It's corn chopping time.
The tractor broke down! The chopper needs fixing! An employee is sick!
It must be corn chopping time.
We started chopping last week and it continues into this week. Kris - even though summer is a busy time - has been especially busy this part of the year due to our increased size of herd and decreased number of employees. Our summer help is back to school (both students and teachers) and of course all the high schoolers are busy at night and on weekends with sports and activities.
So, Kris leaves the house at 6:00 a.m. and returns home at 10:00 p.m. and is also available to help me with things I need here ... like yesterday we closed the pool in the rain. Today he sprinted from his vehicle to mine so we could take a car into the mechanic. And he always makes time for the boys, even if it's them riding with him in the chopper. They love it, he loves seeing them, and the only bad part about it is that I can't fit in there too.
And, with all the excitement of the harvest ... we're getting more cattle this week! We've purchased more heifers and they'll be delivered to our farm soon.
After this week, when all the corn is chopped, piled up, and covered, we can be happy knowing all winter long they'll have a good crop to eat.
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