about Small Squares

Putting up hay helps put food on the table, but our mission is also to share what our Savior Jesus Christ has done for us!

Small Squares Inc is a fourth generation family farm located in the Loess hills of southwest Iowa. My grandmother's uncle and aunt started farming here in 1901. When my grandparents bought it from my grandmother's cousin in 1952 they raised corn, oats, alfalfa, fed cattle and finished raising 4 kids here. My parents grew corn, soybeans, alfalfa, cared for cows-calves and raised 5 kids here in the 60's, 70's & 80's. I began raising corn, soybeans, alfalfa for the equestrian market, and cows-calves in 84, and together with my wife are now bringing up 2 wonderful kids in this unique and scenic area of the midwest. We've been blessed, God truly is an awesome God!

We're producing corn & soybeans for the commodity grain market and calves from birth to yearling age for the feeder cattle market. Some alfalfa and grass hay is produced for our livestock needs, but the majority of the alfalfa is for the premium quality equestrian hay market. High quality, no-mold horse hay is our specialty. We produce a lot of it, and we're good at it.Take a look around the site, there's more details on what we do and why, and by all means, if you've got a question or comment, drop me a note. Oh, and one more thing, if you're looking for small square bale premium alfalfa, we got a couple for sale! premiumhay at smallsquares.com

I’ve often wondered what my grandpa would say about the home place if he saw it today. I remember as a kid, the big ditches we would get after heavy rains. It wasn’t unusual to have to turn around at the ditches with the corn picker because they were too deep to drive across. The impression that left on me was a big factor behind one of my first purchases of equipment, a brand new CaseIH 900 planter. It was supposed to handle no-till as well as conventional tillage. We didn’t know if it would work, but we had to do something to reduce erosion. Now, years later, we've seen that planter shine in bean stubble, standing alfalfa and corn stalks. It was a real eye opener to see the difference all that residue made in stopping ditches. I wonder what my grandpa would say...