October 2011 Blog Posts (6)

October 19^th - Today was another day on the mend although I felt pretty crummy this morning. I spent a majority of the day trying to feel better, but still found time to sort through some Beginning Farmer Loan information. Michael M stopped in to check on my and I was able to watch my favorite movie of all time…..Lonesome Dove.

 

October 20^th – Melissa and I were out of the house early headed to Creighton for a check up with the Neurologist today.…

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Hey, I worked up a fun slideshow of some harvest photos from the network here. Take a look and keep the photos coming. It's always nice to see what's going on out on the land.

 

The slideshow is here.

 

Justin, Agriculture.com

 

March 2011 – October 18, 2011

 

I have several months of updating to do with my weekly/bi-weekly blog. When I began farming full time around the first of the year, I thought it would allow me to keep up a journal more easily because I thought I would have more free time. I always enjoy reading bits and pieces of my ancestors’ daily journals, and I wanted to start my own. Needless to say, planting and calving rolled around at the same time (as they do every year), and I…

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Last week I went to watch a ploughing competition where farmers compete for the straightest and smoothest borrow over a 300 yard length. A bit like watching grass grow but some of the old tractors they were using were a sight for sore eyes. Dating back to 1930's / 40's. I took photographs which I was hoping to upload but deleted instead (I'm at that age). I'll be going again, it's a regular thing here in the UK and this time when I'm uploading I'll be carefull to watch which button I'm pressing.

Been a busy fall. Senior year actually isn't the easiest part of your schooling career I've found. It's nuts! Tomorrow, I leave home about an hour before the sun wakes up to go visit a junior college in Sterling. Colleges from several parts of the country have been calling, trying to get a commitment from me. I have solidly set out on the Veterinary path, and hope that in hindsight it's a wise decision. Livestock judging is really taking me places, and not just to college. In one week, I'll…

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    **Please keep in mind while reading my blogs, I am a beginner in farming... my terminology may be quite "crude" and cause me to sound ignorant -  I am a work in progress!**

 Corn chopping went a lot smoother this year at our farm. No mud! Hooray! I definitely have to say I didn't miss pulling the 8560 out of the muddy ruts with my tractor or seeing a full chopper box tipping so far to one side bogged down in mud.

     2011 has brought a lot of knowledge to us in both the…

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