Thank You to all the people attending and working at our harvest celebration. About 500 people gathered together yesterday to raise funds for world hunger and raise awareness of our cause. As a farm partner I am always grateful for the work everyone else does to make this so great. 24 churches representing many denominations joined together with the pastors sharing in the joint service. Wheat was milled and distributed to all of these churches for use in their congregations this thanksgiving. Volunteers planed a days worth of activities and staffed them, set up and tore down for the day. Farmers stoped field work and brought their combines at the site giving rides to their urban friends. Randy and Judy were gracious hosts again letting all on to their farm. These are just examples of what we can do by working together. As we work together to celebrate our abundance yesterday we also raise funds to send to projects overseas. These are projects that Foods Resource Bank and other Christian organizations are working together to provide education and support with the goal of improving life. Those projects then work together to help the local village. As we heard in this years service from the book "14 Cows For America" the Maasai tribe also worked together to send their cows to support America after 911. Again, Thank You and let us rejoice in what we can accomplish by working together.
Most of the Soybeans in the area have been harvested and the last several days of unseasonable warm weather has reduced the moisture of the field corn more than expected, allowing some corn to be stored without the expense of drying. My corn is testing 18% to 24% moisture and is being dried to 15% and place into on farm storage. Grain prices are lower and meat futures are higher making 2012 look profitable for the livestock producers. Farmers are preparing for next year and evaluating what was successful or not from this years crop. I will keep you posted as harvest progresses.
Serving Together, Dean Lundeen
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