J’s Ramblings

As with every operation, nothing goes completely right. We had our share of breakdowns this harvest. We started out with two combines running and a third one getting ready. A little background – we run older machinery and I spend time fixing to keep it going.  That also means having a wrench ready during harvest to keep them going.  Over the years I have spent more than one late night session from 11 PM until 1 AM fixing a bearing to have the combine rolling the next day. The third combine – an IH 1460 was one we picked up last year – at […]

I got back last night at midnight from the farm in Saskatchewan – another harvest in the books for another year. I wish I could relate some analogy of harvest to marketing – but I am coming up short – but I can relate it to business in general. That would be – work hard and it gets done – and good things happen. Harvest this year was a mixed bag.  Crops looked really good all year.  With excellent moisture conditions we put extra fertilizer on and changed up our rotation a bit to do almost all Canola. With record high prices going in

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