How Great The Yield From A Fertile Field

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

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Mushrooms

We've had over 3" of rain in the last two weeks now.  Needless to say, we haven't spent a lot of time in the field.  The corn has all emerged and is looking good.  We got about half of the soybeans planted between rains, but according to the forecast, it looks like the rest will be a while.  The first day of soybean planting, we had meter controller problems.  Everything worked great for corn planting, but as soon as we switched to soybeans, each row got an independent streak.  After 30 acres of erratic population and spacing, three hours of inspecting harnesses and running diagnostics, and at least 7 phones calls over that time period to tech support, the problem seemed to fix itself.  And nobody is sure what was wrong in the first place!  I dread what that 30 acres is going to look like when it comes up!  

Mist rising off of a field of emerging corn.


 My brother found these morel mushrooms behind an old shed at home.  Unfortunately it was after they had been sprayed with Round Up.  We have never seen morels on our farm before, but we will certainly watch this spot in the future!


 
And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
Genesis 1:11

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