Farm Week in Pictures 02/17/2012

Boiler Up!

We took our son to the women's game on Thursday. His first time at Mackey Arena!

Robbie Hummel putting the nails in Northwestern's coffin!

Smells like diesel.

When our soybeans we grow for seed get shipped out of state, we call on a trucking company to do the work for us.

We had a little snow this week.

Got that fifth wheel project from last week finished up. This truck is getting new fenders too.

Seed beans being loaded.

Made a trip to I-65 Chrome Shop

Getting those wagons I showed you last week cleaned out. Some of it stays, some is junk, and some is going to a consignment sale.

Did You Know McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s and Sonic All Support HSUS?

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(Disclaimer:  The intent of this blog is to help people outside of agriculture to understand why some farmers choose to raise their animals indoors.  What works on my farm may not work for another farmer, each farm is different, as are the genetics of hogs.  My intent with this post is to help people understand why some farmers use modern technology on their farm.  Our family changed the type of hog we raise to be a leaner hog with less body fat because of consumer demand.  With that change came …

Do yourself a favor and check out Chris Chinn’s blog. She does a fantastic job of telling the story of how things really happen on her farm.

Farm Week in Pictures 02/11/11

We're bringing these wagons back to the shop to toss/sell/keep the stuff that's in them.

Shop's getting full again.

Cracked welds, broken bolts, etc on the fifth wheel frame of the Freightliner. Time to go to the salvage yard and find a replacement.

The replacement

Unloading

Rust under that cruddy old frame

 

Cleaned up the rust

Tools for the cleaning

Primer

Painted! A little drying time and some dirt and it should match the rest of it.

Triple XXX. No, it’s a family restaurant.

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Triple XXX Family Restaurant in West Lafayette, IN has been a tradition for both local families and students for decades. I can remember, as a pre-teen, going to Triple XXX for a sandwich with our family friends after seeing a First Addition show at Jefferson High School. The only dilemma in those days was trying to decide whether or not to wash our burgers (or breaded tenderloin sandwiches) down with Triple XXX brand root beer or a milkshake.  Luckily, some things never change.   …

My great friend Josh has finally returned to the blog world! I poked him a bit. Here we are enjoying a great meal at Triple XXX

Farm Week in Pictures 02/02/2012

Not a great variety of pictures this week because we haven’t done a great variety of things.    We have hauled a bunch of grain though.  Soybeans, waxy corn, and corn to the ethanol plant.  Here’s a couple pictures of me loading one of the trucks and something else I think is pretty cool.  I finally tried out the time lapse feature on my new phone so  you can ride along with me from the barn lot to the ethanol plant and back!

Syrup or Maple Syrup? Which do You Prefer?

Remember the #BSLables? I like this one because it made me laugh a little bit.  Sometimes you’ve just got to be creative with your product.  I’m sure we all know the most famous aunt in the syrup world.  Today we met Aunt Maple.  Turns out she doesn’t make maple syrup though.  That’s alright though because she never really claimed to and it still tasted good on our Saturday night cinnamon French toast and scrambled eggs dinner.  For all I know that’s some of my corn in there.  I suspect if I checked the grocery shelves I’d find a lot of syrup like this.  I honestly don’t know if I’ve had real, pure maple syrup before or not.  Have you?

Farm Week in Pictures 01/27/2012

Switching it up from corn to beans this week.

We've chosen not to buy a seed tender, so we're improving what we've been using. The wagon now has a roll tarp instead of an oversized tarp held on by a bunch of ropes and straps.

Trailers lined up to be filled with corn starch.

Painting the wheels on that wagon.

Rinsing the salt and grime from last week off the trucks.

Farmer Haley is in our office! Click him!

Freshly rinsed!

3rd and 5th generation taking in the ball game!

Muddy day.

Whoops. Broke a big 3/4" ratchet.

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