First Home Game

I hope all of my followers had a fantastic weekend.  This was Mississippi States first home game of the 2013 football season we won 51-7.  I saw many of my classmates there but I know several people didn't get the chance to come because they had bigger obligations to take care of.  Back at our farm we began the soybean harvest for the year.  Its always a slow process to get started, something always has to break right off the bat.  The equipment sits up all year long and is only used a few weeks out of the year so it has to be serviced up.  Our neighbors that we work with during harvest actually bought a new combine this year to help avoid some of this problem. The results that I have received from home have been pretty decent over all for this years crop.  On our farm our beans were dry land beans and for the most part we averaged over 80 bu/A.  I know one field was averaging 88 bu/a this number is higher than the national average. Last year our farms dry land beans averaged 56 due to the lack of rainfall. 

Every year we try to produce a better yielding crop than the year before to make a better profit.  This is the main goal with farming always do your best and try to do better than you have before.  The weather can and will make this process difficult sometimes and ultimately leaves the results out of your hands. Farming is a gamble basically because you are never guaranteed a great outcome.

This time of year is my personal favorite because the days are long and super busy which is how I like to be.  The satisfaction of knowing what you have worked all year towards is safely stored in the elevator is such a relief.  The one of a kind delta sunsets at the end of the day across the field  definitely help relieve the stress of the farming life.  Here are a few pictures from this weekends harvest I hope by the end of this semester y'all will at least develop the interest in the love for farming and photography that I have.

This is after half the field was cut.

We ran 4 combines but the John deere is the newest addition to Martin Farms.

Just a picture of them dumping our beans.

This is a picture I took last year (notice watermark) I entered it in a contest.  It may not show up very well on here but on the computer you can see all the dust particles falling it looked like it was snowing. 

Labor Day Weekend

As I'm sure most of y'all know this past weekend was Labor Day weekend.  For many people that means a day off of work during the regular "work week" but for farmers its just another day most of the time. In farming  you have to work when the weather allows you to no matter what if you want to get your crop out on time.   This past weekend on our family farm L & R Farms we completed the last day of corn harvest and started preparing for next years crop. You will see me post several pictures and I will include the location on them but most will generally be from my farm in Onward, MS.  While the combines finished up the last field I began to start cutting stalks down with our blazer.  The next step will be to disk the ground and pull soil samples depending on the results will determine if we need to do anything for next year.  Here are some pictures I took over the weekend I hope you enjoy!

This was from inside of the tractor,  we have Caterpillar tractors with tracks instead of tires.

This is a shot from the back view of the tractor, the blazer at work.

Sunday was also the opening of dove season and we went hunting in the same field i had just cut stalks in the day before, I actually had left a few rounds  standing for the hunt.  The hunt was unsuccessful but the sunset was beautiful! hope y'all  enjoyed this post!

A new beginning

Hey y'all,  my name is Victoria Darden I am currently an Agriculture Science student at Mississippi State University.  I am taking a Computer class that requires us to make a blog. I have a major interest in Photography especially of Delta landscapes and landmarks so this has been my inspiration for my blog. I will post several of my own pictures and include a brief description of  where its from and why I chose it I hope you will follow my blog and enjoy it!