Why America Feeds the World
The girlies and I witnessed this little marvel of modern technology do its thing today. The corn is dry enough and is now being harvested for feed. There WERE 85 acres of corn surrounding our little (big..) farmhouse. The hum of this baby woke us up today. Too much fun to watch - I tell you I've never seen anything like it in my life. This little puppy cuts several rows of corn down simultaneously, pulls the stalks underneath where the magic is worked. SOMEHOW it separates the corn kernels from the cobs, spits the kernels into a gigantic hopper, and when it's full that arm there zooms out and fills some big carts attached to a tractor. Then they get hauled away - no doubt to feed some sort of cattle that I might just be BBQ'ing in a few weeks. He got most of it done today. It looks like a few acres are left away across in a northwesterly direction. We're not in Philly anymore.
Almost 85 acres - one man in one day. God Bless America!!
posted by Grizzly Mama | 23:31
6 Comments:
Unfortunately, that corn was probably grown for ethanol. :(
It seems like most of Minnesota's farmland is now devoted to corn for ethanol. What a waste! :(
I thought the same thing, tshsmom. Until Troll talked to the farmer as he was checking the corn last week to see if it was dry enough. It's feed corn, according to him. There are a HELL of a lot of cornfields around here. Man. I'm sure that many of them are growing corn for ethanol - - which has proven to be very inefficient. It is a waste...
Unless that farmer didn't want to admit growing the corn for ethanol???
Yeah, you're definitely not in Philly anymore as I've been there enough times to vouch that you wouldn't see a vehicle like that slowly rolling down South Street!
LOL Mr. GG. You'll see some crazy shit on South Street, but definitely not one of these!
I am in a completely different world. It's freaky.
Living around a farm is a great lesson for the kids. Kids of city slickers grow up with little understanding of the miracle of American agriculture and that most likely leads them to a life of listless liberalism.
Glad you are getting settled.
Thanks Mike. The discoveries that we've made have been fascinating. I'm amazed by these farmers.
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