This past week the weather changed from unusually warm temperatures to more spring-like conditions. After a cool front moved through the area on May 6, we received up to one inch of rain in the west part of the county. The temperatures returned to highs in the 70’s and the lows in the upper 40’s.
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Greetings from Maple Park, IL. The Gould Farm is located exactly 50 miles west of the Loop, and situated roughly between St Charles and DeKalb. On our farm we grow corn, soybeans, winter wheat, and hogs. I farm with my parents, Eldon and Sandy, and wife Dana. Dad focuses mostly on the hogs, while I focus on the crops. Dana helps in the office with bookkeeping. Dana and I have three children – Kelsey, 17, Vanessa, 13, and Andrew, 11. Read more...
Hi, my name is Lynn Martz and welcome to our farm. My husband, Mike, and I farm with my parents, brothers and our son, Justin. Our farm consists of beef, corn, soybeans and wheat located in northern Illinois just 65 miles west of Chicago.
We are one of the farm families you can tour on the Watch Us Grow website. We hope, along with other farm families, to help answer questions about farm life and why safe nutritious food is important to us too. I hope you will follow along with our blog and ask questions if you like.
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