Farm Perspectives: Mother Nature helps Farmers Tend their Fields
Spring has finally arrived and it is great to be in the fields at Alsum Farms & Produce in Friesland, WI. We are later than normal, in fact this is the latest date we have started to plant in my 25 years of growing potatoes.
We started on Thursday, 4/25 and the conditions were very good. We had the normal first day problems and only got 15 acres planted. The next few days went much better and we are now averaging about 100 to 120 acres per day. (more…)