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"Andy,  did you have any luck with using the beginning farmer loans to pay for the buildings? I'm looking to do the same thing in the next year or two. When talking to a loan officer at the fsa he said it could get a little tricky since I…"

"Is there a lot of tiling being done where you're from, Rod? I've got a crew of workers with a lot of experience in tiling over the past 10 years and we're looking to head out west to Kansas, Nebraska, North/South Dakota this summer to…"

"Rod,     Its one hell of a machine. I would take this over a tile plow any day of the week. We spent the past 10 days pattern tiling a 160 acre field of ours. Did an amazing job. It's a well built machine with easy…"

"how do you like that tiling machine does it work as good as a regular tiling machine?"

"Im from North Central iowa and there are three guys who own 4500, 15,000+ and 20,000+ acres respectively all within 20 miles of me. Showing up to a land auction is pointless, they buy it for fun. Any chances of a young farmer (or any farmer)…"

"We roll our peas just like this and it doesn't hurt them at all - just HIGHLY improves the harvesting experience by smoothing out the soil and pushing rocks down - and yes, a cleaner pea!"

"No sir, we rolled an 80 of ours once it got to the 3 leaf stage of development and their looking great right now. Beans are very persistent, you can knock them down and they'll stand right back up. just be sure not to roll them when their…"

"I usually do that before they come up. I missed getting the last ones I planted. So it doesn't hurt them rolling them after they've come up?"

"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g60rBlCF7dU ....<-- video i made on it. Its really caught on here in North Central iowa these past few years. you roll the bean ground after they've been planted to push rocks in the ground and get a…"

"Ok, why are you rolling those beans? "