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Meet the New Jersey farmers who grow our S.A.V.E.
sunflower seed.
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Mark Kirby at Derwood Farm in
Hillsborough, NJ. |
Derwood Farm lies along the
South Branch of the Raritan River in Hillsborough, New
Jersey. Mark and Nancy Kirby founded the farm in 1985
which includes approximately 400 acres. Principal crops
include soybeans, corn, wheat and sunflowers. Derwood
Farm also raises livestock and produces forage for
horses and grain for feed mills. Mark is the current
chair of the Somerset County Agricultural Development
Board and has served as the Regional Soil Conservation
District Supervisor for the past 10 years. |
| Laine Farms, in Hillsborough,
New Jersey is owned and operated by brothers Jim and
Thomas Laine. The core of their operation is located
along the Somerset and Hunterdon County border within
the watershed of the South Branch of the Raritan River.
Incorporated in 1980, Laine Farms derives income from
approximately 700 acres of cultivated crops and hay and
a feed mill that processes and bags dry feed for
livestock. Primary crops include corn, soybean, wheat,
oats and hay. Most of the yield from the crops planted
by Laine Farms is bagged and sold as livestock feed
onsite whereas hay is sold for forage for horses. Laine
Farms has been a member of the Carbon Char Group since
2002 and began experimenting with biochar that same
year. |
Farmers Thomas (foreground) and
Jim Laine of Laine Farms bag seed
at their feed mill in Hillsborough, NJ. |
Tom Zeng with sons Issac and Jon
at the Zeng Family Farm in Ringoes, NJ. |
Thomas Zeng and Family Farm in
Ringoes, NJ has been owned and operated by Thomas since
1977. He is assisted in operating the farm by his twin
sons, Jon and Isaac. Zeng Farm includes approximately
800 cultivated acres in Hunterdon County. Primary crops
include soybeans, wheat, rye, barley, oats, and corn.
Over one third of the farm is dedicated to organic
production, specializing in feed for organic dairy and
swine operations in Pennsylvania. |
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