Why did we turn this land in to pollinator habitat? We we rented this farm consisting of six fields this 23 acres was the most challenging. Nine acres of is a large sandhill with trees all along the North edge. Most years it wouldn’t produce very much grain at all. So when we bought this […]
Another fall, another drain tile installation. This time we are adding a drainage system to a spot on the farm that frequently sees water damage. Even a potential total crop loss in the lowest spots of the field. This is going to be a great improvement to the farm for many years to come. Our […]
Just like your lawn in spring, we make a weed and feed pass on our wheat this time of year. Nutrien came out with their John Deere R4045 Sprayer to apply about 100lbs an acre of nitrogen via 28-0-0 and weed control through some Harmony Extra herbicide. We don’t currently own a sprayer on the […]
If you have never seen a corn field grow from the day of planting all the way through harvest I can help you out! On YouTube I’ve made a playlist dedicated to one of our corn fields growing in 2020. The corn you see is waxy corn growing in the field surrounding our farm shop […]
The time has come for a corn head upgrade. We ran our John Deere 612C for seven seasons, and for the last few years we’ve have some gearbox issues including replacing a couple of them for a hefty parts bill. A new 712FC late in 2019, and now it’s here from the factory near the […]
Wheat Harvest 2019 We grow soft red winter wheat which is planted in the fall, and harvested the following summer. Usually harvest begins the first week of July which was true again in 2019. Wheat was growing during the cool, wet spring of corn and soybean planting so it was slow to develop. We did […]