Woodhouse Family Farm

05/01/2026

The goal when planting is to place the seed in the soil without being able to see how it was placed there. This needs some improvement. Notice the drier soil that fell into the seed trench on the right side and some air pockets on the left.

04/30/2026

I do a lot of testing. This plot has two different tillage tools and two hybrids with two planting dates.

04/30/2026

Used drone images + AI to measure crop emergence in cold conditions.

We saw a 15–20% difference in plant survival.

The AI results matched hand counts—but covered 3 locations in about 10% of the time.

That early gap can mean 20–30+ bushels per acre by harvest.

Small differences early turn into big results later.

04/29/2026

No names here—protecting the guilty—because nobody wants to admit they charged $300+ a bag for seed that barely made 80% germination.

Some hybrids performed great, others… well, let’s just say they needed a blanket and participation trophy.

04/28/2026

March 30th, conditions lined up just right to run my own saturated cold germ test. I loaded 15 corn hybrids into the planter and put in two rows of each ahead of a cold, wet forecast.

Normally I send seed off to a lab for this, but the timing and weather gave me a good chance to see how these hybrids handle stress in real field conditions.

12/25/2025

Merry Christmas everyone!!!

Delivering cheer, one Steiger-load at a time. Merry from all of us at 🎄🎁

12/20/2025

Making my daughter proud.

Unfortunately I’ve been told my dad jokes are

10/16/2025

We completed harvest just as the trees are  starting to change.

10/10/2025

The first step of preparing for 2026 corn crop. Managing residue from the previous crop is one of our greatest challenges and assets that we have. 

08/22/2025

Did someone say more power?

08/15/2025

This mornings view.

07/12/2025

A little midnight snack