2024 was an exciting year for the Traffas farm, with a substantial increase in acres and myriad equipment upgrades.

2023 was a mixed year on the farm, marked by a disastrous wheat harvest, continued research and trials surrounding the compost extract project, upgrades to equipment and a slightly better than average fall harvest. After last year’s drought-induced fall harvest disaster, it’s nice to end the year on some exciting…

I had an interesting conversation with my friend Brian Alexander, the Red Hills Rancher, on his Ranching Reboot podcast. I think he titled it “Different Perspectives” because he didn’t agree with some of what I said, but I like that we can disagree agreeably! We talked about Barber County, podcasting,…

2022 was a good year. It wasn’t great, thanks to the crippling drought that began on July 1 and persists to this day, but natural disasters notwithstanding, it was a good year in which there was much to be thankful for. In the summer of 2021 it was all I…

The Wilger EFM is a great way to monitor fertilizer flow without being forced to install a dedicated monitor in the cab.

Brian spent the day with me last Friday and was excited to help get soybean seed. I’m loving the new planter. I did 350 acres in the last two days. I’m seeing the 16-row at somewhere around 35 or 40% faster than the 12-row. I did have some delays due…

Video and pictures of drilling milo into cover crop residue, taken with a DJI quadcopter.

It’s been nearly three months since my father left me with the farm. It was precisely one year ago today when he saw my newborn son in the hospital. While we were watching Nolan get passed from family member to family member in the birthing suite, he told me, “You have…