WELCOME TO THE FARM!
Wether you make your living from your stock or they're members of the family, we're here for you. Raising and baling high quality forage isn't our side hustle or a part of our farm... it is our farm. Our focus is producing quality forage for your stock. We put in a lot of effort to grow a consistent, quality product feeding the most important animals in the world... yours.
We're members of the National Hay Association and the Illinois Forage and Grasslands Council (In fact our founder sits on the board of directors).
WHAT WE DO
WE BALE HAY
We're a small family farm in Southern Illinois. We bale 850 acres of hay. We raise alfalfa, alfalfa/grass mix and grass hay.
FERTILIZER
As we've grown our farm one of the hardest parts was getting help with our soil and plant health. We've created a program to help small farms have better pastures year after year. Join the program for the sake of your stock.
GETTING FORAGE RIGHT
Choosing the right seed for your pasture is challenging. We had the same problem. Our solution... we started working with one of the leading forage seed companies in Illinois to provide the varieties of seed that are right for our area.
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2nd Cutting... Just A Little Too Late For Perfect
The rain in combination with the heat has made our fields grow and grow and grow! That was great news until we noticed it had the same effect on weeds that snuck into our fields - unwanted and unneeded. So we began harvesting our fields and since most were too weedy for our standards, many fields have been round baled rather than square baled.
The weather continues to be hot and dry. The alfalfa is looking healthy and growing quickly. We added some of our favorite AgroLiquid fertilizer to make sure it is getting the nutrients needed for our great hay. The forecast looks favorable for us to get our alfalfa and grass hay for third cutting and be back on track.
Surviving a Rain-Drenched Hay Season
Our farm's hay situation hasn't changed much in the past few weeks, but we've learned a lot. We were lucky to harvest a big field of Alfalfa just before bad weather hit. Right now, our barn has this new 2nd cutting Alfalfa and some grass mix from our first cut. We plan to harvest the rest of our fields in early August. After the second cut, we expect our barns to be full of top-quality alfalfa and grass mixes, perfect for feeding your livestock all year.
This season has been eye-opening. Our team has been watching the weather closely, waiting for dry spells long enough for us to work. We've had to learn patience; it's now key to our work. It helps us time our harvest with the good weather. This season has really shown us that, even with modern technology, farming is still at the mercy of Mother Nature.