Yep, still plugging away at it here. I have a buddy 60 miles South of here that he and his family normally put out about an acre of sorghum every year, but heard no mention of it this year. Weather hasn't been the best to get anything planted this year. Still some guys trying to get some beans in. What did get put in, was lost to water standing in fields in low spots. Some to hail damage too. The 4th line of severe T-storms passed through NE Ohio yesterday afternoon. Saw reports of ping pong ball sized hail, up to baseball sized hail in areas to the NE of here. I'd imagine that did quite a bit of crop damage.
Our tractor club has yet to get corn, pumpkins, and Sunflowers planted at the County historical park yet. Guy's been working to get their own crops in, plus make hay between rains. We did get 300 lbs. of potatoes planted back in April. We used my little 140, and Champion potato planter I have, that a PO converted to Fast Hitch. Sad to say we lost 75%+ of them due to seed rotting from too much rain, and water laying. They came up great on the higher ground, but just the way they finish graded next to the field for a playground for kids, doesn't allow it to drain very well. Usually, we don't get these kind of rains, and they make it up high enough, a little laying water doesn't hurt them. When we dig them, we let folks come in and pick them up for home use. The rest are picked up and given to a local food bank. Going to be a little shy this year.
Those Super C's are great tractors. Still have both of mine, and they do the majority of every day chores around here, from making hay, to spreading manure. And with the price of gas, easy on fuel consumption.
I'm attaching a video of us planting potatoes, at our County's Smeck Family Farm Park, where they let us play with our tractors putting in various crops, and harvesting them, to show folks how it's done, and where their food comes from. Pretty neat little outfit. A couple of the guy's walking along side, to make sure it's dropping them properly. Took about 1-1/2 hours to plant 300 lbs. but took a break waiting for more potatoes to be cut.
