Great visit to Farm Progress Show 2019

The 2019 Farm Progress Show in Decatur Illinois is the largest outdoor farm show in the United States. Our family farm attends the event every time it is hosted in Decatur. The highlight of the day includes watching field demos and learning about the latest technology and startups within the agriculture industry. Check out a few pics below from the event.

Dan, Tyler and Blake McKay

Field Demos at Farm Progress Show

Latest Equipment from John Deere

Plant 2019 wraps up after rainy Spring

It has been one of the wettest Springs ever remembered resulting in a delayed planting season. We were blessed to have the skies clear up this past week even when the forecast was calling for rain. This allowed us enough time to get the 2019 crop in the ground and we wish for another bountiful harvest. Check out some pictures below from the planting season.

Darin McKay & Joey McKay

Benson McKay

McKay Farms completes successful Harvest 2018

Harvest 2018 is complete bringing a bountiful harvest to McKay Farms in Beecher City, Illinois. The 2018 Harvest produced the highest yields and took many helping hands to complete. We were fortunate to capture the wonderful harvest season with many photographs and hope to share with you our moments over the upcoming months. We will continue to work on fall tillage before the heavy rains come in the upcoming weeks.

Soybean Harvest

Jason and Dan McKay in deep discussion

Dumping Corn at McKay Farms

Rita McKay and her grandchildren enjoying Fall 

McKay Farms at Grain Elevator in Cowden

McKay Farms begin Harvest 2018 in Beecher City

Harvest started in the middle of September and has brought us great yields and exciting memories. That #Harvest18 season has experienced wonderful weather outside of today which resulted in 1-3 inches of rain in the area. Blake McKay has been busy with the drone capturing some unbelievable aeriel shots that could not have been accomplished without new technologies. Check out the pictures below and expect many more pictures to be published soon. Happy Harvest!!

Thumbs up to Harvest Season

Benson enjoying combine ride

Jason McKay standing on Semi

Joey and Benson

#Plant18 complete for McKay Farms in Central Illinois

McKay Farms has successfully completed their corn and soybean #plant18 season. The delayed start was due to a colder than normal Spring but temperatures warmed up quickly, especially in the last week. We are blessed to complete the planting season with only a couple breakdowns and a few flat tires. Most of our corn has emerged and is looking great. Check out our pictures below of our 2018 Planting Season!

Jason McKay & Dan McKay #Plant18

McKay Farms, Beecher City, Illinois

Darin McKay disking field outside Cowden, IL

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Corn emerging & Looking great!

Tyler McKay farming in Central Illinois 

Corn #Plant18 is complete for McKay Farms!

We successfully planted all of our corn for the 2018 season as of May 2nd. We were lucky enough to have only a few minor breakdowns and a couple flat tires during the corn planting season. We will be taking the next couple days off due to the rain showers but hope to continue with beans as soon as possible. Check out some pictures of the corn planting season.

Dan McKay planting corn

Blake McKay with field cultivator

Benson McKay on tractor ride

#Plant18 postponed due to cold & wet Spring

The 2018 planting season has been delayed due to the wet and cold weather across the Midwest. We have all our machinery ready to go but have not started due to wet field conditions. We expect to start in the next week or two as long as no more flooding occurs. If we try to plant too early, we may end up like the tractor below!