I'm still a young farmer.  As I'm learning...there's no typical year.  There's always something comin' at ya you can't see.  Anyway, drying is done, plowing is 50% done, thought I'd share a few photos of some highlights (rather, times I was actually smart enough to take a photo lol).

#1 my beans after the 6" in 45 minutes...not fun.  Underwater for 16 hrs.

#2 my corn with stretch-marks (lol)

#3 it was a good sweet corn year

#4 getting lined up for the tractor parade (Owatonna, MN)

#5 Beautiful day for picking

#6 The kids (nieces/nephews) were very tired after a full day of corn surfing

#7 view from the cab

#8 major breakdown of the year-the fan bearing & casting from our 1660 combine decided to retire...with a bang! Caught it before it hit the radiator thankfully

#9 dryer setup at night-no breakdowns, hardly a spill!

#10 found the front bottom standard broken on the plow, missed it from last year

#11 a reminder it can get worse... (haha)

(bean flood1.jpg)

(corn stretch marks.jpg)

(sweet corn.jpg)

(tractor parade.jpg)

(combine.jpg)

(corn dump.jpg)

(corn head.jpg)

(cummins face plate.jpg)

(dryer pan.jpg)

(plow std..jpg)

(everett drift.jpg)

bean flood1.jpg (97KB - 779 downloads)

corn stretch marks.jpg (236KB - 793 downloads)

sweet corn.jpg (217KB - 741 downloads)

tractor parade.jpg (67KB - 729 downloads)

combine.jpg (124KB - 725 downloads)

corn dump.jpg (221KB - 797 downloads)

corn head.jpg (295KB - 753 downloads)

cummins face plate.jpg (130KB - 761 downloads)

dryer pan.jpg (68KB - 743 downloads)

plow std..jpg (118KB - 774 downloads)

everett drift.jpg (113KB - 745 downloads)