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Manager Update for August 3, 2014.
Hi All! Just a couple quick notes and some photos. It is starting to dry out, in fact a rain would be nice. The tough planting conditions in the spring are still very visible. The beans are thin where...
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Manager Update August 27, 2014
Corn on old Alfalfa ground. Photo 8/26/14. Bio Strip till, where corn will be planted next year. Brassica flax mix. Planted 8/15/14, photo taken 8/26. Bio Strip till planted 8_15_14. Photo taken...
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Manager Update 10/29/14
Corn Harvest 2014 Sprayed out Alfalfa. Emerson Winter Wheat. Greetings! It has been a busy fall. Nice weather and little rain has given us good condition to get things done. We had a little rain...
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Manager Update 1_22_2015
Greetings! We are well into the New Year with meeting season in full swing. I am finally back to the office for a couple weeks to get caught up. It is always fun to travel and visit with old friends...
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Manager Update for March 3, 2015
NDSU Winter Wheat Trial Happy End of winter! At least I hope so. But then I am not in the snow removal business or anything else that makes money from snow. Those guys probably not having a good year...
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Manager Update June 10, 2015
Greetings, It started out so nice this spring, yes, it was scary dry. But conditions for planting were perfect. Nice subsoil, no snow and then it really seemed like it was back to the 80s. Every rain...
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Manager Update June 16, 2015
Greetings, Another last minute experiment at CCSP. I noticed the yellow looking corn, as everyone has, and read Dr. Franzen’s article about sulfur deficiency, so last evening I dug through the...
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CCSP 2015 Field Day Info
Hi All, Below is the press release I generated for the field day. We are busy getting ready! We have gone from wet to almost dry. The crops are holding well so far, although on the way in this...
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Manager Update August 22, 2015.
Greetings! Another summer seems to be slipping away. The NDAWN site near my home in Brampton recorded a low temp early this week of 39. It happens every year. The first football game of...
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Manager Update September 26, 2015
Early soybeans taken off 9_22_15 Greetings all, After a long dry spell, we got a nice rain, 2.05 at the farm and probably more on the south side. Up to 5 inches fell just a few miles to the east. We...
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Manager Update for January 24, 2016
Jan 2016 Standing Soybeans catch snow. Greetings, Happy New Year! It is still January so I guess it is still appropriate. It is the middle of meeting season. Someone implied I must not have much to...
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Manager Update 3_14_16
March 14, 2016. Ready to plant…but will wait a week. Spring Time Greetings! This has probably been the easiest winter we have seen in quite some time. I keep reminding myself we could get a storm like...
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Manager Update April 4, 2016
Our New Tractor from Titan Machinery and the Amity twin disk drill. Greetings, I am not sure what is going on this spring, but it is just too nice! After getting the Amity drill tuned up, she worked...
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Manager Update July 24, 2016
Photos taken 7/24/2016. Comments follow pictures. Corn July 24, 2016 Soybeans July 24, 2016 Spring Wheat July 24, 2016 Peas July 24, 2016 Greetings! After a very busy spring and early summer...
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Greetings! Hi All! It has been too long since I have posted. We have been busy, and have some exciting new plans. CCSP has long been promoting conservation farming practices by demonstrating cropping...
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Manager Update March 22, 2017
2016 Corn Harvest Greeting All, Happy Spring! Officially I can say it was a pretty darn nice winter. But if you are a hundred miles west, not so much. At least the snow diminished the last month or so...
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Manager Update April 12, 2017
Dylan Rye 4/8/17 at Forman CCSP Hi All, Things are coming to life once again, it is spring! The Dylan rye we planted last fall is looking good at Forman. Dylan is the new variety released from the...
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Manager update for June 23, 2017
Greetings, We have had a lot going on this year! We have started a new project at Oakes North Dakota. We have a cooperator, Charnell Haak. Charnell has 70 head of cows with cropland and pasture just...
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