You running that parrot headset still? should work perfect with zello using the button on it as your mic button.
edit: less yelling across the tractors while eating. among other things.
I am still running the Blue Parrot S450-XT and love it. I've been meaning to try the zello app but just haven't gotten around to it.
That's what they mean by "hot ****".
An honest delivery guy didn't take his tip. One more example of not living in the city.
If you've never sunk a shank in the ground you have no idea the power it takes to pull one. And you've got a flock of 'em.
Keep up the good posting!!
Lots of "hot ****" around here, lol.
Yeah, he left the tip behind. The total was $21.48ish and he took $22. Works for me.
The chisel is a 15 shank and takes all 325hp to pull it through some of the heavier soils we have.
Hey, You keep up the good reading Mr. Andy !!
jblnut that is one awesome set of chisel points
Look at the bottom point and then look at the top to see how worn they've gotten so far this year. I think there is maybe 50 acres through them already and they're well worn already !!
How's the front of the H looking? RIP
I don't know yet as I haven't had time to investigate. That ol' H will be just fine though
I will check back with you on the Camera stuff.
I have decided no solar. What im thinking is in a ventilated locked shed----a couple or 4 batterys and an inverter and set up my honda 3000 inverter generator with bigger gas tank and to autostart and charge the batteries when needed. For 3 or 4 months until I can move to the property.
If you can figure out how to autostart the genny, which shouldn't be all that hard, that may be the easiest, and least expensive, solution if it's only going to be for a few months.
How does the manure spreading effect the fertilizer you put down on the fields. Does the manure help it or cause more of an issue ?
jlbnut will give you the full scoop, but manure is excellent fertilizer, in many ways superior to chemical fertilizer. I'm sure they use it as a supplement and soil test in the spring to see what they want to add. 200 bu per acre takes lots of nutrients.
oh man are you in for a surprise. Field prescriptions factor in the quantity and quality of manure you spread. Which means in many cases the entire manure pit is stirred up and samples taken to see how potent it is. Then its applied down into the field. Then a prescription is written for the field on how much fertilizer to apply. in the fancier fertilizer units that prescription it put into the computer and it auto adjusts its rate of application as it crosses the field.
Manure is the single most valuable "by-product" that farms produce. The value of the manure that comes out of the chicken barn each year will save us around $13,000 a year and the steer manure is worth around $3,000 a year. Which means we'll have to purchase roughly $16,000 a year less commercial fertilizer. That is figuring it out strictly on what the Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium are worth. NPK for short. The manure from the chickens and steers has many very valuable components that commercial fertilizers do not, or would cost an arm and leg to have added in. Tons of valuable microbes and micronutrients plus the organic matter in the manure help the soil structure immensely. Although we do not plant Pioneer branded anything they have a good explaination of micronutrients here ->
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As already stated very well by jeepxj the amount and type of fertilizer we apply depends heavily on the soil samples we take. We've been working towards grid sampling more and more each year but it is expensive to do. Although there is a HUGE benefit to knowing exactly what is in the soil we still do not sample everything every year. It takes a certain amount of NPK to grow a bushel of corn or soybeans and we fertilize towards a target yield.
We shoot for 180bu/a so corn needs 78lbs of Phosphorus, 50lbs of Potassium and the needed Nitrogen varies from 180lbs to 270lbs depending on how much Magnesium is in your soil. These numbers are close but will vary depending on when the fertilizers are applies and by what method as well as what soil type and a million other factors.
This is the manure analysis I get done for both the chicken manure and steer manure each time it's applied. This way we know how many tons/acre to apply so we are putting enough on but not wasting it by putting too much on.
As you can see, the chicken manure is 7-10 time more valuable per ton. The value of the manure coming out of the chicken barn was a large portion of the reason behind building it. The added income plus the manure value put it well into the profitable zone for the time we stick into chores every day.
