Author Topic: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions (Read 562380 times)

Spracne · « **Reply #7100 on:** May 03, 2025, 10:26:41 PM »

Do you have pictures of the same spot post burn?

KST8FAN · « **Reply #7101 on:** May 03, 2025, 10:27:49 PM »

Look at that pipe across the squeeze alley to the loading chute. Dad put that across there to firm up the posts and panels... at about 5'10 high.

Use that corral 2x a year, and 2x a year i would bang my head on that fricking pipe loading cattle.

Welp, today we're cleaning up around the pens when my bride let's out a uncharacteristic JC. Yep, she hit her head on the pipe.

Tom

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KST8FAN · « **Reply #7102 on:** May 03, 2025, 10:37:45 PM »

Slightly different angles, but pictures of the same two ponds .

Tom

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farming_cat fan · « **Reply #7103 on:** May 05, 2025, 08:22:41 AM »

Thanks for the reminder Tom.

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farming_cat fan · « **Reply #7104 on:** May 09, 2025, 09:53:05 AM »

Nailed some soybeans into a nice cover of rye this week.

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cfbandyman · « **Reply #7105 on:** May 09, 2025, 10:25:51 AM »

Looks like it's coming in really nice

KST8FAN · « **Reply #7106 on:** May 09, 2025, 05:58:13 PM »

Did you roundup the Rye before planting, farm_cat? What's the math on cover crop program? Does that get you a check like CRP?

Tom

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ben ji · « **Reply #7107 on:** May 09, 2025, 06:41:09 PM »

Cover crops aren't really a thing in WKS due to limited moisture, closest I can think of is when my uncle would sometimes grow oats in a pivot during winter/early spring then bale it before planting whatever in may.

Is there any reason you wouldn't put up a temp hot fence and have cattle eat the rye down for a couple weeks before you planted the beans? Could you cut and bale the rye for feed?

(please be nice if I asked a really stupid question because honestly I don't know)

KST8FAN · « **Reply #7108 on:** May 11, 2025, 10:57:10 PM »

Today's mystery farm equipment. Take your best guess, and be specific.

Tom

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farming_cat fan · « **Reply #7109 on:** May 12, 2025, 07:28:04 AM »

Quote from: KST8FAN on May 09, 2025, 05:58:13 PM

Did you roundup the Rye before planting, farm_cat? What's the math on cover crop program? Does that get you a check like CRP?

Tom

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I did not spray it prior to planting. We can run into issues where we end up too wet after spraying before we get things planted. Then they dead rye will hold moisture in the soil and we'll be extremely delayed planting. Rye doesn't get us a check, well, it probably can as there are several programs out there if you want to handle the paperwork. We see benefits in improving the soil health and slowing down erosion that is difficult to put pencil to the paper on. Additionally, it scavenges nitrogen and we've seen that it will take a year or so to break down. That time period works out good so it'll feed the nitrogen to the corn the following year after beans.

farming_cat fan · « **Reply #7110 on:** May 12, 2025, 07:31:35 AM »

Quote from: ben ji on May 09, 2025, 06:41:09 PM

Cover crops aren't really a thing in WKS due to limited moisture, closest I can think of is when my uncle would sometimes grow oats in a pivot during winter/early spring then bale it before planting whatever in may.

Is there any reason you wouldn't put up a temp hot fence and have cattle eat the rye down for a couple weeks before you planted the beans? Could you cut and bale the rye for feed?

(please be nice if I asked a really stupid question because honestly I don't know)

You certainly could do any of those things. I don't do any of those because I don't have cattle and I like the benefits of keeping the rye around instead of hauling off the nutrients that it scavenges.

WillieWatanabe · « **Reply #7111 on:** May 12, 2025, 09:44:51 AM »

Quote from: KST8FAN on May 11, 2025, 10:57:10 PM

Today's mystery farm equipment. Take your best guess, and be specific.

Tom

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potato planter

KST8FAN · « **Reply #7112 on:** May 12, 2025, 05:45:25 PM »

Quote from: WillieWatanabe on May 12, 2025, 09:44:51 AM

Quote from: KST8FAN on May 11, 2025, 10:57:10 PM
Today's mystery farm equipment. Take your best guess, and be specific.

Tom

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potato planter

I like the guess, but no.

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wetwillie · « **Reply #7113 on:** May 12, 2025, 05:54:55 PM »

Is that a secondary cultivator

KST8FAN · « **Reply #7114 on:** May 12, 2025, 10:37:05 PM »

https://youtu.be/MBQcnDsAeWM?si=cvZAKqq3RQN2qxZM

Tom

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XocolateThundarr · « **Reply #7115 on:** May 13, 2025, 08:29:33 AM »

No thanks....I'll keep using a 623 and a 14 blade to build terraces.

ben ji · « **Reply #7116 on:** May 16, 2025, 10:31:10 PM »

Currently hate watching season 3 of farmer wants a wife with the lady and oh man...apparently all you need to be a farmer is a cowboy hat. 1 went to go help his brothers in-laws out on their avocado farm in California....1 lives in St Louis and is in law school but his family has land or something?

There are two others but anyways none of them seem like real farmers and their only qualification seems to be wearing a cowboy hat.

Cire · « **Reply #7117 on:** May 17, 2025, 07:51:24 AM »

Anyone have dust storms last few days?

I could taste it outside last night

wetwillie · « **Reply #7118 on:** May 17, 2025, 11:54:24 AM »

Allegedly they shut down 1-70 west of Colby a few days ago due to dust storms

KST8FAN · « **Reply #7119 on:** May 23, 2025, 02:11:32 PM »

I tried to blow the family heirloom 4020 engine last weekend. Poor filter replacement on an oil change resulted in a blown gasket. Noticed it was running hot, then wind helped me catch a whiff of oil, then saw it splattering out from under the tractor.
Salvaged the old gasket and made sure it was in the groove and sealed properly. Got the job done.

Tom

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ben ji · « **Reply #7120 on:** May 31, 2025, 08:57:44 PM »

Got this for my dad's father's day gift

ben ji · « **Reply #7121 on:** June 02, 2025, 08:59:44 PM »

Meet Sheila, showed up at the farm today solo... She has just been hanging out in the front yard so my dad gave it some food and named her Sheila.

There is no standing water anywhere near the farm so I'm not sure what it's doing here.

wetwillie · « **Reply #7122 on:** June 02, 2025, 09:52:14 PM »

Might be bird flu

star seed 7 · « **Reply #7123 on:** June 02, 2025, 10:12:04 PM »

Mad fowl disease

steve dave · « **Reply #7124 on:** June 03, 2025, 08:29:00 AM »

sw ks ranch wildflowers

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