by Bob Streit | Oct 21, 2019 | Crop Watch
It was another mostly wet weekend in a season where nearly every weekend saw rain delivered in varied amounts. Lot of events were interrupted or postponed by such wet weather. So as of Monday morning the late Sunday front line moved thru followed by a very early and...
by Bob Streit | Oct 17, 2019 | Crop Watch
It was a tough news week last week. It seemed like nothing happened, as to little progress made with the crop harvesting, as the week was bookmarked with 2 to 3” of rain with another 2” midweek. Then lots happened as to the weather and threats to the corn and bean...
by Bob Streit | Oct 9, 2019 | Crop Watch
After one of the most trying planting and growing seasons having a dry, smooth sailing harvest season was something we hoped for. Falls like we had in 2009 and 2018 where mud, deep ruts and lodged plants were all too common took their toll. Any delays in harvest...
by Bob Streit | Sep 30, 2019 | Crop Watch
October is here and once the soils dry out, harvesting of soybeans should plunge into full gear. Most farmers have been making preparations for this season for a month or two. Soon the time to make progress on getting the crop in the bin will be here. A major portion...
by Bob Streit | Sep 26, 2019 | Crop Watch
My, how our weather fortunes have changed in the past ten days. After going since late July without a substantial rain over much of the upper Midwest, we were blessed with enough moisture to close the cracks in the ground and replenish some of the subsoil moisture...
