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Farming Operation

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  • Planting, Spraying, Silage Harvest, Manure Application

  • Crops include corn, alfalfa, grass hay, rye, wheat and soybeans

  • All crops are used in feed rations for cows

 

Chopping and Planting

  • May-July is spring harvest – rye and alfalfa

    • Plant corn for silage

    • Bale alfalfa and grass hay

  • August-November is fall harvest – corn silage

    • Fields drilled back to rye

    • Manure application

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Cow Feed

  • Silage/Haylage

    • Feed is dumped onto ground piles

    • Packed tightly with large tractors

    • Covered with tarps to keep air and moisture out so it can ferment into feed

  • Alfalfa 1st cutting is swathed and chopped into haylage

    • 2nd cutting is baled into large square or round bales

    • Consecutive cuttings are swathed and baled every 24-30 days. 4-5 cuttings of alfalfa are typical through summer months

  • Prairie hay is swathed late summer and baled to be used as feed

© 2023 Created by Ash Valley Designs.

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Mission
Strengthening lives through ag production.
Vision
To enrich the community and environment in which we serve.

Address: 1814 9th Rd, Linn, KS 66953

Phone: 785-348-5697

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Monday       8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Tuesday       8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Wednesday 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Thursday     8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Friday           8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Saturday      Closed

Sunday         Closed

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