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Spring is supposed to be marching along with field work and planting finishing up in Iowa while farmers in the states to the north being at least half finished. Instead we are now in a situation where wet conditions and cooler weather are dominant factors for us in...
With the arrival of May, we are finally getting the 70+ temperatures. The landscape across the Midwest has turned a gorgeous green as it typically does in late spring. In response to the question last week of ‘where were the April showers?’ many parts of the state...
May is here already and with it seem to be warmer temperatures. Wow, what a turn around. Less than two weeks ago parts of northern Iowa and southern MN were receiving as much as twelve inches of new snow, and that was on top of what was already on the ground. South...
It finally seems that the winter season is over with. Most or all of the snow has melted in northern Iowa, so the warmth of the sun can focus on warming the soil up to the point where corn or soybean seed can germinate. In looking at the date on the calendar the...
Receiving another batch of snow with accompanying cold Canadian air across the upper Midwest the middle part of April to delay field work for another week is not what we were hoping for. Xanto, this weekend’s storm followed Wilbur, last week’s storm, were hopefully...
We have now moved beyond the first week in April, so the risk of snow becomes less and temperatures are going to be headed to the 60s shortly, or are they. Most of us were expecting high 40s to 60 degree temps because those are what we have gotten used to in recent...
Here is a belated Easter wish for you. And at the same time Mother Nature seems to be pulling a belated April fool’s joke on us. With the arrival of April the days and soils are supposed to be warming up to the point where we can’t wait to drop the first corn seeds...
The calendar has moved past the middle of March and the official start of spring arrives this week. That doesn’t rule out the chance of getting any more snow, but the chance of it keeping the ground white for any length of time has decreased dramatically. We can now...
The middle of March is now here and the official start to spring is only a week away. Though the majority of the snow banks have melted away along Hwy 30 they are still sizeable along Hwy 3. We are still wearing winter jackets, though not as thick or insulated as they...
March is here so officially spring arrives in about another two weeks. Typically much of the additional heat gained from longer daylight hours and the normal warm-up gets used to melt the snow cover and snow banks. Since most of that disappeared a few weeks ago the...