by Melissa | Jan 17, 2016 | Harvest, Sugar Beets
Sugar beet harvest was our final harvest for the 2015 crop year. We finished harvesting our sugar beets the last week in October, then went to Colorado to help our family finish theirs. It’s always a great feeling to be done with harvest! it also makes me kind...
by Melissa | Nov 29, 2015 | Sugar Beets
Hi everyone! We successfully finished our sugar beet harvest and went to Colorado to help my husband’s family finish their sugar beet harvest. I am in the process of putting together our harvest video, but did finish the video from their harvest and...
by Melissa | Oct 23, 2015 | Alfalfa Seed
I am happy to report the 2015 alfalfa seed harvest is complete! We actually finished the end of September, but have been busy with beet harvest. Overall, the harvest went pretty smoothly. The weather the last couple of years slowed down our harvest, but...
by Melissa | Aug 31, 2015 | Alfalfa Seed
Now that we are finished harvesting the barley, I wanted to do an up-to-date post on our alfalfa seed we planted this spring. It is very similar to our established alfalfa seed, but requires a few extra steps in the spring. We started off by using our no-till drill...
by Melissa | Aug 18, 2015 | Barley & Wheat
I am happy to say that we are almost done with barley harvest! We have just a little over 100 acres left. If our equipment and the weather would cooperate, that would only be another day and a half. However, it is raining at the moment so we will just see how it...
by Melissa | Jul 29, 2015 | Barley & Wheat
My favorite time of year has arrived...barley harvest! I love harvest because we get to see all of our hard work pay off. My son loves it because he loves riding in the combine with me. The barley is dried down and ready to be taken to the elevator. The barley is...
