Shawn Feikema

Yes, yep. So we actually started covers the very first – Cover crops I tried were before we went strip-till because we did a couple of fields, and then I thought, oh, I'm going to go out and till it in the spring, right? What a train wreck that was. That was like I had tilled up a pasture. So that was not –

Yes, yep. So we actually started covers the very first – Cover crops I tried were before we went strip-till because we did a couple of fields, and then I thought, oh, I'm going to go out and till it in the spring, right? What a train wreck that was. That was like I had tilled up a pasture. So that was not –

Yes, yep. So we actually started covers the very first – Cover crops I tried were before we went strip-till because we did a couple of fields, and then I thought, oh, I'm going to go out and till it in the spring, right? What a train wreck that was. That was like I had tilled up a pasture. So that was not –

the greatest idea but you know you learn as you go and you figure things out and and now you know we plant green most almost all our corn is planted green which has worked fairly well up until this year um this year it didn't work i i was not super happy i'm not i shouldn't say it didn't work it just my corn looked like crap because we're in north in southern minnesota we're not supposed to be planting in three foot tall rye um that we don't have the equipment for that and and

the greatest idea but you know you learn as you go and you figure things out and and now you know we plant green most almost all our corn is planted green which has worked fairly well up until this year um this year it didn't work i i was not super happy i'm not i shouldn't say it didn't work it just my corn looked like crap because we're in north in southern minnesota we're not supposed to be planting in three foot tall rye um that we don't have the equipment for that and and

the greatest idea but you know you learn as you go and you figure things out and and now you know we plant green most almost all our corn is planted green which has worked fairly well up until this year um this year it didn't work i i was not super happy i'm not i shouldn't say it didn't work it just my corn looked like crap because we're in north in southern minnesota we're not supposed to be planting in three foot tall rye um that we don't have the equipment for that and and

Just because of the way the weather was, when the rye came out of dormancy the first of March, it just had so much time to grow. And when we planted the third week of April, it worked great. But then we got, like everybody else, we got all that rain and we didn't get back in for two and a half, three weeks. And by the time we got there, it was three feet tall. Some of it was over four feet tall.

Just because of the way the weather was, when the rye came out of dormancy the first of March, it just had so much time to grow. And when we planted the third week of April, it worked great. But then we got, like everybody else, we got all that rain and we didn't get back in for two and a half, three weeks. And by the time we got there, it was three feet tall. Some of it was over four feet tall.

Just because of the way the weather was, when the rye came out of dormancy the first of March, it just had so much time to grow. And when we planted the third week of April, it worked great. But then we got, like everybody else, we got all that rain and we didn't get back in for two and a half, three weeks. And by the time we got there, it was three feet tall. Some of it was over four feet tall.

And yeah, so that part I hope I never have to do again. But if I can plant green in foot tall or less, I love it.

And yeah, so that part I hope I never have to do again. But if I can plant green in foot tall or less, I love it.

And yeah, so that part I hope I never have to do again. But if I can plant green in foot tall or less, I love it.

Yeah, that's a big deal. You know, people ask me, like, how come you're willing to try all this stuff? I'm like, because if I screw up, I make my brother take it and feed it in the feed yard somehow. You know, do something. We can figure out some way to deal with it.

Yeah, that's a big deal. You know, people ask me, like, how come you're willing to try all this stuff? I'm like, because if I screw up, I make my brother take it and feed it in the feed yard somehow. You know, do something. We can figure out some way to deal with it.

Yeah, that's a big deal. You know, people ask me, like, how come you're willing to try all this stuff? I'm like, because if I screw up, I make my brother take it and feed it in the feed yard somehow. You know, do something. We can figure out some way to deal with it.

Yep. You know, so. Yep.

Yep. You know, so. Yep.

Yep. You know, so. Yep.

Goes into feed. Feed. Run it through the roller mill and feed it.

Goes into feed. Feed. Run it through the roller mill and feed it.