Chocolate, the story of our future?

[AkMike]

After last weekends trip from Kyiv to Kaytrinopol I did see very large amounts of land not is use. The crops are ialready in and the and is ready for rest in the winter. There were still large amounts of corn/ maize in the fields but they were working at it. The storage bins had many trucks heavily loaded with grains just waiting to get in and unload.
Some fields were alrady planted with winter or red wheat. I personally saw no land that appeared to have lain fallow for any length of time. I did see a vast improvement in the farm equipment. There were many newer combines and tractors out. A large increase in American John Deere tractors also. (One of my favorites)
Many generations of my family were farmers in the US before my father's generation and I've spent many summers on the farm doing everything from hand milking to laying in the hay crops. This even included shoveling out the manure from the barns and calf pens.

Possibly your area is different? Here the farmlands are owned by the governmet or co-ops as I understand and the farmers have a small plot for their personal use.

I'll see more on Saturday as we go to Cherkassy and I see that Oblast. But I suspect I'll see the same thing, a sucessful bountiful harvest.

[BlueandGold]

The MONOPOLY question is: What's in their chocolate cake???

[BlueandGold]

Make your own chocolate cake !!!

And pray... In the name of the Father! Son! And Holy Spirit!