The OCF Christmas Spirit!!
Good morning! The winners of the OCF Christmas tree decorating contest are Luke, Chris and Nico! We’ve had a fun week of Secret Santa and sharing some Christmas meals and treats while still being somewhat productive! From all of us at OCF, we wish you...
Harvest around home is complete!
Good morning! As of November 13, harvest around here is done for us. There’s still a couple weeks of tillage remaining but things will start winding down for the season soon! Time to start tax planning!
Combines continue to roll
Good morning. We have a few updates from some of our crew leaders: AJ and his crew are in Missouri and they are now done with corn and waiting for the beans to dry out a bit more. Nico, near Redwood falls, and his crew have labeled themselves as...
Harvesting in Redwood Falls
It’s been a slow start to harvesting in Redwood Falls, MN. Rain showers have kept the OCF crew out of the fields. Or in some cases, stuck in the field. All this rain can make for muddy beans. But with sunny skies returning and wind moving across the state, crewman,...
Fall Harvest is full on
Our crews are scattered around America’s Heartland working on various crops. See the images below that were sent in today. Chris and Jim are busy taking out beans and dodging the mud around Hendricks, Minnesota this week. Andrew’s crew in Missouri should finish up...
Farm Family of the Year
The Chad and Pam Olsen family of Hendricks has been named Lincoln County’s 2017 Farm Family of the Year by the University of Minnesota. Farm families, like the Olsens, are nominated by their local county Extension offices. Read the whole article from Marshall...
7/31 Update
Good morning. AJ and his crew have been going hard in Montana for the past couple weeks and last week we started in North Dakota. The wheat we’ve been cutting has been really good wheat but there’s a lot in central SD that didn’t even need to be cut...
Great staff breakfast!
Good morning. We, at OCF, started out our day nicely with a staff meeting and breakfast served by Amanda! We covered some HR issures, got updated on shop projects, had a safety meeting and presented Jake and Soap with their 10 year employment...
But winter is coming back!
We’ve had a great weather weekend and today is supposed to be over 60 degrees as well. But Thursday, a snow storm is moving in. What a change. Oh well, the moisture will be nice and this little break of warm weather was sure welcoming. I hope all...
