The canola seems to have taken the frost just fine. Luckily it was short-lived and the sun came out.

The official start to #plant25 for us. One of our winter projects was this fertilizer tender. It went out on its maiden voyage and passed the torture test. Working the kinks out of our freshly overhauled planter. Go time.

First field of beans got planted today. Once I got the headland done and the GPS set, dad jumped in the operator's seat so I could go spray. He's not a fan of technology, but he didn't even punch the monitor. Old dogs and new tricks. It's a real thing.

Planning to stale seedbed some corn into this ground that was worked last fall. It looks dry on top, but it's still very soft. So we've been covering acres with our little rig. Time consuming, but that's clay farming.

The black beans are planted, thanks to one of our good neighbors who let us use their tractor and planter since we no longer have a 15" row planter. The canola is changing fast, and is looking great. Does anyone have a secret to get rid of the Deere rash?

I was starting to think things were getting dry around here. I stand corrected. 1.4" in less than an hour.

When the local race car shop gets you out of a pinch and saves you a bunch of money. This part of the exhaust would have cost more than my first truck if we got it from the dealer. Much stronger than OEM too.

Canola harvest has begun here in Blenheim.

Double crop beans going in after canola. Got lucky last year, we'll see if our luck will continue. Planting very nice, but it's also very dry here on the outskirts of Blenheim.

Finished the wheat harvest tonight. Best view in the neighborhood, on a farm that has a lot of family history behind it. Good crops, great weather and zero breakdowns. Couldn't ask for much more than that.

My big thought of the day: Cut back on canola acres or not? Only a few weeks away from my target planting date, and the markets don't look good. Will we have a resolution before harvest next summer? Who knows.

A good evening for it.

Canola time.

Field #2 of winter canola going in and we are getting things dialed in. Small seed this year and we decided to bulk it up with Tiger 90 to hit our population target. Good planting conditions and enough moisture to give it a chance at a decent start at life.

First planted canola is up. It caught some rain the night I planted it, and it somehow came up in this lumpy stuff. Finished the last field today and could use another rain.

We joined the harvest party today. Also got this idea off of the internet, so I had Kent Fab bend it out of stainless for me, and it has already saved my ass (and the combine's) a few times by keeping rocks out of it.

The 1688 has entered the chat, and dad is in his glory.

This Aggie we hired to help out after school seems to be fitting into this circus just fine. Carter is doing a fine job with the cart. Found some damn good beans along the way. Today was a good day 👍

Sunflower harvest has officially begun.

The most satisfying pass of the year, and conditions are perfect for it.