Tag: Traffas Farm

  • 2025 on the farm

    2025 on the farm

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    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 on the farm

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    2024 was an exciting year for the Traffas farm, with a substantial increase in acres and myriad equipment upgrades.

  • 2023 on the farm

    2023 on the farm

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    Aaron
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    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 […]

  • 2022 on the farm

    2022 on the farm

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    Aaron
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    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 […]

  • Review of the Wilger Electronic Flow Monitor system

    Review of the Wilger Electronic Flow Monitor system

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    Aaron
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    The Wilger EFM is a great way to monitor fertilizer flow without being forced to install a dedicated monitor in the cab.

  • #plant22

    #plant22

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    Aaron
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    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% […]

  • Drilling with a quadcopter

    Drilling with a quadcopter

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    Video and pictures of drilling milo into cover crop residue, taken with a DJI quadcopter.

  • Farming

    Farming

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    Aaron
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    It’s been nearly three months since my father left me with the farm. It was precisely one year ago today when he saw my newborn son in the hospital. While we were watching Nolan get passed from family member to family […]