Wachtel Farms

Wachtel Farms Family grain farm Wachtel Farms is a 5th generation family farm growing corn and soybeans in south central Illinois.

Officially completed seeding (at least for the first time). The weather afforded us the opportunity to drag out planting...
06/03/2026

Officially completed seeding (at least for the first time). The weather afforded us the opportunity to drag out planting over the months of March, April, May, and June, encompassing a 65-day window. We went from below-normal rainfall in 13 of 14 months to accumulating over 14 inches of rain in April and May. They always say no two farming years are alike. Thankful to be done with the planting part. đź‘Ť

Taking advantage of warmth and sunshine to be putting some corn in the ground.
04/22/2026

Taking advantage of warmth and sunshine to be putting some corn in the ground.

Spring is in the air which means software updates. Did updates on 6 tractors today. Fun fun. 🤪
03/30/2026

Spring is in the air which means software updates. Did updates on 6 tractors today. Fun fun. 🤪

Certainly not a very nice day to be outside washing a combine but Kevin putting the finishing touches to the first one t...
11/26/2025

Certainly not a very nice day to be outside washing a combine but Kevin putting the finishing touches to the first one today.

Last night we were fortunate to celebrate our annual Post Harvest Dinner to thank our crew who helped us this fall. We o...
10/17/2025

Last night we were fortunate to celebrate our annual Post Harvest Dinner to thank our crew who helped us this fall. We only had a couple of folks unable to attend.
We also celebrated 25 years of Kevin Tappendorf working with us. Kevin has gone from a part time 21 year old kid to an indispensable part of our family farm. Thanks Kevin.

Switched back to corn over the weekend. The photo of us with machinery parked and eating together as a crew is reminisce...
10/06/2025

Switched back to corn over the weekend. The photo of us with machinery parked and eating together as a crew is reminiscent of how we used to eat almost every evening in the field.
We probably don’t do it often enough these days. For efficiency, we stop the machines long enough to get handed supper and then take advantage of auto steer to eat while we continue harvest.

Dust is just hanging….. probably an early dew coming.
09/27/2025

Dust is just hanging….. probably an early dew coming.

Frequently, our farm's bean harvest is overshadowed in photographs. I usually think the dust detracts the photos too muc...
09/25/2025

Frequently, our farm's bean harvest is overshadowed in photographs. I usually think the dust detracts the photos too much.
However, in an effort to provide a balanced representation, we have included a few soybean photos from this afternoon.
Due to the fact that we have received less than an inch of rainfall since July 25th, the beans are retaining a significant number of leaves, which contributes to the excessive dust generated during harvest. It’s a dirty job….as they say.

09/23/2025

Fields-of-Corn Photo Submission By: Todd Wachtel

Harvest operations commenced a week ago, but we were primarily focused on locating fields that were ready for harvesting...
09/20/2025

Harvest operations commenced a week ago, but we were primarily focused on locating fields that were ready for harvesting. The pace of operations has accelerated over the past couple of days. We are eagerly anticipating significant rainfall within the next week, primarily for fire prevention purposes. Receiving less than half an inch of rain in 8 weeks is less than ideal as we enter the harvest season. We wish all farmers a safe and healthy harvest.

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4457 E 1600th Avenue
Altamont, IL
62411

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+12178219244

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