So why on earth is a potato farm growing soybeans? We use soybeans as part of our essential crop rotation program. Soybean plants breathe in nitrogen found in the atmosphere and release it in a usable form into the soil. This boost of nitrogen keeps our soil healthy for the next time we grow potatoes on the land. Our beans are trucked to a local grain elevator where they are exported to be turned into tofu, soy sauce, animal feed, printing ink and even biodiesel fuel. You can visit “Preparing A Seed Bed” to see how we prepare the land and plant our annual soybean crops.
 Happy Monday to all of you (if such a thing actually exists!) It’s time to move some of our soybeans to the local elevator now that the potato harvest is finished. Soybeans are one of our essential rotation crops that help keep our land optimized for growing potatoes. You can visit “Preparing A Seed Bed” to see how we prep the land for planning our soybeans.
And that’s a wrap for the potato #harvest2025! The very last potato has been moved out of the fields back to our storages at the farm just before the rain arrives. It’s nice to see so many smiling faces in some of these candid clips I captured over the potato harvest this fall. You can visit “The Faces Of Our Farm” to see another video of all of us working during the fall potato harvest.
 Let’s talk about teamwork on day six of Ontario Agriculture Week. Moving the potato crop from the field to the winter storage requires constant communication between the tractor drivers in the field and the crew at the farm. John and R.J. run the potato windrower and potato harvester in the field. Curtis keeps the potato bin filler moving the crop from the bulk trucks into the storages at the farm. All day long our text stream is full of chatter about who needs a truck to fill, who’s moving to what field, and who needs tools to fix a breakdown. Good thing we all have a good data plan! You can visit “The Faces Of Our Farm” to see a video of everyone working together to bring in the crop.
A quick overview of how our potatoes get from the field into our winter storage on day five of Ontario Agriculture Week. You can visit the “Videos” category in The Common-Tater blog to see all kinds of videos taken here at the farm.
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