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The Transfer from Wapakoneta

Here we are again with another crazy week in week 13 or 14 I cannot remember which one it is, but all I know is that I have two more weeks of classes then I am done for the year. As many of you probably know, It is spring time and we are finally getting some nice weather this week. Being a farmer this time of year is very crazy and super busy. The ground finally broke the 55 degree mark this week so that means we can plant whenever the ground is dry. This week though has been crazy. It started Monday with working on the manure spreader. We have to spread manure from our pig barn and our cattle barns on the fields in the spring and fall. We do this before the cultivator goes through the field before the planter so that we make sure we work it into the soil and do not get the planter all dirty. We then spent Tuesday and Wednesday tearing the pump apart because it had a leak in it so we had to fix that. Once it was fixed we were finally able to start spreading. But today it decided to rain so that will take us out of the fields until Friday or Saturday. Of course we planned on putting on anhydrous Saturday because we would be done spreading but mother nature had other plans. How has your week been?

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  1. Ammryn RobertsApril 24, 2022 at 7:46 PM

    Yeah, I feel the same way about my weeks I feel like they are all combining together and I going crazy trying to figure out what I did each day. But I am happy that the weather is getting better I just want it to be nice enough outside so I can start to plant my flowers back at home and get to go outside more! I don't know much about putting manure down but I guess I can say that I learned a new thing today!

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