by Bob Streit | Jun 6, 2023 | Crop Watch
We are now getting into the important main part of the growing season. Most of the corn crop in in the V2 to V4 growth stage. The largest corn I have been in so far was actually near Fremont, NE at late V5. So far outguessing the weather has been near impossible....
by Bob Streit | May 25, 2023 | Educational Articles
What are they and why are they here? How do they function on or with plants? Are they a silver bullet or another tool that can help produce higher SB yields? Back in the early 2000s a number of us agronomists and farmers were following the corn and soybean high...
by Bob Streit | May 24, 2023 | Crop Watch
Every year is different as to the planting season, moisture amounts and how normal, cooler than or warmer than normal the environmental conditions are. The 2023 planting is now officially lasting longer than the average season, and due to the extended cool temps and...
by Bob Streit | May 11, 2023 | Crop Watch
I am writing this on Sunday May 7th, so things that may be apparent later in the week remain an unknown by Sunday morning. Here goes: In Television Land over the last fifty years, we have seen many game shows where participants are asked to use their instinct or luck...
by Bob Streit | Apr 17, 2023 | Crop Watch
Here is wishing everyone a happy last half of April greeting. At this time much of the Midwest recently was blessed with several unseasonably warm days or a week with temps in the upper 70s and even low to mid 80s causing a rapid snow melt and soil warm up. And now a...
