I drove up Grants 8110 and 12 row planter in hopes of planting the following day. There was a slight chance of rain in the forecast, but thought I could get it in the next morning. We ended up getting 4-5” of rain over the next 8 days and discovered that the 8” clay tile was clogged with tree roots and backed up.
A couple days before the rain and driving up the tractor I had patched the clay tile that was broken. It had created a sinkhole over the years. In hindsight that sinkhole was serving a purpose… It was downhill from where the clogged section was. During heavy rains water would back up then run on the surface of the water way, and then drop back into the sink hole. This would prevent surface water from flooding the field.
Once I patched the sinkhole and filled it in that water from the tile had no way to get to the creek and flooded the field. So we ended up finding and replacing the clogged section from tree roots. Everything worked out in the end and realistically only delayed planting by a few days extra.
Hope you enjoy the video let me know what I could have done differently as I am new to farming and have lots to learn.
@granthilbert5632
16 июн 2023
