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Drost Farms Drost Farms is a family operation that owns, rents, and crop shares land in Mahaska Co. IA.

We grow corn, soybeans, hay, alfalfa, oats, and do custom farm work including fertilizer applications, spraying, planting, harvesting, trucking, and management.

Harvesting and uncovering what is growing underneath.
10/13/2026

Harvesting and uncovering what is growing underneath.

Interested in learning more about cover crops? Come to our PFI Field Day on Nov. 3. Check it out below.
10/01/2026

Interested in learning more about cover crops? Come to our PFI Field Day on Nov. 3. Check it out below.

And so it begins…Harvest 2026! Pretty nice shot of the combine harvesting while the airplane is seeding cover crops.
09/24/2026

And so it begins…Harvest 2026! Pretty nice shot of the combine harvesting while the airplane is seeding cover crops.

09/20/2026

Testing this year’s popcorn crop. We dried some cobs a couple weeks ago and popped them this evening and tastes delicious! Probably a week out from picking the first rows.

We put up fourth crop last week before the rain and noticed that all the caterpillars were black. Hopefully not an omen ...
09/17/2026

We put up fourth crop last week before the rain and noticed that all the caterpillars were black. Hopefully not an omen of things to come. 🤨 🤔

It’s been a little over two weeks since the oats and radish cover crop mix was flown onto this field and look at the gro...
08/30/2026

It’s been a little over two weeks since the oats and radish cover crop mix was flown onto this field and look at the growth so far! They will really take off once the corn is out.

Loading up the cover crop mix! Soon it’ll be up in the air and flying over the fields.
08/24/2026

Loading up the cover crop mix! Soon it’ll be up in the air and flying over the fields.

Yesterday, we loaded up radishes, turnips, winter camelina, oats and rye for the semi. Tomorrow, it’s headed to the airp...
08/23/2026

Yesterday, we loaded up radishes, turnips, winter camelina, oats and rye for the semi. Tomorrow, it’s headed to the airport, where it will be flown by plane to the field.

Last week was farming week at summer care! Andy got to spend his last afternoon with Dad and Richard, sharing with his c...
08/16/2026

Last week was farming week at summer care! Andy got to spend his last afternoon with Dad and Richard, sharing with his classmates all about corn and soybeans and the many things that are made from them. We had fun showing the kids that farming reaches a lot farther than the field!

The drone was out putting down a radish and turnip mix in one of our corn fields this evening. Once the corn comes off, ...
08/12/2026

The drone was out putting down a radish and turnip mix in one of our corn fields this evening. Once the corn comes off, this field will already be green and growing.
Cover crops help hold the soil in place, recycle nutrients and improve soil health. The radish roots also help break up the soil and create channels.
Andy even got to press the button to make the drone fly!

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New Sharon, IA
50207

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