Introduction

[Farmboy_907]

Hello everyone, I'm 18 and I'm a 3rd gen farmer in delta junction Alaska, we do 200 acres of brome and Timothy grass hay and we also do barley and oats for silage bales we currently have a 1968 jd 4020 and a jd 7020 (idk what year) and hope to be expanding on our operation and equipment soon

 

[db4600]

Hello everyone, I'm 18 and I'm a 3rd gen farmer in delta junction Alaska, we do 200 acres of brome and Timothy grass hay and we also do barley and oats for silage bales we currently have a 1968 jd 4020 and a jd 7020 (idk what year) and hope to be expanding on our operation and equipment soon

Welcome aboard.
If you can weather the storm you will find a wealth of knowledge here.

 

[Frank(Mi.)]

Hello everyone, I'm 18 and I'm a 3rd gen farmer in delta junction Alaska, we do 200 acres of brome and Timothy grass hay and we also do barley and oats for silage bales we currently have a 1968 jd 4020 and a jd 7020 (idk what year) and hope to be expanding on our operation and equipment soon

Farming in Alaska huh? That's gotta' be an interesting life....Enjoy the forum!

 

[Tx Jim]

Welcome to this forum.

 

[4wdtom]

Hello everyone, I'm 18 and I'm a 3rd gen farmer in delta junction Alaska, we do 200 acres of brome and Timothy grass hay and we also do barley and oats for silage bales we currently have a 1968 jd 4020 and a jd 7020 (idk what year) and hope to be expanding on our operation and equipment soon

Welcome, hope you stick around and from time to time post about farming in Alaska.

 

[Bob Bancroft]

Hello everyone, I'm 18 and I'm a 3rd gen farmer in delta junction Alaska, we do 200 acres of brome and Timothy grass hay and we also do barley and oats for silage bales we currently have a 1968 jd 4020 and a jd 7020 (idk what year) and hope to be expanding on our operation and equipment soon

Welcome. Some years ago there was a fellow on here from Alaska. If I remember correctly, he was down along the coast cutting oats with an old Gleaner combine. Participants here, from anywhere other than the "lower 48" are most interesting. Is Delta Junction on the Alcan highway?

 

[Tgrasher]

Welcome, will look forward to your posts on Alaska farming and weather.

 

[Hoofer B]

Hello everyone, I'm 18 and I'm a 3rd gen farmer in delta junction Alaska, we do 200 acres of brome and Timothy grass hay and we also do barley and oats for silage bales we currently have a 1968 jd 4020 and a jd 7020 (idk what year) and hope to be expanding on our operation and equipment soon

Farming in Alaska? I would like to learn more about that> Tell us more. Bill

 

[dcarp]

Hello everyone, I'm 18 and I'm a 3rd gen farmer in delta junction Alaska, we do 200 acres of brome and Timothy grass hay and we also do barley and oats for silage bales we currently have a 1968 jd 4020 and a jd 7020 (idk what year) and hope to be expanding on our operation and equipment soon

Welcome to YT. Tons of knowledge here. Also no shortage of opinion's so keep your seatbelt fastened.

 

[oldsarge]

Welcome. Some years ago there was a fellow on here from Alaska. If I remember correctly, he was down along the coast cutting oats with an old Gleaner combine. Participants here, from anywhere other than the "lower 48" are most interesting. Is Delta Junction on the Alcan highway?

Here's an interesting tidbit ,the ''Alcan Highway'' is in Canada ,not Alaska !!!

 

[DRussell]

Hello everyone, I'm 18 and I'm a 3rd gen farmer in delta junction Alaska, we do 200 acres of brome and Timothy grass hay and we also do barley and oats for silage bales we currently have a 1968 jd 4020 and a jd 7020 (idk what year) and hope to be expanding on our operation and equipment soon

Welcome! We love pictures of farming operations, big or small, new or old. Lots and lots of pictures.

 

[Blackhole49]

Juneau, the only state capitol you can't drive to.

 

[Steve in VA]

Farming in Alaska? I would like to learn more about that> Tell us more. Bill

Absolutely! Tell us more; lots more. I'm assuming that you're close yo the coast so weather somewhat consistent. Oh, and lots of pics!!

 

[JMOR]

Here's an interesting tidbit ,the ''Alcan Highway'' is in Canada ,not Alaska !!!

Delta Junction, Alaska - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Janicholson]

Hello everyone, I'm 18 and I'm a 3rd gen farmer in delta junction Alaska, we do 200 acres of brome and Timothy grass hay and we also do barley and oats for silage bales we currently have a 1968 jd 4020 and a jd 7020 (idk what year) and hope to be expanding on our operation and equipment soon

Welcome to our enclave. We put time and knowledge toward helping as best we can. One must remember we come from across the world and tractor colors. Our life experiences add up to millenniums of experience and education. As well as experiential education. Filtering through our responses to glean the best answer will be interesting. As time goes by you will contribute as much as you gain. Best of good fortune. Jim

 

[Buckhammer]

Welcome......YT members always love pics from far away lands.......hint hint

 

[Ark68SS]

Juneau, the only state capitol you can't drive to.

There’s a highway to Honolulu?
BillL

 

[Farmboy_907]

Farming in Alaska? I would like to learn more about that> Tell us more. Bill

Hey farming in alaska is fun everyone here just started planting 3 weeks ago for grain/peas oats, barley, peas, some wheat and other random cover crops like sunflowers or mustard seeds are also grown here my friend is trying to grow corn up here this summer maybe he has the first corn planter I've ever seen in alaska

 

[Farmboy_907]

Absolutely! Tell us more; lots more. I'm assuming that you're close yo the coast so weather somewhat consistent. Oh, and lots of pics!!

I live in the interior of Alaska 300 miles from the Canadian border everything is just starting up for the year farming wise these pics were from last year of doing some tillage to reseed into grass hay it gets to 80 and 90 degrees in the summer here it's been round 60 to 65 for the past 3 weeks and now getting rain sadly which is just slowing things down

 

[Pembroke]

welcome young man. lots of knowledge on here, but sometimes you have to ask the right question!!