Good old gophers! We finally got the Strychnine poison licenced again here after many years of it being banned. As a result, the prairie dogs ( gophers) almost took over the pastures and hayland. The tree huggers thought it was inhumane to kill them this way, so it was banned. It has been brought back for a few months to help us get a control on these varmits again. So this means I have been walking and riding in my gator for days on end, dumping this poison down the thousands of holes. Seems to be working.
As for other most hated jobs on the farm, I have been thinking about this since this thread started. Most of my most hated jobs left when I seeded the last field down to grass and I finally decided it was cheaper to buy my grain than grow it. This has been the case about 8 years out of every 10 years. I have few regrets for doing this.I used to hate cleaning out bins, or spraying crops. Now the worst thing I can think of is tearing down old fence. I don't mind building new fence, but getting the old stuff rolled and out of the way, gives me pains where I do not have windows!