The Week of Breaking Down

Wall Street is not the only place where things are breaking down.  Morman Road, Oak Run Township, Madison County, Ohio is another.  But with luck, the worst should be over and hopefully we will get to just harvest soybeans next week.  The good news is the yield seems to be pretty good, based on the first 100 acres harvested.  As usual, time will tell.  On the other hand, the moisture content is much too low, 9% on the beans to the south and east of Morman Road.  Some rain would be a good thing.  But hold the rain until the wheat is planted!  It is so hard to please a farmer!

The problem Friday was a broken knife.  And that is a big problem as the knife is 25 feet long and a new one comes in 3 sections that takes a couple of hours to assemble and install along with a slew of wear plates that had to be replaced.  And no one could understand exactly how one of the guards was so bent out of shape that a torch had to be used to turn it cherry red to reform it.  It was a good thing that worked, or it would have taken even more time to replace that guard.