Winter Update...

2025 was another year that flew by. We were lucky in that we received ample rainfall all through July. In August through September it turned off hot and dry and fortunately for us, our crops lived off the stored July rainfall. Although it wasn't a record crop, we raised an "above average" crop which we are thankful for. We had a great fall with almost zero rainout days. We did get all the tillage completed despite how hard and dry the ground was. We have a few acres of anhydrous ammonia left to apply as of this writing, but we can get those covered in the spring. We take time off between Christmas and New Years for employees and family members to be with their families and recharge their batteries before starting the new year. We have plenty of grain to be delivered this winter as well as general maintenance on equipment in the shop. So far we have received more snowfall this winter than the previous five winters combined. We need the moisture so we won't complain. Here is to a safe and profitable 2026!

Spraying the post past of herbicides on our corn crop in Greenfield. 

Helicopter spraying fungicide on our corn crop.

Unloading another truckload of yellow corn at our grain center. 

The motor went out on our grain screener/cleaner coming out of the dryer so we left the vent holes open overnight. This was the next morning after the dryer had ran all night. The grain cleaner keeps this mess out of our grain bins.

Cutting beans on the Gooden farm.

We are trying a buckwheat cover crop. This was seeded with a drone the first week of September into standing corn. We did not get a very good stand because of the lack of rainfall.

A view from the grain cart operator's perspective.

Drilling wheat. This is the first official wheat crop we plan to harvest on the farm since 1983. We shall see how it turns out.

This summer we hired a crane and moved a 15 year old grain bin off its foundation so we could replace the concrete foundation that was cracking and becoming unlevel. From removal to putting the bin back on the new concrete pad took less than a week.