Author Topic: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions (Read 361143 times)

steve dave · « **Reply #1625 on:** July 21, 2019, 03:00:35 PM »

Yeah, beefmaster have like floppy ears iirc

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IPA4Me · « **Reply #1626 on:** July 21, 2019, 03:40:22 PM »

Hi SD. Been a while since you've had a question.

I drove across Kansas a couple of times last week. First time in a long time. When did Kansas farmers start growing so much corn? Not nearly as much wheat stubble as I remember.

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steve dave · « **Reply #1627 on:** July 21, 2019, 04:08:14 PM »

I’m just guessing but possibly since it started raining like every day all day 24/7/365 which corn loves and wheat hates.

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ben ji · « **Reply #1628 on:** July 21, 2019, 04:43:10 PM »

Since we discovered a vast underground lake and started pumping it out as fast as we can.

KS still leads the country in wheat production so its not like people stopped growing it.

KST8FAN · « **Reply #1629 on:** July 21, 2019, 04:59:46 PM »

https://www.agriculture.com/crops/wheat/goodbye-kansas-wheat

Good article from a year ago...

Tom

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IPA4Me · « **Reply #1630 on:** July 21, 2019, 05:31:05 PM »

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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Church Creeper · « **Reply #1631 on:** July 21, 2019, 06:09:51 PM »

Quote from: IPA4Me on July 21, 2019, 05:31:05 PM

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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I live outside Wichita and have noticed the same thing. I see very few wheat fields anymore. Hell cotton seems more abundant nowadays.

pissclams · « **Reply #1632 on:** July 21, 2019, 07:33:48 PM »

if it keeps raining a lot you should expect rice patties to start popping up everywhere in america's heartland

Ksuminnesotacat · « **Reply #1633 on:** July 21, 2019, 08:42:09 PM »

Drought guard genetics play a role along with hybrids that thrive in hot and drier climates. You know generally things that the evil corporations do with genetic manipulation to create resident evil corn 🌽 n Kansas.

Institutional Control · « **Reply #1634 on:** July 22, 2019, 08:04:51 AM »

Corn is subsidized more than wheat.

sys · « **Reply #1635 on:** July 23, 2019, 06:22:51 PM »

Quote from: IPA4Me on July 21, 2019, 03:40:22 PM

When did Kansas farmers start growing so much corn? Not nearly as much wheat stubble as I remember.

man, how sad.

steve dave · « **Reply #1636 on:** July 23, 2019, 06:49:53 PM »

Quote from: Batt BcKee on July 22, 2019, 08:04:51 AM

Corn is subsidized more than wheat.

Oh crap waddup

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slackcat · « **Reply #1637 on:** July 23, 2019, 11:15:57 PM »

Quote from: ben ji on July 21, 2019, 02:54:39 PM

Quote from: Batt BcKee on July 15, 2019, 08:26:22 AM
Quote from: slackcat on July 15, 2019, 07:16:31 AM
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.

That's what I guessed. Look happy.

IPA4Me · « **Reply #1638 on:** July 24, 2019, 07:19:52 AM »

Quote from: steve dave on July 23, 2019, 06:49:53 PM

Quote from: Batt BcKee on July 22, 2019, 08:04:51 AM
Corn is subsidized more than wheat.

Oh crap waddup

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No doubt the SD Family LLC is well aware of the bottom line help. Darn Socialists!

steve dave · « **Reply #1639 on:** July 24, 2019, 07:25:38 AM »

You can’t grow dry land corn in SW KS even in these biblical flood times we live in. We have some circles though.

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ben ji · « **Reply #1640 on:** July 24, 2019, 09:10:50 AM »

Here is a picture of some wheat I took while I was leaving the farm. (Not ours)

Was the middle of harvest in NW KS when I was out there July 12/13th but according to notable farm expert ben ji's dad that was just farmers who owned their own combine/equipment. The "Cutting crews" were still in SW KS and hadn't made it up yet.

DaBigTrain · « **Reply #1641 on:** July 24, 2019, 02:58:08 PM »

That’s some good lookin’ wheat right ther

KST8FAN · « **Reply #1642 on:** July 27, 2019, 03:40:06 PM »

This week we have cream separators. Benji every cat rancher should have one these marvels of technology.

Tom

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steve dave · « **Reply #1643 on:** July 27, 2019, 03:48:35 PM »

your farm is like a farm museum of old farm stuff for farmers by farmers 24/7/365 open on sundays. the only old farm stuff we have is the stuff that broke and was too big a PITA to move from wherever it broke sometime over the last 4 generations.

steve dave · « **Reply #1644 on:** July 27, 2019, 03:49:28 PM »

I mean, there is a shitload of that heavy broke crap but still

steve dave · « **Reply #1645 on:** July 27, 2019, 03:54:03 PM »

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.

steve dave · « **Reply #1646 on:** July 27, 2019, 03:55:24 PM »

also you post pictures of whatever you are tractoring up that day from the cab of your tractor. like, "nice day today" with a picture out the tractor window of your plow or combine header or your nice wind rows of alfalfa or whatever.

steve dave · « **Reply #1647 on:** July 27, 2019, 03:56:15 PM »

also just random pictures of your cows. often times these are the moms and babies but sometimes just some misc. cows.

steve dave · « **Reply #1648 on:** July 27, 2019, 03:57:47 PM »

and every single time you bail hay at night (this is insider farmer knowledge but you sometimes have to bail it at night because it is the perfect amount of wet or some probably made up crap) you post a pic of it being dark so your followers know you were working in the middle of the night.

steve dave · « **Reply #1649 on:** July 27, 2019, 04:00:48 PM »

and if your kids are pretend 4H type farmers you post a picture of them with their show pig/sheep/cow and their ribbons and them in their nice wranglers every single day of your entire life. and that is now 100% your entire personality. you are fair people. you do nothing else. it consumes you.