I found this article in the latest edition of Iowa Farmer Today. It provides a great example of how younger families are wanting to live on a farm, raise their families on a farm, the upward trend of locally grown food, and the philosophy of how life is lived is more meaningful than making a profit.
I’m sitting here on top of a bin, realizing that we have been farming now for a year! How time has flown and I can’t even begin to start on all that I’ve learned in this past year. I am excited to see what the fields look like as we harvest them and our yields. From the ground they look great! The stalks are all standing well and the ears look good. I was just in some fields taking tissue test samples and all looked good, healthy and normal. I do believe we lost a little ear weight from a lack of moisture during pollination, but the ears are still quite big, with 16 rows around.
We are diligently gearing up for harvest as we always do. I can already hear the sound of nearby combines rolling even with corn moisture testing at 24-26%. Our soybeans don’t look as ready, with leaves still falling and stems still a little yellow-green. We hope to be harvesting something by the end of the week.