
09/25/2023
Harvesting 3 different crops is keeping us hopping today. Good thing the weather is 👌🏼
Going all in on . Let’s go!
Tom Farms is a multi-generation, family owned organization firmly planted in fertile prairies of North Indiana.
Tom Farms has evolved into a global crop production, sales and service company and industry leader. Today we are one of the leading suppliers to Monsanto’s seed production supply chain. Agriculture, by nature, is an unpredictable business. Ensuring the shipment of more than 30 million pounds of seed corn, 100 million pounds of corn, 13 million pounds of soybeans, and 27 million pounds of tomatoes
each year requires innovation along with careful planning and quick thinking. Providing our customers with exceptional service is just the way we do business at Tom Farms. We do it by utilizing superior technology, round-the-clock vigilance and flawless execution—to lower costs and increase efficiency, combat weather and disease, and nourish the land—all while maximizing the productive capability of every single acre.
Harvesting 3 different crops is keeping us hopping today. Good thing the weather is 👌🏼
Going all in on . Let’s go!
Early bird gets the worm…actually on this foggy morning.
DYK the seen corn we are picking today travels by truck 100 miles to be dried and processed?
Speaking of trucks, please be safe and watch for truckers & farmers throughout .
PC .van.eeden
We are working on spreading and over acres that need it. This is done by prescription, giving nutrients where needed.
Map is monoammonium phosphate, an excellent source of phosphorus and nitrogen for high yield, high quality production.
PC
Its wintertime here in which means much time in the shop getting ready for .
The is first up to be gone through.
PC
{tonight}
We finished !
Ahead of Thanksgiving, we are so incredibly thankful for our team!
PC .van.eeden
We are close to waving that 🏁but had other plans called .
Those of you lucky enough to live around the Great Lakes know all to well about this. It’s a love/hate relationship for us.
PC .van.eeden
🇺🇸 Honor
🇺🇸 Gratitude
🇺🇸 Respect
Thank you!
Todays been a good day to shell corn! We are closing in on .
DYK corn is found in about 75% of what you see at the grocery? This includes drinks, cereal, and even peanut butter!
PC & Farmer .van.eeden
back in action. All the while with beautiful sunsets.
PC
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✨Back from the National FFA Convention just in time! ✨
We can add a giant ✅ to addition! We are down to corn, lots and lots of corn yet to harvest, we will get it! 🌽
We hope you enjoy our highlights of the convention that brought so many members great opportunities! If you missed anything, check out our highlight bubble, .
VC & Farmer Chris
Farmer Matt 👩🏼🌾
We are taking the show on the road to the 95th National FFA Convention.
Follow along on our Instagram & Facebook stories to learn more about this incredible youth organization.
Don’t miss this! But just in case you do we’ve also started a highlight bubble to re-watch!
3 combines all getting after the balance of our before our next rain event. Lets gooooo!
VC Chris
Thanks Northwood Ffa for lunch today!
is in full swing, catching some soybeans along the way too.
1 bushel/56 # can produce 2.8 gallons of . Corn can certainly take you places! 🌽
It’s 👩🏼🌾🧑🏼🌾
It’s fitting that our team finished late last night under the lights and a little rain. 🌽
Don’t just thank a farmer, thank his wife for cooking, delivering meals, going for parts, or moving fields all while taking care of her usual jobs.
Thank the team for working endless hours on sleepless nights to ensure the crop comes off.
Thank his children who are ok with seeing him if just for a brief moment while he eats his meals in the field.
Farming is a family business and it takes sacrifice from all. So don’t just thank a farmer, thank the family.
It’s officially harvest, which means we may not get to see some of our loved ones as much as we want, there will be lots of slow moving traffic on the road, and they won’t quit until the work is done. So, be thankful for the hard work these people put in so we can have food on our tables. I can’t stress this enough - SLOW DOWN when you see them on the road. Give them room, pass them as if it was your own family. It’s a beautiful time of year, let’s keep it that way and keep everyone safe. Don’t forget to say a big THANK YOU to those who work in acres instead of hours.
Here’s to our farmers, whether you drive truck, run equipment or behind the scenes making everything click. THANK YOU!
VC .van.eeden
While we’ve been working on for awhile we have switched back to corn. 🌽
👩🏼🌾👨🏼🌾 are all about the based on crop conditions.
DEKALB Asgrow Seed BayerJohn Deere
Our team is getting after our . Seed corn continues too! 🌽
DYK that the soybeans we are harvesting today will be shipped by truck 🚛 (throughout the year) and become fuel. This eco-friendly fuel has proven to be cleaner than traditional petroleum based fuel. ⛽️
harvest will start soon, until then enjoy this incredible sunset.
A perfect autumn day for adding the 2nd combine to .
DYK There is one silk for every kernel that grows in an ear of corn? 🌽 That’s a lot of silk!
*not shown in this picture the pelting I was getting of bees wings while snapping the pic 😂
Yesterday we were honored to have Director- General QU along with Ag Leaders at the farm to discuss , and .
We can accomplish so much when we work together.
Commercial corn harvest has started, while seed corn harvest is around 50% completed.
The first day of fall brought us some pretty gnarly wind, rain and clouds. The team got a front row seat!
*No damage reported
PC & Farmer .van.eeden
The first day of fall brought us some pretty gnarly wind, rain and clouds. The team got a front row seat!
*No damage reported
continues even with the fog.
While soybeans are a few weeks off from harvest, commercial corn may start next week.
Farmers are never still.
PC
Today is the day. Sale day!
Bittersweet is one word to describe the emotions of the day. These calves were the last set of calves Grandpa Everett was around to see. He would have been so incredibly proud of how Melissa is carrying the torch caring for these calves. She has poured everything into them, getting them ready for your kiddos to show.
As grandpa is watching the sale with a front row seat in heaven likely with a bowl of homemade ice cream and popcorn, let’s put on a show today at the online auction!
https://sconlinesales.com/Bids/AuctionsListing/30585
Today is the day. Sale day!
Bittersweet is one word to describe the emotions of the day. These calves were the last set of calves Grandpa Everett was around to see. He would have been so incredibly proud of how Melissa is carrying the torch caring for these calves. She has poured everything into them, getting them ready for your kiddos to show.
As grandpa is watching the sale with a front row seat in heaven likely with a bowl of homemade ice cream and popcorn, let’s put on a show today at the online auction!
https://sconlinesales.com/Bids/AuctionsListing/30585
Labor Day for most Americans means a little time to relax and rewind. Not the case for farmers and ranchers. Harvest around the US has started, including .
Labor Day is a day to celebrate the achievements of the millions of men and women who keep America running. 🇺🇸
This year, don’t forget to thank a farmer. 👩🏼🌾 👨🏼🌾
Approximately 2.6 million Americans work directly on a farm. Nearly 20 million more work in food and other agricultural-related industries.
Farming and ranching are certainly not your average 9 to 5 job. It’s sunup to sundown and sometimes all night long. Farming is a lifetime of commitment to caring for animals or producing a sustainable crop. It’s boots-on-the-ground work that requires equal measures of grit and grace and a little bit of good luck.
Despite the immense challenges that they have been presented with this year, America’s farmers and ranchers have continued to work every day in order to provide America with the most affordable, abundant and safest food supply in the world.
Tomorrow officially starts. Seed corn…we are coming for you! 🌽
PC .van.eeden
Welcome to our 2022 Calf Sale.
My Dad, Everett Tom, passed away in February of this year. Dad was a true cattleman in every sense of the word, a man with the utmost integrity who was generous with everything he had. We are working to continue this by giving kids opportunities to show these calves as feeders and then pass this calf on to you ready to show. 6 of our calves went to the county fair this year. We are already expecting that there will be more next year.
They were in the ring for showmanship, the mini 4-H show and the 4-H show. They spent the
week going back and forth to tie outs as well. We had Champion and Reserve Champion Feeder Calf at the Kosciusko County Fair, so these are competitive calves.
The kids have continued to help with these calves so they are ready for you to take home and show the next
weekend. The work has literally been done!
Last year Dan Nelson offered some calves in our sale and we are so fortunate to have Dan’s calves in our sale again this year.
Dan always brings an awesome set of calves. He spends a lot of time in his pasture and in the barn working with his calves, so they are all gentle, broke to tie and most to lead. These are high quality calves that will be very competitive. You can be
confident in what he has to offer here.
Since Dad passed away in Feb. of this year he didn’t make it through calving season but he did make it down to the barn one last time before he passed to see the January calves. He is greatly missed by all of us and that makes these calves extra special to us this year. We will be sad to see them go but looking forward to seeing what they can accomplish with your family.
And for those who have wondered, if we will be keeping the cows, the answer is yes with the goal of being able to say as my Dad did every year, “ this is the best set of calves we have ever raised!”
We appreciate your time, Thanks for looking at our calves this year!
-Melissa
https://sconlinesales.com/Bids/AuctionsListing/30585
Welcome to our 2022 calf sale. My Dad, Everett Tom, passed away in February of this year. Dad was a true cattleman in every sense of the word, a man with the utmost integrity who was generous with everything he had. We are working to continue this by giving kids opportunities to show these calves as...
Last evening we welcomed nearly 400 people to our farm for our annual Appreciation Event.
Thanks to everyone that attended and our guest speaker Mr. Trent Loos.
Shout out to our team and incredible sponsors that made the evening possible.
There is still time to register for this event!
Our food system is under extreme pressure – food costs are rising and global hunger is record high. Agricultural innovation is key to solving these challenges.
We are excited to co-host this event next week with Tom Farms, joined by Senator Mike Braun, former Ambassador Kip Tom, and leaders from Bayer and Purdue Agriculture, Jacqueline Applegate and Karen Plaut.
If you'd like to join us for a discussion about how ag R&D can help feed the world, register here: https://lnkd.in/eBkysSMy
Our food system is under extreme pressure – food costs are rising and global hunger is record high. Agricultural innovation is key to solving these challenges. Leaders from Bayer, Purdue University College of Agriculture, and Farm Journal Foundation are joining Senator Mike Braun and former Ambassador Kip Tom at an event at Tom Farms to discuss how ag R&D can help feed the world.
Register today: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-agricultural-rd-strengthens-global-food-and-agriculture-systems-tickets-388243676287
Senator Mike Braun Jackie Applegate Kip E Tom Karen Plaut Kassi Tom Rowland Bayer Cropscience Purdue Agriculture
Congratulations to our past Advisory Board Member Gene Klingaman, NAA’s newest Hall of Fame inductee!
To know Gene is to love him, such a incredible person, business partner and friend. Gene is so deserving of this honor.
Congratulations to the NAA’s newest Hall of Fame inductees!
Eugene Klingaman
Lonny Mccurdy
Susan Doyle
Harold Musser
The have been b-u-s-y with applying . ✈️ 🌱
Fungicide helps with disease in and .
PC Ryan
It’s just about time for our online cattle auction!
Detasseling has begun. We pull only the female tassels leaving the male corn tassels to pollinate the female plants.
VC/Puller Operator .labuschagne2
application has started via .
🚜 + ✈️ = Happy 🌱
PC .van.eeden
Pivots and pivot team is getting a much needed break after spending lots of time watering.
We operate nearly 100 irrigations which keeps our team on their toes. Grateful for our hard working team!
PC .labuschagne2
Making it rain, but we would prefer the real stuff.
VC .van.eeden
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#TodayAtTomFarms Commercial corn harvest has started, while seed corn harvest is around 50% completed. #TomFarms #LetsGo #Corn #Dekalb #BayerCropScience #JohnDeere #Harvest22
#TodayAtTomFarms Labor Day for most Americans means a little time to relax and rewind. Not the case for farmers and ranchers. Harvest around the US has started, including #SeedCorn #Harvest22. Labor Day is a day to celebrate the achievements of the millions of men and women who keep America running. 🇺🇸 This year, don’t forget to thank a farmer. 👩🏼🌾 👨🏼🌾 Approximately 2.6 million Americans work directly on a farm. Nearly 20 million more work in food and other agricultural-related industries. Farming and ranching are certainly not your average 9 to 5 job. It’s sunup to sundown and sometimes all night long. Farming is a lifetime of commitment to caring for animals or producing a sustainable crop. It’s boots-on-the-ground work that requires equal measures of grit and grace and a little bit of good luck. Despite the immense challenges that they have been presented with this year, America’s farmers and ranchers have continued to work every day in order to provide America with the most affordable, abundant and safest food supply in the world. #TomFarms #FarmersFeedTheWorld #Dekalb #BayerCropScience #Oxbo #JohnDeere #Farmers #FarmersNeverStop
#TodayAtTomFarms Detasseling has begun. We pull only the female tassels leaving the male corn tassels to pollinate the female plants. #TomFarms #SeedCorn #Corn #BayerCropScience #Grow22 VC/Puller Operator @gerhard.labuschagne2
#TodayAtTomFarms Making it rain, but we would prefer the real stuff. #TomFarms #Rain #Indiana #Dekalb #BayerCropScience #Grow22 #MakingRain VC @logan.van.eeden
#TodayAtTomFarms Application of nitrogen continues after a much deserved Fathers Day Sunday off. *No drone crash while filming this. #TomFarms #Corn #Nitrogen #FeedingTheCorn #DrinkUp #Dekalb #BayerCropScience #Grow22 VC/Farmer @logan.van.eeden
#TodayAtTomFarms Planting male corn as dusk. The male row of the seed corn is typically planted a few days after the female seed. For every 6 rows of female is 1 row of male. Plants are incredible aren’t they? #TomFarms #Dekalb #BayerCropScience #SeedCorn #Corn #Indiana #Plant22 VC @czesak_keegan Farmer @keithpfeiffer
#TodayAtTomFarms Since commercial corn and soybean planting is complete…it’s time to give our corn a little drink of nitrogen. #Nitrogen is an essential nutrient for corn growth and maximization of yield potential. #TomFarms #Grow22 #Plant22 #SideDress #Gulp #Corn #Dekalb #BayerCropScience VC @czesak_keegan Farmer @ellisonb89
#TodayAtTomFarms #Plant22 C-Corn and Soybeans is a wrap. It took us some time to get to the finish line, but we made it! 🏁 Thanks to our team for their incredible dedication! On to finish #SeedCorn, which we are close to being finished. #TomFarms #BayerCropScience #TeamWork #Asgrow #Dekalb #LetsGooo VC @logan.van.eeden Farmer @czesak_keegan
#TodayAtTomFarms Forever grateful for the men and woman that have served our country so we can continue to do what we love. 🇺🇸 On this Memorial Day we are planting #SeedCorn and doing a little tillage work as well. #TomFarms #Plant22 #Dekalb #BayerCropScience #Corn #JohnDeere #MemorialDay #MDW VC @logan.van.eeden Farmers @the_firestone & @albertjohn1996
#TodayAtTomFarms The #TillageTeam is going strong 💪🏼 keeping ahead of the planters 🌱. Every acre covered is one acre closer to the finish line 🏁 of #Plant22. #TomFarms #Tillage #TeamWork #Drone #Agriculture #Farmers #Indiana VC/Drone Operator/Farmer @logan.van.eeden Farmers @dave_g_price @wallis772
#TodayAtTomFarms Racing towards the #Plant22 finish line. Fingers crossed we can finish c-corn before our next rain event. Send us all the good weather vibes! #TomFarms #Corn #Dekalb #BayerCropScience #JohnDeere #DB90 #54Rows #Grow22 #LetsGo VC @czesak_keegan Farmer @ellisonb89
#TodayAtTomFarms Rain delayed yesterday but back after those acres today….it’s late season after all. Are you team SundayFunday or “Work on Sunday, brake down on Monday”? #TomFarms #TillageTeam #Plant22 #Grow22 #JohnDeere #Indiana VC Kip
#TodayAtTomFarms It’s Friday and we’ve planted every day this week…makes for a good week! Our #TillageTeam have been leading the way and working many hours to stay ahead of the planters which is no small feat. We truly have the best team that knows how to get the job done. We are proud of their dedication! #TomFarms #Plant22 #TeamWork #LetsGo VC/Farmer @logan.van.eeden *talented in also drone flying while also operating equipment.
#TodayAtTomFarms It will be a big week for #Plant22. Excellent planting weather on tap for many farmers. We’ve been waiting for a week like this! Our sweet 🌽 patch is being planted today! Be safe this week! #TomFarms #SafetyFirst #Farmers #SweetCorn #Corn #GMOSweetCorn #Indiana 🧑🏼🌾 Brett Ellison VC/PC Keegan Czesak
#TodayAtTomFarms Nothing better than America, farmers, and planting corn on a Saturday. 🌱 🌽 The #DB90 covered some acres today. #TomFarms #Plant22 #Dekalb #JohnDeere #LetsGo #Farmers #America #BayerCropScience VC Kip Farmer @ellisonb89
#TodayAtTomFarms Preparing a place for seeds to start their journey for your food, fuel and fiber starts here. #TomFarms #Plant22 #Salford #TillageTeam VC @chriskingers
A final sunset of winter brought us a beautiful first day of #Spring22. Who’s ready for #Plant22? 🙋🏻♀️🙋🏻 #TomFarms #Indiana #Sunset #LetsGo #Farmers VC Shaun Wallice
A final sunset of winter brought us a beautiful first day of #Spring22. Who’s ready for #Plant22? 🙋🏻♀️🙋🏻 #TomFarms #Indiana #Sunset #LetsGo #Farmers VC Shaun
#TodayAtTomFarms 🚨SOUND ON 🚨 We think our team is pretty happy to be finished with #Harvest21. On point @ruben_11736_ ON POINT! #TomFarms #Finished #HappyFarmers #Farmers #SouthAfricians #H2A #TeamWork VC @ruben_11736_
#TodayAtTomFarms Under the lights of this November night, Thanksgiving Eve we have completed #Harvest21! ➡️Teamwork ➡️Trucks loads upon truck loads of corn and soybeans ➡️Thousands of hours worked ➡️Behind the scenes planning at its very best ➡️Hundreds of hopper doors cranked open ➡️Hundreds of miles traveled by semi, combines, tractors, and trucks ➡️Hundreds of phone calls and radio calls made ➡️Many bushels harvested So thankful for our incredible team and their families allowing them to do what they have a passion for. Happy Thanksgiving, and thank a farmer for the bountiful harvest. #TomFarms #Grateful #Thanksgiving #GiveThanks #BayerCropScience #Dekalb #Corn VC Logan van Eeden
#TodayAtTomFarms. Last sunset of #Soybean #Harvest21. We will finish up beans soon! 🙌🏼 #TomFarms #Asgrow #BeepBeep #BayerCropScience #Indiana VC @ruben_11736_
#TodayAtTomFarms We’ve all heard of synchronized swimming and diving but our #TillageTeam has now mastered synchronized ripping. We’d give them a 1️⃣0️⃣. Here’s a view from the tractor seat! #TomFarms #Harvest21 #Tillage #JohnDeere #Rip VC @gerhard.labuschagne2
#TodayAtTomFarms We are chasing the beans prepping for yet another rain event this weekend. DYK that the backing of carpet is made of soybeans? Soy backed carpet replaces over 90% of the petroleum based polymers derived from domestically grown #Soybeans #TomFarms #TheMoreYouKnow #AgFacts #Asgrow #BayerCropScience #Harvest21 VC @logan.van.eeden
#TodayAtTomFarms Finally covering over some acres with the #TillageTeam after way too much rain. #TomFarms #Tillage #Rippers #Harvest21 #LetsGoooo #AcresNotHours
#TodayAtTomFarms After #RainDelay and more rain delays, we are back harvesting #Soybeans! #TomFarms #LetsGoooo #Asgrow #BayerCropScience #Indiana #Harvest21 VC @ruben_11736_
#TodayAtTomFarms It’s seems to rain about every other day so we gotta get #Harvest21 while we can. The weather is something we always have to deal with, #Farmers produce crops with no roof! Pivoting is a common activity! #TomFarms #SundayFunday #Corn #Shelling #Commodities #JohnDeere #Dekalb #BayerCropScience #Bayer #Kinze #Mud PC Keegan Czesak Bayer Crop ScienceJohn DeereGreenMark EquipmentDEKALB Asgrow SeedKinze Manufacturing, Inc.
#TodayAtTomFarms Commercial #Harvest21 started today with corn! Looking forward to a safe and bountiful harvest. 🌽 #TomFarms #Corn #JohnDeere #Kinze #Dekalb #BayerCropScience #Teamwork PC Albert