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	<title>The XM ChallengeCorn Planting &#8211; The XM Challenge</title>
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		<title>Corn Planting</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Nov 2013 13:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[First Ivanildo prepares the soil. Then he invites everyone to a Corn Planting event. Now everyone is looking forward to the Harvest Party in a few months.   &#160; &#160;]]></description>
					<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>First Ivanildo prepares the soil.</p>
<p>Then he invites everyone to a Corn Planting event.</p>
<p>Now everyone is looking forward to the Harvest Party in a few months.</p>
<div style="width: 2602px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn1.jpg"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" alt="corn1" src="https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn1.jpg" width="2592" height="1728" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Ivanildo prepares the cornfield.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_1029" style="width: 2602px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn8.jpg"><img decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1029" class="size-full wp-image-1029 " alt="corn8" src="https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn8.jpg" width="2592" height="1728" srcset="https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn8.jpg 2592w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn8-150x100.jpg 150w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn8-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn8-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn8-760x506.jpg 760w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn8-518x345.jpg 518w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn8-250x166.jpg 250w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn8-82x54.jpg 82w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn8-540x360.jpg 540w" sizes="(max-width: 2592px) 100vw, 2592px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-1029" class="wp-caption-text">It takes the right person to have a lot of helpers and to still come out with something reasonable like you thought it would be.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_1030" style="width: 2602px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn7.jpg"><img decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1030" class="size-full wp-image-1030" alt="corn7" src="https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn7.jpg" width="2592" height="1728" srcset="https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn7.jpg 2592w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn7-150x100.jpg 150w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn7-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn7-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn7-760x506.jpg 760w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn7-518x345.jpg 518w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn7-250x166.jpg 250w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn7-82x54.jpg 82w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn7-540x360.jpg 540w" sizes="(max-width: 2592px) 100vw, 2592px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-1030" class="wp-caption-text">The corn seeds are coated with pink stuff to keep the little bugs from killing them before they get started growing.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_1031" style="width: 2602px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn6.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1031" class="size-full wp-image-1031 " alt="corn6" src="https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn6.jpg" width="2592" height="1728" srcset="https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn6.jpg 2592w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn6-150x100.jpg 150w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn6-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn6-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn6-760x506.jpg 760w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn6-518x345.jpg 518w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn6-250x166.jpg 250w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn6-82x54.jpg 82w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn6-540x360.jpg 540w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 2592px) 100vw, 2592px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-1031" class="wp-caption-text">Angelo gives Ellen a handful of seeds to plant.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_1032" style="width: 2598px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn5.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1032" class="size-full wp-image-1032" alt="corn5" src="https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn5.jpg" width="2588" height="685" srcset="https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn5.jpg 2588w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn5-150x39.jpg 150w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn5-300x79.jpg 300w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn5-1024x271.jpg 1024w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn5-760x201.jpg 760w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn5-518x137.jpg 518w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn5-82x21.jpg 82w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn5-540x142.jpg 540w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 2588px) 100vw, 2588px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-1032" class="wp-caption-text">Corn seeds get buried and die so they can produce 100 times as more corn than was planted.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_1033" style="width: 2567px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn4.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1033" class="size-full wp-image-1033" alt="corn4" src="https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn4.jpg" width="2557" height="752" srcset="https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn4.jpg 2557w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn4-150x44.jpg 150w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn4-300x88.jpg 300w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn4-1024x301.jpg 1024w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn4-760x223.jpg 760w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn4-518x152.jpg 518w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn4-82x24.jpg 82w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn4-540x158.jpg 540w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 2557px) 100vw, 2557px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-1033" class="wp-caption-text">Eliete loves plants. She brought a lot of helpers.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_1034" style="width: 1654px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn3.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1034" class="size-full wp-image-1034" alt="corn3" src="https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn3.jpg" width="1644" height="1424" srcset="https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn3.jpg 1644w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn3-150x129.jpg 150w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn3-300x259.jpg 300w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn3-1024x886.jpg 1024w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn3-760x658.jpg 760w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn3-461x400.jpg 461w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn3-82x71.jpg 82w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn3-540x467.jpg 540w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1644px) 100vw, 1644px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-1034" class="wp-caption-text">The best time to plant corn is just before the rainy season.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_1035" style="width: 2602px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn2.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1035" class="size-full wp-image-1035" alt="corn2" src="https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn2.jpg" width="2592" height="1728" srcset="https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn2.jpg 2592w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn2-150x100.jpg 150w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn2-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn2-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn2-760x506.jpg 760w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn2-518x345.jpg 518w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn2-250x166.jpg 250w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn2-82x54.jpg 82w, https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn2-540x360.jpg 540w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 2592px) 100vw, 2592px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-1035" class="wp-caption-text">Yara helps with the planting.</p></div>
<div style="width: 2602px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn9.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" alt="corn9" src="https://www.rickbergen.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/corn9.jpg" width="2592" height="1728" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">pink hands!</p></div>
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