Prairie Sky Farm

09/30/2022

Fall cover crops that Bob seeded on our farm following summer small grain harvest. Lots of green growing is always good for the soul…and the soil.

07/14/2022

Conservation Practices in an Organic Farming System - Practical Farmers of Iowa

Join us Saturday, July 23rd for a field day at our farm with dinner to follow. Be sure to RSVP with Practical Farmers of Iowa by July 18th!

Saturday, July 23 | 4-6:30 p.m. Hosts: Sara & Bob Pearson Prairie Sky Farm | Facebook In partnership with Farming for Public Health Address: 2505 220th Ave. | Wesley, IA 50483 Prairie Sky Farm, operated by Bob and ...

06/16/2022

Bob finished cultivating the organic soybean research plots that we plant and steward on our farm for Albert Lea Seed House ahead of last night’s rain

06/08/2022

A few farm photos from the past couple of weeks

04/20/2022

Bob finished seeding our field of organic oats - by the light of the full moon - before the snowfall on Easter Sunday.

02/09/2022

A walk through our fields with no wind and 40 degrees (finally!)…is a good remedy for cold weather cabin fever. Happy to see our field of cover crop oats and adjacent field of soybean stubble doing their job helping to hold the soil through the winter.

09/11/2021

2022 Organic Seed Guide

A couple of our farm photos landed on the cover of Albert Lea Seed's 2022 Organic Seed Guide. See the link below!

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07/19/2021

Bob’s been busy cutting our fields of oats and rye.

06/23/2021

Moved our cows to summer pasture. Love seeing them belly-deep in grass.

04/14/2021

The joy of springtime

02/24/2021

Beef shares (quarters, halves) are still available in March and April. Our calves are finished on grass/alfalfa hay, oat silage, and grains - all from our organic farm. Processed to your preferences at Lewright Meats in Eagle Grove. Free delivery within 60 miles of our farm. Message us for more details!

02/13/2021

Very little wind and some sunshine this morning helped to make the -5 degree temperature while doing chores feel a bit more bearable! Bob has been busy during this long stretch of near zero degree days making sure everyone has plenty of bedding, feed, water, and shelter from the wind. Tomorrow's forecast for our area is a high of -9 degrees with wind chill values as low as -40 degrees. Stay safe and warm, everyone! 🧡

01/02/2021

Happy New Year!

10/11/2020

Fall harvest of soybean seed increases for Albert Lea Seed House is underway on our farm. A lot of organization and attention to detail goes into this work each season.

09/17/2020

Some nice looking ears from our Viking corn demo plots

07/30/2020

Combined our field of rye and vetch last evening.

07/07/2020

Our roadside prairie

06/30/2020

Moved our nine cows and their spring calves to summer pasture yesterday... along with our bull, Romeo, of course

05/21/2020

Planted organic corn and soybean research trials north of Marshall, Minnesota yesterday. Special thanks to Victoria and Ava from Albert Lea Seed House for the extra help! It was a successful and sunny day.

05/14/2020

Bob has been hard at work making modifications to our research plot planter. A man of many trades - farmer, researcher, fabricator/welder, agronomist, mechanic, vet, artist... and then some. We will be hitting the road in the coming days (and warmer weather) to plant organic corn and soybean research trials for Albert Lea Seed House.

05/13/2020

Checking fields with Chico tonight. This field of winter rye and vetch will be harvested for seed mid-summer as a special project for the University of Minnesota and Albert Lea Seed House.

05/08/2020

One of our new spring calves learning early from the big cows

04/24/2020

This little guy found the best spot for the evening!

03/31/2020

Our field of winter rye and vetch is greening up nicely!

03/22/2020

Beef shares (quarters, halves) are still available from our farm. Shares are processed at Lewright Meats in Eagle Grove, and we include free delivery within 60 miles of Wesley. Please contact us if you'd like more information.

03/20/2020

New life on the farm

02/12/2020

Beef shares currently available, processed to your preferences at Lewright Meats in Eagle Grove. Fed organic grass/alfalfa hay, silage, and grains - no hormones. Free pick-up and delivery of orders within 60 miles of our farm.

01/28/2020

It's all in the bag... silage bag, that is! During these cold winter months our cows and calves have been enjoying triticale/pea, buckwheat, and corn silage - all chopped and bagged last summer and fall from our organic fields - in addition to lots of grass/alfalfa hay. Makes for content cows and happy farmers!

01/28/2020

Reaching the Iowa Organic Market

Bob will be sharing his experience as an organic farmer on a Q&A panel during this event. Check it out!

https://www.iowaorganic.org/2_4_sare_goe

12/21/2019

Peaceful early morning chores... snow on the ground glittering like the stars in the sky. Such priceless beauty.

11/24/2019

Excited to have wrapped up our fall harvest season yesterday! Combined the last of our organic corn research plots located just north of Altura, MN. Plots looked amazing. Proud to be doing this research with Albert Lea Seed House and other regional organic farmers.

09/27/2019

Oats cover crop looking good in one of our soybean fields. The oats were aerial seeded by Steier Ag Aviation earlier this month.

09/21/2019

This season we grew several acres of buckwheat for the first time. We are always interested in trying out new crops to see how they might fit into our organic crop rotation. We were happy with how fast the buckwheat grew and out-competed weeds. Bob swathed and chopped a section of the field to feed as silage to our cattle and then combined the rest for grain. Grain yield and quality was great. Our farm has also been hosting several bee hives this season brought in by an area beekeeper. When the buckwheat was blooming, it was a beautiful site - buzzing with pollinators.

08/04/2019

Swathing oats on a lovely August evening...

08/03/2019

It has been a busy couple of days chopping a field of spring triticale and forage peas for silage. Our cattle will love eating this throughout the winter!

07/30/2019

Scouting fields earlier tonight and checking flower color in soybean variety seed increases that we are stewarding this season.

06/15/2019

Some photos from our busy spring season... now quickly changing to summer!

03/22/2019

First calf of the season born last Saturday.
Proud parents Shamrock and our bull, Big Daddy. ❤️