Crop Watch August 12, 2016 By Bob Streit – Columnist, Farm News It's crunch time for our crops is approaching and with it will be stories about how well they did or instead how good they looked in mid-July. The growing season is a marathon and not a sprint. Everything...

Crop Watch August 5, 2016 August is here and it is another pivotal month. Most of the grain fill for our No. 1 and No. 2 grain crops happens in this month. Timely rains, near full sunshine, warm days with cool nights and not too hot are what we are requesting for...

Crop Watch July 29, 2016 As the end of July approaches we recognize that the month that determines corn yields is just around the corner followed by the month that determines soybean yields. Read more.  

Crop Watch July 22, 2016 For the first time since late May central Iowa caught a good rain. Read more.

Crop Watch July 15, 2016 Our typically hottest month of the year continues and will it live up to its billing. Read more.

Crop Watch July 7, 2016 It is now July and typically the start of warmer and drier weather. Read more.    

Crop Watch July 1, 2016 How could we possibly shift from cool and wet to frying pan hot with desert-like conditions . . . Read more.  

Crop Watch June 17, 2016 Who turned up the heat? Just when we got used to still carrying our jackets . . . Read more.  

Crop Watch June 10, 2016 Another week deeper into the season and the rush to get everything done with corn before the ground rigs . . .  Read more.    

Crop Watch June 3, 2016 Well, so far the first six weeks of the 2016 growing season is over for many farmers, but for the growers . . . Read more.