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Our crops

We grow a variety of crops thanks to our location and climate. These include alfalfa seed, clover seed, sugar beets, wheat, barley, oats, sunflowers, corn, and dry edible beans.

sunflowers

2019 was our first year growing sunflowers.

Seed crops

Alfalfa seed, red clover seed, dark red kidney bean seed, great northern bean seed, and pinto bean seed

sugar beets

Sugar beets are harvested and processed into sugar

corn

Corn for grain

small grains

Hard red spring wheat, oats, and malt barley

Organic Vegetables

ORGANIC

Sweet corn, cucumbers, peppers, hemp, and squash

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Record Keeping on the Farm

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Alfalfa Seed Pollination

Alfalfa Seed Pollination

Pollination is one of the most important parts of raising alfalfa seed.  Without pollination, there would be no seed to harvest.  As soon as there are blooms on the alfalfa plants, it is time to put our pollinators to work. We use leafcutter bees for...