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And they’re off! This short video shows our seed potatoes tumbling along the cutting line into the bulk truck. They’ll be transported to the field where John is planting our crop. The truck doesn’t leave the farm until it’s full, so clearly there is a lot of cutting to do yet! You can visit “Little Seed Potatoes” to learn more about seed potatoes.
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It’s demolition video time! Join me for one last fly by to see the skeleton of the barn and the final demolition. Sean and his crew at Rheeder Demolition make this look so easy when in reality it took days of preparation to ensure the barn came down without ruining the building attached to it. Now we’re ready to build our new shop. You can visit “The Walls Come Tumbling Down” to see more footage of the barn demolition.
Is this a recap of 2023 or a preview of what we’ll be doing in 2024? I leave it up to you to decide. (And whatever you decide you will be right, since both options are actually true!) Enjoy this montage of some of the work we do here around the farm from early spring to late fall. You can visit “The Compelling Combine” and “The Hypnotic Harvester” to see more videos of our farm equipment in action.
Happy New Year from all of us at Thompson Potato Farm! Thank you for all your support and business this past year. We’ll catch you on the flip side of 2023! You can visit the “Video” category of The Common-Tater to see more fun drone videos of our farm.
Fall chores here at the farm don’t exactly mean raking the leaves and cutting back the gardens. We work at preparing our land for next year in many different ways. One of the essential jobs that needs to be accomplished is spreading manure to replenish our soil nutrients. This key job needs to be done in the fall so we can meet food safety guidelines.
It’s a stinky job, but someone has to do it. And this means Curtis! He works at spreading the manure in between delivering potatoes to restaurants and running our corn to the grain elevators. It’ll all be worth it next year when the potato yield is high due to the fertile seed bed the seed potatoes were planted in. You can visit “Racing Old Man Winter” and “Fall Field Chores” to learn more about different fall chores we work at here at the farm. |
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