by Melissa | Mar 18, 2020 | Alfalfa Seed
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...
by Melissa | Feb 13, 2020 | Alfalfa Seed, Barley & Wheat, Crops, Sugar Beets
I still can’t believe it has been over 2 years since my last post! I apologize for my absence and wanted to give you an update on what we have been up to since my last post in 2017. The 2018 & 2019 crop years have been crazy to say the least, but I guess...
by Melissa | Oct 7, 2017 | Alfalfa Seed, Barley & Wheat, Sugar Beets
Now that the crop year is nearly complete, I am FINALLY going to do a post about our 2017 crops! 🙂 Every year I am amazed at how quickly the time goes by! It feels like we were just planting the crops last week, yet here we are almost done with harvest! This year we...
by Melissa | Mar 25, 2017 | Alfalfa Seed, Barley & Wheat, Harvest, Sugar Beets
So I may be a couple months late, 🙂 but I wanted to share our 2016 harvest videos and pictures! Barley Harvest Below are a couple photos of our 2016 barley harvest, the first crop we harvested. Click here to learn more about our barley harvest. Alfalfa Seed...
by Melissa | Jul 30, 2016 | Alfalfa Seed, Barley & Wheat, Sugar Beets
Seriously! Where does the time go?!? It feels like I was just posting about planting our crops, and here we are getting ready to start barley harvest! Our crops have grown a lot since my last post, so I wanted to do a 2016 crop update before we get busy with...
by Melissa | Jun 7, 2016 | Alfalfa Seed, Barley & Wheat, Sugar Beets
Wow!! I can't believe that summer is almost here! It seems like it was just yesterday we started working the ground, even though that was really 3 months ago. We were able to get started in the fields pretty early this year, which made planting go pretty...