Poor Farmer near me had a really bad night.........PICS

William81

My Bride and I were out and about today and came upon this situation.....The gentleman that owns this land has had a bad run of luck this last year or so....Last growing season the land was under water as the Missouri river was in flood stage the majority of the Spring and Summer.. At times it had 5-7 feet of water rolling over it.

After a lot of hard work and a major financial outlay, the land was rehabbed and planted this spring.   Sometime last night or this early a.m.  another setback.  I am not sure if anyone was hurt as there has been nothing on the news yet.....Farming is not for the weak of heart for sure.....

Grunt2

Ouch!!!

bpost

Dust from harvesting crops coupled with hot turbochargers is a recipe for fires.  I sure hope he has GOOD insurance

William81

us55840 said:

Not an unusual event annually in 'farm country'  

Sad but true.....

ridgleyart

That's a rough one.

dcon12

Just today:
1. Small oil leak that caused a fire. Put out but still burnt some wires and hoses and the alternator.
2. Replacement tractor made it to the field but then shelled the motor after a few minutes running.
3. Replacement tractor to the replacement tractor developed a oil leak on the motor. Shut down before another fire. 
4. Number 3 harvester tractor shelled motor at the end of the day. Knocking but still in one piece.

Don

jimdeere

My friend who puts up the hay on my place had two round balers burn up this year. Like was said crop dust and hot bearings are a fire waiting to happen.

spasmcreeksrun

had one of the JD turbo 4 irrigation engines throw a rod thru the side of the block ..after 14000 hours....had my spare on in 4 hours and running...never lost  anything to fire.....

Ditch-Runner

 wow 
 sorry for the farmer 
 sometimes its so easy to think we are the only ones with back luck but we all have our share . one thing I have noticed most farmers seem to jump in and help a fellow farmer when such things happen 


     not to derail the subject and apologize but it reminded me 
    if you want to see a guy who was  made the best of  a bad situation go to you tube and check out "harmless  farmer " 
  I found out he does not live that far from me but has a lot of videos most on farming and some just general daily life  
he is also a amazing fellow .  spoiler alert he lost both arms and a shoulder when he was about 3 yrs old to a auger 

Mobuck

Lots of combine fires across the MidWest this year.  One reason could be the condition of the soybeans that has caused a lot of dust and particulates blowing around and back into the machines. We blow ours out daily and wait 15-20 minutes after shutdown before leaving the machine.  Another contributing factor is the level of stress to get crops harvested and pushing a little too hard. The newer machines have much of the working parts shielded or covered with plastic so it's more difficult to notice built up debris or hot bearings.
We had 3x our normal acres to harvest this fall vs the past 3 years but managed to keep things together so far. We have approximately 40 acres of custom work to finish and then we're done for 2020. I have all working fingers and toes crossed hoping to slide through w/o serious breakdown. 

jltrent

I agree farming is tough.  Sold some cattle recently I raised myself and controlled input cost as much as possible.  If I have a piece of equipment break down I would be lucky to cover it with what I make on cattle.  A fire like that without insurance will probably put the guy out of business.  The only good thing going for farmers right now is the government handouts.   If we had some price controls for the producer to get some of the middleman and retailers profit the Government could keep their money.

pulsarnc

As a former farmer and volunteer firefighter it has always amazed me how folks take care of equipment. The number of farmers who don’t even have fire extinguishers available will astound you . $250,000 dollar piece of equipment lost because no one had a &15.00 water spray can near by

mogley98

Dcon can't you use one of them wire baskets on the end of a stick to harvest your nuts

Mobuck

"I would note that not exactly "poor farmer" when the combine and header are in the $200,000 or more price range.
Also should be noted, many 'big poor farmers' lease their equipment and don't buy it.....instant tax write off instead of depreciation over several years. "
I'm not sure where you're really going with this comment.  Managing expense and tax advantages is simply a part of business.  Many farmers aren't rich by any means simply because the profit levels per acre are usually low.  Having a couple million dollars of income doesn't seem so big when the expenses are 80-90% of that number.
I don't think the "poor farmer" was related to his financial health.

RobOz

I like to eat

William81

I can certainly change the title to Unlucky or unfortunate farmer if that clarifies it better for some of you all.....I do not know about his overall financial situation but I figure anyone that gets through an epic flood and now a major fire incident deserves a little sympathy..........

The point is Crap what a terrible situation......

Mobuck

Hey William, was that north of Booneville?

William81

Mobuck said:

Hey William, was that north of Booneville?

Yes.....