I absolutely love a weekend in the winter. Between the end of harvest and the first of March weekends are glorious!

One of our favorite easy week night dinners is pan sautéed salmon with a balsamic sauce.

Harvest season on a farm is one of the best and most exciting times of the year.

Here in Arkansas rice is a very important crop contributing over $6 billion annually to my state’s economy.

Recently I had the opportunity to be a guest on Farm Policy Facts podcast #Groundwork that is hosted by Tom Sell.

What a whirlwind two weeks! Seems like my head is spinning and I’m still behind on my list of tasks to complete. Here’s a glimpse of what I’ve been up to!

It has been a whirlwind of a week in the farm office and we accomplished so much. January on the farm equals a very busy time. Now you might think that is an inaccurate statement because we have no crops growing in the field.

It’s winter and there aren’t any crops in the field. What does a row crop farmer do all winter? Go hunting? Stay home with family? Travel to warmer destinations? Well all those sound great –but unfortunately there is a huge amount of work to do in the winter months to prepare for spring!

That day when you watch yourself on national television!  WOW!

As I sit at my desk waiting on the combines to begin to roll for the day I Googled Labor Day and its meaning.

We planted the seeds in the spring and cared for them all summer. The past few weeks I have prepared the office and the grain bin complex for incoming grain.

Farmers are very independent. Good thing I chose this profession because I am an extremely independent person.

It is a gorgeous Sunday morning here in Arkansas! We have had a very hot and humid week and a storm blew through last night with cooler temperatures and a nice north wind blowing.

We finished up planting all of our rice just as it has stopped raining in our area. There have been few scattered showers but nothing to speak of on our farm.

Planting is still in full force with our tractors scattered all over the farm. Our heavy clay good rice soils dried out and we finished planting our rice today!

Today is a gorgeous day here in northeast Arkansas. Everywhere I travel around the farm we have tractors rolling and so do all of our neighbors. It is an exhilarating sight!

When it comes to cooking rice the first thing you must ask yourself is what kind do you want? There are so many different types of rice.