Last week, I was able to finish first-cutting hay. I got my corn cultivated and experimented with seeding some cereal rye into the standing corn for cover crop and fall grazing. I also got started cultivating beans. The neighbors’ corn is starting to tassel, and crops look good due to the moisture and heat that we have had. Pastures are doing well due to more moisture than usual for this time of year. This week I am going to cultivate beans and work on getting the combine ready for oats, wheat and rye harvest as well as preparing for straw baling and second-cutting alfalfa baling. The straw and a good portion of the alfalfa will be put up in small square bales.