by Bob Streit | Jun 19, 2019 | Crop Watch
Anyone’s guess as to how both corn and soybean yields will turn out on many acres in the state and across the country is only as good as throwing darts at a dartboard. Such wacky weather that commenced in the spring of 2018 and continues to this day has been...
by Bob Streit | Jun 15, 2019 | Crop Watch
Finally, in the last month of May and first days of June we get the break in weather we have been hoping for. Farmers are incredible persaverent in getting the tasks at hand done, plus hate to admit defeat, when it is only Mother Nature and the Board of Trade they are...
by Bob Streit | Jun 6, 2019 | Crop Watch
P week has arrived. Just like there was D-Day for the invasion at Normandy, the final decisions on planting or not planting over the northern half of the state will happen.This is the week where corn growers in Iowa find out if they will finish Planting their corn...
by Bob Streit | May 28, 2019 | Crop Watch
After a month of many farmers sitting on the sidelines with the clock ticking during prime planting days, very little clarity about how the rest of the growing season will play out has appeared. The last week was interspersed with big moisture fronts marching across...
by Bob Streit | May 23, 2019 | Crop Watch
The beginning of the fourth week of March has arrived. Typically, the last of the beans are being planted and many of the early planted corn fields are nearly ready to spray for grass or broadleaves. Guys or gals who were planning to do an early sidedress are getting...
