When I can't be in the
field to document what is happening on the
farm, Farmer Joe's instructions are to capture on video or pictures what he is doing that day
to be shared with you by way of this blog. =) So my sweet farmer was very pleased with himself because he remembered to take some video clips of the airplane that was flying nitrogen and sulphur fertilizer on our winter wheat fields. This is to give the crop sort of a "shot in the arm booster" which I would compare it to getting my morning coffee! The reason the dry fertilizer is being flown on by air is because the soil is too wet to be driven on with a ground rig.
New video clip (as of 4/8/2011) showing the crop duster flying the dry fertilizer by our house.
The video below was taken of the plane getting loaded at the crop duster's field strip.
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Fertilizer being loaded onto the plane |
While the farmer was taking these photos, I was touring the Washington State University Wheat Research Lab and Wheat Quality Lab taking photos to share what they do to help the farmers in the Northwest. Stay tuned for more on that as I have some good photos and a story to share.
Hello Gayle.
ReplyDeleteI've had trouble sending you an email about our inclusion of your web address in OUR web page. You asked Governor Herbert to include farmers, inc. on the Utah website. We did that on 4/12/11...to the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food's web page. www.ag.utah.gov/
my email address is larrylewis@utah.gov/
Write when you can. Thanks. LL