Interesting conditions this fall in some locations....

While seeding out near Hooper, there was a windstorm
and the dirt drifted like snow. 

While this picture of the Russian thistles I could seed thru,
there were other areas of the field that it just wanted to plug.
So, while I typically recommend that you do not mow, this field
ended up being mowed.  Chemical control of weeds this year, was
very poor across a large area of Eastern Washington,
due to weather issues.

Lentils down by Lacrosse.  (Taken 5/29/14)

Canola Harvest - Fall of 2014

Lentils seeded at Garfield (taken 6-12-2014)

Lentils at Garfield (Taken  6/17/2014)

CRP Takeout, Seeding near the end of November 2014.

(yes, that is snow)

Winter Wheat Seeded into CRP.

Winter Wheat Seeded into CRP (same field as to the right)

Seeding into CRP takeout during the spring.

Seeding into stubble ground.  The green off to the right,

was summer seeded winter canola.  Date taken (3-26-2013)

Same as picture to the left.

Canola....

Seeding Triticale into CRP takeout (near Othello).

Seeding Triticale into CRP takeout (near Othello).

One of the many reasons I like my GPS.

I was winged up and parked for the night.  I like this photo, as it just shows you how big those wind turbines are.

Winter Wheat...

Lentils - Seeded mid May.

I took these, just because everyone takes pictures of canola fields.

I took these, just because everyone takes pictures of canola fields.

Winter Canola...

Winter Wheat

Short You-Tube video of seeding at night - click here

Other You-Tube video's of my drill in action:  Video1  Video2

Its hard to take a good picture of yourself, but I was trying to capture how tall the Winter Canola was.

Winter Canola seeded last June, on 30 inch spacing.

Winter Canola, seeded last June in near Dusty.  My finger is trying to show the size of the stocks.  This picture was taken June 7, 2012.

Winter Canola, the canola plants have put on lots of pods and are filling nicely.  This picture was taken June 7, 2012.

Winter Wheat in the foreground, and a lentil field in the back ground.

Lentil field, seeded into last years prevented planting ground (that is why there is not much residue).

This is the DNS that is shown earlier this spring, with Ducks on the field.

Same field is on the left.

Spring Wheat, this is the field that is shown being seeded below.

Another image of the same Spring Wheat (shown to the left and below).

Planting spring wheat, into winter wheat stubble.

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Planting spring wheat, into winter wheat stubble.

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Planting spring wheat, into winter wheat stubble.

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Planting spring wheat, into winter wheat stubble.

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Winter Wheat Seeded Fall 2011... (Near Lacrosse)

Winter Wheat Seeded Fall 2011... (St. John)

In talking with several people, they all say how impressive this field looks.

Seeding into stubble from last year

Checking Seed placement, Spring 2012

This picture does not do it justice, but was trying to show how steep some of the ground that I have been running on.

After seeding barley into high residue Winter Wheat Stubble

Seeding into Stubble Ground 

Taken - April 16th

Crop is already out of the ground (same field as to the left)

Taken - April 27th

Seeding DNS Wheat, Canola I seeded last June in the Background.

Chasing Ducks off of the field in Dusty (Same field as the one on the left).

Winter Wheat - Seeded into lentil ground (Field Z)

Winter Wheat - Seeded into lentil ground (Field Z)

Winter Wheat - Seeded into lentil ground (Field Z)

Winter Wheat - Seeded into lentil ground (Field Z)

Winter Wheat - Seeded into lentil ground (Field Z)

Winter Wheat Seeded into burned Blue Grass Sod

picture provided by one of my customers.

Winter Wheat Seeded into Blue Grass Sod

picture provided by one of my customers.

Winter Wheat Seeded into Blue Grass Sod

picture provided by one of my customers.

Here is an example of some of the tracks that we made in the the softer soils.

Winter Wheat - Seeded into Chem-Fallow (St. John)

Winter Wheat - Seeded into Wheat Stubble (Dusty Area)

Winter Wheat - Seeded into Wheat Stubble

Winter Wheat - Seeded into Pea ground (Dusty Area)

Winter Wheat - Same field as the left.

Winter Wheat -

Winter Wheat -

Winter Wheat - Seeded into Chem-Fallow (St. John)

Winter Wheat - Seeded into pea field.

Winter Wheat - Seeded into high residue stubble.

Winter Wheat - Same field as the left picture.

Winter Wheat - Seeded into ROCKS.... (Dusty Area)

The whole field was not this rocky, but just wanted to

show that I have seeded into rocks.

Winter Wheat - Seeded into decent residue. (Dusty Area)

Winter Wheat - Seeded into high residue stubble. (Dusty Area)

Winter Wheat - Seeded into high residue stubble. (Dusty Area)

Winter Wheat - Seeded into prevented planting ground.

Winter Wheat Field - Seeded directly into a lentil field

Conventionally Farmed Winter Wheat Field (Spring 2011)

Lentils into Spring Grain Stubble

Lentils a little later, notice how they filled in

Spring Wheat - St. John

Spring Wheat - St. John

Seeding Canola

Winter Wheat - Seeded into Blue Grass Sod - Early Spring

Spring Wheat - Seeded into Winter Wheat Stubble (Belmot)

Spring Wheat - Seeded into Wheat Wheat Stubble (Belmot)

Winter Wheat - St. John (1st field I seeded with this drill)

Winter Wheat - St. John (1st field I seeded with this drill)

Spring Wheat - Near St. John

Spring Wheat - Near St. John

Conditions were not ideal spring 2011! This is a clean picture.

Conditions were not ideal spring 2011!

Seeded into Winter Wheat Stubble - Tekoa Area

Seeded into Winter Wheat Stubble

Spring Wheat - Near LaMont

Winter Wheat - Early Spring

Seeding Winter Wheat into Dry Land CRP (near Othello)

Accommodations when we are seeding!

Seeding Spring Wheat into Buckwheat Sod (irrigated)

Seeding Spring Wheat into Blue Grass Sod (irrigated)

Winter Wheat - Early Spring (into lentil ground)

Winter Wheat - Early Spring (into lentil ground)

Seeding winter wheat into lentil ground.

Seeding winter wheat into spring barley stubble
(was told the barley was over 2.25 ton)

Seeding winter wheat into sprayed out blue grass.

Seeding winter wheat into sprayed out blue grass.

Seeding winter wheat directly into blue grass sod.

Seeding winter wheat directly into blue grass sod.

Seeding winter wheat directly into blue grass sod.

Seeding winter wheat directly into blue grass sod.

    Cross Slot                    Not Seeded

  AgPro CS3110 Drill using Cross Slot Openers

     Not Seeded                                  Cross Slot

This just shows how little the Cross Slot opener affects the surface.

  Not Seeded                Cross Slot

    Not Seeded                               Cross Slot

  This shows how little disturbance there is,
after being seeded with the Cross Slot opener.

  JD 455 - one pass seeding lentils

  Cross Slot - one pass seeding lentils

   Not Seeded                              Cross Slot

Lentils seeded by Cross Slot – consistent depth control.

   Seeded with a JD 455 - notice the lentil seeds

   Seeded with the Cross Slot - notice no seeds on the surface

Seeded with Cross Slot

Seeded with Cross Slot -Notice the high straw residue
and little weed competition.

   Cross Slot on left -- overlap of both in middle  -- JD 455 on right

Seeded with JD 455

Cross Slot on left -- overlap of both in middle  -- JD 455 on right  - Notice the heavier weed pressure on the right side of the photo.

Hilltop seeded with Cross Slot

JD 455 on left -- Cross Slot on right

Seeded with JD 455
Unable to seeded into the high straw residue.

Barley Seeded in a two pass system.  Fertilizer shanked in, then seeded with JD 455 - looks fairly good except for some thin spots. (top-right was seeded with Cross Slot in one pass.

Barley seeded with the Cross Slot at the same time as the barley was seeded with the two pass system.