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Couple pics from yesterday.

The little storm in the background fizzled out but we got 3-4 tenths last night.




Haven't seen clouds like this since 2016.




My new pet.

Sam, dumb question, do you buy seed wheat, or save it? All the seeds, I'll ask about?

Not a dumb question Richard.


We use our own seed but some guys will buy fancy new varieties.

Man, I knew farming was tough, but seeing what you guys go through is illuminating.

Sam, I guess you didn't have a rifle in the cab of the tractor?

Sam needs one of these racks...

Nice that you're allowed to use your own seed... Can't here...

I always bought new seed every 3to 4 years. The yields and resistant packages improve all the time. If you use your own seed you can't sell that many bushel. If you buy seed it's a tax write off. Ed k

I was looking at the weather radar down here yesterday afternoon and got to thinking about this thread. Panned over to Montana and saw quite a bit of rain, some of it heavy. Hope some of y'all got some.

Over the two days we totalled a tenth.

Disappointed, we needed a bit more.

My coyote gun is still in the feed pickup.

Wonder if it would scare off the damn hawks and seagulls?...........




Paul, we've got a combined 1" during the last two nights and they are calling for more today.

It's been a true blessing and I honestly hope the rest of the guys around here in the drought zone have also got some much needed moisture.


Luckily my dad got the corn in the ground down on the river bottom(heavy soil...).

I have around 220 acres of wheat left to go which isn't bad, not complaining about the delay!




Speaking of wheat, what are you guys putting down for fertilizer?

We spread around 100lbs of urea and ran another 90lbs of 28/28 blend through the drill. Soil tests showed that the re-crop ground still had plenty of residual nitrogen from last years drought so we didn't spread any on that ground.

We run a 20-20 blend through the drills. Works out to 75 to 100 pounds per acre. Single chute with an Accra Plant type point on the drills, so thats about the upper limit.

If we ever get a chance to raise a crop again, unlike the last several years, we are set up to top dress with liquid through the sprayer.


It would add another 30 units or so.

With the leaching rains the past couple of years, we need nitrogen right now. Using some lime for PH as well.

Dry SOB right now, so the nitrogen ought to hold awhile.

Hurricane season starts today...

We could use some tropical moisture about now. Just no Cat 4 hurricanes....

99/100 in the gauge this morning and calling for some more this morning here.

With the late start this year there was a fertilizer shortage and long lines in Shelby.

We used mostly urea and 11-48-0, but had to use a few other blends because of the shortage. All of it was at 100lbs.

Sam O, glad to hear that you guys got some relief. Hopefully it continues for a while.

I am glad you guys got some rain.


We watched those storms split and go around us all day and night.

Now the 30 mph winds are here.


Still waiting on the C Hell rain report!

We got over a inch the last few days, neighbor just seeded his hay field before the rain. He's been fighting weeds and had to get a few dry days to get on it and spray.

Sam, that Cloud pic is epic!

Too much water here.........over 3 inches so far this week, and more still in the forecast. The only thing I'm glad for is that I need to do some fencing, and the posts will drive better.

Thank you all for the reports and info!


We might have got another tenth this afternoon, big nasty just went 20-30 miles to the east which is fine.

Somebody must have heard all my whining about no rain. Things have gotten a little crazy the other way now. I have registered 4 inches of rain in the last 4 days. Water standing everywhere. Low spots are drowned out. Trying to get cows out but everything is mud. One extreme to the other. In a week time.