Food versus Fuel is a phrase that’s heard a lot when talking about ethanol generated from corn. I’m not going to rehash that whole debate here because I’ve covered it in other posts, but basically know that corn made in to ethanol also produces animal feed in the process. When you hear that upwards of […]
Tag: wheat
Most of the pictures this week are from wheat harvest. If you want to see our harvest in action then look here. Another farmer’s field behind my house being sprayed. Little soybeans breaking through the wheat stubble Delivering wheat to the elevator Wheat piled up in the combine hopper Harvesting wheat next to the popcorn […]
What is double crop? This is when a farm harvest two cash crops from the same piece of land in one season. We grow a field or two of wheat every year, and we always like to double crop soybeans right after the wheat is harvested. See the evenly spaced diagonal lines running across the […]
Wheat piled up in the combine Planter in the distance double cropping beans into the wheat The neighbors are harvesting wheat too. Right up against the popcorn Another truckload ready to go! June 30th. Replanting beans. Again. And it’s rained all day today. Hope they grow this time. A doe watching me closely Corn headed […]
There are so many ways for people to raise crops and livestock. Not only are the products diverse, but so are the methods of production as well as the producers themselves. Unfortunately there is often a divide between certain types of agriculture, and the different types tend to fight each other concerning what might be […]