Hoping For Rain
A lack of precipitation coupled with warm and windy conditions has caused a great deal of drying on our soils. What started out as near-perfect conditions for planting has since become concerning. Every day gets dustier and dustier.
Tag: seeding
Our Earliest Seeding Ever
Here’s the reality: we simply don’t know what the year will bring. Everything we do now is based on our best guesses of how the year may pan out. Today, there is moisture in the ground, the soil temperature is over 5 degrees, and the fields are plenty dry enough to run equipment over them. That’s why we’re seeding.
What Does Such A Warm Winter Mean For Farmers?
Everybody knows that agriculture heavily relies on the weather. A single storm can change an entire growing season. A drought can be devastating. But we rarely see such extremes. While…
Harvest 2015 In Pictures
September 22nd marked the final day of harvest for us this year. I have to say, that was one of the earliest, easiest and most enjoyable harvests I have ever been…
Seeding 2015 in Pictures
For the last number of years, seeding has been a sprint to the finish. Difficult weather conditions, with constant rain in the forecast, pushed us to hammer the crop in…
Seeding 2015 Has So Far Been An Odd Experience
After years of frustrating, stressful and intense seeding seasons, 2015 has been oddly relaxing – relatively speaking. Dry, warm weather has been a nice change of pace so far this year.
Welcome to Hell Week
Hell Week. The final week of preparation before seeding begins. A week of increasingly furious and, well, frantic work in a frenetic push to try and be ready to go…
Seeding Draws to a Close for Leguee Farms
It is often said that the hardest things in life are the most rewarding. That nothing good comes easy. I hope they’re right, because 2014’s planting season was anything but…