Harvest is starting to near the end on this farm. Several rain delays and generally wet ground conditions have slowed us down, but we’ve got less than 10% to go. Wet Harvest We have had to return to many of our fields multiple times to get crop out due to both grain and ground moisture. […]
A bit of a slow start early this farm week due to wet soils, but by Wednesday we were back to planting again. Take a look! Family Farming Great shot my wife got of our son and me after he spent a whole afternoon (until 9pm) planting popcorn with me. Planting that popcorn! Seed Swap! […]
Last week I told you there would be planting pictures from the farm this week. I was right! Planting season 2014 began on Wednesday and continued through Thursday. Rain delay all day Friday, and then back to the fields on Saturday. Sunday morning we ran a few hours to finish a field ahead of rain that […]
It was an up and down week on the farm for weather. Spring was here at one point, but winter came right back just to be followed by spring again. March is always a toss-up around here. Planting season is going to be here one of these days, but until then we still have things […]
I’m soaked through to my unmentionables. The grain dryer was nearing capacity and we were about to move on to another field. When we left for lunch to let the dryer catch up a bit the grain cart was fully loaded (and untarped) and the combine was partially loaded. I drove home and made a […]
Farm Week in Pictures brings a close to the planting season this week. We put in a long day Sunday, and finished on Wednesday, May 22 which happens to be our wedding anniversary. With planting over outside of a replant situation and hopefully being able to double crop soybeans after wheat what is on the […]