Otto Farms, Inc.

04/01/2022

Auction day. March 31.

03/19/2022

03/19/2022

Auction on March 31, 2022

01/11/2022

Yes, farming did happen in 2021 at Otto Farms, Inc. But, I just wasn't into the extra time it takes to keep this website current while planning my exit from farming. Now, mind you, I thought this exit would be in three more years, but God had other plans. After meeting with my financial counselor and accountant to plan "retirement" things just kind of fell together in July bringing about the decision to call 2021 the final year of my farming career!...

Yes, farming did happen in 2021 at Otto Farms, Inc. But, I just wasn’t into the extra time it takes to keep this website current while planning my exit from farming. Now, mind you, I thought this exit would be in three more years, but God had other plans. After … Continue reading →

06/20/2021

Putting a new belt in our seed bean conveyor.

05/28/2021

Loading out excess soybeans.

05/01/2021

Corn test plot was planted today. One more day of corn planting left!

04/23/2021

Seed bag 🔥

04/22/2021

Planting corn.

03/30/2021

We had to dissect a headlight on our semi to remove a mouse nest today. Apparently, the cover plate fell off and it was very inviting.

02/27/2021

Harvest 2020 brought great surprises with record corn and near record soybean yields! After the summer or COVID and commodity prices crashing, there was some light at the end of the tunnel. Normally we would harvest the soybeans before corn but they beans were not dry and the weather wasn't allowing them to dry very fast so we opted to harvest corn until the beans were ready....

Harvest 2020 brought great surprises with record corn and near record soybean yields! After the summer or COVID and commodity prices crashing, there was some light at the end of the tunnel. Normally we would harvest the soybeans before corn but they beans were not dry and the weather wasn’t … Co...

02/07/2021

Just to refresh your memories, we had a grain dryer fire last fall. The dryer was repaired to the point that we could finish drying our harvest but we decided to replace it in time to use for the 2020 season. Replacing a grain dryer is no small task and it consumed a lot of our spare time during the summer of 2020....