And now for a quick harvest update. Harvest to-date can be summed up in one word--frustrating! August is supposed to be hot, dry and dusty, but that was not the case this year. We had 3.5" of rain in August--not normal.
The boys had most of the peas done by the time we got home from our vacation. The lentils weren't quite ready so M and R swathed some of the hailed-out wheat--ours and the neighbors. Then they baled the neighbors but combined ours. No one was a fan of that, but it got done. They had put off desiccating lentils because a big storm was in the forecast. Thankfully, we only got 2 inches (only!) as places not too far south had 5 to 9 inches. I can't even imagine that. But then, just as things would dry out, we'd cut a few hours and get rained on again. The lentils close to home are all cut except for the hailed ones. M made a pass through those and decided they weren't worth wasting our time on at the moment. We had a 360 acre piece that they finished cutting wheat on last night. If they had a really good day they could get it done in a day--they were there for three days because of rain showers. The days are kind of short because it's so dewy in the morning and gets so cool and damp once the sun starts to go down.
On the bright side, we haven't had rain for two days now, and they've gotten some good days in. There were showers in the area yesterday, and we didn't get wet. And, they were cutting on some of our poorer ground and the yield was really good, into the 40+ bushel/acre range. The trucks were sure on the move by my house yesterday.
We're making progress, but we've sure got a long way to go..........ugh!
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