10. All winter is a long time to spend in the house with your wife, and she agrees!

9. You like being outside, even in January.

8. You get to use the combine in all four seasons.

7. Don’t want the neighbors to think you’re lazy because you only combine 3 months a year.

6. You finally figured out the right ratio of #1 to#2 fuel to keep the combine and truck fuel lines from gelling.

5. You enjoy visiting with your neighbors while they post the headlands of your corn fields for bow hunting season, rifle season, and muzzle loading season.

4. Your son-in-law sells LP gas, and you’d like him to be successful

3. You can avoid Thanksgiving at the in-laws, Christmas shopping, buying a Valentine’s Day present, and the sunrise Easter service with the excuse “I’m just too busy combining.”

2. You wanted to become a no-till farmer, and harvesting in June helped you decide to try it.

1. Those early order discounts on seed corn are just too good to pass up.