The season was challenging, particularly with the excessive summer rain, but overall it's been a good season! Last week, I was able to finish baling hay for the season and baled some corn stalks. So now I can clean up the balers and park them for the winter. I also got electric fence put up …
Daniel Paul and his wife, Amy, manage their organic Clover Hill Farm near Laurel in Marshall County. They have three daughters, Emily, Bethany and MaryEllen. Crops include oats, wheat, rye, corn, soybeans and alfalfa acres. He raises grass-fed and finished beef cows, pigs, goats and sheep.
This last week I loaded out a couple loads of corn, I baled some hay and mowed some hay and l delivered hay and straw. Due to the rain we got, I didn't get cover crops planted for my uncle yet, but I expect to do that this week. I also need to deliver some hay, bale hay and put up electric f…
This last week I was able to get all my corn harvested, got cover crops planted and got some hay made, so things are really wrapping up for the season. This week I'll load out some corn, deliver straw and just get some other projects done for the season. I'll probably do a little bit of cust…
Last week, I was able to plant cover crops and traveled to look at two combines but haven't found the right one yet. This week, I hope to cut and bale hay and possibly have a neighbor pick some of my corn. Neighbors are still working on corn and beans, but I expect they will make good progre…
Last week I hauled some hay, planted some cover crops, delivered some straw, loaded out a load of beans and did a bunch of other odd jobs. This week, I hope to deliver more straw, plant more cover crops and plant a rye field that will be harvested next summer. I may go to Wisconsin to look a…
Guys were going hard on beans this last week. Some of them finished beans and switched back to corn by the middle of the week. I'd say three-fourths of the beans are done in this area. I was able to get all of my beans done and was starting to do some custom harvesting of beans for my uncle,…
This last week I was able to build some fence and got another hay field done for the season. Later last week, I noticed a lot of harvest activity in the area on both corn and beans. This week I'm looking to bale a couple hay fields that I already have cut and then hopefully get some bean har…
Last week was slower-paced. I was busy doing odd jobs all week and spending more time with my family before things get busy again. Earlier last week, I noticed quite a few guys getting after some corn and a few beans before it rained. I haven't talked to anyone about moisture or yields, yet …
Last week I was able to get some hay cut and baled. It feels good to be on some of the hay fields for the last time for the season. We took a quick trip to eastern Iowa for a grass-fed cattle field day. We are looking to expand that part of our operation, so it was a good learning experience…
I got some more hay baled and delivered. Still a wide range in the bean fields. I saw one field yesterday, there was a combine sitting in the field that did a little bit of harvest but they didn’t go very far. Hoping today to finish baling straw which is way later than I would normally do it…
Monday and Tuesday, I raked and baled hay. Wednesday, I cut more hay after doing some maintenance on the mower conditioner. Thursday, I worked on the combine all day. Today, I sorted cows to take to the vet and then to the locker on Monday morning. I drove past a bean field today that alread…
Last week, I got more hay baled and moved off the field. I cut a couple more hay fields that will be baled early this week, and I was finally able to get some small square bales of straw baled. The custom weed zapper was able to come and get through my beans. Looking to rake and bale hay thi…
Last week, I was able to get some hay made between the rains. I spent time hauling the hay home and got it wrapped so it would keep as I had to bale it wet. I spent some time working on equipment as well. This week, the custom weed zapper is supposed to come to run through my beans to get th…
Last week I was able to cut some hay and get it baled but ended up having to bale it wet and wrap it. I got two oat fields combined and a little straw baled. The third oat field I will just have to bale and feed since it's knocked down so much due to too much rain. Hopefully, this week I can…
It stopped raining, which was encouraging. It was too wet for a while, and I didn’t want to tear things up so we held off cutting hay, but I’ll get some of that done today and combine some oats soon. One field is not turning out well. Cultivating is mostly done. We have a few nice days ahead…
I wasn’t able to get much done. The rain’s been too frequent. It’s getting frustrating, as some stalks got knocked down. I need three or four dry days in a row. Neighbors’ crops are looking good. A lot of hayfields still need to be cut, so many of us in the area are in the same boat. A lot o…
Last week I was able to get a couple of hayfields baled, and then I spent the rest of the week cultivating soybeans and working on the combine. Corn and beans look great in my area. It's been years since I've seen everything so lush this time of year. I am windrowing some oats today in hopes…
Last week, I got some beans cultivated, straw delivered, got all the sheep and goats dewormed and quite a few other odd jobs taken care of. I got the combine out and am working it over. I cut some second-cutting hay Sunday in hopes that it will be dry enough to bale before the next rain. The…
Last week, I was able to finish first-cutting hay. I got my corn cultivated and experimented with seeding some cereal rye into the standing corn for cover crop and fall grazing. I also got started cultivating beans. The neighbors’ corn is starting to tassel, and crops look good due to the mo…
It's been a rainy week but that has allowed me to get cows worked and moved and some other catch-up projects taken care of. I've been able to get some of my beans tine-weeded in between the rains. Corn and beans are growing fast and so are the weeds, so I will need to cultivate soon. It look…
I finished baling last night about 10 p.m. It felt good to be done before rain hits this week. I completed 250 bales so far this season. I wrapped about 80 of them because of wetness. We got just a tiny bit of hail, but it didn’t hurt anything. About 2.75 inches measured the last big rain an…
I got quite a bit of hay done — well over 100 bales so far. Plans to do more Saturday night were rained out. I plan to bale the remaining left to do today. I’ll have to wrap it up because it’s a little wet. Maybe later this week I can cut another round of hay. I have about 40 acres to go wit…
I’m driving my tractor home now and will make some hay. I finished planting beans Saturday night. No rain beyond sprinkles recently. It’d be nice to get a good shot of it and warmer conditions. Tillage looks pretty good. Crops are looking pretty good. They’ve mostly taken off, which is good …
Activities went fairly well last week. Our tillage is done and all the corn is planted in the ground. I wanted to get hay done, but I’m still waiting on a tractor repair. We received a few sprinkles a couple times that may have added up to almost 0.25 of an inch but it dried out fast. I like…
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