Suddenly it’s 2015 at the farm. One week we are trying to spend the right amount of money to ease our tax burden while making wise purchases and wrapping up a bunch of 2014 business and the next week we are cleaning out the filing folders for all the paperwork flooding our mail since January […]
I’m not a chef by any means, but I do love good food. Actually cooking isn’t really even a hobby of mine, but that may change after eating this pork loin from my new Pit Barrel Cooker. Our friends have one of these cookers, and after spending Labor Day weekend eating from theirs I put […]
We’ve been working outdoors again in some nicer weather this past week. Various types of farm work including tillage, rock picking, and cleaning equipment are all part of the mix. Not pictured is all the year-end paperwork and our decision-making process about trading some of our equipment before the calendar turns to a new year. […]
Fertilizing corn is one of the largest expenses on our farm, and Nitrogen (N) is the biggest contributor to that cost. Over that last few seasons we have changed our N program quite a bit with goals of improving corn yield, more effective application timing, and reducing costs. In recent years we have stepped away […]
Our first full week post-harvest has passed on the farm. This is about the time of year people start wondering just what it is farmers do in the winter. Keep up with my Farm Week in Pictures series throughout the winter to see what keeps us occupied in the coming months. Cleanup Time The time […]
It’s over! Harvest is done on this farm. While it was time to be done with all the wet weather and winter showing up early late in the week I always wish there was another acre to work in the field. There are a few more since we have moved on to fall tillage. Follow […]