Category: farming
2025 on the farm
2025 was the most challenging year on the farm I’ve had yet, featuring substantial growing pains associated with the larger acres and scale-up of equipment to accommodate them.
2024 on the farm
2024 was an exciting year for the Traffas farm, with a substantial increase in acres and myriad equipment upgrades.
2023 on the farm
2023 was a mixed year on the farm, marked by a disastrous wheat harvest, continued research and trials surrounding the compost extract project, upgrades to equipment and a slightly better than average fall harvest. After last year’s drought-induced fall harvest disaster, it’s nice to end the year on some exciting and promising notes. January found…
2022 on the farm
2022 was a good year. It wasn’t great, thanks to the crippling drought that began on July 1 and persists to this day, but natural disasters notwithstanding, it was a good year in which there was much to be thankful for. In the summer of 2021 it was all I could do to finish planting…
Review of the Wilger Electronic Flow Monitor system
The Wilger EFM is a great way to monitor fertilizer flow without being forced to install a dedicated monitor in the cab.
#plant22
Brian spent the day with me last Friday and was excited to help get soybean seed. I’m loving the new planter. I did 350 acres in the last two days. I’m seeing the 16-row at somewhere around 35 or 40% faster than the 12-row. I did have some delays due to a cracked frame and…
Beans, beans, beans
We sure went from getting-stuck wet to can’t-get-the-drill-in dry in a very short time. Finished wheat harvest on Friday. The combine was a champion this year… couple belts and hoses but no major problems…ran last 30 hours without a care in the world. The drill had a bushing freeze up on a row unit Saturday…
