When I was 16 I spent a summer driving one of those things. I quite liked it but the days were long. We worked every day unless it rained, and just my luck :( it was the summer that never rained.

Same in this coutry. The agricultural contractors owned them and kept the machines moving to pay for them. No point in having a beast like that lying idle waiting for grain to ripen.

I have helped my B.I.L do hay in the summer. Man it's a job. He's 72 years old and could kick my azz because he is so used to slinging hay bales. I want to be just like him when I grow up. Salt of the earth guy.

Around my county in Indiana, I can show you many farmers who gained windfalls of money from Uncle Sam, for doing ABSOLUTLY nothing, except being a farmer. It's one of the biggest welfare programs in the US in $$ spent. The bigger the farm, the more money you get. Also, if your wife is in farming, she can also get money. It keeps the farming economy going all over the country. Go to the USDA website and click in the county you want to see. It lists the farm owners name and amount he/she got in the last bailout, I mean welfare, I mean taxpayer gift, oh well you get the point. The last year I saw stats for was 2008, so I cant vouch for it being correct now or even avaiable.

America has to be the most socialist coutry ever. Plus the bailouts of failing companies. It makes even the dirty French look good.

There are certainly subsidies set up for farmers, but i was curious as to how many farmers are getting free combines from the government. The subsidies are plentiful, but I would disagree that they are doing ABSOLUTELY nothing, since agriculture is the United States' single largest industry. It must serve some critical role with keeping this industry going

I made no mention that any farmer got a combine free from the gov't. BUT, they got enough money to buy one. What the heck difference is there. And I meant what I said; they did ABSOLUTLY NOTHING, nada, nill, zilch, nothing other than being a farmer with land. I live around and with these people and know of what I speak.

Machine hire here...I've used the same guy for 15 years. He shows up with his JD and semi-tractor trailer grain hauler and, depending on the quality of the harvest, is done in five hours.

The price is reasonable (like I have a choich).

Just like you, we have sat around all day "waitin' on the man". Last fall we went in the dark. Those machines never sleep in the fall around here. They don't make any money sitting still.

I'm glad your 2nd hand experience trumps my 18 years spent living/working on an Indiana farm.

:rolleyes:

What about green Thunderbirds?

My first thought when I saw the pictures was "Bring on the Zombies."

Question: Do you own the farm you work on?

If I'm not mistaken it's now Case - New Holland with IH being absorbed. NH has a red as does IH. REALLY funny, (because the colors were so friggin' close), they couldn't decide on which one to go with. Was a serious pain in the arse for us having to make them both.
Great picture for sure.

My father does.

I think the point trying to be made is that our modern diet is based way too much on soy, corn, sugar beets & etc. If we are not consuming it in corn sweetner and processed foods - we are feeding it to the cows, chicken, pigs and farmed fish we in turn eat. And all of it grown from patented GMO seeds and fertilizer made from natural gas.. In the end, we are what we eat. I think that is the point..