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I’m off tomorrow to Lindsay for another seminar.  This time it’s on accounting and finance, and, surprisingly enough, sponsored by our accountants at BDO.  Last week I went to Barrie with Jordy from Willowtree for a sheep day at the Central Ontario Ag Conference.

Sometimes these things get a little boring, but generally there is usually something new to learn!

It is great to be able to just take off for the day, with no worries about the sheep at home.  76 year old Dad’s who can just do all the chores at the drop of a hat are pretty cool to have around!  (he seems to think it keeps him young.. so I guess I have to keep doing it periodically!?)

 

So one little side project has been to install a wireless security camera in the barn to watch the sheep.  I thought it would make it easier to check up on them without having to actually go out in the cold to get to the barn in the middle of the night.

The install actually went very slick. Up and running right off!  The hardest part is where in the barn to put it!

I actually had it so it was visible over the internet as well, but that function seems to have crashed on me, so we’ll let you know if I ever get it figured out!

We finished our Corn!  The ‘new’ combine did a great (and fast) job.  Our two late planted fields yielded quite a bit less (50 bu.) than the rest, but overall still a pretty good average (~145 bu / acre)

We still have Willowtree Farm’s Corn to harvest, and some tillage on our corn fields to do, but the weather seems to be holding out nicely, so all in all, the fields are in good shape!

 

We paused from harvesting corn for a few days to spread liquid manure (or the nicer sounding term, organic fertilizer!)  The pit was pretty much empty, and I only had two more loads to finish  the field, when the spreader pump quit…  So we decided to leave it ’till spring and we’ll see if we can fix it once it is all dried out!  It’s less stinky that way!!

I took this pic on Friday after the soys were all cleaned out of the bin, so I could blog that the bin was empty and ready for corn!

But Tues. afternoon I took this pic so I could blog “first bin full”

140+ tonnes in the bin!  It’s coming off at 140-170 bu. per acre, which is very good! (although the poorer fields are yet to come…)

Kevin drove the combine while I hauled ’cause Grandpa was spreading manure.  Yesterday the manure was done so Grandpa hauled corn for me.  Now if only I had my truck back, and we could haul with more than just the trailer borrowed from Willowtree Farm, we’d really be makin’ good time!