Suddenly it’s 2015 at the farm. One week we are trying to spend the right amount of money to ease our tax burden while making wise purchases and wrapping up a bunch of 2014 business and the next week we are cleaning out the filing folders for all the paperwork flooding our mail since January […]
We’ve been working outdoors again in some nicer weather this past week. Various types of farm work including tillage, rock picking, and cleaning equipment are all part of the mix. Not pictured is all the year-end paperwork and our decision-making process about trading some of our equipment before the calendar turns to a new year. […]
We kept somewhat busy during a wet week. Rain kept us away from harvest Sunday through Saturday. Our farm has been really wet. Wet Week https://storify.com/thefarmerslife/east-80-wet High water alert. Just 2″ of rain made everything wet. Our soils have been close to saturated since heavy rains came ahead of harvest back in August. As a […]
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 […]
Are you hosting or attending an Oscar party tonight? If so maybe you’ll be partaking in the popular movie treat known as popcorn, and there’s some small chance our family farm may have raised that popcorn! Each year we dedicate somewhere between 10-15% of our acreage to popcorn production. Growing popcorn isn’t much different from […]
2013 is coming to a close quickly on the farm. A fair amount of time was spent in the office writing checks to various places before the year ends. Christmas took up the middle of the week, and Dad and I got some cool new stuff! Check it out! Aerial Agnerd My DJI Phantom 2 […]