Our Nebraska Trip

[DianaB]

Glen knew exactly where these pictures were going to go too!! He was laughing after he changed the tire because he didn't think that I got a picture of that!! I fooled him!! I'm so glad that he can handle all of that stuff. He's just so handy to have around!!!!

[Janet]

Yeah....Rick's handy too, wanna spare??? LOLOL

[Gina]

Diana what a beautiful sunflower field. I have never seen one in person. Thanks for sharing the photos this city girl is learning... Very nice..

[gja1000]

Gorgeous sunflowers! I loved all the pictures, thanks so much for posting them

[DianaB]

I knew that everyone would enjoy the sunflowers. They really are so pretty but it seems like they don't stay pretty for very long. In the fields that we had near us you'd see families all dressed up and out in them taking family pictures.

[gja1000]

Are they grown for commercial sale - or just for "fun"?

[DianaB]

A field like this will be for commercial use. This is too much ground to have it planted for personal pleasure. I'm not sure exactly what the seed will be used for because it's not a crop that we grow. I'm guessing that it will be used for bird feeders. I doubt that it's edible sunflower seeds because of so many rules and regulations from the companies.

Sometimes we'll plant sweet corn for ourselves and our neighbors in a field but it really doesn't take much ground to have more than enough for everyone. The farmers need that crop to make payments for ground, equipment, seed, fertilizer, and other expenses.

We have some soybeans that we sell to a company that ships them up north and they are used to make soy products, like tofu. The beans have to be non-gmo beans (not genetically modified) and grown organically (no chemicals used on the crop and on ground that hasn't had chemicals for three years). Rules are a lot different when you get into food products. Our corn and milo is sold for feed mostly.