6 Farmers Who are Having a Worse Day than You

Chances are, you’ve had one of those days … where everything just goes wrong. To help ease your pain, check out the photos below. They are guaranteed to evoke chuckles and “ohhh nos.”

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Chances are, you’ve had one of those days … where everything just goes wrong. To help ease your pain, check out the photos below. They are guaranteed to evoke chuckles and “ohhh nos.”

If you’ve had one of those days — or captured someone else’s — we’d love to share it with our readers. Email images to whataday@farmjournal.com or hashtag #FJWhatADay on Twitter and Instagram.

Spilled the Beans

The rush to be the first farmer in the field this spring was dramatically delayed.

Delay in Seed Delivery

It’s safe to assume planting came to a halt when this seed delivery didn’t arrive to the field as scheduled.

Looks Can Be Deceiving

Just because a field looks dry enough on the surface to run a sprayer doesn’t mean the soil underneath is up for it. Needless to say, the ruts from this mess weren’t a quick fix and will likely have a lingering impact for years.

Soft Spot Swallows Tillage Tool

After dark, the tractor driver accidentally tried to plow through an area where they had dug out a large tree a year earlier. With a lot of hard work and two tractors, the tillage tool was free the next afternoon.

Sink. Sank. Sunk.

Potato harvest in upstate New York came to a standstill when a wet spot swallowed the tire. It took two excavators to dig and pull it out.

Up In Flames

The driver of a tractor-trailer hauling straw pulled into the Walmart parking lot after hearing a “pop.” Find out what happened next at AgWeb.com/parking-lot-fire.

To view more mishaps click here: Oh No! Real-Life Mishaps on Real Farms

If you’ve had one of those days — or captured someone else’s — we’d love to share it with our readers. Email images to whataday@farmjournal.com or hashtag #FJWhatADay on Twitter and Instagram.

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