We are finally enjoying some beautiful weather! Memorial Day was stunning and we are hoping for more of the same this month. We like to celebrate Father’s Day with a Tractor Show both Saturday June 14th and Sunday June 15th. There are tractors that cover 75 years of Pahl family farming that will be on display in our parking lot. Stroll our lot and see the vintage and modern day tractors. Remember to bring your camera along for some great photo opportunities.
A total of approximately 80,000 man hours were spent raising and harvesting our vegetables. The farthest we shipped anything this year was Houston Texas and the closest was Apple Valley Cub Foods. We shipped close to 16 million pounds of fresh produce around the upper Midwest and Canada with sweet corn being the leader. Cabbage was second, winter squash was third, pumpkins fourth, and peppers (green bells, jalapenos, serranoâs, habaneros, anaheims, poblanos and red fresno) were fifth. Cucumbers would have been fifth in order of most pounds shipped, but unfortunately our cucumbers were wiped out by the hail storm that came through in August.
This past year was perhaps one of the most difficult years to raise a crop from start to finish in this area. Spring time temps were cold and wet, followed by 6 weeks of no rain. The only saving grace was the nice fall through October which allowed the maturity of some of the crops that were planted so late in the spring. Next year will be here soon so we can forget about the past and look to the future and start the process once again.
