Author Topic: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions (Read 371980 times)

steve dave · « **Reply #4675 on:** March 31, 2022, 09:20:51 PM »

Quote from: Tobias on March 31, 2022, 09:03:59 PM

is that a wagyu in the shovel

It's a striped skunk which is one of the four skunk breeds which can be sold under the name of wagpyou which literally translates to "Japanese Skunk".

schreds21 · « **Reply #4676 on:** March 31, 2022, 09:27:10 PM »

Quote from: steve dave on March 31, 2022, 08:52:59 PM

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.

ben ji · « **Reply #4677 on:** March 31, 2022, 11:57:48 PM »

Quote from: steve dave on March 31, 2022, 08:52:59 PM

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.

I feel like those types of shovels are specifically designed for shoveling coal or cow crap.

Also whats up with all the rabid skunks on the dave place? Overpopulated? Do alot of bats hang around the dave homestead that the skunks go and eff with? I bet there is some abandoned well on the dave homestead full of bats and SD fell in there one day

steve dave · « **Reply #4678 on:** April 01, 2022, 12:07:19 AM »

100% certainty that lil sd will inquire about vagasil the next time he pitches. This is not a joke, he will absolutely ask me if he can slap some on his cap/chest.

ben ji · « **Reply #4679 on:** April 01, 2022, 07:39:01 PM »

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.

ben ji · « **Reply #4680 on:** April 01, 2022, 07:44:56 PM »

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)

ben ji · « **Reply #4681 on:** April 01, 2022, 08:03:06 PM »

Quote from: ben ji on April 01, 2022, 07:44:56 PM

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)

The huckster seed guy who sold him the Milo seed that didnt head out felt bad for him and is giving him some free seed next year. Our conversation went like this

ben ji - "So your gonna plant the same seed that didnt produce last year"

dad - "Not all of it, maybe just some of the acres and the rest will be what I planted on the circle that produced well"

ben ji - "Why dont you just plant all of the acres with what produced last year?"

dad - "Well we are getting it for free"

ben ji -

ben ji · « **Reply #4682 on:** April 01, 2022, 08:07:49 PM »

Another conversation

ben ji - "Why dont you just lease the land to our distant land baron cousin like you were talking about a couple of months ago. He farms 10,000 acres including most of the land around our farm"

dad - "Maybe I will when I start slowing down"

ben ji - "You dont actually do any of the farming now, what do you mean by slowing down?"

dad - "Not yet"

Whatever, at least he has something to distract him from sending me emails about how Hillary is running a pedophile ring and obama was the antichrist.

wetwillie · « **Reply #4683 on:** April 01, 2022, 09:36:33 PM »

Quote from: ben ji on April 01, 2022, 07:39:01 PM

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.

I nearly teared up just reading this

steve dave · « **Reply #4684 on:** April 01, 2022, 09:36:49 PM »

That uncut milo is going to be wilding out next year. Did you burn it off or work the crap out of it?

ben ji · « **Reply #4685 on:** April 02, 2022, 10:22:21 AM »

Quote from: steve dave on April 01, 2022, 09:36:49 PM

That uncut milo is going to be wilding out next year. Did you burn it off or work the crap out of it?

I have no idea what they are going to do with it. As of January it was still out there half fallen over etc. My dad had someone put some cows on part of his pasture and on his circle to eat the leftover milo there. I asked him why not let them go HAM on that unharvested milo field but apparently his tenant didn't want cows on the field compacting the soil since he was going to no till it next year?

Dunno but both of them sound like crap farmers.

sys · « **Reply #4686 on:** April 03, 2022, 04:32:11 AM »

a field of unharvested volunteer milo sounds like pretty much the best pheasant hunting land in the state if you can get your father to play along.

ben ji · « **Reply #4687 on:** April 09, 2022, 10:57:48 PM »

song about having to sell off your land

ben ji · « **Reply #4688 on:** April 09, 2022, 11:04:11 PM »

I made an impromptu visit to the former cat ranch (cat count back to ZERO) because it was 80 degree's out here and I was craving some warm weather.

My dad mentioned that "Nate" might have some cattle out there (he was dropping them off in January when I was pheasant hunting). Didn't see any where they were back in January but apparently he now has them in the back pasture.

ben ji · « **Reply #4689 on:** April 09, 2022, 11:07:05 PM »

FYI that depression in the middle with the dark colored dead plants/weeds is officially classified as the "North Fork of The Solomon River"

(There was no water in it)

ben ji · « **Reply #4690 on:** April 09, 2022, 11:10:05 PM »

Lady thinks she would enjoy spending the last few years of her life out here soaking up rays.

ben ji · « **Reply #4691 on:** April 09, 2022, 11:17:15 PM »

I spent all day dragging limbs to to woodpile and chainsawing them up into firewood. I usually go to "sunset hill" right at sunset but today I went up there about an hour earlier and posted up on a lawn chair with some brews and binoculars.

I saw a bunch of deer and a couple of pheasants.

Then I put down the binoculars and noticed that 3 deer were heading right towards me oblivious that I was there. I kept Milo close and they got within about 50-100 yards before noticing I was there.

ben ji · « **Reply #4692 on:** April 09, 2022, 11:21:34 PM »

I also saw some antelope this morning right across the road. I don't remember seeing any back when I was a kid in the 90's/00's but I feel like I see a couple every time I'm out here now.

ben ji · « **Reply #4693 on:** April 09, 2022, 11:30:34 PM »

Here is Milo giving her best "can I please go chase those deer" face before I made her submit like the bitch (elite dog term) she is.

Katpappy · « **Reply #4694 on:** April 10, 2022, 04:47:55 AM »

Great pics and descriptions, ben ji.

star seed 7 · « **Reply #4695 on:** April 10, 2022, 09:36:41 AM »

Burnt the hobby farm yesterday.

ben ji · « **Reply #4696 on:** April 10, 2022, 09:41:34 AM »

The Hill right across from Fort Riley on I-70 was burning on Friday when I drove out.

ben ji · « **Reply #4697 on:** April 10, 2022, 09:43:30 AM »

Quote from: star seed 7 on April 10, 2022, 09:36:41 AM

Burnt the hobby farm yesterday.

I imagine it was pretty satisfying?

Kat Kid · « **Reply #4698 on:** April 10, 2022, 10:03:33 AM »

Quote from: ben ji on April 10, 2022, 09:41:34 AM

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.

KST8FAN · « **Reply #4699 on:** April 16, 2022, 10:10:38 AM »

Totally random pix from ride around at the farm yesterday.

Antique pulleys metal and wood. I wish I knew how these end up in our possession. I suspect the metal ones might be out of the top of a barn. That wood one has 3 rollers so maybe a block and tackle contraption.

Copper lightening rods off the original barn. Those things are soft you can bend them easily.

Fly wheel with steel pipe welded to it. How do you end up with just a fly wheel? Dad had gates hung on that to block the alley between barn and box car when we were maxed out on calves. Going to use that for my mail box if we move to the farm.

Old weight bench I made myself 40 years ago. Another submission for the weld bead enthusiasts.

Tater had a full day of fun.

Tom

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