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| Josie, the spoiled dog, is the "tester" of the lunch meat, her favorite job! She likes to make sure it is the best & tastiest for her beloved master |
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| Lunch box in hand, sipping the last cup of coffee Farmer Joe is ready to head out for the day |
(our hired-man), Ryan (our seasonal help who drives the tractor & load-out wagon) and Kirk, who drives his own semi-truck, along with our fleet to take the grain into the terminals. Around noon I called to check to see how things were going and found out, the job of feeding America got off to a slow start. After cutting our first semi-truck load of winter wheat, the moisture testing came in at 13% which is the highest amount that the grain elevator will take. This is not a good thing to be at the highest level right at the beginning. Moisture samples indicated the rest of the field was measuring at 14% so we had to shut the operations down for the day. =( We were experiencing a few mechanical issues, so the combine repairman was called out to our field to fix an issue with Farmer’s Jay combine. Farmer Joe was fixing some other minor mechanical issues on his machine as well so we will hope to get into the field later on today (Tuesday, August 9th). The forecast is for sunny and hot temps, which can mean that the moisture percentage will decrease and be in the acceptable range for the warehouse to take the wheat. Farmer Joe took his camera and plans on getting pictures and videos that I can upload for you, so stay tuned. As always, thanks for stopping by and if you have question or comments, please feel free to email me at idahofarmwife@gmail.com or post a comment as well. All my best, Gayle
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