The odds are if you come to visit Scott Farms on a given day you won’t find us cutting corners at work. But sometimes we make an exception. Corn grows tall. Tall enough that it can cause trouble at intersections on roadways. So we and many of our neighbors go around about this time of […]
Farm Week in Pictures is inching closer to harvest every week. Crops have entered the grain fill stages which means most of what happens from now on is no longer in our hands. We still have plenty of work to do around the farm from selling and hauling the last loads of the 2012 crop […]
Farm Week in Pictures for the last full week of July 2013 offers up some rough looking corn despite how well the crop appears to be doing this year. We are also getting ready to say goodbye to our 2010 9670 STS combine. Army of ManyA neighbor stopped by first thing Monday morning to let […]
With this Farm Week in Pictures 2013 is halfway over. Corn and soybeans are growing and will be entering the reproductive phases soon while wheat dries down for a summer harvest. As the first half of the year closes take a look at what we’ve been doing the past week. Stormy Weather Seems like a […]
We skipped a week, but Farm Week in Pictures is back. Last week was pretty much all pictures of the same thing that I’m saving for a different post in the near future. The scenery is changing a bit as we move from planting and fertilizing to other tasks around the farm. Take a look […]
You thought planting was done? Well it is, but we may be seen swooping in a field or two for replant. What is Replant? Around here replant is usually the result of crops being drowned out by heavy rainfall that accumulates in low lying areas of a field. Replanting is not an uncommon task, but […]