We haven’t had any rain since July 20, which is the longest stretch of dry weather since I can’t remember when. We were able to bale up our waterways and a couple of fields of weedy oats that weren’t going to make grain. We seeded oats with red clover, hoping to harvest the grain and use the clover for a cover crop before corn next spring. That was the first plan. But giant ragweed grew in there, which is a recurring problem on this farm due to lack of control while farming organically. Because the ragweed hadn’t flowered, I cut and baled the oats. It will make bedding without spreading more ragweed seed.