I'm definitely a full-four-season fan when it comes to weather and by the time the hot days of August have begun to subside, I'm ready for the cool fall weather and the farm work.
Most of the time nothing is as satisfying to a farmer as getting out in the field and finding out what your crops did...unless we've had a bad year, then it's just a challenge! We're making good progress in the fields this fall. Part of that is because the corn crop is short of where it was in yield last year. The other reason would be much more cooperative weather.
Short yields usually lead to higher prices. It's the old supply and demand equation. But, short yields and higher prices do not pencil out to equal higher yields and lower prices. You don't get to choose so you have to take what you get and go with it.
Nothing smells as good as turning over the soil in fall tillage. There is something about the completion of the season and preparing for winter that is very satisfying. Time to tuck things in until spring. For livestock farmers it means the transition to calving in January and February.
New seasons, new ventures, new beginnings.
