by Bob Streit | May 15, 2020 | Crop Watch
Back into the deep freeze was the message for part of the last week. Aren’t Polar Vortexes supposed to move thru and bring the bone chilling weather during the winter? So what one or two of them doing marching across much of the country in the second week of May. We...
by Bob Streit | May 12, 2020 | Educational Articles
I’m Grant with Phytobiotics and am tickled to be writing a blurb for Bob and Team at “the CIA.” Bob’s a smart guy, and I really hope I measure up to the standard in this community! We at Phytobiotics make foliar feeds that use amino acid technology to get minerals...
by Bob Streit | May 4, 2020 | Crop Watch
Most people involved in Ag agree that they have never seen such a fast and problem free planting season. Lots can happen in ten days if most of the days are sunny and rain free. With more 16 to 36 row planters operating these days one does not see that many rigs in...
by Bob Streit | May 2, 2020 | Crop Watch
What a difference a year makes. We went from an Easter Snow in northern Iowa to planting the first corn and beans in the later part of the week. Due to the cold temps predicted for the weekend quite a few farmers practiced caution and waited until Monday or Tuesday...
by Bob Streit | Apr 21, 2020 | Crop Watch
One week after much of northern Iowa received up to ten inches of snow and we had winter like temperatures it looks like the weather has finally turned around and farmers and their planting equipment will be taking to the fields in full swing staring this week. After...
