Showing posts with label haygrazer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label haygrazer. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 4, 2019

Dairy Farmer's Thankful Thursday

You know the farmers of the family are desperate for help
when the oldest son asks me to come to the field to drive
the truck and trailer while  haygrazer bales are loaded.

It's not that I can't drive, it's my following directions that
can create problems.I knew it would be interesting
 when my instruction  from oldest son Cody was
"Stop when I honk".

The honking stopped after a few stops and I figured 
that I was doing my job so well, that honking
was no longer needed.


When we arrived at the bale wrapper with our load of bales,
my next job was to watch the wrapper and push the button
to stop the machine if I had the hand signal from Cody.
Wow, hand signals and no honking!
I was feeling so proud that I was performing my jobs so well.


When all the bales were wrapped, this was how it
looked as I looked behind me.

                                                         
                                                      I'm thankful for each bale that will be
                                              enjoyed by our dairy and beef cows this winter
                                                 and for the opportunity to work beside my family.

                                             Unfortunately I did find out that my job performance
                                              may not have been as good as I thought because
                                         every time Cody honked, the red wasp would come out
                                                         of the horn in the old loader tractor.
                                                  That's how it goes down on the dairy farm!
                                             
                                         

Wednesday, September 19, 2018

Dairymom's Thankful Thursday

When my job of delivering net wrap to the field was complete,
 I took advantage of the opportunity to ride around  with Ryan
 in the truck and trailer to haul bales to the wrapper.
This crop of hay-grazer will be used to feed our dairy cows this
fall and winter in their daily feed ration.


Even though we work together every day on the farm, 
we're not often all working on the same job.


I savored the moments as I watched the farmers working together.
  
                       
                                             
                                       I'm thankful for this crop that grew in spite of the drought
                                                                               and
                                           for the steadfast faith and hard work of the farmer.