Pick up your Sunday shoes...

No fair! Ken Ulman got to shun work for a morning and drive a totally awesome combine.

Technology and genetics have changed the business since then. After shoveling the wheat, Ulman traveled to the Bauers' Rural Rhythm Farm in Dayton, where he drove a $250,000 combine.

As Ulman plowed the equipment through the corn stalks, the combine shucked and stored the kernels and spit the shaved cobs out the back.

The combine is equipped with software and a global positioning system that maps the areas of the Bauers' farms with the best and worst yields. Using that information, Ricky Bauer applies less fertilizer in areas with richer soil, saving money and doing less harm to the environment.

"The only way we survive is by being more efficient," he said.

I disagree that the only way to survive is by being more efficient. You could also lobby the local government to build a $114 million horse park to increase the demand for grain.

Reason number 6,594 why I will never be County Executive or a farmer: I would have climbed in the cab and said “Dude, remember the scene from Footloose when they played chicken with the tractors…”.