Brent’s Chestnut Acres

Brent’s Chestnut Acres We are a small family owned chestnut farm and nursery in Napoleon, Michigan.

We also offer custom aerial pesticide spraying and spreading applications via drone!

Seeds have been stratified, which is the cold process of allowing a seed to become physically able to germinate or sprou...
02/28/2026

Seeds have been stratified, which is the cold process of allowing a seed to become physically able to germinate or sprout. Today we are layering seeds into bins to start the germination process!

Today I am especially thankful for my kids. I just finished a couple days of cover crop seeding with my oldest son Gavin...
09/12/2025

Today I am especially thankful for my kids. I just finished a couple days of cover crop seeding with my oldest son Gavin. It was hard work for the both of us but I enjoyed spending time with him outside of our normal day of schooling, wrestling, farm/nursery work and video games. I liked watching him learn about another aspect of agriculture, workflow and time management. I think he also has more appreciation now of what goes into growing some of the agricultural commodities that make our world work. He said today on the way to the field, “Dad, im literally on a field trip!” I told him “you sure are and youre gonna actually learn something useful on this one!” One of the perks of homeschooling I guess. I got a good laugh outta that conversation. He was a tremendous help getting 12,300 lbs of seed loaded and flown onto the fields one 56 # bag of rye seed at a time!

It’s fall planting season! Need any trees to fill some gaps in the orchard? Here’s a list of my fall inventory…19 Busch ...
09/01/2025

It’s fall planting season!
Need any trees to fill some gaps in the orchard?

Here’s a list of my fall inventory…
19 Busch de Betizac grafted
133 Precoce Migoule grafted
52 Marigoule grafted
24 Marsol grafted
61 West Coast Chestnut Tissue Culture Colossal

Trees are minimun 1/2” caliper and 6’ tall. Most are more like 3/4” caliper and 8’ tall.

Grafted trees are $45 each, Tissue Culture trees are $40 each. 10% discount on orders of 50 or more.
Comment here or give me a call, text, email for more details or to schedule a time to pickup. 517-795-3804, [email protected]

With a day off from spraying corn and beans with the drone, I decided to do a little scouting in the orchard and see how...
08/08/2025

With a day off from spraying corn and beans with the drone, I decided to do a little scouting in the orchard and see how the burr development is coming along. Looks like 3 pollinated chestnuts forming in this one! Perfect! Could be a good harvest if we can get mostly 3 nut burrs like this one. 🌰 🌰 🌰. After the “august drop” I will have a better feel for how good the harvest will be.

Offering precise, custom, and targeted applications for 🌱 Fertilizers🌱 Herbicides🌱 Fungicides🌱 Insecticides🌱 Cover Crop ...
07/22/2025

Offering precise, custom, and targeted applications for
🌱 Fertilizers
🌱 Herbicides
🌱 Fungicides
🌱 Insecticides
🌱 Cover Crop Seeding

Reduce waste and boost profits with targeted application. Contact Alan Brent for a personalized drone spraying quote! 517-795-3804

Christmas in July? Now is the time to schedule your fall applications! Contact Alan Brent today for your quote! 517-795-...
07/20/2025

Christmas in July? Now is the time to schedule your fall applications! Contact Alan Brent today for your quote! 517-795-3804

Cover crop seeding using an agricultural drone offers flexibility in timing, especially for post-harvest or pre-winter s...
07/17/2025

Cover crop seeding using an agricultural drone offers flexibility in timing, especially for post-harvest or pre-winter seeding, and provide the ability to access fields with challenging conditions. Drones can be used to seed cover crops at optimal times, even when the ground conditions may be unsuitable for traditional methods. Drones eliminate trampling of standing crops allowing for seeding earlier, such as before soybean or corn harvest, allowing for better germination and growth before winter.

Thinking about cover crops this fall? Let us help you plant fast and evenly—before harvest’s done!

Contact Alan at 517-795-3804 or [email protected] for your quote today!

07/16/2025

Drones offer several advantages over traditional sprayers primarily due to their precision, crop pe*******on rates, reduced crop and soil compaction, and reduced chemical exposure to the farmer!

Comment what crop you farm, and we'll reply with how custom agricultural drone applications can help you!

Schedule an estimate today: Contact Alan at 517-795-3804

Scheduling custom services now! Call Alan Brent for your quote today: 517-795-3804
07/16/2025

Scheduling custom services now!
Call Alan Brent for your quote today: 517-795-3804

I did a spray demo for a Michigan State University farm manager on one of their research properties yesterday. The farm...
07/10/2025

I did a spray demo for a Michigan State University farm manager on one of their research properties yesterday. The farm manager and I were happy with the results.

-Focused on depth of canopy pe*******on on mature 35’ tall orchard trees.
-We sprayed plain water, no additives or adjuvants other than sulfuric acid for ph reduction of my fresh water storage tanks.
-Wind was 8-10mph.
-Flight speed was 6ft per second
- Flew 10-12’ above canopy flying Manually.
- Atomizers set to 100 micron droplet size.
- 10 GPA
-Flights were made approximately 8’ off the tree center on both sides of the tree.
- water sensitive cards were stapled to lower canopy leaves about 6’ off the ground.
- outer cards in pictures were placed on the ground in the center of the mow lane.

In conclusion, we felt that the pe*******on through the canopy was sufficient for both contact and systemic pesticides. The farm manager noted that the swath seemed wide enough to just brush the next tree row canopy and that offest passes per row probably would not be necessary to get adequate coverage but did not have time to test that. We may do another test in the near future.

Chestnut Weevils are coming soon! Let me know if you would like to get on my spray schedule and get that infestation kn...
07/08/2025

Chestnut Weevils are coming soon! Let me know if you would like to get on my spray schedule and get that infestation knocked down!

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