Situation No. 1 You are reminiscing about the early cars with a catalytic converter and how if you were behind one on the road when the driver floored it, you would be the recipient of a rotten egg smell as they sped away.

Situation No. 1 You were blessed with a bumper crop of corn this year and had a forward contract with some pretty good pricing.

Situation No. 1 It has been a rough winter, and the gravel road from your place out to the paved two-lane road is more washboarded than ever.

Situation No. 1 There is a good deal of coffee shop talk about higher ethanol blends in gasoline.

The weather is getting cold tonight, and you are glad the heater in the combine works well. You have about another 20 acres of corn to go, and harvest '21 is complete.

The weather is getting cold tonight, and you are glad the heater in the combine works well. You have about another 20 acres of corn to go, and harvest is complete. You can almost feel that warm bed and soft pillow now.

Like most farmers, you keep old equipment around since it still has some useful life left in it.

Situation No. 1 Your brother lends you his 1-year-old ¾-ton diesel pickup truck to use for a few weeks while he’s on vacation. You are considering buying one, so you welcome the opportunity for the extended “test drive.”

Situation No. 1 You just finished changing the alternator on the haybine and are happy that it can now go back to work, cutting the alfalfa before the rain hits tomorrow.

Situation No. 1 Like most farmers, you keep old equipment around since it still has some useful life left in it. You applied this mindset last year when you bought your wife a new SUV and kept her old one with 300,000 miles on it as a “spare.”