It’s over! Harvest is done on this farm. While it was time to be done with all the wet weather and winter showing up early late in the week I always wish there was another acre to work in the field. There are a few more since we have moved on to fall tillage. Follow […]
Harvest is starting to near the end on this farm. Several rain delays and generally wet ground conditions have slowed us down, but we’ve got less than 10% to go. Wet Harvest We have had to return to many of our fields multiple times to get crop out due to both grain and ground moisture. […]
A grain cart is a great tool for adding efficiency to harvest. A cart keeps a combine moving while spending more time harvesting and less time driving to and from trucks waiting at the edge of a field. Combines are expensive to operate so the less hours a farmer can put on his combine the […]
Summer is officially on at the farm! June is coming to a close, and that means wheat harvest cannot be far off. Other jobs still keep us busy, but we’ll be spending a few days in the field soon bringing in the wheat harvest and planting soybeans right behind it. Take a look at what […]
We had a busy week on the farm. We tended to our field borders, walked popcorn for rocks, inspected the growing crop, learned about the latest tech, fixed broken things, and I finished the week by heading over to Illinois for some additional education on unmanned aerial vehicle use in agriculture. Protecting the Border Each […]
I’ve been busy going from farm to farm all week feeding our growing corn crop. The rest of the crew have been helping me out shuttling around wagons and leaving my truck somewhere close so I can get to lunch and home in the evening. Enjoy the photos! Hungry Corn This is a fun shot […]