We have been here in Kiowa, KS for the past 12 days or so, and been combining for a farmer for the past week, after the ground dried out enough to get the combines going again. He had around 1200 acres total, but broke into 10 fields, ranging from 20 - 200 acres. He had some challenging fields. They were kind of hilly, and here if there are hills, they are terraced to help prevent the soil from washing away. But unlike home where we leave grass grow on the terrace, here they are not as sharp and they plant right over them. So it takes twice as long to do the fields, and the field looks like a maze with all the curving around from the terraces.
The grand canyon of the worst field. It was deep too. could have lost a combine head in that one!
Chris found a washout with the grain cart too, luckily we could back the tandem truck up to it and unload the grain, then shovel in some dirt and drive the tractor right out.
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