Local farmer put me to work
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Local farmer put me to work
I asked to buy a couple of bushels of grain and the farmer said I could have all I wanted, but I had to work for him pulling a grain cart with his Case IH 9370 tractor. I'm happily retired and wasn't looking for a job, if I was there's farmers all around me that have newer equipment. But he's a close friend and needs help getting his crop in, so during the harvest season, I'll be a $10 a hour farm hand for a couple of weeks.
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How many bushels/hr??
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These kinds of little jobs often have bigger payoffs then the small amount of money you make. I've often done small jobs like that and come out way ahead in other ways. Enjoy it, your just taking one extra step in your ag journey,
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Ha-ha. Same here.shadylane wrote:...he's a close friend and needs help getting his crop in, so during the harvest season, I'll be a $10 a hour farm hand for a couple of weeks.
My twin brother farms here and I get roped into driving the grain cart tractor (it does have an air conditioned cab tho) during wheat harvest. The pay is lousy, in fact except for a sandwich for lunch there is no pay, and that's for a week of 14 to 16 hour days. But it is my brother, so I do it.
As for the chance at a bushel of grain, if I'd bring a shovel and a bucket, I probably could clean some up off the ground because invariably some gets spilled. But at $4.50 per 60# bushel its almost more trouble than worth.
And corn prices are even lower. They're around $3 a bushel. Cheaper to go to the elevator and buy a pickup load.
Awww....but think of the fresh air out there....working in the field.
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Just a guestimation but the farmer will be getting some where between 1000 and 1500 bushels per hour, I'll be getting .01MichiganCornhusker wrote:How many bushels/hr??
Really didn't want to get put to work, but I couldn't turn him down. We've traded favors in the past and I owe him one.
One thing I don't like is he grew a bunch of milo (sorghum grain) this year. The dust from that makes people itch.
He said the Chinese buy it for making booze out of. I've tried using milo and the booze tastes like diesel.
I'll be getting corn, rice and wheat from him, not the milo.
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shadylane, I like that you're willing. He may need the help more than you think. It's almost impossible to get people to do this kind of stuff.
When I was a kid farmers helped each other out. In fact they scheduled plantings and harvests together to make sure they would be available for each other. If one guy had a new combine the other would buy a truck to move the grain.
In recent years I've asked to borrow a tractor or offered to grade someone's lane and they thought I was nuts. I've mowed the grass on an empty lot next to me for ten years and the guy has never once acknowledged it!
When I was a kid farmers helped each other out. In fact they scheduled plantings and harvests together to make sure they would be available for each other. If one guy had a new combine the other would buy a truck to move the grain.
In recent years I've asked to borrow a tractor or offered to grade someone's lane and they thought I was nuts. I've mowed the grass on an empty lot next to me for ten years and the guy has never once acknowledged it!
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thanks for the warning, Ill keep Milo out of my 27 grain in the werks (gotta outdo Jedneck)shadylane wrote: He said the Chinese buy it for making booze out of. I've tried using milo and the booze tastes like diesel.
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WOW! Would that be like homogenized likker?Jimbo wrote:thanks for the warning, Ill keep Milo out of my 27 grain in the werks (gotta outdo Jedneck)shadylane wrote: He said the Chinese buy it for making booze out of. I've tried using milo and the booze tastes like diesel.
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What the freekeh you talking about?!Jimbo wrote:thanks for the warning, Ill keep Milo out of my 27 grain in the werks (gotta outdo Jedneck)
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it was a joke, Jed and I were shittin about doing a 13 or 15 grain to outdo each other
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There is over 1000 varieties of barley. Does each one count a a grain. unless they end up in the feints jug I ain't going over 5 in a ferment.Jimbo wrote: it was a joke, Jed and I were shittin about doing a 13 or 15 grain to outdo each other
Shady it is a way of life around here getting roped into work. But if I need help the favour is returned.
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Re: Local farmer put me to work
could brew up a batch with basmalts and <1% of each barly species/ malt type.
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These numbers can't be right but according to some quick research wheat seeds weigh around 50mg each
There's approximately 9090 grains of wheat in a pound, so 60 gallons of mash at 2 pounds per gallon.
If my math is correct I'll be making 10,908,000 grain wheat whiskey.
No damn wonder my fingers get tired from picking the roots off each of the malted wheat seeds.
There's approximately 9090 grains of wheat in a pound, so 60 gallons of mash at 2 pounds per gallon.
If my math is correct I'll be making 10,908,000 grain wheat whiskey.
No damn wonder my fingers get tired from picking the roots off each of the malted wheat seeds.
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shady, have you tried it with the sprouts attached?
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No, I hope you don't want me to put the sprouts back on the malt.
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mind reader....
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I hear Yajedneck wrote:Shady it is a way of life around here getting roped into work. But if I need help the favour is returned.
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I live a horse/farm community and a helping hand is is a way of life. The inner rewards for helping always outweigh the reciprocal help . It's a way of life I love dearly.
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And working together from time to time eases the loneliness of the farming life.
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I understand your hesitation, but it is honourable work, IMO.shadylane wrote:I asked to buy a couple of bushels of grain and the farmer said I could have all I wanted, but I had to work for him pulling a grain cart with his Case IH 9370 tractor. I'm happily retired and wasn't looking for a job, if I was there's farmers all around me that have newer equipment. But he's a close friend and needs help getting his crop in, so during the harvest season, I'll be a $10 a hour farm hand for a couple of weeks.
I am retired too and not half as strong as I was, but when I feel the tools in my hand my body remembers a lot of movements. I am far too stupid to be a farmer, but it seems my body still would enjoy the work.
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shadylane wrote:MichiganCornhusker wrote: ...he grew a bunch of milo (sorghum grain) this year. The dust from that makes people itch.
He said the Chinese buy it for making booze out of. I've tried using milo and the booze tastes like diesel...
The trick with sorghum is all the sugar is in the stalks. I remember seeing higher per-acre output than corn for the ethanol fuel companies. Cut a stalk when you're out there, peel off the leaves and chew on the pith for a little taste.
I bought some seed and planted it in the garden this year to mess around with, mine grew a little stunted because I started it in a pot then transplanted, but there is a little sugar in the stalks.
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