Planting into the night How did this miss us? Sunset Little guy fell asleep in the tractor, just like I used to. Watching Daddy plant Visiting the field and bringing Dad supper. Don’t worry, that tractor isn’t running. One neighbor with a 32 row planter. Ours is 16 Another neighbor with his 4 row. Takes […]
Category: Planting
Post relating to planting or seeding a crop.
Every year the company we grow popcorn for plants and harvests a test plot often with thousands of trials in a six acre grid. This year they are using nine acres. They use all kinds of hybrids for lots of different reasons, all of which are not known to me. The equipment they use is always […]
Filling up the planter for the first time this year! And we’re off! Planting season has begun! Tractor and planter calling it a day Some conservation going on here. This is a filter strip along a ditchbank. Dad taking counts and measurements of seed spacing and depth Setting up varieties going to be planted. First […]
We have been planting for one day and are officially ahead of schedule! How can this be with all the rain and cold temperatures we’ve been having? It depends on what year you are comparing this spring to. I started farming full time exactly two years ago today, and on that day we had 80 […]
According to my Purdue Extension Corn & Soybean Field Guide 2010 Edition the optimum time to plant corn in my area is the last week of April. The last week of April begins in three days, and seeing as the ground is soaked right now and there’s more rain on the way what can a […]
Well planting time is just about here for our farm in Northwest Indiana and I’m excited. Like most farmers my favorite time is spring and/or fall when you get to go out in the field and really accomplish something you can see with your eyes. This year should prove to be even more exciting since […]