Crop report or plowing report

I guess that's ploughing for Canadians. In Ukraine a plow is a ploug- you know p-low-oo-Gah. Anyway the guys have been plowing 24 hours the last couple days with some corn ground to go yet. They have been spreading fertilizer before plowing so it is in the ground waiting for spring when the sunflowers (and corn on the irrigated fields) will be planted there.

It was drizzling when we went looking for the tractor plowing, there it is at the far end of the field we irrigated this summer. Actually its a lot bigger piece now, they did some field swapping with other farmers to get the piece next to it for next year.

Sometime in the next couple weeks we should find out how complicated it will be  (or how much it will cost) to get water to a different field to plant corn in next spring. The plans say there is a metal pipe in the irrigation line that runs under the field  and if they can find it to connect to we won't have to pay to replace a cement section.

If you are wondering how they plow for 24 hours, Artom plows most of the day, with young Vlad doing some evening plowing after school and Max does the overnight plowing. They hope to cultivate the plowed fields before the snow comes. First they have to finish plowing....