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Yes, farming did happen in 2021 at Otto Farms, Inc. But, I just wasn’t into the extra time it takes to keep this website current while planning my exit from farming. Now, mind you, I thought this exit would be in three more years, but God had other plans. After meeting with my financial counselor and accountant to plan “retirement” things just kind of fell together in July bringing about the decision to call 2021 the final year of my farming career!
I will share some pictures with of of my “last year” of farming and move on to the upcoming auction that will be held on March 31, 2022.
2021 should have been a stressful year. We started the year with very little water in the ground. It failed to rain significantly.
| March | 1.08 |
| April | 1.41 |
| May | 1.98 |
| June | 1.3 |
| July | 0.7 |
| August | 4.03 |
| September | 0.2 |
| October | 2.79 |
| 13.49 |
The rain in August saved our soybeans and we actually yielded above average on some fields! Corn was another story. Only one field yielded well but not well enough to save us from collecting crop insurance because of poor average corn yields.
I’m not sure what plans I have for this website in the future but I will keep it alive for a while until I figure that out. Farming has been a big part of my entire life. What happens next is left in God’s hands.
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