Michael had many people who were very good, very professional, that would have been willing to state on a stack of bibles 'you can't do it.' And he did it.

My memory of Michael is shirt sleeves rolled up and just digging inside these computers.

I've always believed -- and if I'm wrong, great, sue me -- but the thing that made Michael different was that Michael always tried to find someone who knew how to do it better and have them show him the direction to go.

There's a lot of uncertainty in the industry. We're rolling the dice.

All your costs go up because it's just slower.

Unless it's really pouring bad, unless field conditions are terrible, we keep going. It's just tough on men and women and equipment. I think farming is the most humbling of professions. On any given day, I can experience any given emotion known to man.