Harvest began this week! And that’s pretty much what we’ve been up to! In a post earlier this week I talked about what kind of yields we’ve seen so far as a result of the drought. Different soil types have different capacities for yield, but this year the changes from one part of a field […]
Yesterday we finished harvesting our first field after this long summer of drought. The end result was a nice surprise with the yield monitor in the combine showing 151 bushels per acre average. I saw yields in this field anywhere from 30 bushles to just over 300 in what are normally low, wet spots. Based […]
Today my wife, son, grandpa and I visited a local buffalo ranch not far from our home. The ranch is located Buffalo, Indiana. What better place, right? Each Labor Day weekend the ranch is open for public tours followed by a meal including a buffalo burger. The facility is family owned an operated by a […]
We’ve been preparing for harvest lately by getting equipment and grain storage ready for work. There’s a good chance we will try to get in some fields this coming week! Here’s what we’ve been up to.
My parents have an exceptional soybean plant near their house. This plant is actually on the edge of a neighbor’s corn field and has managed to survive the growing season. Dad counted the pods on this plant estimating an entire field of soybeans like this one could yield 250 bushels per acre. In our area […]
During this “interesting” growing season I’ve been talking about corn with Cathryn Wojcicki aka @CornyCate from National Corn Growers Association. She works on a series of podcasts with various farmers around the nation to get a feel for how the corn crop is progressing. I get a call from Cathryn every couple of weeks to talk […]