by Gary Pahl | Apr 6, 2017 | Market News
Seventy –Eight years ago my dad was 6 years old and had to learn how to crank their brand new A-Farmall. It was the first gas powered tractor of the family and the end of the team of horses, the year was 1939. Grandma and Grandpa were proud and confident to take the...
by Gary Pahl | Mar 1, 2017 | Market News
Is it planting time yet? Two weeks ago I received a phone call at 5:30 pm, just as I was leaving for home, on one of the balmy 60 degree days. The person on the other end of the line asked if we had any flowers that were ready to plant outside. She caught me off...
by Gary Pahl | Dec 2, 2016 | Market News
I could sleep twenty hours a day this time of year… but noooo! We no longer get done in the field and my wife hits me with a honey do list a mile long! The problem is, half of the things should have been two months ago when it was still warm out. I know I am...
by Gary Pahl | Nov 6, 2016 | Market News
Another year comes and goes as the last of the pumpkins are put out to pasture. We have squash left to sell well into December and some cabbage left to be harvested along with a bit of field corn to be combined. Tillage work has started but has been sporadic with...
by Gary Pahl | Oct 1, 2016 | Market News
I think everyone agrees that we have had enough rain these past few months, unless you are a duck. Record amounts of rainfall in our area of the metro has wreaked havoc on the progression of harvesting vegetables. Not only have we been buried in the mud numerous...
