Potential June rains...

[furrowtickler]

Sorry for the rant but corn planters do that to you right after reseed and hail and frost and flooding and .....

[Klause]

I agree furrow. Had a young guy hired... 22 bucks an hour fuel card and all meals.


Didn't show up when he was supposed to... always had parties to go to or something to do... wanted may long weekend off

On top of that kept forgetting the park brake set the tractor on fire twice... couldn't put him on a rock picker cause he'd get bored and wouldn't do a decent job. Couldn't put him on a cultivator cause he kept breaking shanks turning tight corners with it in the dirt
Couldn't tell him anything cause he figured he was smarter.

[sumdumguy]

Hired help - some are irreplaceable, some need a pink slip. We have seen a variety, but the local boys were the irreplaceable ones.

[AllisWD45]

Ya Klaus around here they refer to that type of guy as 20 years old 30 years experience

[hobbyfrmr]

My helper is 65 yrs old, farmed all his life. He can operate everything, knows when its broken and he can fix it better than I can. He seems to know the next task more than I do. He provides very high value to this farm. He only wants tractor time and about 6-8 hours a day. I dont run a high demand operation so he likes it. Any in field observations/problems/catastrophic failures are discussed but his most common insight is a joking "thats your problem!" The extra revenue is for walking around money, usually he earns enough to go on a couple of winter vacations and he does not have to take from his own assets/equity.
Every season he hints at not working as much so I have been training the oldest girls to cultivate and harrow.

[cottonpicken]

I gave up trying to find help it was always two steps forward three back sure hate being by myself miss the good ol days with brother and grandad who where/are better men then me

[Klause]

Best help on our farm is my wife...


She can run anything... is gentle on equipment... breaks nothing... things burn less fuel and she still gets acres done.


She did all the nh3 and harrowing while I did the seeding and spraying.

[sumdumguy]

Klause, you are one lucky guy. Where did you find her? Maybe we can clone her for Hopper. LOL

[cottonpicken]

Make a fortune on a reality tv series

[hobbyfrmr]

Mr. and Mrs. Klause would never make television. Too functional, working together effectively to accomplish time sensitive tasks.
mainstream society doesn't find real work entertaining.

[sumdumguy]

Cotton, it just floors me how so very many have vacated this earth and what a void they left. Whenever you try to get anything fixed, it is almost impossible. Experienced fixers are almost impossible to find. BUTT there are a few!

[farmaholic]

hobby, that is funny, not "reality" enough for mainstream folks.

Klausette< is there any drama in the operation and who is the top performer?