Last year French scientist Gilles-Eric Seralini made news when a paper by his team was published in Food and Chemical Toxicology. Data concerning long-term feeding of genetically modified Monsanto corn and the herbicide glyphosate (Roundup) in the Seralini study suggested the rats being studied developed cancerous tumors. Of course this news spread around the internet like wildfire […]
Farm Week in Pictures is in full post-harvest swing. As the weeks go on there won’t be as many pictures of big, green equipment which everyone likes to see, but people always want to know what farmers do in the winter. Stay tuned to see what we do between now and spring! Cleaning Our Combine […]
Farm Week in Pictures is really changing now that harvest is over. Right now we have several projects happening at the same time. We are managing water on one field, tilling other fields, improving my truck, and we even bought a farm! Harvest Finale Some of the final results of our 2013 harvest. On Monday […]
None of us have shed our mortal coils, but we have bought the farm. A particular farm anyway. One field to be exact. We made an offer on an 88 acre tract Saturday, and it was accepted on Monday. So we’ll be farming just a bit more in 2014! This farm was put up for […]
Corn and soybeans are obviously very different crops. Corn is tall and generally has a single ear per plant. Soybeans are relatively short and are covered in pods full of seeds we need to harvest. We have one combine, but we employ two different heads for each crop. The same head we use for beans […]
Farm Week in Pictures is changing tunes again. Harvest all but ended on Monday, and we’ve gone from a single focus of harvesting to all kinds of projects happening this week. Take a look! Corn Conclusion Getting ready to start one of the final days of corn harvest. All we have left to cut is […]