July 24

View of the day-One way to keep cool in 102 degree weather.

Will it ever end!? Another day of hot humid weather, but there was wind trying to dry things out. We did as much as we could without getting stuck although we did have to leave a couple of acres that were too wet.

We moved to the next field of rye and cut a hopper. This field was volunteer rye from last year when the farmer baled the rye for feed. It was thin and the bindweed had gotten a good hold so the moisture was quite high. It was only yielding around 20bu/ac so the farmer decided not to cut it, but he will bale it again.

With no more rye to do(woo-hoo), we brought the shop trailer out and cleaned off the combine, getting rid of any seeds and chaff that might carry over to the next field of winter wheat.

More combines are moving north and the campground is starting to empty out. We will need to be moving on before very long, but first we need to finish here.

Hopefully the wheat will be dry enough for the elevator...