windbreak. The plan was to cut them down and sell them when he retired like 40 years later. (For reference the cat ranch is in NW KS where there are very few trees).Tale as old as time
He took a week off work to hand dig holes and plant 200 walnut tree's one summer.....they all died within 10 years except for like 2 of them that ended up where the snow drifted. This conversation ensue'd
ben ji "so did you ask grandpa if you could do it? what did he say?"
dad "Yeah, I asked to make sure it was okay and he just snickered and said "sure go ahead""
ben ji "so he didn't think they would survive but you went ahead and bought 200 walnut seedling and hand planted them"
dad "Sometimes you have to do something to learn it won't work"
That walnut windbreak was replaced with a cedar windbreak a couple of years later which is still there. I'm out here bird hunting and my dad is coming out tomorrow so hopefully he can show me the few remaining walnut trees that were part of his retirement plan.
I recently learned a new ben ji's dad/farm story. In the early 80's my dad had a great idea to plant 200 walnut tree's on the cat ranch windbreak. The plan was to cut them down and sell them when he retired like 40 years later. (For reference the cat ranch is in NW KS where there are very few trees).One of the lone surviving walnut tree
He took a week off work to hand dig holes and plant 200 walnut tree's one summer.....they all died within 10 years except for like 2 of them that ended up where the snow drifted. This conversation ensue'd
ben ji "so did you ask grandpa if you could do it? what did he say?"
dad "Yeah, I asked to make sure it was okay and he just snickered and said "sure go ahead""
ben ji "so he didn't think they would survive but you went ahead and bought 200 walnut seedling and hand planted them"
dad "Sometimes you have to do something to learn it won't work"
That walnut windbreak was replaced with a cedar windbreak a couple of years later which is still there. I'm out here bird hunting and my dad is coming out tomorrow so hopefully he can show me the few remaining walnut trees that were part of his retirement plan.
Here is an incredibly bad phone picture of about 50 antelope in NWKS where I had to zoom in because I was maybe a mile away from themThat weedy area between me and the antelope is loaded with pheasants which is what I was going for.
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How old is lady these days?
Good sunset pic and 25 EMAW points for whoever can name what this farm machinery does.It's a swather.
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Winner!Good sunset pic and 25 EMAW points for whoever can name what this farm machinery does.It's a swather.
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anyone who can guess this animal gets $1,000,000 from ben ji as well. HINT: that thing behind it is not a big dumb round poop. it's something else this animal is known for!Peacock
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Also he was super concerned about coons/skunks/possums stealing the cat food so he bought a couple of metal traps from China.....
First night he sets one up and baits it with dry spaghetti noodles because "the kitty's won't like that but the coons probably will"
Two hours later he cracks the blinds at the house, sees something in the trap...busts out his binoculars and says "I think we got a coon!" We go outside to the garage to find this
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Also he was super concerned about coons/skunks/possums stealing the cat food so he bought a couple of metal traps from China.....
First night he sets one up and baits it with dry spaghetti noodles because "the kitty's won't like that but the coons probably will"
Two hours later he cracks the blinds at the house, sees something in the trap...busts out his binoculars and says "I think we got a coon!" We go outside to the garage to find this
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What's the breakdown on cuts and stuff when one gets a side of beef?I think you just tell them how much hamburger you want and whatnot. We will butcher a bull and get the entire thing as hamburger. Otherwise would be inedible. Regular fat steers you get all the usual cuts. Roasts, steaks, ground, etc. My dad usually gets them all t-bone/porterhouse instead of tenderloin/strip for some reason.
What's the breakdown on cuts and stuff when one gets a side of beef?Its up to you and the locker, they'll ask you what you want or often will have a cut card
https://youtu.be/1qReSsWr7Gw?si=St-hzHx3qJse6TmP
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in spain, beef from old cows and steers is considered higher quality and costs more than beef from young animals.
in spain, beef from old cows and steers is considered higher quality and costs more than beef from young animals.They also sword fight cows
in spain, beef from old cows and steers is considered higher quality and costs more than beef from young animals.
I’m irl going to search out zucks cows in July when I’m there and try to get some pics of them for the content
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Maybe re-read this entire thread before you asking me something like that again you son of a bitchI’m irl going to search out zucks cows in July when I’m there and try to get some pics of them for the content
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How will we know they are his cows and you aren't just pulling a fast one?
Maybe re-read this entire thread before you asking me something like that again you son of a bitchI’m irl going to search out zucks cows in July when I’m there and try to get some pics of them for the content
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How will we know they are his cows and you aren't just pulling a fast one?
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If you think that's impressive, you should learn about Zuck raising premium cows in Hawaii by only feeding them macadamia nuts.HE FEEDS THEM BEER TOO
The new chicken Hilton.Reminds me of a story my dad told me last month when I was pheasant hunting....
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in spain, beef from old cows and steers is considered higher quality and costs more than beef from young animals.They also sword fight cows
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Great pic. I'm going Gates of Hell. Did you do any editing to that?I pressed the "Enhance" button on my phone but that's it.
Yeah, fires on the horizon is irl peak rural ks
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i've seen border collie x pyrenees crosses before. neat looking animals, but i think the conflicting instincts/energy levels could make for a problematic dog.How far can a drone that is available to a median cow farmer fly?
i follow a guy on twitter who's posted some drone vids of using drones to check cattle that opened my eyes to ag drone use.
i've seen border collie x pyrenees crosses before. neat looking animals, but i think the conflicting instincts/energy levels could make for a problematic dog.How far can a drone that is available to a median cow farmer fly?
i follow a guy on twitter who's posted some drone vids of using drones to check cattle that opened my eyes to ag drone use.
Could you buy a helicopter type drone with a live feed camera for say $1000 that has a 5ish mile range?
I honestly have no idea but I assume the tech is going to continue to get cheaper and more accessible.
In regards to the NINE new cat contractors we brought on last month (feral cats caught in local town) we have caught 6 of them on the game cam located in their home aka the garage. My dad even set up a heat lamp and box with blankets for them to stay inWhere are you getting those cats? In the alley behind the B-Hive?
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I am meeting with a guy later this spring about spraying pasture with a drone. Excited to learn more.i've seen border collie x pyrenees crosses before. neat looking animals, but i think the conflicting instincts/energy levels could make for a problematic dog.How far can a drone that is available to a median cow farmer fly?
i follow a guy on twitter who's posted some drone vids of using drones to check cattle that opened my eyes to ag drone use.
Could you buy a helicopter type drone with a live feed camera for say $1000 that has a 5ish mile range?
I honestly have no idea but I assume the tech is going to continue to get cheaper and more accessible.
i've seen border collie x pyrenees crosses before. neat looking animals, but i think the conflicting instincts/energy levels could make for a problematic dog.How far can a drone that is available to a median cow farmer fly?
i follow a guy on twitter who's posted some drone vids of using drones to check cattle that opened my eyes to ag drone use.
Could you buy a helicopter type drone with a live feed camera for say $1000 that has a 5ish mile range?
I honestly have no idea but I assume the tech is going to continue to get cheaper and more accessible.
One of our cats just recently had 7! 7! 7 freaking kittens. I thought more than likely it would be 3 or so. Not 7!Last time I was at the cat ranch I saw 4 of the 6 cats my dad dropped off a couple of months ago.
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it is cool. i'm proud that my dad is always one of the ones first to help, and doesn't have social media, but he'd never post any of the back patting stuff you see if he did. he and a bunch of area (NE Kansas) farmers drove down to Ashland 5 or so years ago, brought a bunch of hedge fence posts and other fencing supplies and helped out.Yeah, this is mainly spouses of the rural fire departments and county who do fire break lines and crap. None of the people who actually help fight/break the fire post anything.
I know in the flint hills and in eastern KS prescribed pasture burns happen all the time but I've never heard of or seen any out in NW KS. I'm guessing it's just too dry for it to be a normal thing that far west?
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/colorado/news/colorado-ranchers-patrick-esch-ed-dean-jager-sentenced-rain-gauges-tampering-federal-crop-subsidies-nws-fcic/which season of Yellowstone was this?
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Incidentally, one of the co-conspirators turned on the group and extorted Esch in particular. The unidentified male threatened to expose the entire enterprise to authorities in exchange for Esch paying the man's bond for release from jail and giving several five-figure payments to the man's girlfriend. Esch, according to his plea agreement, even shrugged off the man's admitted theft of an all-terrain vehicle from Esch in exchange for the man's silence.
In August of 2023, a month before Jager and Esch reached their plea agreements with prosecutors, this unidentified male co-conspirator escaped from prison. This triggered a nationwide manhunt and caused Esch and his family "to go into hiding," as stated in a court document. Two weeks after the escape, the co-conspirator was found dead.
neighbor let me borrow his ford 4000 tractor. want one now
neighbor let me borrow his ford 4000 tractor. want one nowhttps://www.tractorhouse.com/listing/for-sale/231849407/1963-ford-4000g-40-hp-to-99-hp-tractors
Now I'm just LOL'n again at my dad thinking he could rent out our big barn for people to store hay bales in....like this is how close the barn (white roof) is to all the hay bales but my uncle just leaves them outside on the hill.Sometimes our katz suck and you get angry but then you head up to hay bale hill and watch the sun set while you crush brews and blare tunes with your mutts.Back in KC and already missing watching a sunset on hay bale hill.
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I'm going to ask/offer to pay for my uncle to leave a couple bales on the hill this winter/next year so I can continue to sit on them and blast music while watching sunsets.
Here is a picture looking back at all the hay bales (which are actually like alfalfa or some sort of silage)
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How much is hay bale insurance
Hay bales are a big fire hazard if the moisture in them isn’t right. He should leave them outside.They have been outside for like 3-4 months so I assume they are fully dried but who knows.
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Hay bales are a big fire hazard if the moisture in them isn’t right. He should leave them outside.
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Top tier post hereHay bales are a big fire hazard if the moisture in them isn’t right. He should leave them outside.
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Benji's dad knows this I bet. He's trying to burn the whole farm down and will collect sweet insurance money so he and Mrs Benji's mom can live out their days on cruise ships and not have to worry about their bastard kid messing around with his stuff in the barn.
"5 cats for sure. 1 skunk, 2 raccoons. I lowered South garage door, check camera in am. Also have 2 live traps with corn bait."
Also he was super concerned about coons/skunks/possums stealing the cat food so he bought a couple of metal traps from China.....
First night he sets one up and baits it with dry spaghetti noodles because "the kitty's won't like that but the coons probably will"
Two hours later he cracks the blinds at the house, sees something in the trap...busts out his binoculars and says "I think we got a coon!" We go outside to the garage to find this
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Ben ji's dad finally got around to checking the game cam he set up in the garage next to the automatic cat feeders after being gone for 2 months.lmaoQuote"5 cats for sure. 1 skunk, 2 raccoons. I lowered South garage door, check camera in am. Also have 2 live traps with corn bait."
(There is a very scientific method for how high the garage doors can be cracked to allow cats to enter and it involves sticking your foot at the bottom and wiggling it... so basically a foot width will allow the cats to enter but hopefully keep out the yotes)
Following up on this. Im guessing the last time the roads inside the cat ranch had rock dumped on them was around 1990.Put down some gravel! Sheesh.Lol, i have a story about my brother and I's naive ideas about how to fill these ruts. Gonna have to wait until sunlight tomorrow to show our futility.
There was a "road" by the corral that was used to dump feed to the cows but is no longer in use. Still a ton of stone/rocks out there and part of our golf course.
My brother and I decided to be productive and collect a bunch of those rocks by hand, fill up a large cattle feed container and dump them on the road to fix the ruts, good idea huh?!?
Spent about 45 minutes picking up rocks by hand to fill the container and dumped it in a large rut.
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If I remember, the cat ranch is in far NW KS. If so, your closest source for decent crushed gravel is probably going to be Eastern Colorado (Holly). Good news is that this is crushed river gravel and very durable. Bad news is freight costs are going to suck. I think there are some sand sources around the area, but it won't be crushed material and won't stabilize the road for crap. If someone has some crushed concrete around the area, that could be an option as well. However, just know that there will still be some pieces of steel in the material and you will need to cover it with an inch or two of some other material to help eliminate flat tires. I have it on my driveway and I covered it with crushed asphalt. We still find a few small pieces of wire from time to time that we pick up and throw away.
The aggregate source info is from my experience many years ago travelling around the state making and laying asphalt for highway projects. There may be a new source or two that have popped up since then that I'm not aware of. If you can find a material source and you have access to a skidloader, you could probably heal up the ruts and then have someone tailgate the rock on the drive. This isn't ideal, but it will be cheaper than hiring someone to haul a blade to the ranch and grading the road.
My guess is that you are going to pay at least $10 per ton at the source and then freight to the ranch on top of that. If you have 500 feet of driveway that is 12 feet wide and you want to place 3" of rock on it, you would be looking at about 100 to 125 tons of rock.
Farming is not something you can just do with no equipment capital. You also can’t just cut into your RAZER sharp margins by paying other people to do it for you because you own land (other than leasing said land). The only times you can is when you can plant and take care of thousands of acres and just have someone cut it for you. Your dad is adorable and I love him but lease that crap out immediately.
PS. barn lease for alfalfa bales is lmao
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I’ve got something in high demand around here....an old vacant barn
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DAMNIT! We’ve got no covered place to store our alfalfa bales! What if we were to PAY some guy who lives miles away to store them there and when we need them we drive our asses all the way over there and get some and drive back here! Holy crap.....are you sure you aren’t some farm genius? Yes, I actually am irl.
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In regards to the NINE new cat contractors we brought on last month (feral cats caught in local town) we have caught 6 of them on the game cam located in their home aka the garage. My dad even set up a heat lamp and box with blankets for them to stay inWhere are you getting those cats? In the alley behind the B-Hive?
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https://twitter.com/RobSomerville1/status/1771681513165205509I believe I asked earlier about the feasibility of using drones to check on cattle and some peeps responded that you must be in visible contact with the drone to operate legally....
Here’s the thing, these people have a lot of the most valuable resource on the planet, time. It’s not an industrial efficiency issue. They work 24/7/365. And the irl last thing they want is someone taking something from that.So they are bored and would rather drive out to a pasture to check on the cows than fly over them with a drone?
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No idiot. I don’t think cow farming is for you tbh. It wasn’t for me either.Here’s the thing, these people have a lot of the most valuable resource on the planet, time. It’s not an industrial efficiency issue. They work 24/7/365. And the irl last thing they want is someone taking something from that.So they are bored and would rather drive out to a pasture to check on the cows than fly over them with a drone?
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We had an IH cyclo air planter at one point. Pretty cool technology for the time.
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We had an IH cyclo air planter at one point. Pretty cool technology for the time.
Yep. We had one and Schreds dad convinced grandpa Schreds to get one as well.
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Not sure what to make of that if it's being transmitted by wild birds. Seem to be enough safe guards around the milk unless they're selling raw out the back parlor door.https://apnews.com/article/bird-flu-h5n1-food-raw-milk-dairy-9d3a579b9bdb6f4d879b14b153174102
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Need used ATV advice.https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1981-honda-atc-200/
I am 100% purchasing TWO ATV’s later this spring to use in MN. The county just passed a new ordinance that extends the same road driving rights to ATV’s that UTV’s have….just have to move over to the side of the road. They already have trails next to the road almost everywhere due to everyone up there having ATV’s and snowmobiles.
These will be gateway ATV’s to hopefully a nice new(er) UTV in a couple years.
SD’s dad sounds like a Polaris man thru and thru, but for the older used purchases I see people saying get a Honda or Yamaha with a drive shaft instead of belt driven like Polaris and Artic Cat etc.
I am trying to not to go over $3K on each.
It's Taters world, and I'm just the chauffer.
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i’d also look at the honda fat cat
Man, we had him all comfortable in the back seat until today, then I hit a rut and bounced his 60 lb carcass off the Gator today.It's Taters world, and I'm just the chauffer.
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Tater weighs 60 lbs !?!?!He is a bit of a chunk. City life, and his owner probably slips him too many snacks. It's pretty much throwing a sack of feed in the back seat for each farm trip.
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If you take your girl to the local dairy queen and see this stud sitting inside you better just turn that truck around if you want to keep your girl.
Man, we had him all comfortable in the back seat until today, then I hit a rut and bounced his 60 lb carcass off the Gator today.It's Taters world, and I'm just the chauffer.
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Got back on, but he was reluctant so Mrs8 rode in the back with him.
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If you take your girl to the local dairy queen and see this stud sitting inside you better just turn that truck around if you want to keep your girl.
He's the reincarnation of this guy
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If you take your girl to the local dairy queen and see this stud sitting inside you better just turn that truck around if you want to keep your girl.
He's the reincarnation of this guy
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I don't know anything about farm stuff so those parts were whatever for me. I was more focused on him having the mannerisms of a 68 year old. His, "how the hell am I going to get out of this conversation" technique was also very elite.
https://twitter.com/DudespostingWs/status/1782801019983859960He's got a bunch of videos. His 4 part commentary on his farm layout is pretty awesome.
I just tried to stand like that and my artificial hip hurts now. What exactly is he packing on his belt? That's not a pliers holder.
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https://www.ksn.com/news/crime/kansas-accountant-accused-of-embezzling-money-to-build-house/
You can't make this stuff up. He called the fictitious company Middle Finger Ranch.
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You can't make this stuff up. He called the fictitious company Middle Finger Ranch.
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In things absolutely no one could predict it looks like that is the cat ranch's accountant.....
No negative consequences?Really hoping ben ji dad has no payments to MFR.
It's in the gd milk star seed, this ain't no laughing matter
I doubt he messed with a tiny operation like the cat ranch, he only did basic tax filing for us and wasn't a signatory on any of our accounts.No negative consequences?Really hoping ben ji dad has no payments to MFR.
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calling cats 1099s is incredible. do dogs come in as w2s?Just 1099's for now, just got an email.
Is he trapping them around KC and transporting?No, some landlord in Colby had a cat person that was feeding all the strays and there were 20+ hanging around the property after she left so they started trapping them.
I've been bloviating against woody encroachment for years, but everyone thought I was insane. Well, look at me now.Give me an air conditioned enclosed cab high flow skid steer with a forestry muncher and turn me loose.
i'm maybe going to get some sheep to try my hand at hobbying. got to figure out how to take care of sheep real fast.
Pete's all over it. We turned this guy loose a couple falls ago on some woody eradication.I've been bloviating against woody encroachment for years, but everyone thought I was insane. Well, look at me now.Give me an air conditioned enclosed cab high flow skid steer with a forestry muncher and turn me loose.
Cedars don’t regenerate from the roots.
i'm maybe going to get some sheep to try my hand at hobbying. got to figure out how to take care of sheep real fast.
You hobbying in Kansas?
i'm maybe going to get some sheep to try my hand at hobbying. got to figure out how to take care of sheep real fast.
You hobbying in Kansas?
california. this is just a hobby hobby flock.
Sheep used to be a real life thing in WKS and alot of other places but then some smart people invented synthetic fibers and no one needed wool anymore. From my limited research the meat you can get from sheep is not really worth it by itself so you would need to shear the sheep for wool which is a pain in the ass and labor intensive which is why BEEF is now the dominant bovine in most of the US.
My dad did mention they had a small herd of sheep at the cat ranch back in the 70's but the only reason I remember that is because he said they always got some nasty parasites/worms that you would pull out through their nostrils.
End game being eat them after you flock them?i'm maybe going to get some sheep to try my hand at hobbying. got to figure out how to take care of sheep real fast.
You hobbying in Kansas?
california. this is just a hobby hobby flock.
Sheep used to be a real life thing in WKS and alot of other places but then some smart people invented synthetic fibers and no one needed wool anymore. From my limited research the meat you can get from sheep is not really worth it by itself so you would need to shear the sheep for wool which is a pain in the ass and labor intensive which is why BEEF is now the dominant bovine in most of the US.
My dad did mention they had a small herd of sheep at the cat ranch back in the 70's but the only reason I remember that is because he said they always got some nasty parasites/worms that you would pull out through their nostrils.
if i lose less than $1000 and don't get a parasite they have to pull out of my nose on this hobby i'll consider it a huge win.
End game being eat them after you flock them?
my grandpa used to have a giant tank of roundup on his 3 wheeler and one in a pickup and on days when there "wasn't as much to do" he drove around and round upp'd all his fence lines to keep cedar out!I ask this with all due respect and seriousness…did he die of cancer? Lot of those guys who were exposed to Roundup 24/7/365 have.
But they made good fence posts when there were no trees anywhere
Pretty sure it's Parkinson's not cancer....or both. My aunt and uncle who are full time farmers have Parkinson's.my grandpa used to have a giant tank of roundup on his 3 wheeler and one in a pickup and on days when there "wasn't as much to do" he drove around and round upp'd all his fence lines to keep cedar out!I ask this with all due respect and seriousness…did he die of cancer? Lot of those guys who were exposed to Roundup 24/7/365 have.
But they made good fence posts when there were no trees anywhere
Pretty sure it's Parkinson's not cancer....or both. My aunt and uncle who are full time farmers have Parkinson's.my grandpa used to have a giant tank of roundup on his 3 wheeler and one in a pickup and on days when there "wasn't as much to do" he drove around and round upp'd all his fence lines to keep cedar out!I ask this with all due respect and seriousness…did he die of cancer? Lot of those guys who were exposed to Roundup 24/7/365 have.
But they made good fence posts when there were no trees anywhere
They also had a giant tank of Roundup on the back of a three wheeler.
is that a collector's price or a price based on a self serviceable tractor for actual farm use? i would be leery of a buying a car, bike or boat that old with those few of hours if i wanted to actually use it.Yeah, it's hard to say the buyers' motivations. True too, that if it's just been sitting for years, getting back in working condition is problematic.
My dad has basically bathed in roundup the entire time he has been alive and I grew up slopping it around from commercial sprayers and boom rigs and on a tank on a four wheeler I drove around and sprayed things with. Pops has the commercial license for the top grade stuff random farmers couldn’t buy off the rack too. My dad is in his upper 60s now and still no known roundup related diseases (about died a dozen other times from various things as documented in this blog) and so far I seem to not be dead. Really hoping that continues to be the case.Pretty sure it's Parkinson's not cancer....or both. My aunt and uncle who are full time farmers have Parkinson's.my grandpa used to have a giant tank of roundup on his 3 wheeler and one in a pickup and on days when there "wasn't as much to do" he drove around and round upp'd all his fence lines to keep cedar out!I ask this with all due respect and seriousness…did he die of cancer? Lot of those guys who were exposed to Roundup 24/7/365 have.
But they made good fence posts when there were no trees anywhere
They also had a giant tank of Roundup on the back of a three wheeler.
The summer of Pete!
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We got two older Yamaha Grizzly 700’s from a retired couple who were making the switch to a side by side. Both are EFI, but only one is power steering (I make my son drive the non-powered one). We drove them all over hell and back the first weekend…to dinner, get groceries, etc.
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We got two older Yamaha Grizzly 700’s from a retired couple who were making the switch to a side by side. Both are EFI, but only one is power steering (I make my son drive the non-powered one). We drove them all over hell and back the first weekend…to dinner, get groceries, etc.
These mini cattle intrigue me.
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These mini cattle intrigue me.
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Like, what is their purpose??
These mini cattle intrigue me.
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Like, what is their purpose??
If I had a hobby farm and eff around money I'd put a couple on there depending how much they cost. My uncle is an IRL full time farmer/rancher and had like 5 mini ponies (They have made an appearance in this thread) that he just moved around small pens to eat weeds (Old pig pen/random 5 acre pen/junkyard). I think he originally had them to pull little carriages in parades when his kids were little and then they just hung around.
Also can't you get some tax exemptions if the land is classified as "Farmland"? Throw a couple of these bad boi's on there and all of a sudden your land is a "farm" and taxed less?
A crane that inhabits our pond stood its ground today with the cows who dared wander too close. I don't know if it had egg or chick in the reeds, but it typically flies to nearby trees when there's activity at the farm.Pontoon Hound
Tater took it in from the safety of the pontoon.
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whoa. that's a pretty amazing stonewall for kansas.That wall runs a half mile between quarters. I got to hand it to my neighbor he has made a real effort to put rocks back on top of that, cleaned trees, maintained it. I desecrated my half punching a whole thru it for a gate when we bought an adjacent 40.
whoa. that's a pretty amazing stonewall for kansas.That wall runs a half mile between quarters. I got to hand it to my neighbor he has made a real effort to put rocks back on top of that, cleaned trees, maintained it. I desecrated my half punching a whole thru it for a gate when we bought an adjacent 40.
I will have to do a rock wall tour one of these times, including the hole where all of that rock was quarried. My dad and fellow farmer always said a good man could quarry and lay a rod (16.5 ft) of rock wall in a day.
It's amazing how much rock is in those walls. We've scalped rock off a couple for flower beds, and fill the pick up bed and it looks like you barely made a dent.
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Cows don't have a lot of hops. Yes, contented cows don't look to break out unless there is a threat. There's also a barbed wire fence, all be it poor, on the other side of that wall, too.whoa. that's a pretty amazing stonewall for kansas.That wall runs a half mile between quarters. I got to hand it to my neighbor he has made a real effort to put rocks back on top of that, cleaned trees, maintained it. I desecrated my half punching a whole thru it for a gate when we bought an adjacent 40.
I will have to do a rock wall tour one of these times, including the hole where all of that rock was quarried. My dad and fellow farmer always said a good man could quarry and lay a rod (16.5 ft) of rock wall in a day.
It's amazing how much rock is in those walls. We've scalped rock off a couple for flower beds, and fill the pick up bed and it looks like you barely made a dent.
Tom
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It seems like the cows could pretty easily jump that stone wall. Does that happen or do the cows just say "Meh, got plenty of sweet sweet flint hills grass over on my side".
Free range/ bush cattle would hop over that wall without looking back. We rented pasture to feedlots that brought in grass calves from federal land every spring and loaded them up in early fall. We have hedge posts every 10 ft w/twiss on stays 3.5 ft apart on very tight 5 wire bared fence. It was five feet high and those wild MFers would jump over or break the fence if they got their heads in it. All the farmers bordering us had cow/calf operations with very shitty three/four wire fences. My job was to ride fence and make sure the windmills had the water tanks filled every fricking day.Grass calves are yearlings weighing 450-600 lbs in their physical prime. No doubt some of those wild af horny af steers would clear it with the smell of love immenating from the neighbors pasture.