#473

We were out tagging calves, feeding corn to cows the other night when Tally captured this video.



#473 has become braver over last few weeks, and she finally decided to eat out of the bucket and let me scratch her head.  There's one in every crowd!

Farming Friday

We started combining corn this past Wednesday.  When I say 'we' I really mean 'the guys'.   The guys started combining corn on Wednesday.  I was busy fixing fence, which is a whole other blog post.  

The corn has been running great, yieloing way more than the Hubby was guesstimating.  We've got a little over 100 acres combined and the average bu/ac is around 170.  That's average of dryland, stuff that got drowned out, and irrigated corn.  Not to shabby, not to shabby.  

I haven't been able to get over and snaps some pics of the 2013 corn combining, but the Hubby snapped some picture on his phone of them unloading trucks. 

Market Reports

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Do you like to keep up with whats going on around you?

I have to admit I can answer yes to all three of those questions. Here awhile back I was surfing the web, dreaming of spring when I came across something that had me intrigued. On the Drovers website you can sign up to have the daily Market Reports sent to your phone through a text message. You get opening and closing updates along with midday report. Just go here and follow the easy instructions.

Haying in November?

I checked the calender. I know for a fact last weekend was Halloween. And I still am in shock. We are haying. In November. Or should I say the Big D is haying in November. Down on the river bottom. The Big Green Tractor is a rollin'. It's just crazy. I realize in some parts haying in November is common. But in Montana? Crazy. We have hayed through September. And there has definetly been haying in October. But this is November. The 8th of November. We are talking 18 days from Thanksgiving. I have Halloween decorations all packed up. It's crazy. I am starting to believe when I ask Big D when he thinks we will get to combine all the corn that is still standing, and he answers back "I am thinkin' Christmas Day." that he may just be right. Last night we were supposed to attend a friends 30th birthday party. I am sure they thought I was telling a big fat lie when I said we couldn't make it 'cuz we were a'hayin! It's just plum crazy!