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We can't seam to catch a break weather wise. Last planting day was 2 weeks ago. Still have lots of Oats to plant. I have been able to get all the ground plowed except a 50 acres on a neighbors farm. I got around 10 acres plowed today before rain moved in. Really odd shaped field so I am plowing all sides in to the center. That greatly reduces my headland travel, and allowed me to plow more of the sod ground down hill. It is still real tough plowing and having trouble getting grip with my 1/2 warn tires. No one knows when the sod was last plowed, and it is tough with a lot of solid large rocks. Sometimes 3 bottoms hook into a rock at once. I have to dump the clutch and raise the plow to clear them.
When it started raining about 3:00pm I had to quit. No bite in the sod and the corn stubble became slimy on top so I quit, and came home. Maybe I can get back at it Thursday, before hard rain comes Friday.
Loren

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Looks unsettled for the next couple of weeks. With this coolish damp weather it will take well over a week to dry enough to do anything here. Maybe a good thing I listened to that little voice in my head back during the sign up period for crop insurance to take out a fairly substantial policy. It does not sound good for soybeans on the market front lately. I'm afraid with a strong foreign crop soybeans will just sit in the bin without a market come this winter. A wet May might be a blessing in disguise.
 
It stayed just one county south of us today. I hauled manure all day. I hated to do it the way I did. I couldn't get all the way across the field,and of course the end near the road was what I couldn't get on. I had to go all the way around the outside,across the far headland,spread halfway across then out across the middle. I'm getting the pile cleaned up and getting in it on half of what I wanted covered anyway.
 
I just took these pictures from my back yard. Maybe I can get back to plowing tomorrow. I sure would like to finish spring plowing for good.
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Loren
 
Sometimes you'd be further ahead with a smaller plow. I just had a dumb idea-- leave the back of the plow up or mostly up and next pass move over and plow with the front of the plow at regular depth where it's plowed shallow.
 
Well that Idea is only good for plowing off a dead furrow, between two lands. When I can't pull the plow, I quit and wait till I can again. If the weather doesn't allow me to finish plowing with the 931, I will hook the CASE-IH MX110 4WD on the plow to finish.
Loren
 
So thats where all our rain has gone. We can't even catch a light shower here all spring. Clouded up this afternoon but I knew that West wind would not bring much. Saw a spot or two on the windows while I was harrowing but thats it.
 
We're in the same (pardon the pun) boat in most of MN. It just about gets dry enough to think about working some ground up at the farm and then more rain.

We had 2 nice drying days on Mon and Tues and now rain all day today for just about the whole state. 1 to 1.5 inches. And then no good drying weather for 3-4 days, mostly cloudy and cool. Ug.

Grouse
 
Hey Loren >>>> I did notice. The top one is good. LOL I will be 80 tomorrow how old will the old gentleman across the road be his birthday is tomorrow also. Me, Him, And Hank Snow all on May 9th. Big deal right ?
 
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