It finally happened. We had a full week of dry enough soil and good weather to put in a full week of harvest. There are quite a few less acres on our farm to harvest now. We are now around two-thirds done with harvest. Popcorn When we harvest popcorn all three trucks are usually loaded […]
Supposedly the third week of April is the best time to plant corn here in Northern Indiana, but sometimes conditions aren’t fit for planting or doing any kind of field work that week. In 2012 we started crazy early on March 28th, but it had been 80ºF for two weeks by that time. Conditions were […]
It’s almost time. This looks to be the last week we have on the farm ahead of the 2014 planting season. We are scrambling to get a lot of things done before we hit the fields full-time. We’ve been tuning up the new field we bought, fertilizing, and doing various jobs that need our attention […]
We haven’t given a rip about deep tillage on our farm for a few years. As we continue to move towards more acres in a no-till system with the rest of the farm in minimum till we traded in our 9 shank ripper a few years back. At an auction in March 2013 we bought […]
Wow it’s November already! Harvest is coming to a close on this farm week in pictures. Soon harvest will be history, but we’ve still got a lot of work before it is over! Young Farmer Our son headed to the office. Corn, Corn, Corn This week was all about corn harvest. Take in the sights! […]
It’s almost time to reap what we’ve sown on the farm this year. But not quite. We’ll start harvesting next week at least a little bit if not all out. This past week we’ve checked on the maturing crop, sealed up grain bins, and prepped our equipment. Take a look! Corn from Above I always […]