Apologies to whoever wrote "Wabash Cannonball." The neighbors are here combining soybeans for us. Yasha and I turned off the lights in the house to watch their big International roll through the front field across the lane from us. Matfieh thought it was cool -- except that they drive an IH, not a John Deere. DD Yemilia is hoping that the bean check will be a big step towards her braces.
We turned out the lights to watch because we are under the full harvest moon. Cloud of dust flying.
Unfortunately, there's a ring around the moon. Matches the forecast. We are all up against it due to weather. Tomorrow it might even snow. On Friday we got 1.6 inches of rain. The ground is still awfully soft.
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I see you grow soyabeans. Are they for your table only?
No, this is a cash crop for us. We sell them to the mill and then they go into a wide variety of products: livestock feed, cooking oil, foods; cosmetics; even bio-diesel fuel. These kinds of beans have a black hylem or eye spot and are not suitable for tofu. Other varieties that can be used for the table can be grown in this area, but under contract to a food processor. I have not heard of anyone doing that for a long time, though.
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