October 23, 2025 • 18 mins
We dig into grain bin safety and the mindset traps that lead to bad choices, then lay out practical steps to cool, vent, and core stored corn so it keeps through winter. The message is simple: your life is worth more than a full bin and a faster harvest.
• harvest fatigue and rushing tempt risky shortcuts
• why “I’ve done it before” thinking is dangerous
• don’t enter bins under any circumstance
• harness up and tie off on ladders and catwalks
• installing or using tie-off points on older and newer bins
• the physics of flowing grain and suffocation risk
• cooling hot-dumped corn with fans in cold weather
• venting humid air at the peak to prevent crust
• scheduling coring to remove fines and maintain airflow
• monitoring temperature, moisture, and conditions
• local harvest wrap-up and hybrid standability notes
• a reminder to trust intuition and slow down
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SPEAKER_02 (00:16):
The Farmer's Greatest Asset Podcast.
We believe the Farmers GreatestAsset is the Farmer.
Their knowledge, experience,mind, and health.
(00:38):
Welcome to the podcast.
I'm Jesse.
SPEAKER_00 (00:41):
And I'm Dr.
Leah.
SPEAKER_02 (00:43):
Well, it is actually Thursday morning.
SPEAKER_00 (00:46):
We are late.
SPEAKER_02 (00:47):
We're running a little behind.
But that's how it goes on thefarm.
Oh just roll with it.
SPEAKER_00 (00:57):
We are tired.
SPEAKER_02 (01:00):
Harvest is taking its toll on everybody, I
believe.
Oh yeah.
So we are plugging along.
We can see the finish line.
It's there.
So now we're just uh topping offthe bins and making all that
stuff full.
Um, so that's kind of the thetopic for today.
(01:24):
Your grain bins.
So this morning I went to thebins to uh check how full they
are.
And now I'm more out because Iclimbed the bin three times and
climbed in the bin.
But as I was in the bin, Ithought nice little workout.
Yeah, in the cold, even got mycold workout in this morning.
SPEAKER_00 (01:47):
Not a cold plunge, cold workout.
SPEAKER_02 (01:49):
Yep.
But as I was in the bin, Ithought, well, there it is,
grain bin safety.
Let's talk about it.
So uh yeah, I climbed into bin.
Probably shouldn't have.
SPEAKER_00 (02:01):
But so that was you said that to me this morning,
and that was my first thought.
Like, why are you climbing inthe bin?
And then what was your response?
Uh probably shouldn't have.
So I I want to say, like, menhave intuition as well.
And when you're like, yeah, Iprobably shouldn't have done
(02:22):
that, yeah.
You think like, yeah.
Hmm.
Hmm.
So why do we not listen toourselves when we have those
thoughts and feelings, like, Iprobably shouldn't do this, but
I'm going to anyway.
SPEAKER_02 (02:37):
Yeah, I don't know.
It won't happen to us, right?
SPEAKER_00 (02:42):
Right.
Now, if there is a couple thatcan prove that wrong, I I think
we have a good record with that.
Like, that won't happen to us.
SPEAKER_02 (02:53):
So, yes, we are going to buy a safety harness.
That's gonna be the first thing.
Second thing is probably don'tclimb in the bin.
Maybe that should be first.
SPEAKER_00 (03:04):
No, uh yeah, that don't climb in the bin should be
number one.
Safety harness should definitelybe like right there.
SPEAKER_02 (03:11):
So we are gonna buy a safety harness.
You can go to U-line and even ifit's even if it's 500 bucks or a
thousand bucks, we're gonna buya safety harness, if not two.
SPEAKER_00 (03:26):
Yeah, I thought that as I'm going up the bin
yesterday, thank God it wasstairs.
If and I'm like, it is superwindy, and you get to the top
and you're on that platform, andand it it was really windy up
there.
SPEAKER_02 (03:40):
Yeah, it was.
So these newer bins actuallyhave a tie-off eye bolt right
there.
So it's silly that we don't havea safety harness because they're
there.
If you have older bins, you canadd that safety tie-off, just
get a big U-bolt, put it inthere so you have a spot to tie
(04:02):
off to.
Uh, so that's the first thingwe're gonna do is get a safety
harness.
Um, so I climbed in therebecause the spreader was not
spreading correctly and orevenly, I should say.
So I wanted to make sure that itwas gonna fill evenly.
So it was fresh corn.
Um, so there shouldn't have beena pocket there, and there
(04:24):
wasn't.
SPEAKER_00 (04:26):
Don't ever get in the bin again.
Oh my gosh.
Are we really talking about thisright now?
Like, I'm about ready to freakout just right now.
unknown (04:37):
Right.
SPEAKER_02 (04:39):
So, yes, quit going in the bin.
That's my advice to myself andto everybody else.
Quit going in the bin.
It's not worth it.
Um, yeah, it's as simple asthat.
(05:06):
I can see the fear on Leah'sface right now.
Luckily we have um not knowinganybody that's been trapped.
(05:28):
Um but it happens quickly.
SPEAKER_00 (05:36):
My uncle got caught in a wagon as it was unloading,
kicking down corn from thesides.
And I don't even remember, I wasI was young.
Like, so it's my uncle who'sjust two years older than me,
(05:57):
and he got trapped in a in awagon, and I remember the panic.
SPEAKER_02 (06:02):
And luckily your dad was around.
SPEAKER_00 (06:05):
Yeah, yeah.
And then it was like everybodywas there throwing corn out
because he couldn't he couldn'tbreathe.
Like that was I just rememberlike him yelling, I can't
breathe.
I can't breathe because the cornwas impinging.
SPEAKER_02 (06:23):
So this was 40 years ago.
SPEAKER_00 (06:26):
Probably, yeah.
I was he was young, I was young.
SPEAKER_02 (06:30):
My point is, it probably wasn't a ginormous
wagon.
SPEAKER_00 (06:33):
No, it was a little like a 200 bushel wagon.
SPEAKER_02 (06:36):
Yes, and that's all it takes is a little bit of
corn, and you get sucked in.
It's just pressure, pressure,pressure.
SPEAKER_00 (06:45):
Yeah.
So the story I heard was yourhow old he was.
SPEAKER_02 (06:52):
Right.
I store the story I heard, yourdad just opened the the gate and
just let all the corn come out.
SPEAKER_00 (06:58):
And that may have been what happened.
I don't know.
I was I it that was a traumamoment, clearly.
SPEAKER_02 (07:04):
Obviously.
Yeah.
So it's not worth it.
Don't don't do it.
Um, even if you're climbing thebin, have a safety harness.
SPEAKER_00 (07:17):
Um you never been little because Phillips' not a
little guy.
Like when he was an adult, hewouldn't have fit through the
hole.
SPEAKER_02 (07:26):
He is a burly dude.
He makes me look little.
SPEAKER_00 (07:32):
And he, you know, like he was my playmate from the
time I was a little little girl.
It was scary.
I just remember being veryscared.
SPEAKER_02 (07:46):
Rightfully so.
Think of how Philip fought feltbeing stuck in there.
unknown (07:59):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_02 (08:00):
It happens too often and it's it's avoidable, is the
point.
So let's not do it.
And it's just like me thismorning.
I thought I'll just get inthere.
I'll just cause there's a ladderon the inside of our bin.
I thought I'd just climb downthe ladder and look in, and I
(08:20):
walked around the bin.
I've done it a million times,and that's you've done that a
million times.
That's what we always tellourselves.
I've done it a million times,it'll be fine.
SPEAKER_00 (08:32):
Just like you unloaded the cattle one at a
time.
Exactly.
How many times?
SPEAKER_02 (08:37):
That's my point.
Just because it worked one timedoesn't mean it'll work again.
And your life or somebody else'slife is not worth it.
SPEAKER_00 (08:53):
Your life is so worth everything except that.
Like the that whatever monetaryvalue is there or bin space,
like you are worth so much morethan anything.
SPEAKER_02 (09:08):
Right.
Even the$500 safety harness.
Go buy two of them.
SPEAKER_00 (09:18):
Uline will have it here tomorrow.
SPEAKER_02 (09:19):
That's right.
I should have just ordered itright away this morning.
It'll be here in 12 hours.
So moving on from that, yes.
Um, don't go in there.
Get a safety harness and tieoff.
Uh, but also uh storing yourgrain.
(09:43):
So we dry corn and we actuallydump hot corn into the bins, and
fans are running in the bins,and we cool it off in the bins.
Uh, but just because you thinkit's cool does not mean that it
is uh properly stored.
So we have turned the fans onnow that it has finally cooled
(10:06):
down.
It was 32 degrees this morningwhen I went out.
SPEAKER_00 (10:11):
First frost.
SPEAKER_02 (10:13):
And those fans have been running for three days now,
and you open the the bin that'sfull, you open that lid to peek
in there, and it's just like thebig poof of hot, wet air.
So uh if it's cool in your area,I would turn the fans on, get
(10:34):
that corn cooled down, make sureit's gonna be properly stored.
Uh so if you peak your bins up,uh the top of that peak is where
all of the moisture is gonnasit, and that's where the crust
starts.
Um, so I like to actually openthe very top lid to try to get
(10:54):
that moisture all the way outbecause that's the way it's
gonna go.
Um, but even on our corn, youcan just feel that top.
It's it's damp because there'sstill heat and moisture coming
out of that.
So if it's cooled off in yourarea, try to get that corn
cooled down still.
(11:15):
Uh and then this winter, in amonth or month and a half, start
core in your bins.
Get that top center out of therebecause that is always the
problem, the top center.
And just because the fan's beenrunning for a day or two and
it's cold doesn't necessarilymean it is properly conditioned
(11:36):
to be stored.
So check it and just keep thefans running.
SPEAKER_00 (11:41):
Well, a bin will heat up in the sun, like there's
a lot of energy coming from thesun, and it'll heat what's
inside of it, and that corn willsend energy to each other as
well.
SPEAKER_02 (11:55):
So sure, but that tends to be the outside footer,
so but um don't put it in thebin and forget about it.
Like I said, I like to open thattop lid and keep the fans
running when it's cold out, getthat corn cooled down.
Um obviously, obviously, if it'sgonna rain, we try to close the
(12:17):
lids up.
But even now, and put theharness on.
Well, I'm not climbing in thatbin.
SPEAKER_00 (12:23):
But I mean to go up to the top of the bin.
I know.
SPEAKER_02 (12:27):
So at the very peak on that full bin, you can
already see the moisture.
It's not a crust yet, but youcan see how a crust would form.
I should have taken a picture soI could share that.
Um but that's where the cruststarts at that very peak.
So in a month, we're gonna haveto take that peak out to keep
(12:48):
that from crusting over.
SPEAKER_00 (12:52):
So other than that, like still just focusing on
harvest.
SPEAKER_02 (13:03):
We're down to the last couple days.
Should finish this weekend.
Most people around here are ifthey haven't wrapped up, they're
gonna have it wrapped up thisweek, I bet.
SPEAKER_00 (13:14):
Looks like there might be some rain in our
forecast early next week, soit'll be a good time to finish
with the combine at least.
SPEAKER_02 (13:25):
There's we've had some wind, so knock on wood.
Our corn has been standinggreat.
Um, what we're still combiningis the last planted stuff.
So it was planted May 6th, 7th,and 8th, and it's actually still
really good corn.
Uh I'm not gonna call it betterthan the first planted stuff,
(13:47):
but no less than the firstplanted stuff.
So um, but I was talking tosomebody and they said they had
some corn that was just plainflat.
SPEAKER_00 (13:58):
Um that is unfortunate.
Right.
It's just hard to combine andyou lose a bunch.
SPEAKER_02 (14:04):
It's frustrating and takes forever.
And so, and they said it wasjust that one particular number
um because they sprayedfungicide twice, and a different
number um right next to it stoodjust fine.
So it is probably very hybridspecific, but um yeah, it's
(14:29):
frustrating and you got downcorn.
But should get it wrapped up,everybody in the area, including
us, and move on to the nextthing.
You can already see dryfertilizer going on, and have
not seen any anhydras beingpulled yet, but mark my words,
it'll be an 80 until this week.
(14:52):
Mark my words.
It'll be a week.
It got to 32 degrees.
Somebody is gonna do it.
SPEAKER_00 (15:01):
So it's all choices.
SPEAKER_02 (15:02):
Yep, it's her choice, right around.
But uh yeah, happy fall.
SPEAKER_00 (15:10):
I'm glad it's got we've gotten a little crisp air
because I've been ready for soupseason and tea, hot tea.
SPEAKER_02 (15:20):
Henry has made some chili.
Holy cannoli.
SPEAKER_00 (15:24):
Good stuff.
SPEAKER_02 (15:25):
That was good.
SPEAKER_00 (15:27):
That's good because there's leftovers.
I think that's what you'regetting for lunch today.
SPEAKER_02 (15:31):
Good.
I like it.
SPEAKER_00 (15:34):
Yeah, he used uh tri-tip roast, sliced it really
thin, and I think he put it onthe grill first.
SPEAKER_02 (15:43):
Yep, seared it, seared it, sliced it really
thin, and then threw it in.
It was not cooked all the waythrough, so still red in the
middle.
SPEAKER_00 (15:52):
Very red, like raw.
SPEAKER_02 (15:54):
Then threw it in the grill uh pot for chili.
SPEAKER_00 (15:57):
Yeah, it's amazing.
SPEAKER_02 (15:59):
Oh, it was good.
No beans in it, so it wasvegetables and meat.
Well, he called it Texas chili,I think he said.
So, but it was really good.
SPEAKER_00 (16:11):
Yeah.
It's a good way to sneak somevegetables into you and Lizzie.
He puts all kinds of fun stuffin there.
SPEAKER_02 (16:18):
I don't as long as it tastes good, I don't care.
I like it.
So with that being said, uh,just because you done it doesn't
mean it's gonna work.
Think before you act.
SPEAKER_00 (16:32):
Well, and listen, yeah, listen to your intuition.
Like sometimes we push thingsoff as far as like, oh, you
know, I sensed I shouldn't havedone it.
Um like there the universe isnudging you.
Like, hey, let's pay attentionto that.
SPEAKER_02 (16:51):
I know.
I even thought when I climbed inthere, Leah's gonna kill me for
this.
SPEAKER_00 (16:56):
I wouldn't do that.
I because I want you around.
SPEAKER_02 (17:00):
But again, that was a universe being like, Jesse,
come on, think.
Think before you act.
SPEAKER_00 (17:07):
Well, even with the harness, you shouldn't do it.
Because you if you would get ina pocket.
SPEAKER_02 (17:13):
Right.
The the harness is literallyjust to keep you from sinking
further.
It's not gonna it'll save yourlife.
But what you should do is justnot go in there.
SPEAKER_00 (17:25):
So if you all could see my face right now, I have
like this dumbfounded look on myface, like, oh like it could
have been tragic.
SPEAKER_02 (17:40):
I know.
As always, thanks for listening.
And take it from us.
We learn the hard way.
We're trying to help you notlearn the hard way.
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The Farmer's Greatest Asset Podcast.
We believe the Farmers GreatestAsset is the Farmer.
Their knowledge, experience,mind, and health.
(00:38):
Welcome to the podcast.
I'm Jesse.
SPEAKER_00 (00:41):
And I'm Dr.
Leah.
SPEAKER_02 (00:43):
Well, it is actually Thursday morning.
SPEAKER_00 (00:46):
We are late.
SPEAKER_02 (00:47):
We're running a little behind.
But that's how it goes on thefarm.
Oh just roll with it.
SPEAKER_00 (00:57):
We are tired.
SPEAKER_02 (01:00):
Harvest is taking its toll on everybody, I
believe.
Oh yeah.
So we are plugging along.
We can see the finish line.
It's there.
So now we're just uh topping offthe bins and making all that
stuff full.
Um, so that's kind of the thetopic for today.
(01:24):
Your grain bins.
So this morning I went to thebins to uh check how full they
are.
And now I'm more out because Iclimbed the bin three times and
climbed in the bin.
But as I was in the bin, Ithought nice little workout.
Yeah, in the cold, even got mycold workout in this morning.
SPEAKER_00 (01:47):
Not a cold plunge, cold workout.
SPEAKER_02 (01:49):
Yep.
But as I was in the bin, Ithought, well, there it is,
grain bin safety.
Let's talk about it.
So uh yeah, I climbed into bin.
Probably shouldn't have.
SPEAKER_00 (02:01):
But so that was you said that to me this morning,
and that was my first thought.
Like, why are you climbing inthe bin?
And then what was your response?
Uh probably shouldn't have.
So I I want to say, like, menhave intuition as well.
And when you're like, yeah, Iprobably shouldn't have done
(02:22):
that, yeah.
You think like, yeah.
Hmm.
Hmm.
So why do we not listen toourselves when we have those
thoughts and feelings, like, Iprobably shouldn't do this, but
I'm going to anyway.
SPEAKER_02 (02:37):
Yeah, I don't know.
It won't happen to us, right?
SPEAKER_00 (02:42):
Right.
Now, if there is a couple thatcan prove that wrong, I I think
we have a good record with that.
Like, that won't happen to us.
SPEAKER_02 (02:53):
So, yes, we are going to buy a safety harness.
That's gonna be the first thing.
Second thing is probably don'tclimb in the bin.
Maybe that should be first.
SPEAKER_00 (03:04):
No, uh yeah, that don't climb in the bin should be
number one.
Safety harness should definitelybe like right there.
SPEAKER_02 (03:11):
So we are gonna buy a safety harness.
You can go to U-line and even ifit's even if it's 500 bucks or a
thousand bucks, we're gonna buya safety harness, if not two.
SPEAKER_00 (03:26):
Yeah, I thought that as I'm going up the bin
yesterday, thank God it wasstairs.
If and I'm like, it is superwindy, and you get to the top
and you're on that platform, andand it it was really windy up
there.
SPEAKER_02 (03:40):
Yeah, it was.
So these newer bins actuallyhave a tie-off eye bolt right
there.
So it's silly that we don't havea safety harness because they're
there.
If you have older bins, you canadd that safety tie-off, just
get a big U-bolt, put it inthere so you have a spot to tie
(04:02):
off to.
Uh, so that's the first thingwe're gonna do is get a safety
harness.
Um, so I climbed in therebecause the spreader was not
spreading correctly and orevenly, I should say.
So I wanted to make sure that itwas gonna fill evenly.
So it was fresh corn.
Um, so there shouldn't have beena pocket there, and there
(04:24):
wasn't.
SPEAKER_00 (04:26):
Don't ever get in the bin again.
Oh my gosh.
Are we really talking about thisright now?
Like, I'm about ready to freakout just right now.
unknown (04:37):
Right.
SPEAKER_02 (04:39):
So, yes, quit going in the bin.
That's my advice to myself andto everybody else.
Quit going in the bin.
It's not worth it.
Um, yeah, it's as simple asthat.
(05:06):
I can see the fear on Leah'sface right now.
Luckily we have um not knowinganybody that's been trapped.
(05:28):
Um but it happens quickly.
SPEAKER_00 (05:36):
My uncle got caught in a wagon as it was unloading,
kicking down corn from thesides.
And I don't even remember, I wasI was young.
Like, so it's my uncle who'sjust two years older than me,
(05:57):
and he got trapped in a in awagon, and I remember the panic.
SPEAKER_02 (06:02):
And luckily your dad was around.
SPEAKER_00 (06:05):
Yeah, yeah.
And then it was like everybodywas there throwing corn out
because he couldn't he couldn'tbreathe.
Like that was I just rememberlike him yelling, I can't
breathe.
I can't breathe because the cornwas impinging.
SPEAKER_02 (06:23):
So this was 40 years ago.
SPEAKER_00 (06:26):
Probably, yeah.
I was he was young, I was young.
SPEAKER_02 (06:30):
My point is, it probably wasn't a ginormous
wagon.
SPEAKER_00 (06:33):
No, it was a little like a 200 bushel wagon.
SPEAKER_02 (06:36):
Yes, and that's all it takes is a little bit of
corn, and you get sucked in.
It's just pressure, pressure,pressure.
SPEAKER_00 (06:45):
Yeah.
So the story I heard was yourhow old he was.
SPEAKER_02 (06:52):
Right.
I store the story I heard, yourdad just opened the the gate and
just let all the corn come out.
SPEAKER_00 (06:58):
And that may have been what happened.
I don't know.
I was I it that was a traumamoment, clearly.
SPEAKER_02 (07:04):
Obviously.
Yeah.
So it's not worth it.
Don't don't do it.
Um, even if you're climbing thebin, have a safety harness.
SPEAKER_00 (07:17):
Um you never been little because Phillips' not a
little guy.
Like when he was an adult, hewouldn't have fit through the
hole.
SPEAKER_02 (07:26):
He is a burly dude.
He makes me look little.
SPEAKER_00 (07:32):
And he, you know, like he was my playmate from the
time I was a little little girl.
It was scary.
I just remember being veryscared.
SPEAKER_02 (07:46):
Rightfully so.
Think of how Philip fought feltbeing stuck in there.
unknown (07:59):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_02 (08:00):
It happens too often and it's it's avoidable, is the
point.
So let's not do it.
And it's just like me thismorning.
I thought I'll just get inthere.
I'll just cause there's a ladderon the inside of our bin.
I thought I'd just climb downthe ladder and look in, and I
(08:20):
walked around the bin.
I've done it a million times,and that's you've done that a
million times.
That's what we always tellourselves.
I've done it a million times,it'll be fine.
SPEAKER_00 (08:32):
Just like you unloaded the cattle one at a
time.
Exactly.
How many times?
SPEAKER_02 (08:37):
That's my point.
Just because it worked one timedoesn't mean it'll work again.
And your life or somebody else'slife is not worth it.
SPEAKER_00 (08:53):
Your life is so worth everything except that.
Like the that whatever monetaryvalue is there or bin space,
like you are worth so much morethan anything.
SPEAKER_02 (09:08):
Right.
Even the$500 safety harness.
Go buy two of them.
SPEAKER_00 (09:18):
Uline will have it here tomorrow.
SPEAKER_02 (09:19):
That's right.
I should have just ordered itright away this morning.
It'll be here in 12 hours.
So moving on from that, yes.
Um, don't go in there.
Get a safety harness and tieoff.
Uh, but also uh storing yourgrain.
(09:43):
So we dry corn and we actuallydump hot corn into the bins, and
fans are running in the bins,and we cool it off in the bins.
Uh, but just because you thinkit's cool does not mean that it
is uh properly stored.
So we have turned the fans onnow that it has finally cooled
(10:06):
down.
It was 32 degrees this morningwhen I went out.
SPEAKER_00 (10:11):
First frost.
SPEAKER_02 (10:13):
And those fans have been running for three days now,
and you open the the bin that'sfull, you open that lid to peek
in there, and it's just like thebig poof of hot, wet air.
So uh if it's cool in your area,I would turn the fans on, get
(10:34):
that corn cooled down, make sureit's gonna be properly stored.
Uh so if you peak your bins up,uh the top of that peak is where
all of the moisture is gonnasit, and that's where the crust
starts.
Um, so I like to actually openthe very top lid to try to get
(10:54):
that moisture all the way outbecause that's the way it's
gonna go.
Um, but even on our corn, youcan just feel that top.
It's it's damp because there'sstill heat and moisture coming
out of that.
So if it's cooled off in yourarea, try to get that corn
cooled down still.
(11:15):
Uh and then this winter, in amonth or month and a half, start
core in your bins.
Get that top center out of therebecause that is always the
problem, the top center.
And just because the fan's beenrunning for a day or two and
it's cold doesn't necessarilymean it is properly conditioned
(11:36):
to be stored.
So check it and just keep thefans running.
SPEAKER_00 (11:41):
Well, a bin will heat up in the sun, like there's
a lot of energy coming from thesun, and it'll heat what's
inside of it, and that corn willsend energy to each other as
well.
SPEAKER_02 (11:55):
So sure, but that tends to be the outside footer,
so but um don't put it in thebin and forget about it.
Like I said, I like to open thattop lid and keep the fans
running when it's cold out, getthat corn cooled down.
Um obviously, obviously, if it'sgonna rain, we try to close the
(12:17):
lids up.
But even now, and put theharness on.
Well, I'm not climbing in thatbin.
SPEAKER_00 (12:23):
But I mean to go up to the top of the bin.
I know.
SPEAKER_02 (12:27):
So at the very peak on that full bin, you can
already see the moisture.
It's not a crust yet, but youcan see how a crust would form.
I should have taken a picture soI could share that.
Um but that's where the cruststarts at that very peak.
So in a month, we're gonna haveto take that peak out to keep
(12:48):
that from crusting over.
SPEAKER_00 (12:52):
So other than that, like still just focusing on
harvest.
SPEAKER_02 (13:03):
We're down to the last couple days.
Should finish this weekend.
Most people around here are ifthey haven't wrapped up, they're
gonna have it wrapped up thisweek, I bet.
SPEAKER_00 (13:14):
Looks like there might be some rain in our
forecast early next week, soit'll be a good time to finish
with the combine at least.
SPEAKER_02 (13:25):
There's we've had some wind, so knock on wood.
Our corn has been standinggreat.
Um, what we're still combiningis the last planted stuff.
So it was planted May 6th, 7th,and 8th, and it's actually still
really good corn.
Uh I'm not gonna call it betterthan the first planted stuff,
(13:47):
but no less than the firstplanted stuff.
So um, but I was talking tosomebody and they said they had
some corn that was just plainflat.
SPEAKER_00 (13:58):
Um that is unfortunate.
Right.
It's just hard to combine andyou lose a bunch.
SPEAKER_02 (14:04):
It's frustrating and takes forever.
And so, and they said it wasjust that one particular number
um because they sprayedfungicide twice, and a different
number um right next to it stoodjust fine.
So it is probably very hybridspecific, but um yeah, it's
(14:29):
frustrating and you got downcorn.
But should get it wrapped up,everybody in the area, including
us, and move on to the nextthing.
You can already see dryfertilizer going on, and have
not seen any anhydras beingpulled yet, but mark my words,
it'll be an 80 until this week.
(14:52):
Mark my words.
It'll be a week.
It got to 32 degrees.
Somebody is gonna do it.
SPEAKER_00 (15:01):
So it's all choices.
SPEAKER_02 (15:02):
Yep, it's her choice, right around.
But uh yeah, happy fall.
SPEAKER_00 (15:10):
I'm glad it's got we've gotten a little crisp air
because I've been ready for soupseason and tea, hot tea.
SPEAKER_02 (15:20):
Henry has made some chili.
Holy cannoli.
SPEAKER_00 (15:24):
Good stuff.
SPEAKER_02 (15:25):
That was good.
SPEAKER_00 (15:27):
That's good because there's leftovers.
I think that's what you'regetting for lunch today.
SPEAKER_02 (15:31):
Good.
I like it.
SPEAKER_00 (15:34):
Yeah, he used uh tri-tip roast, sliced it really
thin, and I think he put it onthe grill first.
SPEAKER_02 (15:43):
Yep, seared it, seared it, sliced it really
thin, and then threw it in.
It was not cooked all the waythrough, so still red in the
middle.
SPEAKER_00 (15:52):
Very red, like raw.
SPEAKER_02 (15:54):
Then threw it in the grill uh pot for chili.
SPEAKER_00 (15:57):
Yeah, it's amazing.
SPEAKER_02 (15:59):
Oh, it was good.
No beans in it, so it wasvegetables and meat.
Well, he called it Texas chili,I think he said.
So, but it was really good.
SPEAKER_00 (16:11):
Yeah.
It's a good way to sneak somevegetables into you and Lizzie.
He puts all kinds of fun stuffin there.
SPEAKER_02 (16:18):
I don't as long as it tastes good, I don't care.
I like it.
So with that being said, uh,just because you done it doesn't
mean it's gonna work.
Think before you act.
SPEAKER_00 (16:32):
Well, and listen, yeah, listen to your intuition.
Like sometimes we push thingsoff as far as like, oh, you
know, I sensed I shouldn't havedone it.
Um like there the universe isnudging you.
Like, hey, let's pay attentionto that.
SPEAKER_02 (16:51):
I know.
I even thought when I climbed inthere, Leah's gonna kill me for
this.
SPEAKER_00 (16:56):
I wouldn't do that.
I because I want you around.
SPEAKER_02 (17:00):
But again, that was a universe being like, Jesse,
come on, think.
Think before you act.
SPEAKER_00 (17:07):
Well, even with the harness, you shouldn't do it.
Because you if you would get ina pocket.
SPEAKER_02 (17:13):
Right.
The the harness is literallyjust to keep you from sinking
further.
It's not gonna it'll save yourlife.
But what you should do is justnot go in there.
SPEAKER_00 (17:25):
So if you all could see my face right now, I have
like this dumbfounded look on myface, like, oh like it could
have been tragic.
SPEAKER_02 (17:40):
I know.
As always, thanks for listening.
And take it from us.
We learn the hard way.
We're trying to help you notlearn the hard way.
SPEAKER_00 (17:56):
So reach out to us.
Um our email isfarmersgreatestasset at
gmail.com.
We'd love to hear any commentsor suggestions if there's
anything you all want to hearabout.
SPEAKER_02 (18:10):
Find us on all of the socials, go out and follow
us, like us, and share with afriend.
SPEAKER_00 (18:15):
At farmers greatest asset.
SPEAKER_02 (18:18):
It's a good day.
SPEAKER_00 (18:20):
To have a great day.
Bye.
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