Farmimg in Missouri

ditchwitch · Nov 11, 2016

Just got back today from a hunting trip in Anabele Missouri. Being a member on here and daily visitor here to read
and learn. I was really impressed with all the farms and equipment and silos. Corn and soybeans seem to be in most
fields. Actually a couple evenings the combines messed my hunting up but i actually didnt seem to mind. I am not one
to say or stop a working man. But i did just sit in the tree in woods in the background in total amazement just
watching. I am guessing some of the work was done by maybe contractors. One soybean field 4 great big Green combines
was making short work out of one field im guessing couple hundred acres. As dark fell the lights come on and they
never missed a beat just kept on working. I didnt get a big deer but saw alot just not close enough for my crossbow.
But i did have a good time.

Hank ABAB · Nov 11, 2016

Four of those green ones parked here too - but stopped by the snow.
North of Edmonton, Alberta.

tomturkey · Nov 11, 2016

Yes it is pretty amazing. The number of acres that can be harvested per hour/day. Two people have harvested hundreds of acres around me. One in the combine and another in the tractor-trailer hauling the grain away. Now and then some one will post pictures of the old self propelled combines or the pull type combines in the field with todays giants. It sure has changed farming. gobble p.s. glad you had a good time, sorry you did not get you a deer.

ditchwitch · Nov 11, 2016

Yes that looked like the same size combines i saw. Couldnt get the number on the side it was pretty dusty up there. Another thing is how clean a job they do. When they cut those soybeans it dont seam to be alot of waste.

old · Nov 11, 2016

That must be in northern Missouri since down this way there is almost no row crops. Get say 50 miles north of me you start seeing some but down here not much but then there are more hills in this area.
Been getting ready to go out in the morning since rifle season opens tomorrow

LAA · Nov 11, 2016

I went through Macon County Mo. about 5 weeks ago and also noticed that plenty of people are still getting after it, both farming and raising cattle. Good country and good people.

notjustair · Nov 11, 2016

I got some of both done today. I cut beans all day with the gun in the combine. I got a couple of coyotes east of the pasture. They come to stalk the calves at dusk. I can't tell you how many yotes I (and hunters) have taken this year from the bean and milo ground around the pasture. They are brazen.

Last night I cut the double crop beans north of the house. When I went to unload the dogs came to see me and were playing in the combine headlights. Out of nowhere a coyote runs up to attack the three big dogs about 20 feet in front of the header while I was unloading. I didn't have anything with me so I flipped off the auger and chased it with the combine. This year I'm not getting in a machine without something to protect the dogs and me!

jeffcat · Nov 11, 2016

Don't those guys start at the bottom of the US with brand new combines and work their way north. When they finnaly stop they just sell everything and go home till next season. Start all over again.

Dick2 · Nov 12, 2016

I have friends that lease new combines every year, but they have to own their own headers. The combine(s) are passed from farm to farm as the harvest progresses north. At the end of the short term lease, they just turn the combine back to the private owner who moves the machine to the next farm. The rates must be high to assure a profit to the owner, but the farmer gets to use a new combine every year as long as he is willing to pay the lease price. After small grain harvest, the combines are moved back to the corn and soybean belt. With current grain prices, that practice may not be so affordable now.

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