Monday, February 26, 2024

High temperature today is supposed to hit 73ºF (23C).  It is a sunny day with a clear blue sky.  On Wednesday, there is a chance of snow!   The temperatures are really on a yo-yo this month.  We’ve had a big weekend of snow on the 16th, and now it’s a t-shirt day!

The builders are getting about finished with the fill task inside the new building.  They’ve hauled in lots of truckloads of fill material (I’ve lost count of the number) and now they are smoothing out the final top coat of crushed stone.   The progress is at the stage where you think the structure looks small, but it’ll gain some apparent size once the walls go up.  I understand there will be a different crew arriving soon to erect the wood frame and steel skin.

Pat is working this morning to set down the top coat of crushed stone.

Bill is here today to take some loads of corn to GPC.  Brandon is also on the road to GPC with the Tony truck.  They have several unload appointments today.  As I load the trucks here, it is my observation that the corn dropping into the trailers has a high-quality appearance.  It feels good to be sending good corn to market.  The commodity markets have been decreasing since the new year.  It is becoming quite a concern about the value of the crops we will soon be planting.  The average price of corn for the 23 crop will be above our cost of production, but we do not have a very high percentage of the 24 crop sold.  We are hoping there is at least one more price rally coming.

We will enjoy this fine, warm day.  Hope you will too.