by Gary Pahl | Aug 3, 2015 | Market News
August is a busy time of the year with most items running at full steam. With the recent rains we have hardly had to irrigate, but that is changing today as we are starting up three pivots. Yields have been running well and quality is excellent. As we get into our...
by Gary Pahl | Jul 2, 2015 | Market News
The pace has picked up dramatically these past couple of weeks. We have dodged a couple of bullets regarding the hail and the rainfalls. Although frequent they have not been the ground pounding torrential down pours that we have experienced in the past couple of...
by Gary Pahl | Jun 4, 2015 | Market News
Growing Degree Days: What are they? The average Growing Degree Day (GDD) for this time of year is 281. The growing degree units this year is 368.5, which is significantly above the average. GDD’s are calculated each day as maximum temperature plus the minimum...
by Gary Pahl | May 2, 2015 | Market News
With April showers out of the way, May comes in with a bang. It is the busiest month for planting our main season crops and with due diligence and the help of the man upstairs everything will germinate and prosper in the field. Today we have 3 different planters, one...
by Gary Pahl | Apr 3, 2015 | Market News
This morning is chilly, cool, brisk, or CHILE. Why Chile? Chile has become the second most important vegetable seed source to the United States. The seed companies started migrating to the southern hemisphere more than twenty years ago and now produce over half of...
