Posts Tagged ‘seasons’
Milo (Sorghum) Harvest 2015
Scheufler Farms, Inc. Fall Harvest 2015 is officially over. It ended last Friday, when the crew finished in the milo field. Grain cart filling the semi with milo Usually it’s the double-crop beans that are last crop standing in the field, but it was a warm, dry fall. Usually the first freeze of the year…
Read MoreFall: Harvest, Planting, and My (Dad’s) Happy Place
Fall is a busy time on a Kansas farm. It’s the place on the calendar where harvest and planting intersect. Milo harvest 2015 Unlike wheat harvest, which wraps up in less than two weeks, fall harvest lasts from September until all of the crops are harvested. Which, depending on the weather, can be anywhere from…
Read MoreHow a Global Pandemic could Change our Food Supply
From producers to supply chains to restaurant workers to how often Americans cook and eat at home, the COVID-19 global pandemic has caused big changes in the food supply. A few weeks ago I opened the milk crate on our front porch which holds the weekly delivery from a local dairy. I was surprised to…
Read MoreRained Out: A Story of Mitigating Risk
For all of the technology in modern agriculture – the GPS device in the combine, the weather app on the phone, the wireless electronic truck scale – our food system is still in the hands of Mother Nature. It’s never more apparent how small we humans are in the universe until your game of Pegs…
Read MoreNitrogen Fertilizer, a Comparison
A few weeks ago I wrote about how nitrogren fertilizer is an essential part of farming because it is an essential part of protein, and thus nutrition for humans. Across farming philosophies – from conventional to progressive to organic to local – the fact that nitrogen is essential to life is an undisputed fact. Beyond…
Read MoreMaking Lunches
We visited the farm last weekend to introduce two of my favorite people in the world to wheat harvest. It’s a busy, dusty, exhausting, fun time of the year. Wheat Harvest The days are usually really long – starting in the morning and reaching until way past sunset as long as the grain is still…
Read MoreSustainability Spotlight: Miller Farms Local Vegetable Farm
Meet Joe Miller. Joe Miller of Miller Farms Joe and his wife, Chris, are the full-time owners/operators of Miller Farms, a medium-sized vegetable farm in Northern Colorado. Miller Farms consists of 400 acres of vegetables, additional acreage in field corn, and a few more acres of hay. In addition to farming, a couple of years…
Read MoreKansas Wheat Harvest
My favorite childhood playground: the grain truck, followed closely by the time I spent in the kitchen with my mom helping her “make lunches” for the harvest crew. Most people think that Kansas is land-locked. They would be right — except for June, when seas of golden wheat stretch across the plains. Millions of stalks of…
Read MoreFarming when the Ground is White and the Temp is Low
I work an 8-to-5-ish job. I have weekends and holidays off, I accrue PTO, and if I’m deathly ill, I have (amazing) coworkers who will step up to cover for me. This does not describe the life of a small business owner, such as a farmer. The Old Red Barn A small business owner works the…
Read MoreCrop Rotation
In case you hadn’t noticed, winter is upon us. Snow has blanketed the fields, temperatures have dropped, and the days are short. Getting set for the family photo… it’s cold! So what happens on a farm when the ground is frozen? More than you’d think. Like all the other seasons, winter is a thread in…
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