U.S. Agricultural Production Systems

Six students and two professors on the road from Connecticut to Wyoming in a 12-passenger van for 20 days to learn how grain and livestock are produced. We visited farmers and operators of farm support businesses who cooperate to produce a small piece of the 220 million acres of grain in the US, and a small piece of the beef, pork, milk and chickens. Read the post inserted on June 18 entitled “Introduction” to learn more about this class at the University of Connecticut.

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Mavis Grain Farm, Edgerton, OH, Maumee River Valley - Wednesday, May 14th, 2014

Tom explaining operation of corn planter.

Mavis Farm grain storage.

Scott Mavis explaining how he improves the placement of corn seeds in the ground at planting
by making custom modifications to planters. This is a side business that Gary has developed for
more income in the winter. Farmers are looking for every edge to improve yield.

Today we visited Mavis Farms located in Ohio. The farm is owned by father, Gary Mavis, and son, Scott Mavis. The farm has been in the family for four generations and started as dairy farm and then a 600-acre hog farm. Today, the farm is a 3,500-acre grain operation and specializes in growing corn and soybeans. The Mavis’ were gracious and showed us their grain storage operation, 16-row planter, semi-tractor nurse trailer for applying pesticides and liquid fertilizer, Scott’s improved seed placement business, and they discussed the ins and outs of their farming operation.

- Jen

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