The 700lbs of soybeans, rental of the no-till for the weekend, all of the chemicals used to burndown prior to planting, the diesel and time spent planting them are all for naught. The report I got from dad is that we have approximately 50 bean stalks growing on the 15 acres we planted two weeks ago. Hog tracks are everywhere and it appears they found nearly every bean before they had a chance to sprout. Our neighbor has been hunting them hard and has been very successful in killing them when he has the opportunity to hunt. I am very appreciative of his perseverance of staying after them, despite the near triple digit heat over the past week or so. I wish I had the time/equipment to trap them as I feel this is the only real way to make a dent in them. So, needless to say, we don't have any type of summer forage other than the God given natural browse they have. We do have three protein feeders up and going, along with the mineral sites. On a good note, the millet and milo are coming along nicely and we have gotten several timely rains on the crop. Some weed/grass competition, but to be honest, I really don't care. I plan to bushhog and burn the millet at the end of August and will leave the milo standing until the second season. Here is the view from the camp of each.
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