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Not only is there sunshine but there is sunshine here!
            On the field two miles North. 
            By midmorning we’re pickin’!

A 21st Technological glitch involves me in a Trego Center Dairy secret and sworn secrecy.
A surprise party for Carolyn is in the final stages and i find out when the grain-cart tractor steals 
a phone signal from the combine.
            Bruce and John talking party plans.
Surely our national security secret gurus take this sort of thing into account….
            surely…..

A rain delay at any baseball field
major leagues, minor, city league, high school
means a chance to get a hotdog & drink.
            Not so much on a farm.
            There’s always work to do.

Offloading grain from the combine to the grain-cart ‘on-the-go’, while both are moving, is a basic farming skill. Keeps the combine cutting (if the combine ain’t cutting we ain’t harvesting) and it looks cool.
But both machines have to be in exactly the right positions. If they’re not, bad thins happen.
            Grain gest spilled.
            Equipment get damaged.
Harvest coms to a standstill.
21st Century technology is now making offloading on-the-go a lot more exact. And reducing the stress on the drivers….well at least the grain-cart driver.
            Look ma, no hands is no longer about riding a bicycle.

We’re officially rolling.
            John in the combine.
            Bob in the grain-cart.
            Bruce in the semi & corn bins.
From the grain-cart driver’s point of view corn harvest is a lot faster than wheat harvest….so much so that I may have to check in with my Union Steward! Well I might except that we’re not in a union! LOL Until we get one we’re just gonna’ keep getting busy.

One of the first steps in corn harvest, well any harvest, is getting the grain bins ready….got to have someplace to put the grain once it’s no longer in the field.
Getting the grain bins ready is routine….even for this city boy. But this year something very new shows up at the West grain bins. Check it out. Setting up the corn bins.

Corn Harvest 2025 Begins.
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There’s always music at the Farm. Everyone in the Mai clan can sing. Most can play an instrument or two. The style of music runs from sacred to hardcore rock and roll. Just depends on who is at the Farm. 

For years Elfriede’s cinnamon rolls are a must during harvest. This year Carolyn creates several batches of cinnamon rolls….‘as good as Elfriede’s.’