Schrock Farms has grown out of Dave's Love for the land. As a boy he was raised in Elkhart County Indiana on Cornkey Valley Farms
Operating as usual
Just a couple of 60 + year friends and 2 old Gals still getting it done. Barden Vance has been one of my best friends since we met in First grade.
The 4020 belonged to my Dads best friend. I used to ride a different bus after school as an elementary child and plow with this tractor before our home farm was ready each spring. It has original paint except for the wheels.
#classof82pete#classof75operators
Something about those October skies….
Started early this morning - finally go time!
I was asked today when we will start harvesting as I attended the Indiana Corn Huskers competition.
We are ready and most likely will start Monday. Corn is a little slow developing this season and we typically plant a bit later than most growers.
The much needed rain gave us a break from field applications and a chance to tidy up. Start ’em young!
Knee high by the 4th of July… or something like that 🤔
And that’s a wrap!
Despite a late start due to the weather, this was one of the smoothest and quickest planting seasons we’ve had.
Thankful for Zach Schrock, Garrett Brouyette, Richard Hunsberger, Creighton, Barden and their better halves.
Also meant to mention Jeremy Hochstedler who helped us part time and did a great job!
Now the real work of caring for this crop begins 😎🌽
A little late night farming 🌽🌽🌽
We kind of wondered there for awhile… but God promises us in Genesis:
“As long as the earth exists,
seedtime and harvest,
cold and hot,
summer and autumn,
day and night
will not cease.”
Genesis 8:22
Let’s roll!
Anxious to start 2022 seeding but this 😢🤷♂️ hopefully soon ! It is Northern IN Great Lakes region and it can change in hours
I still need to wear my jacket for now but planting is just around the corner.
Thank you DCI Next Level (Top Acre Program)for recognizing our Dryland efforts. It takes an entire team and great input suppliers. Thanks to all who played a part
A shout out to Nathan Price who worked late into the night to get our 2019 CR9.90 combine back up and running after an afternoon “let down”. Kat and Burnips Equipment of Wyatt have done a marvelous job of implementing CNH’s Power Service plan in a time of equipment, labor and parts shortages. People like this and programs like PSP are extremely important in time like this and especially when you attempt to harvest all your acres with one machine.
Thanks again to everyone involved
Join Before Harvest!
Randy Dowdy & David Hula are looking forward to our upcoming In Field visits this fall. Join us this Harvest & learn how to achieve the greatest ROI on your farming investment from the best!
Won’t be long! This non irrigated corn is coming along quite well and is going to yield a fair amount of grain
“Agriculture is the most healthful, most useful and most noble employment of man.”
-George Washington
George, we agree!
Scouting day
It’s Tissue Sample Tuesday. The entire family is involved in this farming operation!
Dave Schrock
Zach Schrock
DCI Next Level
Thank you to the Bremen Fireman’s Festival Parade committee for awarding us Best in Class this evening. As always a large parade with many many people watching.
Shout out to Michael Mason Richard Hunsberger Joseph Prawat Zach Schrock and Garrett Brouyette
For all your efforts
Just a few days ago this little no-till guy was living in a black box
DCI Next Level
Michael Mason planting our first 2021 DCI Next Level corn
Almost go time!
Michael Mason
Zach Schrock
Richard Hunsberger
Garrett Brouyette
We have not planted any corn yet. We prefer to not stress our crops. It’s just what we do. Here we are deep banding some “secret corn food “ for the crops needs a little later in season.
Michael Mason
DCI Next Level
$5.00 and higher local corn really wakes up the Ag sector ! How soon we forget.
My phone has been ringing with a lot of questions about "that field of corn you had over there". I love to help growers and share what I have learned. Recently I have told some farmers and suppliers that I cannot talk about that or I will tell you what I can.
The reason is that we belong to, are very active in and openly support DCI Next Level . This is a group headed up by Randy Dowdy and David Hula. In that group we test and prove many practices and products for the benefit of our members. I have a strong respect for the information we create and share within our group. I highly encourage growers of all sizes to join. We are non biased in our data findings. These are the fields and Farms that I cannot share openly. My fellow members have inside access to those through YMS software.
The other side of our operation is the Conklin Agrovantage. On our farm we use many of those products and do have trials and plots that are not in DCI that we can freely share. We as the Schrock Farms Family strive to do the best we can at farming and do not focus on product sales. If you have interest feel free to call us and we will direct you to a service representative that we support and has access to our Conklin plots and data.
Thank you
The last of the crop was tucked away in the bins today. Harvest 2020 is complete.
A special thanks to each of our employees and everyone who helped with trucking.
Harvest always has its challenges, but we have to say this was one of the smoothest we’ve had.
We’re especially thankful in the midst of this crazy year.
Here’s to planning crop year 2021. We’re looking at you 😎
A dinner break for part of the harvest crew. We’re thankful for each of these hard workers 🌽
The best way to grow up 🌽🌽🌽
And it’s go time
Thank you to everyone who came out for Blessing of the Harvest 2020.
We started off our time together with the Pledge of Allegiance followed by an encouraging word from local pastor Jason O'Neal, and ended the morning
with prayer and fellowship.
We are thanking God in advance for a safe and prosperous 2020 harvest. 🌽🌽🌽
Free tomatoes here at the farm (1400 Miami Trail, Bremen, IN 46506 - driveway south of the white farm house in front of the “office” sign)
Guess we outdid ourselves with our garden. Maybe we should have been tomato farmers 😂
Come and get ‘em!
We suppose we’ve neglected this page a bit over the past several months.
Here are some pictures from the growing season. Harvest should start around the middle of this month. Please remember to respond to our Blessing of the Harvest invitation.
Thanks, everyone!
We regret to inform our followers that we will not be hosting our annual open house this year. This event takes months of planning as well as commitments from many individuals. Due to the unknowns of the Covid-19 Pandemic, we were unable to have plans established in a timely manner. This paired with the current CDC guidelines for gatherings has led us to the difficult decision to not host an event this year. Thank you all for understanding and we plan to see you in 2021.
Stay tuned for some pictures and videos of our 2020 growing season!
We received some sad news today. One of our employees, Dan Weirich (known to us as "Driver") lost his wife this morning. Driver has worked for Schrock Excavating/Schrock Farms for almost 25 years and has been a dedicated employee. Please keep Dan and his family in your prayers.
Some will stay and some will go ! Doing some last minute hybrid/seed quality sorting. This is something I am very passionate about. I am developing some of my own quality tests.
I haven’t posted on this site for a while and we are going to start doing a series of posts that you will find interesting. I was asked by one of my non-farm friends if the current situation with the COVID-19 virus has any effect on farming.
Yes it does actually. The arrangement for us to pick up parts, take deliveries, and meeting with important advisers is definitely different. It seems like everything takes longer and more coordination. Local ethanol plants and those around the country are closing which puts pressure on our markets.
One bright light at the end of the tunnel for us is the cost of fuel, a high percentage of our input cost is diesel fuel. Obviously if you’re putting gas in your car do you know the cost of fuel is lower than it has been for many many years.
We expect to have everything we need to place our crops in the soil and get them started. About 90% of our supplies and fertilizer are in our possession. So far everyone here has stayed healthy and we do practice distancing when we are in the shop and office.
This is what Schrock Farms has been up to!
This post is not to brag, but rather to encourage and inspire others to help the community during this time. Often the smallest gestures have the largest impact.
Schrock Farms wanted to bless the hardworking medical staff as well as support a local restaurant. We were able to coordinate with Beacon Health and provide a meal for staff members from our local pizza place, Wooden Peel.
Shoutout to Beacon Medical Group President Dr. Vincent Henderson, Vice President Cindy Hayes, Saylor from Wooden Peel, and Vickie Alber and Michael Mason for helping us coordinate all of this.
Our next adventure is to provide meals at Bremen Hospital. We hope this post inspires you to lend a helping hand as well!
Diana Strouse Schrock
Zach Schrock
Been a long fall and interesting to say the least
Full swing when usually by the calendar it’s the last lap
Drone credit to Richard Hunsberger
We spend a lot of time on our farm doing research on products and practices. I just entered some June planted corn trial data and in-spite of a late ,cold and yes dry growing season we have kernel counts of 68,000 to 72,000 per bushel. For those of you who do not know .... it usually takes 90,000 seeds or kernels to make a bushel.
If you want to increase your production or want more information Please reach out.
There are some things I can even help you with in your gardens and truck farming that are safe and very beneficial.
Thank you to everyone who came out to our 2nd Annual Blessing of the Harvest. We enjoyed cinnamon rolls, coffee, and fellowship with our fellow farmers and those connected to the ag industry. A special thanks to Manny Gonzalez for sharing a meditation on Galatians 6:9 “And don’t allow yourselves to be weary or disheartened in planting good seeds, for the season of reaping the wonderful harvest you’ve planted is coming!”
We’re coming for you, harvest 2019!
Thank you to our vendors, customers, landowners, and community for making our 5th annual open house a great success!
We were so honored by each and every person who showed up. We hope to see all of you again next year!
We are planning a 2nd annual "Blessing of the Harvest" sometime in September. Stay tuned for a date/time.
BREW FOR LIFE
Brew For Life is a local, family-owned company providing you with fresh, quality coffee**. Our heart behind Brew For Life is to donate 10% of all proceeds to pro-life organizations, because we believe every human has the right to life.
Come out and enjoy this locally brewed coffee at our annual open house! You will also have the opportunity to purchase a bag to take home with you.
Busy month here at Schrock Farms! Watch this video to find out what we have going on!
Grace Food Pantry of Bremen provides resources to 80+ families in Marshall County and works with The Salvation Army. We will have a donation center at our annual open house on August 24th. Please bring a non-perishable food item to donate and you will receive an extra raffle ticket to win our grand prize!
1400 Miami Trl
Bremen, IN
46506
Corn, Soybeans, Wheat, Hay, specialty crops and most importantly a new Generation of farmers feeding the World
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We kind of wondered there for awhile… but God promises us in Genesis: “As long as the earth exists, seedtime and harvest, cold and hot, summer and autumn, day and night will not cease.” Genesis 8:22 Let’s roll!
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