Re: Farming on the railroad

Posted by paul on March 12, 2015 at 06:50:58 from (76.77.197.114):

In Reply to: Farming on the railroad posted by Harvey2 on March 12, 2015 at 05:40:03:

Don't know if the link works, they limit you to 3 per whatever views.... Search for 'farm show worlds longest cornfield' if the link doesn't work.

That is a relative of mine. Son runs it now.

Paul

Part of the story:

Leo Scherer can drive for 20 miles and never lose sight of his crops but the Evan, Minn., farmer's field is just 32 rows, or 96 ft., wide.
Scherer's stretched-out field is actually an old railroad right-of-way that's being converted back to farmland. He leases the land from a company that bought it and plans to eventually sell it back to the farmers whose land borders on it. But first it has to be brought back into farming shape.
Farming the field, which runs from near Evan to Redwood Falls, Minn., demands planning and patience. Scherer says the ground is full of junk ù spikes, wires, planks, and other stuff. Some of it damages his equipment, such as one large creosoted board that did $250 worth of damage to his plow.

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