An Iowa Tractor Boy

A Visit to the Farm

I recently had the opportunity to visit the farm operation of my nephew who operates a Corn and Beef enterprise in Clayton County, Iowa.  He is also an employee of John Deere Dubuque Tractor Works and he informed me that he works at John Deere to have the funds to continue his farm operation.  He is also the Dad to three sons who are shown in this first picture.  

 Posing for an appropriate Iowa Tractor Boy Family portrait.  Notice that even the family dog got into this image.

 This is the oldest of my Nephew's three sons.  After I took this image I stated that this would be a great shot for his future business card promoting a lawn service.

 My nephew modeling his new corn dryer.  He will soon have this hooked up to dry corn during the harvest so that it can operate non-stop while he operates the combine.

 This calf was a twin who was abandoned by the birth mother.  The Younger Iowa Tractor Boys bottle fed this calf and are quite proud of their accomplishments.  After all they saved this young animals life.  Certainly an excellent way to teach younger citizens responsibility.  My Brother often stated that farming may not be all that profitable, but that the best place to raise kids was on a farm. 

 The corn dryer shown above will soon be hooked up to these bins to insure a non-stop feed to the dryer and transfer to one of the three storage bins.  Most farmers store as much corn as possible so that they can sell it on the futures market which is more profitable than selling directly from the field during the harvest.

 A view of the corn growing near the drying operation on my Nephew's Farm.  Like most areas of the United States, Northeast Iowa needed rain last week to insure an adequate supply of grain for the food needs of our society in 2013.

I end this Blog post with a view of my Nephew's home.  He had asked me to take a few pictures during my recent visit to Iowa and he had washed the tractor in the background as well as the four wheeler and the lawn mower that is featured in this post. 

This young man, as well as his siblings are proud of their Iowa Farm operations. 

I publish this Blog today to help everyone realize that without our Nation's Farmers we would all be very hungery.  Thank You!!!!!