Who's Driving the Bus?
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Partners & Friends,
One of our regular activities is driving the bus to the Hess girls’ school, Trinity Academy. Hess driver day is every Tuesday. Marcus, Shanna, and I (Steve) all have bus CDL licenses to legally drive the church bus, which operates 3 days a week. Our truck driver, Charlie, also has a bus endorsement. It gives everyone an opportunity to spend time with the kids, meet their friends, and support the school. Marcus also serves on the board at Trinity. If only there were a way to bottle up the energy those kids have and share with the adults! They truly are quite well behaved, and it is a wonderful way to save much unnecessary travel for the group of parents involved around Bushnell. The trip to the school in Industry is 23 miles.
We got a couple days of tiling in this week before the rain arrived. We would really like to finish one last 40 acre field before planting commences. The planter rebuild is almost complete; now it is time to move machinery around, prepare the spray equipment, and finish up details in the office before our time is consumed with field operations.
The current world situation is still a very tense one. There is much speculation about fertilizer availability for the next couple of years, world supply of grain, and demand destruction caused by high commodity prices. These cycles usually only last a year or two, but we will see where this one ends and what the new world order is when the dust settles. Pray for Ukrainians! We cannot imagine the strife they are enduring.
Phyllis and I got to spend some time in Florida. We enjoy the respite from the cold more and more every year. Goat showing season begins next weekend. We had a great celebration of Wilma’s 89th birthday at The Lamoine. Ali is settling into Saint Louis.
Current Prices:
Corn—7.37
Soybeans—16.61
Keep in touch,
Steve
