So yeah. It’s September 30th, 2013 and there’s talk of a government shutdown at midnight tonight if Congress doesn’t pull it together. Also the Farm Bill (which is really just a continuation of the old bill because Congress can’t manage to even get a Farm Bill done once every 5 years!) expires tonight. BUT! The […]
It’s harvest time on the farm! I told you it was probably going to start this week! Let’s get to it! They’re all Here! New toys finally arrived to the farm on Monday just before harvest commenced on Tuesday. Here we have a new (to us) combine and my awfully close to new truck. I […]
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 […]
Refuge corn? What’s that? I’ll show you! No corn doesn’t need to take refuge in some kind of crop refugee camp, but it can act as a safe haven for pests that like to eat my crops. Why would I want pests to eat my crops? What is Refuge? Refuge plants are needed to mitigate […]
We are gearing up for harvest in this week’s farm pictures. We are still maybe two weeks away from harvest, but we have a lot of prepping to do between now and then. One thing we will need before harvest is a combine and a head to cut soybeans with. You might recall we traded […]