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 […]
It was an up and down week on the farm for weather. Spring was here at one point, but winter came right back just to be followed by spring again. March is always a toss-up around here. Planting season is going to be here one of these days, but until then we still have things […]
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 […]
This is pretty much a soybean exclusive Farm Week in Pictures. The majority of our time this week was devoted to hauling a bin full of soybeans 21 miles away to Remington Seeds who we’ve been raising seed beans with for a few years now. We are growing seed for two companies now, and in […]
Regular readers know I’ve recently acquired a UAV for use on our farm. Just last week I got my Phantom 2 back from Aerial Media Pros after sending it back to them to perform a small but needed upgrade. I had them install a Futaba SBS-01G GPS sensor that will relay information back to my […]
Our farm got back in the air, visited the tractor doctor, did some travelling, and continued to haul grain during this Valentine’s Day week. Let’s take a look at the action! Flying High Again My Phantom 2 returned from a trip back to Aerial Media Pros in California. I sent it back for two reasons. […]