Category Archives: Agronomy

Post about growing crops.

Combining Wheat and Rye

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Will

Got our Wheat and Rye combined last week:   We cut the grain with a swather (one of our haybines is actually a swather, we just remove the crimper to not damage the grain) to allow it to dry down … Continue reading →

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Must be Monday.

Posted on July 22, 2013 by Will

Or because it is a full moon tonight: But you know its going to be a good week when your Monday starts out chasing a frisky cow through the corn! We did get a shot of rain Sunday and today … Continue reading →

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Farmers are Never Happy.

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Will

Just a few weeks ago, we were begging for the rain to stop, and now it has.  In fact we are getting dry, some places the corn in starting to roll all ready. Us farmers are never happy, we always … Continue reading →

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Misc. Pictures

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Will

Just a few odd pictures from the last couple of weeks:   Calving pens have been full!   Raking some grass hay. Neighbor baling the grass hay for us.   Spraying Soybeans.  

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Pictures I Stole From Theo

Posted on July 6, 2013 by Will

Here is Theo, Sarah, Zoie and Owen getting a “Knee high by the 4th of July” corn picture.  I didn’t bother to take one, so here is theirs:   The old wise man tale says if your corn in knee … Continue reading →

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Poor Looking Corn

Posted on June 24, 2013 by Will

Our goal is to get just a little bit better every year.  Last year was a poor year, and this year is already poor, and getting worse all of the time.  Spent some time checking fields today, and it doesn’t look … Continue reading →

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Alfalfa Test Plot

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Will

  We put in an alfalfa test plot today.   If I recall correctly we had 9 different alfalfa varieties in the plot.  At each cutting samples of each variety will be taken and analyzed for quality and yield. Also … Continue reading →

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Chopping First Crop Hay

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Will

Well we finally got first crop hay (mostly) done.  We have a couple of fields that we haven’t cut yet because of to many wet holes, we will probably cut them tomorrow. As I mentioned in an earlier post, we … Continue reading →

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Lets Try Cutting Some Hay

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Will

Depending on which forecast you want to believe, we thought we MIGHT have a chance to get some haylage chopped, so we started cutting today: We had to cut around a few places because they are just way to wet, … Continue reading →

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Neat Picture

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Will

Monday we were able to get a few more soybeans planted.  On the left we are spreading fertilizer, on the right the field finisher is working the fertilizer in and preparing the seed bed.  I was waiting for the finisher … Continue reading →

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