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Shaun Tyson

@ShaunPTyson

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Husband - Father - 1st Generation Farmer - Seed Industry Distribution Development Manager - Servant Leader - Sometimes Amusing - *Tweets are my own

Central Illinois
Joined January 2011
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@ShaunPTyson
Shaun Tyson
3 years
The fact that Ukrainians are moving street signs so Russian tanks run out of gas is turning out to be a hilariously effective war tactic.
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@ShaunPTyson
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7 years
The Tide Pod Challenge is for sissies. Try the Bull Bander Challenge! Whoeverโ€™s grapes turn to raisins first wins!
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4 years
I hope heโ€™s wearing a mask and social distancing, Covid is dangerous...
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@ShaunPTyson
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6 years
Call sign โ€œLocoโ€
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@ShaunPTyson
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6 years
A new survey finds if you โ€œLove Winterโ€ thereโ€™s a 99% chance youโ€™ve never had livestock...
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5 years
Saw this on FB, when this guy tightened his strap and said โ€œThatโ€™s not going anywhereโ€ he wasnโ€™t joking...
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3 years
My grandfather was a farmer who fought in WWII. He was a POW and came back to find his farm split among his siblings, because he was presumed dead. My families farming story ended in 1945. I started farming cattle 6 years ago and this is my first corn crop๐Ÿ‘ #FirstGenFarm
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4 years
Being stuck at home for two weeks is like being in a grain cart all day. Iโ€™ve already eaten all the good snacks and thereโ€™s a long time before the lunchbox gets refilled.
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@ShaunPTyson
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6 years
Even with a hurricane bearing down on them people would rather starve than eat vegan.
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4 years
โ€œSo I told him to pull forward and he said his flip flop got caught in his sweat pant leg and he hammered down and ripped it right offโ€
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@ShaunPTyson
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6 years
My 9 y/o hugging ISP K9 officer who helped find her, my sister and her two small kids after they were lost on a hike for 7 hrs in the woods, after dark with a dead cell phone. We were unsure if they were lost or abducted. It was the longest night of my life.
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@ShaunPTyson
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5 years
โ€œYeah, send Bob down here to bin 8, have him bring a shovel and a broomโ€
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@ShaunPTyson
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3 years
Looking for tips on constructing a grain bin summer kitchen. Iโ€™m replacing our 24โ€™ pool with a 24โ€™ bin that will house grills, fridge, freezers and entertainment area. I may heat and cool it also. Any pics and tips would be appreciated!
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@ShaunPTyson
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1 year
They just donโ€™t make trailers like they used to.
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@ShaunPTyson
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4 years
If you bury a fleece vest and water it with Busch Light an ag salesman is born.
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@ShaunPTyson
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4 years
Instead of a $1400 stimulus check could Turnpike Troubadours just get back together and we all call it even?
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@ShaunPTyson
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5 years
Will trade 1/2 bottle of Purell hand sanitizer for 5 cow calf pairs. Under 5y/o, no sale barn specials... No low ballers -I know what Iโ€™ve got.
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@ShaunPTyson
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2 years
Anyone else leave their old blades on for the first โ€œexploratoryโ€ mowing and put the new ones on afterwards?
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4 years
After all weโ€™ve been through I think we deserve the following: -Season 3 of Yellowstone to be 50 episodes. -$5 corn/$12 beans -Turnpike Troubadours resume touring -Eradication of Buffalo gnats and mosquitoes -Get rid of DEF bring back Dicamba -Bacon Did I miss anything?
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@ShaunPTyson
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5 years
โ€œShoot, thatโ€™s due tomorrow isnโ€™t it ?โ€ Thomas Jefferson July 3rd, 1776
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@ShaunPTyson
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2 years
Opeโ€™ looks like your spout snapped off there fella
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4 years
What in the Covid Karen is going on here?
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5 years
This pretty much sums up #Plant19 current status...
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4 years
Iโ€™m calling BS, not one junk pile on Yellowstone Dutton Ranch and not a dent in any of their farm trucks... #Yellowstone
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4 years
When you bring the wrong plow to the party.
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6 years
Roads are slick in central Illinois. Unsure whether the driver was intoxicated. There was a sippy cup at the scene... #OurEasterSnow
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5 years
When I was 9 I found out Santa was fake, now Iโ€™m 41 and this just happened... #BackToTheFuture #NotReally #HadHisCruiseSetAt88ToBeASmartass
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6 years
โ€œYou wouldnโ€™t believe this new combine Iโ€™m hauling, hang on I gotta take this turn real quickโ€.... โ€œIโ€™m gonna have to call you backโ€ #LittleTooLowboy
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4 years
Someone just leveled up on Redneck Redemption...
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6 years
Just a friendly reminder as we put up hay in the barn. Donโ€™t stack wet hay tight. If you think it may be a bit wet, salt every layer and let it breathe a bit. This was a close call near us. #FireSafety
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3 years
This daughter of mine is all heart. Collided with a teammate head first diving for a ball in her regional basketball game and tried to wave off help as she soaked up her blood with a mask. She wanted back in the game immediately, we took her in for 3 stitches. They won๐Ÿ‘
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5 years
Went to a rib joint in Memphis tonight with a group of 12. Hostess asked if we had a reservation. I said yeah under Abe Froman... She looks puzzled.. Random dude walking by says โ€œThe Sausage King of Chicagoโ€ Exactly! Iโ€™ve been waiting 20+ years to deploy that joke.
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3 years
In small town USA even our graffiti is politeโ€ฆ
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@ShaunPTyson
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5 years
Pellet grills are just easy bake ovens for middle aged men. Change my mind.
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7 years
My son bet me I couldnโ€™t chunk this cow pie over the fence. This form was perfected in my late teens working my first cattle job. #WhatDidYouDoOnVacation #YeahItWas20BelowAndIWasWearingASweatshirt
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7 years
Our most important job is to come home safely to our families. Slow down, Be alert, the life you save may be your own. #FarmSafety
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4 years
This 1920โ€™s Magic Chef 6300 has been in my family for years. My mom and dad recently downsized and handed it down to us. My wife is super excited to design a new kitchen around it. #RetroStove
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4 years
I was in an Amish area dropping off some livestock for an auction today and had this conversation: Me: Whatโ€™s Covid like over here ? Him: I donโ€™t know, I havenโ€™t seen any of that sell here lately. Maybe ask the guy in the hat if weโ€™ve got any?
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6 years
โ€œCousin Eddie says Twitterโ€™s full โ€œ Well done @ILStatePolice
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3 years
The CDC says itโ€™s fine to drive with your ladders out if youโ€™re vaccinatedโ€ฆ
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@ShaunPTyson
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3 years
In 2003 we watched Joe Rogan on โ€œFear Factorโ€ and laughed. We watched the nightly news for honest reporting. In 2022 we listen to Joe Rogan for honest reporting and watch the nightly news for laughs. Who does big tech want to silence, and why?
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2 years
Pretty incredible for @CodyJinksMusic
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4 years
This scene is one of my biggest fears as a First responder and someone involved in Agriculture. #FarmSafety
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2 years
For the nephew should we get the 9620 or the s690?
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1 year
We had some damage yesterday. Luckily nothing like this!
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2 years
2022 will be the last model year for the John Deere moldboard plow. For 185 years Deere has produced some variation of the moldboard, this years will be the last.
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3 years
Do you always fill up your wifeโ€™s truck or car for her, or is it just me?
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3 years
A year ago today I quit all tobacco products cold turkey after using them for almost 25 years. If I can do it so can you!
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6 years
Camel on the loose near Decatur IL. #NotPhotoShopped #CaptionThis
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1 year
Massive explosion at ADM Decatur, Illinois. As of 8pm the fire is burning on several levels of the corn plant and unfortunately there are several trauma victims.
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6 years
I asked my 9y/o daughter to hand me the male end of the hose down at the barn. She looked at it and asked โ€œwhy do they call it the male end?โ€ I donโ€™t think Iโ€™m ready for that conversation๐Ÿ˜‚ anyone have a good reaponse?
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2 years
Our local Soggy Bottom Hill with the message โ€œGod โค๏ธ Youโ€ got an addition of a huge cross yesterday thanks to the community coming together and making it happen. 2500 people a day have the chance to see this on State route 121 just north of Mount Pulaski.
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4 years
If 2020 was a band itโ€™d be Florida Georgia Line.
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5 years
Figuring Prevent Plant coverage By the square root of steadily increasing corn prices Divided by garbage bean prices Times Asian swine flu By a factor of trade war Plus flooding Minus Dicamba
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2 years
@FitFounder Removing all grains and most carbs from my diet and eating more fats and high quality animal proteins. It eliminated inflammation, brain fog/verbal aphasia and sleep issues. It may not work for everyone but made a huge impact on my health.
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6 years
One of my favorites from this weekend.
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4 years
The economy is going to be like a cold start on a tractor. Itโ€™s gonna take a while to get going again and might need some ether. Itโ€™ll grunt, groan sputter and smoke and probably stink for a little bit until finally it roars to life, just like always. #ThingsWillGetBetter
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4 years
Do you know whatโ€™s better than Amazon delivery ? Buying local.
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4 years
Neighbors sense of humor kills me๐Ÿ˜‚
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6 years
How old were you when you found out that hole was for your straw so you could use your cup as a table ? 41 I was 41... #ChicFilAIsTheLordsChicken
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3 years
My dad is 73 years old and he just told me a story of how he got in a drag race with a teenager in a mustang and him in his Buick. Not 50 years ago, Yesterday ๐Ÿ˜‚
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6 years
Finally someone answered the burning question โ€œExactly how many watermelons fit in a minivan?โ€
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2 years
My name is Murphy and I kill varmints. Iโ€™m also terrified of the vacuum cleaner.
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8 years
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6 years
* My Daughter โ€œDad, Iโ€™m hungryโ€ My brain: Don't say it Don't say it Don't say it Don't say it Don't say it Don't say it Don't say it Don't say it Don't say it Don't say it Don't say it Me: โ€œNice to meet you hungry, Iโ€™m Dad.
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11 months
Damn it Kevin! If youโ€™d been wearing safety glasses this never woulda happened!
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6 years
I heard my drill running in the kitchen. 9y/o daughter said my mixer broke so I borrowed your drill๐Ÿ˜‚
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5 years
These bad boys were released recently. Reports of Iowans not even holding the door at Caseys for each other in a rush to buy this midwestern masterpiece.... #ItsABuschel
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5 years
Just a thought: Maybe take a look at the conditions of third world open air markets. Nowhere on earth is animal welfare more neglected. Itโ€™s a caldron of filth and disease that spawned Coronavirus. But yeah, earth is in trouble because I eat steak and put cream in my coffee.
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4 years
This guy, not a varmint within a half mile that isnโ€™t aware that heโ€™s a stone cold killer. Loves his humans and his livestock, raccoons, coyotes not so much... #FarmDog
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6 years
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7 years
Please slow down and put your phone down while driving around slower moving farm equipment. #FarmSafety Photo credit: @ILStatePolice
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7 years
My 13 y/o won a Memorial Day essay contest and a $50 prize. He told me at lunch that he's donating it to #WoundedWarriorProject #ProudDad
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6 years
A seed corn dealer is born on Little House on the Prairie and the first thing the farmer asks about? Price...
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6 years
February 1979. Image was shot looking west at I 74 from an overpass between Bloomington and Le Roy Illinois. The agriculture movement swept all the way to Washington D.C. despite the inclement weather.
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6 years
Anhydrous ammonia rigs are rolling hard today in #CIL Please be safe and wear gloves and goggles every time! Remember the good Lord only gives you one set of eyes! #FarmSafety
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6 years
#Harvest18 Started this weekend in #CIL . Wishing everyone a safe and bountiful harvest!
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2 years
@AndrewYang The military industrial complex appreciates your endorsement.
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7 years
Asked my credit card company to email a PDF of last years purchase history. Them:โ€We can only fax it to youโ€ Me: ok cool let me crank up Marky Mark in my Delorian and take it to my dads office in 1992, Iโ€™ll call you back from a rotary phone so you know itโ€™s me. #AreYouSerious
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6 years
Wife: the car is making a really annoying sound.... Me: You sure Florida Georgia Line wasnโ€™t on the radio?
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5 years
My dog the chicken thief.
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3 years
Hot take: I was thinking the other day, can you be pro-gmo and anti-vaccine or anti-gmo and pro-vaccine and remain intellectually honest?
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5 years
When someone asks โ€How are things looking in Central Illinois this week?โ€ Me: A little damp... #BuildingAnArk
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4 years
Doing yield estimates....
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6 years
Captain Chuck Cannon made this awesome flag from some of our decommissioned fire hose. #MountPulaski #FireDept #Firefighting
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6 years
Proud Dad moment. My son shot a personal best 91/100 and his team won the Illinois High School State Clay Shooting League title. Heโ€™s got 4 more years in this league I canโ€™t wait to see where he goes from here!
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4 years
Almost every year since he was 8 heโ€™s fallen asleep deer hunting๐Ÿ˜‚ this year was no different....
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2 years
Settle an argument: Iโ€™ve wanted an older Porsche Boxster for a long time. My wife says itโ€™s a โ€œmid life crisis โ€œ car. I said I realized a few years ago my time is limited and I want to have fun before I die. Like for me getting the car. RT for midlife crisis #fortheboys
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3 years
Am I the only one whoโ€™ll swerve off the road accidentally while looking at post sprayed corn tracks ?
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4 years
Has anyone tried shutting America off and turning it back on?
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3 years
The three hardest things to say: 1. I was wrong 2. I need help 3. Molybdenum
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2 years
Whatโ€™s the most expensive thing youโ€™ve ruined with a mower? #ItWasBrandNew
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4 years
Murder Hornet Deaths
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4 years
Apparently the one thing that can unite us all is Bernie memes...
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4 years
Anyone know of a college or tech program that teaches meat cutting/ butchering? Working on a long term project and finding qualified folks seems to be a real issue.
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3 years
We lost a young farmer to suicide in my area recently. As farmers we tend to put on a tough exterior, itโ€™s time to let that facade go. If youโ€™re struggling, talk to someone about it. The best thing we can do is be there and lift each other up when we get down. #DoMoreAg
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7 years
One of my favorite photos from #Plant17 #BurningTheMidnightOil
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5 years
Seems legit. Everyone: Howโ€™s your corn looking? USDA:
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4 years
You canโ€™t swing a dead cat without hitting someone replanting corn in C IL today.
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