October 5, 2010

Today in class, we had a guest speaker. Brad Pfantz from Jansen-Pfantz Insurance came to class and talked about Crop Hail Insurance.

Public Relations: Last week we gave a tour to Helen Olson's orientation class on Tuesday. On Thursday, we took pictures and participated in the Buildings and Grounds experiential teaching activity.

Buildings and Grounds: Last week we had our experential learning activity as well as the Farm Operations Club clean-up day. We taught the class how to construct a windbreak, seed lawn and how to use different chemicals around the farm. 450 clean-up day was a success, we had a decent turnout, but hope for more next time. Overall, we want to thank the class for their help. This week we will continue with odd jobs around the farm.

Marketing: We sold another 1000 bushels of soybeans at $10.43 per bushel. Yields are looking better than expected so it should be an excecptional profitable year considering prices are still above breakeven costs.

Machinery: Soybean harvest has begun and to our knowledge there have only been a few minor breakdowns on the bean head. Our next project will be to make sure the new ripper is field ready as it has dried out enough to start considering some tillage. We will work with the customs committee to make sure everything is ready for them as well.

Customs: We are currently working on our experiential teaching project, which we will present to the class on Thursday.

Crops: We are currently working on our experiential teaching project. This past weekend we were busy with harvest and with no rain on the forecast, we will be busy this week.

Finance: We approved bills last week, worked on the buildings and grounds learning activitiy. This week we need to approve more bills, and it is our clean-up week.