07/17/2026
What’s happening on the farm: The combining is done! I’ve been busy doing all sorts of different things so I haven’t had time to post. Just made some delicious strawberry jam. Thought I would have enough for the year but Ron is putting it on EVERYTHING so I will probably make a few more batches. So, his new favorite is to smother a Tw***ie with it! It’s delicious!! I sure will miss this beautiful wheat field. I drove the gator up and down the lane a couple of times before it was cut just to admire its natural beauty. I had a lot of questions from my Facebook friends about where our wheat goes, etc. Our wheat is taken by truckload to a local elevator. It is weighed, tested for moisture and foreign materials (w**ds) and then dumped at the facility. Obviously, it gets mixed with millions of wheat kernels from other local farms. It then is sold/shipped to bigger and bigger facilities. From there it could be put on a ship to go overseas or a train/truck bound for a factory here in the states. So, the bread sitting on your table could have been made from our wheat!! We can sell our grain a couple different ways: contract/lock in a price per bushel before harvest, sell from the field at current pricing, or delay until you decide what to do (and gamble the pricing goes up). The grain market fluctuates so it comes down to selling at the right time for the most profit. We were hoping to double crop this wheat field with soybeans. However, we missed the time slot to do so because of rain. The crop would not have enough time to mature and be harvested now. So,the field will be empty until next spring. Kind of sad isn’t it? Because of the wildfire smoke I’m enjoying some time in my art studio. Hopefully the air quality improves and I can get outside to pick some herbs and do some w**ding. See you at the farm!!
