Easter...

Planting season has begun at Johnson Family Farms! We started planting soybeans on Thursday, April 2nd and are fairly far along at this point with soybean plantings. We also planted a few acres of corn, but with the forecasted colder temperatures coming we opted to wait until after the colder temperatures evade and wait for warmer days ahead. The ground is working good despite the lack of a really cold winter to provide for freezing and thawing. As you can see from the pictures below we have a lot of things going on during planting season. I hope you enjoy the pictures.

Brent

Lots of dust coming off the planter operating at 9+ mph!

Bob planting nonGMO soybeans on our Foster Family LLP Ashland farm. 

David working chiseled corn stalks down ahead of the Kinze soybean planter outside Ashland. 

Looking out the back window of the tractor towards the high-speed 20" planter. Here we are planting soybeans outside Pleasant Plains and applying a high-rate of liquid fertilizer. 

A view looking out the front of the tractor of the 20" planter. We have a lot of monitors in this tractor - some to control the planter, some to steer the tractor and others to operate the hydraulic pumps on the planter and tractor. 

Max and Owen coming out for a ride in the planter. 

Refilling the planter with soybeans on the Alexander farm.

Fixing a tile hole on the Alexander farm. Look at that beautiful black top-soil!

Brad hauling large rip-rap rock to slow down water on the Lehmann farm.

Our April 2nd planted soybeans are off to a good start. This picture was a week after planting.