Nah. This isn't even mine. I was scouting yesterday though and helped him find it.

I didn't draw tags this year.

Tan that hide!

Idk where this goes bc "farmer" is on a *spectrum* lol. But here's a couple of my sheep.

That definitely goes here. I'd really like to see more small scale farms in here.

😀

TFW there's goats. 🤗

First time driving a planter.

NICE!! @Der Seeteufel - SD

Why didn't I become a farmer? This is all so beautiful. 😩

@micbwilli hellishly difficult if you're not born into it. The start-up costs for land and equipment are astronomical

Now I'll never be happy....

I guess I'll have to enjoy these pictures and live vicariously though you guys.

It is much easier to buy a few acres and homestead. Vegetables and small livestock.

But a corn or wheat or cotton operation takes hundreds of thousands or more, at least in Oklahoma and Iowa.

I read that the smallest farm you can do is 5 acres if you want to feed yourself. I saw plans for one like this once that said how to divide the land up for small livestock and plants and such.

If I find those plans I'll post them.

I didn't like that the plans didn't include ponds for fish farming. Fish are a great feed converter. They can get feed convertion ratios over 1 if the pond have some natural sources to eat off like plants and plankton.

@micbwilli A little perspective on what it takes to run the farm I work on. That planter I was pulling costs about $250,000. That doesn't include the tractor.

The farm I work on has 4 air seeders (what I was pulling) and 3 row crop planters of roughly similar value.

To be fair I do work on a large scale farm even by South Dakota standards.

It's cold wet and miserable but the corn must come in.

41° F

Is there a danger of mold taking the corn in wet?

I know bailing hay wet is very dangerous.

The mosisture is 17.5% which is a little high but nothing the elevator can't handle. They'll run it through a dryer if it's too wet.

Mostly what we're worried about is what price they're giving us. You get docked for higher moisture.

If we leave it in the field much longer though we might not be able to get it out.

Devil's Triangle.

It's a little bit hard to see but there's a combine dumping on another grain cart up ahead.

night raid, nice

I mean, the grain is yours, so it's not a "raid," but ya know

I like harvesting at dusk. You see a lot more wildlife. Working 16 hour days has been wearing me out though. I can't wait for December and my trip to Australia.

@Der Seeteufel - SD You work the southern hemisphere harvest? In my little OK town growing up we'd see migratory Boer hands during wheat season.

No I'm going to see my girlfriend and hunt some kangaroos. We get SAs here too. My boss is considering hiring one or two next season.

@Wood-Ape - OK/MN

Nice!