Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Today, Brandon D is out in the JD 6145R tractor, mowing ditch bank levees.  I have used it some at the fields near Wheatland.  We did a small repair on the soybean drill this morning, replacing one of the closing wheel arms.  Brandon D also mowed the farmstead this morning, making the place look pretty good.

Brandon D on his way out to do some mowing

A repair guy came this morning from Sloan Implement to work on an electronic problem on the R4044 sprayer.  After a while, he finally identified an electric ‘actuator’ that had some kind of internal misfire.  Even though it would operate, it would not connect to the brains of the sprayer system, and it threw an error code.  As soon as the part arrives, a quick switch-out will fix that one!

The skies are hazy today here in SWIN.  They tell us it is the remnants of the smoky fires in Manitoba that have made their way here.  It is certainly noticeable, but I cannot perceive any smoky odor.   Rain is predicted for tomorrow, Thursday, and Friday… that should clear the smoke away!

We helped at the first evening of VBS yesterday.  We had a fine turnout of kids, and plenty of helpers to take care of them!   We even welcomed helpers from one of the other churches in Wheatland, the One Foundation Church (formerly Wheatland Methodist).   I think everyone had a great time, and the kids learned a lot.

I have a tiny bit of soybeans to replant tomorrow.  Probably <10 acres, but it’s at the far-away Burke farm location. It’ll probably take me longer to drive there and back than it will to do the replant!

I noticed today the wheat here at home… the heads are just beginning to curl down.  My guess is 15-20 days until harvest.

Waves of grain… just not quite amber yet…

Have a good remainder of your week.