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Tony Eickman
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  • Templeton, IA
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planter smartboxes

Started Oct 24, 2012 0 Replies

We run continuos corn and were wanting to know more about smartboxes on planters.  We want to know if anybody else uses them and if they are operator friendly.  We use a stackfold planter with 32% so…Continue

sprayers

Started this discussion. Last reply by Tony Eickman May 28, 2012. 4 Replies

We were looking at a '96 664 rogator at a dealer.  It has a 60 foot boom and we are looking for 80 but we thought we can add ten foot on each side.  We dont really want to ask the dealer because…Continue

strip till

Started this discussion. Last reply by Tony Eickman May 3, 2012. 3 Replies

We are going on two years of strip-tilling 160 acres out of 660.  Last year we had a yield increase of 5 bu over the other farms.  We are using an 8 row hiniker strip-till bar with NH3.  Both falls…Continue

the truth about gestating stalls

Started this discussion. Last reply by Scott Edward Dudek Apr 17, 2012. 2 Replies

Read an article in farmnews.com from David Kruse called Ruining Hog Business that hit the nail right on the head about HSUS's agenda's and reality.  If I could add anything or reiterate a point, the…Continue

 

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Tony Eickman posted a status
"auto steer\ n : a piece of technology that make you feel lazy, incompetent, and 90% more accurate at the same time."
May 15
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Tony Eickman liked Tracie Kruger's blog post So God made a Farmer
Feb 3
Tony Eickman commented on Tracie Kruger's blog post So God made a Farmer
"I miss Paul Harvey's voice on my radio.  I had chills listening to that poem.  And I caught myself reminising back to when I was young, sitting in a pickup with my dad outside the house right before noon listening to his…"
Feb 3
Tony Eickman replied to Josh Sybesma's discussion Ag leader
"we have an agleader with ontrack 2 steering with 2500gps(gets you 8-10 inches).  I cant compare it with any others but it worked pretty good for being the first year.  we have hills and contours and so I don't exactly like going…"
Dec 21, 2012
Tony Eickman replied to Shaun Hamlin's discussion CHOOSE THE CORRECT FARMER'S ANSWER
"(a) reason- why waste an afternoon when you can do it over the phone in ten minutes. "
Nov 20, 2012
Tony Eickman posted a status
"Thank you Kinze for coming out with a mounted planter two years after we wanted a used mounted planter. Give it a few years we might be back"
Nov 13, 2012
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planter smartboxes

We run continuos corn and were wanting to know more about smartboxes on planters.  We want to know if anybody else uses them and if they are operator friendly.  We use a stackfold planter with 32% so the liquid system is already out.See More
Oct 24, 2012
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Tony Eickman replied to Jeff Caldwell's discussion Remote-controlled farming
"For me personally I would not by an autonomous vehicle or the technology for it anyway for the simple fact that we have struggled with our gps just on anhydrous.  Knowing our luck we get a solar storm right about the time we send coordinates…"
Sep 24, 2012
Tony Eickman replied to Kent Fehr's discussion Farm Machinery problems
"I know it's like the guy came back from lunch and said 'dammit we forgot the cab filter. Oh well, grab a filter and this piece of tin.  There now it looks o k to me.  I don't think the boss-man can tell, can you?'"
Sep 14, 2012
Tony Eickman replied to Kent Fehr's discussion Farm Machinery problems
"the engineer that designed the 01 2388 air cab filter went to lunch that day.  He/she put that in the dirtiest spot of the combine and then it's not covered very well either.  I have to clean the damn thing every day or my air…"
Sep 13, 2012
Tony Eickman replied to Kent Fehr's discussion Farm Machinery problems
"Or even able to go in the ground in the fall.  "
Sep 13, 2012
Tony Eickman replied to James Kelly's discussion Questions about JI Case 4490 Tractors.
"5000 hrs give or take. yes.  It was a hell of a tractor for 11 years.  It was just after we got it from the shop that we were afraid it would turn into a giant paperweight if it broke down again."
Sep 9, 2012
Tony Eickman replied to James Kelly's discussion Questions about JI Case 4490 Tractors.
"we had a 4890 articulating tractor and liked it up to the part when third range went out and then while it was in the shop the rear pumpkin went out.  $16000 later we got a $15000 tractor out of the shop and sold it.  We didn't need…"
Sep 8, 2012
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cracks in the cornfield

walked to the wells and saw the cracks in the ground. I've never seen a crack that deep.
Aug 5, 2012
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Tony Eickman replied to bill reinhardt's discussion How dry is it were u r
"He said the drought was terrible but the markets weren't as volatile as they are.  We don't know what lies in the future as far as pricing-corn/hogs or if we will even have corn to feed the hogs."
Aug 1, 2012
Tony Eickman replied to bill reinhardt's discussion How dry is it were u r
"Well, in Carroll county, IA, we haven't gotten a drop since late June and that was only a couple of tenths.  Our corn is quickly drying up.  We usually have high humidity and we haven't got that all that much either. …"
Jul 31, 2012

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rain

Posted on May 31, 2012 at 9:03pm 3 Comments

Got missed by the rain again.  It evaporates or goes around us every time.  In three weeks since we planted we have gotten a 1/4 inch.  the corn rolled up this weekend with the heat and the sidehills are starting to die in places.  The beans are barely emerged and look like they need a drink.  I give it another week or two of high heat and we'll be out for the season.

land prices Ugh!

Posted on November 4, 2011 at 8:24pm 6 Comments

A neighbors 160 acres are up for sale.  The lawyer sent out a newsletter stating the starting bid is set at $10,000.  That blows me out of the water before I even get my big toe wet. So disappointed.

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