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A Job Mostly Done
Another short update on the big farm project. Mainly, two images of the main heavy equipment work completed. You get a good look at the old barn site as it sits now … pretty much empty. Off to the left...
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Harvest. Is. Here.
This is how I know: Nothing like your son in a semi with a cob of corn in his hand.
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The Need for a 37signals
37signals has been one of the most influential companies to how I think about software, software development, and business. It is amazing how it has even crept into how I think about the family farm...
View ArticleBaskets of Eggs
The phrase “putting all of your eggs in one basket” has always appealed to me. Even in High School, I didn’t really hang out with a single crowd or do only a single category of things. I played...
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Harvest 2012 Retrospective
It is probably the most addicting time on any farm. It drives farmers, farm kids, and prodigal farm kids (of which I am one) to long hours in a field trying to get the crops out as fast as you can....
View ArticleAgricultural Accounting
Well, Martens Family Farm is finally alive! After months of planning, meetings, more planning, more meetings and more meetings … the business is alive and we are pushing ahead with our plans for an...
View ArticleA Paperless Farm: Scanners
One interesting thing about starting to get more involved with a growing farm is that you start to get a grim picture of just how much paperwork there is to do any small thing. I know that we are...
View ArticleFuture Farming
I have been reminded that I should probably write some updates on how the farm projects are currently coming. We have a few “irons in the fire” so to speak, so I’ll just run through a few of them here....
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Technology in the Barn
Now that we have almost 4000 little pigs in our hog barns, our focus turns to how to better manage the double-sized operation without needing to add manpower. My dad and brother are excellent herdsmen,...
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Business for the Future
Why is the sole purpose of a business the short-term gain instead of on the long-term future on not just the business, but the customers as well? At least that is sometimes how it feels. With Go the...
View ArticleFarmland
This link was tossed around today on some social media sites for a new movie titled Farmland. It takes a look at the next generation of farmers. Since I’m a part of that generation, I wanted to share...
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