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Adam Gaska
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  • Redwood Valley, CA
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Contract farming alfalfa

Started this discussion. Last reply by Scott Edward Dudek Jul 10, 2012. 8 Replies

weed control

Started this discussion. Last reply by James Kelly Sep 3, 2011. 1 Reply

Alfalfa rental rates

Started this discussion. Last reply by Adam Gaska Mar 27, 2011. 1 Reply

 

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Adam Gaska replied to Justin Watkins's discussion Row Crops
"It could be worth it. You could use the grain to finish some of your steers. You could feed out some hogs. Raise turkeys for Thanksgiving. You could also do some agritourism if you are a people person. Things like corn mazes and pumpkin patches can…"
Oct 31, 2012
Adam Gaska replied to Adam's discussion Grazing cover crops
"Depends on what sort of cows-pregnant, nursing, heifers, etc-their condition, and their size. Generally, rule of thumb is animals need to consume 3-5% of their body weight a day in dry matter. Green forage can vary widely with moisture content. If…"
Oct 31, 2012
Adam Gaska replied to frank earl sener's discussion information about growing tomatoes
"Check out attra.ncat.org .  For general agronomic data and post harvest handling, check out vric.ucdavis.edu . "
Sep 27, 2012
Scott Edward Dudek replied to Adam Gaska's discussion Contract farming alfalfa
"if you have free water what about white rice or wild rice???"
Jul 10, 2012
Scott Edward Dudek replied to Adam Gaska's discussion Contract farming alfalfa
"you are in cali and have a unique climate which may be great for malting barley.  Microbrews are trying to get unique 2 row barley.  Just a thought may be a great market for excess barley "
Jul 10, 2012
Shaun Hamlin replied to Adam Gaska's discussion Contract farming alfalfa
"I am not too familiar with your specific practices( inputs, horse or cattle industry etc. ), but $30-$45 is a good rule of thumb for cost of production so I would say you are offering a pretty good deal. That said, I have many different programs…"
Jul 7, 2012
Adam Gaska replied to Adam Gaska's discussion Contract farming alfalfa
"I guess my question is ( realized I didn't put one) is what would be a fair price to get paid for farming the alfalfa.  I am thinking $35-40 for every ton the get and maybe peg it to current hay prices."
Jul 6, 2012
Adam Gaska replied to Adam Gaska's discussion Contract farming alfalfa
"We are in inland Mendocino County, north of San Francisco about 150 miles and 30 miles from the ocean.  Our main challenge with double cropping is rain.  We get rain until May or June and it can start again in October.  We're…"
Jul 6, 2012
Hi All,

My partner Paula and I are small organic/Biodynamic farmers in Mendocino County, California. We manage a winter CSA (Dec.-April), run 50 ewes, a few cows, and raise poultry during the spring/summer/fall (broilers and turkeys).

Currently, we farm 5 acres of vegetables and just planted a quarter acre of fruit trees-mostly stone fruit. We just started leasing 40 acres of irrigated summer pasture and are looking to expanding our sheep flock to 150-200 ewes. We might also expand our veg production and grow a few more acres of small grain, dry beans, and/or feed corn.

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At 6:31pm on February 14, 2010, Paula said…
you are going to have to update your "Hi All..." (above) this year!
At 3:25pm on January 25, 2010, Chad Heveline said…
Thanks Adam. I'll look into that. We'd love to have a high tunnel to expand our growing season.
At 11:01pm on July 13, 2009, A. King said…
Hey Adam, I was wondering if you were still interested in some organic hay.... We have awesome hay and our price is 135/ton in the barn. If you are interested let me know we have tests on some of it right now so if you wanna know any numbers I can provide em. Thanks a lot and if you know anyone else let them know as well I appreciate it.
Alan King
At 10:42am on May 26, 2009, A. King said…
So I talked to my uncle and he's saying he wants 180/ton not delivered if you can find someone to haul it and the price is okay with you then we have about 11 loads or so to get rid of.... We usually sell to a local dairy here in Klamath Falls and we usually do our own hauling to the dairy but we have farm plates on our rigs so we can't haul into California... So let me know yes, no, or maybe
At 6:14pm on May 25, 2009, A. King said…
Yes sir we farm mostly all alfalfa... Where at in northern California are you at? We have about 900 acres in alfalfa right now how much do you need?
At 10:32am on May 13, 2009, Paula said…
dude!

At 7:40pm on April 8, 2009, Shannon Convery said…
Aaaaaaand already I love you guys! It's so great to meet other people as passionate and active in the community as you. I lived in Rhode Island before coming here where people talk a lot about the importance of supporting local farmers and being active in the agriculture community ... but there's not a lot of practice what you preach if ya catch my drift.
I LOVE that you guys are doing an RSA!!! I grew up in Maine and farm to plate is taking off like a mad man up there. Hopefully it's spread like wildfire all over the northeast :)
At 12:05pm on April 8, 2009, Shannon Convery said…
Hey Adam! Thanks so much! Right now I think we have about 40 shares set up, but they're still coming in and we're so excited people are signing up. We'll also be at weekend markets in Richmond starting next month. The weather's been so up and down over the last month, so nothing's in the ground yet. I'm hoping for the fields to dry out over the next week ... if the rain doesn't come.
We've got about 20 hens for purely selfish reasons (gotta love those fresh eggs in the morning!) and a coon hound, but that's all she wrote for animals.

So what keeps you guys busy after the winter?
At 10:21am on April 4, 2009, Tom Friddle said…
Thanks for the add! Tom.
At 4:11pm on December 29, 2008, Kevin said…
Wow that sounds great. As far as compost goes its pretty scary here in southern ontario too. We could use a few more animals here.
I'd love to peak at your numbers when you figure it out.
Happy weeding it all snow here.

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