Dry Weather Advice

The first portion of the 2021 growing season, the planting routine sprint, is well underway is all parts of the Midwest, and complete or nearly complete in the central part where the planting progress entered a twilight period when it was shut down or running at a...

Spring Events

After one of the fastest warmups and snow melts in late winter we are now encountering we drop into a period where the temps are double digits cooler than normal and snowflakes are predicted for early this week. After the much-delayed planting seasons of 2018 and 2019...

Potential Soybean Problems

Bob Streit came across these important articles on soybeans and potential early planting problems that he wanted to share. Click on the links below to open the articles. If you open the articles on your phone it may give you the option to ‘View’ or...

Weather Observations

For about two weeks it was debatable whether or not spring had arrived. Night time temps in the low 20s and daytime highs in the low 40s are not real warm and do not spur soil warmup or plant growth. Now in the last few days the daytime temps are above 60-70 degrees...

The Dangers of Glyphosate

Bob Streit of Central Iowa Agronomics and Vatché Keuftedjian of Pursanova, Ltd., Inc. will be interviewed on March 30, 2021 at 2pm CST by the Lifestyle Mechanic from the UK. They will be discussing the dangers of glyphosate. How it affects you, your body, the...