Hot and too dry for the farmers, and all dry holes so far on the exploratory side of things...
On the trip home I made a side trip to Chappell, NE to watch wheat harvest at one of my boss's farms.
Reminded me of when I was a kid when we still lived in South Dakota.
Although, I was floored by the changes in technology. The combine, tractor, sprayer, and planter all have computers linked to GPS, and the operation was all set up for no-till farming.
The size of equipment was simply amazing. Combine held 345 bushells and off loaded in less than 2 minutes. The pull wagon held 1,200 bushells.
And they have air conditioning and surround sound. It's still long hours, months of worrisome weather watching, and crazily gyrating prices. Just read a book by a fellow who decided to plant, raise, harvest and grind some wheat all by hand. Arduous at best, exhausting and time consuming. Thank goodness for this monster equipment, huh? Pk
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