A local farmer sends a special message to his wife. It’s one that requires a bird's eye view or at least a 20 foot lift in a tractor bucket to see it.

Ken Haas has been farming all his life. He says this summer's drought was so rough on his crops, he decided instead of bailing his hay, he'd take the time to tell his wife, "Hay, I love you!"

In a secluded field, on the border of Rusk and Barron Counties, there's a love letter in the hay.

"We've been married five years," says Ken’s Wife Beth Haas.

"Five years, two months and seven days,” adds Ken. “I probably don't tell her enough that I love her."

So, four days ago, Ken decided to show his love. Half an hour of delicate farm work later, he drove half a mile home to get his wife.

"I jumped in the tractor. There's a loader on it and he said ‘get in,’ so I did, and he raised it in the air. I was holding on for dear life,” Beth says laughing. “Then, he said ‘look over there’ and I did and there it was."

"Beth, I love you," scripted in the green.

One look ahead, and one glance back at the tractor and Beth's eyes welled up and so did her husband's.

Word of the words quickly spread.

"I called everyone and told everyone,” Beth says. “No one was surprised, he's just so good to me!"

Wednesday, as she looked over the field, it was almost like she was seeing it for the first time.

"Oh, how cool,” she says laughing. “He's just so cool!"

It's definitely something neither she or her husband will ever forget…

"It would probably be the biggest thing that's ever happened to me," Beth says.

…Even if Ken hopes his buddies might.

"He said 'are you trying to make the rest of us look bad writing love letters in the field?' I told him I don't know what he's talking about," Ken says.

But, after all, what's a little grief when…

Ken tells us, "for her, I’d do anything."

Ken doesn't have any plans to bale the field so his message should be around for a while.

We'd like to say thanks to our pilot, Chuck Harrison of Chetek. He took us up in his plane this morning to get those sky-high shots.