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Hi, I'm Amanda! My family farms corn and soybeans in Southwest Michigan. I'm also a practicing attorney.

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Hi, I'm Amanda. My family farms corn and soybeans in Southwest Michigan. I'm an attorney and I'm passionate about agriculture!

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Happy Thanksgiving!I realized this morning that it's been 20 years since I performed in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. What a trip!I hope you and yours have a lovely day! 🦃
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Quick #harvest23 update! We finished beans a couple days ago after fixing a major breakdown. 🥳 Now hustling on corn!
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I'm a proud farmer's daughter & advocate for modern agriculture. U.S. farmers are leaders in sustainability.

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Happy Thanksgiving! I realized this morning that

Happy Thanksgiving!

I realized this morning that it's been 20 years since I performed in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. What a trip!

I hope you and yours have a lovely day! 🦃

Honestly, what is she even doing?? #Mischa #dogsl

Honestly, what is she even doing??

#Mischa
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She's got me. #dogslife #onlyfurbaby #naptime

She's got me.

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Some of you see this picture and appreciate the vi

Some of you see this picture and appreciate the view. Our grain cart driver (mom) just sees that scary hill to drive up. 🫣

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Happy Halloween! I dressed up as an attorney today

Happy Halloween! I dressed up as an attorney today. 🤣

Oh, lawyer jokes. Listen, if you can't make fun or yourself and have a little fun, what are you even doing?

It's true. My puppy. 💜💜

It's true. My puppy. 💜💜

The first 25 acres of soybeans are done! But the b

The first 25 acres of soybeans are done! But the beans still have very high moisture content. It's so high the granary won't accept them. So we'll have to dry them.

The big concern with soybeans is that the pods won't pop open. If that happens, they'll be discarded out the back of the combine with the other plant material. Obviously not what we want to happen. After testing a bit, enough were opening that we felt like we should just get started.

Slow going, but at least it's going!

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We're still not harvesting yet. Why not? Moisture

We're still not harvesting yet. Why not? Moisture content.

We're currently about 4 weeks behind. But we can't start because our crops are still too wet. The moisture content is the amount of water in each kernel or soybean. If there's too much, they can spoil in storage. If it's really too high, then combine has a hard time handling it.

For corn, the sweet spot is about 15%. We have a dryer system on the farm that can help finish the kernels to the correct moisture level. But the dryer takes a lot of energy to run, so its cost prohibitive if the moisture content is too high. And if we try to sell the crop when it's too wet, we'll take a price hit at the grain elevator. So either the granary dries it, we dry it, or Mother Nature dries it. Right now, it's still too wet for after-harvest drying.

The other complication is that IT. JUST. KEEPS. RAINING. That doesn't help because the corn doesn't have a chance to dry out, and it maintains that moisture. We need some warm, dry days to speed up the process.

So, for now, we're still waiting...

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