posted on
July 10, 2020
Feels like we've been in a bubble the last week or so with rain all around us (see radar picture :/ ).
Forecasts indicate we'll get some this weekend so we've got our fingers crossed. In case we don't get any rain, we spent time this week getting our irrigation equipment ready to "make our own rain" by pumping water out of our farm ponds into nearby fields. This requires a lot more labor but has a big impact on our fields that are drying out.
Recently, we began working with a school corporation that is close to home. So close in fact, that we can sometimes even hear students playing at recess from across the fields- Southeast Dubois County School Corporation.
Cattle adapt to cold weather and bring circulation to the center of their body to keep warm in the cold.
Fischer Farms has spent the last 20 years forming relationships with area farmers and producers to help them expand their market for their local and sustainably raised products. Recently with the support of the Climate Smart Commodities grant from the USDA, the number of farmers has grown to over 35 with plans to assist over 70 farmers by 2028.
