How Great The Yield From A Fertile Field

Random musings from an old farmer about life, agriculture, and faith

Wednesday, June 09, 2010

Update

Saturday night seven tornadoes touched down in central Illinois. One of them passed about five miles north of us. I spent most of today (along with about twenty-five others) helping clean up a farm that took a direct hit from the tornado. They lost the roof off of the house, many trees, a barn, two machine sheds, two hog houses, several grain bins, and a grain leg. Much of the machinery in the sheds was damaged. It was a huge mess and will take a lot more work to get it all cleaned up.
We lost power for 5-6 hours twice last week. Our flashlights and candles are getting a workout. It keeps raining, and we are about 5 inches above normal year-to-date already. We were able to finish planting soybeans last week and were able to replant the drowned out patches this week. Our custom applicator got into the wrong field last week, and before he realized it he had killed the end rows in one of our soybean fields. I replanted that on Monday. Hopefully they will grow.

I received a phone call from young man that was in the car accident. He thanked me for helping at the scene. He is back at work and says he has no permanent damage. The good Lord was watching over him!

And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
Acts 2:2

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