2023 From The Fields

As of May 4, David stated he feels like he’s on schedule. He was able to apply liquid manure once the fields dried out and get some seeding done. He reported the field conditions are good and described his soil quality as a pretty heavy black soil.

Last year, David’s start date was a bit later, May 7, and he recalled “things worked out just fine.”

Due to last fall’s dry conditions, unfortunately, none of the rye that was seeded germinated, so this spring tasked David with finding a different option for forages as replacement. While he’s previously experimented with sorghum in the past, he decided to seed in oats on one of the fields totaling 25 acres. He’ll use the other 45-acre field for corn with plans to plant by the end of the first week of May. David will resume planting rye this fall. He will also replace 45 acres of alfalfa with oats and a new crop of alfalfa.

“Forecast looks good,” David reported. “We’re in good shape.” v