Fast Friday

Here we are in March and the weather has been beautiful so far this spring. It gives us the itch to get into the field. However the only thing we have taken to the field so far was the quad. On my own farm however I have done a bit of pasture work with the tractor, so I scratched that itch for some field work. I think it is a bit early for seeding myself but if the weather is nice come April 25^th or so call me on my cell phone because I will be in the tractor. This early though Mother Nature could throw us a curve ball by way of a snowstorm in early April and those storms could change the flooding picture if they did materialize. So we are going to take advantage of the spring by cleaning up the yard and getting the equipment ready to go that way hopefully we can cruise into seeding and coast into summer with a lot of the work already done. That is the plan anyway. However on a farm, things rarely go as planned. I would assume that it is because we have so many variables to contend with. That is what makes farmers resilient, that ability to change things on the go and as conditions, markets or other factors dictate. At MZTRA we are excited by this upcoming year. We just hosted a successful Annual General Meeting with a super line up of speakers. We talked about intercropping, variable rate fertilization, weather and a whole other bunch of topics that we will expand on in following blog posts and our newsletter as well. We are excited because the farm is in good shape heading into this coming year. We have cleaned up the yard and have the equipment serviced and ready to roll. Most of our inputs are bought and the seed is booked. We are excited because we have a good bunch of guys on our board that are behind what we are doing. We are making inroads into having industry partners and academic partners as well. It all adds up to big things in the coming year. Because it is Friday I will keep this short. The bottom line is we are excited about this year and we hope to share that excitement with you and hope that you get involved with MZTRA and bring your research ideas and passion for agriculture.