Isbell Farms has begun planting the 2020 Crop. The weather hasn’t been great, but we are getting an earlier start than 2019. Hopefully we can make more progress soon. Here area couple of videos of different planting methods we use.
Harvest has finally begun on Isbell Farms. Harvest this year began the second week of September, which is about a month later than the norm for us. This was due to the late planting that resulted from the frequent spring rains. So far, harvest weather has been very good, so we are hopeful to make […]
Isbell Farms is glad to now be an Affiliate Member of the the Sake Brewers Association of North America. It has been exciting to watch the rise of the Sake community in the past years and it is exciting to now see this organization working to bring together those who are a part of this […]
When you have a year like 2019, when the heavy and frequent rains set planting back by at least a month, you sometimes wish you could put things in fast forward. Unfortunately, that isn’t possible, but we were able to stitch images from our Field Cam into a timelapse so you can experience the crop […]
Since 2018, much of Isbell Farm’s energy use is being generated through their on-farm solar project. This 300KWH solar farm provides power for irrigation, grain drying, farm-shops and residences. When all of the generated energy is not in use by Isbell Farms, the power is transferred to the local power grid through net metering. We […]
Isbell Farms is honored and grateful to have been chosen as the 2018 Arkansas Farm Family of the Year. You can read more about that here. https://www.farmprogress.com/rice/chris-and-judy-isbell-2018-arkansas-farming-family-year https://www.arfb.com/news/2018/dec/06/isbell-family-named-arkansas-farm-family-year/