We are continuing our march west. We've had some cool, damp mornings so haven't been able to get started cutting until after lunch. We had our first frost Tuesday night. Do the temperatures really have to go from 90 to 30 in a day? I was out helping M move and auger and dump trucks this morning and I can't feel my fingers!
Yesterday morning I had to escort the crop adjuster to view our hail damage. Crops are supposed to be adjusted within 10 days after notification of a loss--how about a month and a half. There is apparently a shortage of adjusters and lots of claims in the area. They still haven't looked at the prevented planting claims from this spring. We'll still have to pay our premiums on time even though they will have to give them back to us. I guess they want to use our money for awhile. Funny how the big guy always wins. We also laugh at how the crop adjusters always arrive in a little car that can't navigate the trails to get to the fields so we have to drive them around while they get paid mileage. Sometimes the system stinks. Anyway, the adjuster is not done yet. We haven't gotten to the worst of the damage around Opheim. Maybe tomorrow, but I'm not holding my breath.
We cut some really good wheat yesterday and toward the end of the day the truck driver (C) couldn't keep up. M shut down his combine and took off with a truck. He and C met on the road and switched trucks so C could dump the full one and M could get back to the field. They cut after dark until they had all the trucks filled so it was almost 10:00 before we got home.
We have a couple of small moves to make before we make the big move to Opheim. The in-laws headed to Billings today to take Uncle Bud for cancer treatment so now even the cook is gone--help!
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