Outagamie County Allen and Jean Timm Allen and Jean Timm farm 303 acres near Seymour and milk 65 cows. Alfalfa is direct seeded in the spring. It is sprayed for weeds and insects as needed. Half of the alfalfa is for haylage stored in upright silo. The other half is harvested for big square bales, stored in sheds.
Corn is processed and stored in upright silo.
They use all home grown feeds for the herd, purchasing only the mineral mix and some distillers grain. The Groesers make top quality forage a priority on all 620 acres of cropland. Grain is purchased off farm. Alfalfa is harvested 3 times a year based on scissors clip results. New fields are direct seeded and sprayed with Pursuit.