Wow - is it ever snowing! As we're pulling on our chore gear to head to the barn, looking out the window, it's rather hard to make out the barn in the dim pre-dawn. All of the machinery and buildings are being covered in a thick blanket of white.
The last few days have been long and hard ones. Farmer Rick has spent a goodly amount of his time in the combine, pushing it to get the last of the corn in before this snowstorm. As has many farmers in this area. Once the corn is out, though, many are having a hard time finding a place that will take it. All local elevators are filled to capacity. We had three loads waiting at the scale yesterday which we weren't sure if it was going to be taken or not. But once the moisture was tested, we were waived on in since it was down to 14.2. The loads went directly in to the feed mill. Thank God! There was a parade of wagons and trucks behind us - I sure hope they were able to get in also. Now that the snow has finally come, everything comes to a standstill and the corn is at the mercy of the deer while it stands in the field all winter. Once the corn is covered by snow, it will cause all kinds of trouble if it gets into the combine and freezes. If by chance a bright sunny day comes along and all of the snow is either blown off or melted off of the cornstalks, we might be able to sneak back out there and get the rest, but when I rode my horse through the remaining two fields yesterday, we were sinking a good four inches in the muddy corn rows. They will probably have to wait until spring to dry out. But I am so thankful for what we got in. It truly was a blessing.
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