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Happy New Year #2018

Happy New Year from our family to yours! Wishing you peace, joy and love in 2018.

By Ryan Weeks|2018-01-01T11:41:30-06:00January 1st, 2018|Family Farm, Farming, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Transitioning to #USDA #Organic

As many of you already know, we are in the process of transitioning some of our acreage to #Organic production. We spend lots of time researching, documenting processes, cleaning equipment and making sure we are in compliance with the standards set out for organic. It is a long […]

By Ryan Weeks|2017-12-13T09:15:10-06:00December 13th, 2017|Cover Crops, Family Farm, Farming, Organic, USDA Organic|Comments Off

Weeks Family Farms in the News

Our farm was featured in a couple articles late this year. We did these interviews during #Harvest17. One of the articles focused on IP production and the other had a focus on marketing and managerial acco unting.

We get a lot of assistance from Agrisolutions for […]

By Ryan Weeks|2017-12-11T11:18:36-06:00December 11th, 2017|Family Farm, Farming, Harvest, Landowners, soybeans, Tofu|Comments Off

#Harvest17 Wrapped up and headed #Home.

Finished harvest last night and roading everything home today. Planning for 2018 is in full swing. Cover crops going in and fieldwork being done. Thanks to Greg, Stiaan, Gary, Marlyn, Craig, Al and Aiden for the help this year. Also to Kristi and Christal for assisting in the moves and meals.

By Ryan Weeks|2017-11-09T10:55:54-06:00November 9th, 2017|Family Farm, Farming, Harvest|Comments Off

#Harvest17 in Pictures

unloading white non gmo corn
A little snow shut us down for a day Yellow non gmo corn Got […]

By Ryan Weeks|2017-11-02T19:03:23-05:00November 2nd, 2017|Family Farm, Farming, Harvest, soybeans, Uncategorized|Comments Off

#CoverCrops and #Sustainability

Took delivery today of our cover crops to build and sustains our soils. We use these on both our #Organic and #conventuonal fields. This year our mixes include vetch, cereal rye, rapeseed, wheat, triticale, radish and oats.

By Ryan Weeks|2017-10-23T07:19:35-05:00October 18th, 2017|Cover Crops, Family Farm, Farming, Harvest, Planting, Seed, Sustainability, Uncategorized|Comments Off

#Harvest17 is a Go!!!!

#Harvest17 is in full swing on our farm. We have a slight rain delay this week, but got rolling on our soybeans a couple days ago. This is our first year with non-GMO soybeans and also with a Claas combine in soybeans. Lots of learning on the go for us this year. So far……so good! […]

By Ryan Weeks|2017-10-02T14:58:30-05:00October 2nd, 2017|Family Farm, Farming, Harvest, soybeans, Tofu|Comments Off

A Year of Transition(s)!

This last year has brought about many transitions for Weeks Family Farms. We joined Family Farms Group in 2016 and really ramped up our farm with regards to SOP’s (Standard Operating Prodedures) in both our office and our […]

By Ryan Weeks|2017-09-14T16:17:14-05:00September 14th, 2017|Family Farm, Farming|Comments Off

Transitional Organics

These are a few pics from our #TransitionalOrganic acres this year. First time with soybeans In Transition. They are not as easy to manage for weeds as what corn is.

By angela|2017-08-28T08:47:34-05:00July 9th, 2017|Farming|Comments Off