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Today was a full day out on the farm rolling potatoes and checking fields, and it turned into a little bit of everything. The roller has been working flawlessly all season with hardly any issues, just a few cracks I had to weld up one day, and it’s been keeping us moving forward. In this video, I’m working in the very first field we planted this year, which made for some tricky rows since one planter had GPS issues at the start. That means I’m constantly shifting lines and working around pivots, pipe, and some rough sandy spots, but so far the potatoes are holding up great.

One of the coolest surprises today was stumbling across a patch of giant sunflowers that somehow made it through the spray. I’ve never grown sunflowers before, so I had to get out and take a closer look. Their heads were huge—full of seeds—and while some birds had already been at them, it was still wild to see. Don’t worry, they won’t be taking over; this field is headed back into hay, so those volunteer seeds won’t stand a chance. Of course, I had to roll them down just to see what would happen.

While I’m rolling, the rest of the crew is busy too—working on the potato harvester, baling straw, and fixing equipment to get us ready. We’re officially just nine days away from the start of Idaho potato harvest, so it’s crunch time to get everything in order. The harvester got a brand-new $7,000 boom chain after last year’s accident on the road, plus new sprockets and rollers. Out in the fields, Josh and the others are baling up straw that got soaked in a storm, pulling out old pipes buried in the ground, and tackling repairs on hitches and equipment.

By the end of the day, I had smashed down tall weeds under the pivots, avoided breaking risers on rented pipe, and finished nearly 70 acres. The sunset capped it off, and now we’re one step closer to the famous Idaho potato dig. Stick around for the next video—prep work for harvest is about to get even busier.

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