Growing Young Farms

Growing Young Farms Our goal is to farm in a manner that mimics the natural systems that God created as closely as possible.

Healthy soils feed healthy plants, healthy plants feed healthy animals, healthy plants and animals feed healthy people.

Today we planted corn into the stubble of the footage crop that we baled yesterday. Then moved to the next farm where we...
05/20/2026

Today we planted corn into the stubble of the footage crop that we baled yesterday. Then moved to the next farm where we had drone seededa cover crop into the standing corn last fall. There is a beautiful stand of crimson clover, hairy vetch, and rye. There has now been a living root in this field since corn was planted last spring, and this year's corn is about to germinate.

Harvested our forage crop of triticale, peas, vetch and crimson clover yesterday. The wet silage bales are wrapped in pl...
05/19/2026

Harvested our forage crop of triticale, peas, vetch and crimson clover yesterday. The wet silage bales are wrapped in plastic to seal out air and ferment once they're fully fermented in about a month they will be ready to feed.

Scouting our forage crop yesterday morning. This mix of triticale, peas, vetch and crimson clover was seeded in early Oc...
05/03/2026

Scouting our forage crop yesterday morning. This mix of triticale, peas, vetch and crimson clover was seeded in early October after soybeans were harvested and we'll plant corn into the article after this crop is harvested. Estimating we're about 1-2 1/2 weeks away from harvest. Splitting the stems open, the seed head is still very low in the triticale plants, at least 2 more leaves are going to emerge before the seed head. The optimal time to mow a cereal crop like this is at boot stage, when the seed head is in the "boot" right before it emerges. The longer we wait to mow the higher the yield will be but as soon as the seed head emerges quality drops quickly. Protein and energy will drop, while fiber, particularly non digestible fiber rises.

Hopefully we get some warmer weather to get this crop moving towards maturity so we can get it harvested and corn planted early. Also hoping the legumes (peas, vetch, crimson clover) in the mix will increase protein. Triticale by itself is typically 12-14 percent protein but we're hoping for 16-20 percent with the legumes.

Congratulations to Chase Ziegert who got his first gobbler at the farm this morning!
04/25/2026

Congratulations to Chase Ziegert who got his first gobbler at the farm this morning!

We got 40 acres of soybeans in the ground today, probably the earliest we've ever planted which should help us get wheat...
04/17/2026

We got 40 acres of soybeans in the ground today, probably the earliest we've ever planted which should help us get wheat planted earlier in the fall after the beans are harvested. There's a long way to go yet, but with the forecast cold and rain next week we're going to pause now and wait for warmer weather. Imbibitional chilling can occur when some of the earliest moisture the seed "imbibes" or absorbs is very cold and can lead to severe injury or death of the seed or newly emerged seedling. What we planted today will have imbibed all the moisture it needs to germinate before the cold arrives, but planting tomorrow would be cutting it too close for my liking.

Got this text message from a happy beef customer the other day.
04/12/2026

Got this text message from a happy beef customer the other day.

Spent the morning helping the Columbia County Conservation District plant tree and shrub seedlings in a stream side buff...
04/07/2026

Spent the morning helping the Columbia County Conservation District plant tree and shrub seedlings in a stream side buffer in our pasture. Next we'll be building fence around the buffer to keep the cattle away from the stream. Hoping the trees take off quickly and help to keep our water clean.

Feed grinding day. Ground a batch of chicken feed for some friends, then filled the gravity bin for our cattle.
03/22/2026

Feed grinding day. Ground a batch of chicken feed for some friends, then filled the gravity bin for our cattle.

Thanks to our returning customers, and a few new ones, we are now sold out on freezer beef until fall!
03/06/2026

Thanks to our returning customers, and a few new ones, we are now sold out on freezer beef until fall!

Looking forward to nicer weather. But in the meantime we're thankful that all our ground has a living cover crop on it t...
03/06/2026

Looking forward to nicer weather. But in the meantime we're thankful that all our ground has a living cover crop on it that is already starting to break dormancy. Over the next month or two before planting, these cover crops will take off, helping to prevent soil erosion, sequester carbon in the soil, take up nutrients to prevent loss and feed the bugs, worms and microorganisms in the soil that are the key to healthy soil.

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Bloomsburg, PA
17820

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