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We are now into the days of late May and the plantings season is in all stages of completion. The first corn and beans in Iowa and surrounding states were planted during the first ten days of April when soil temps remained cool with forecasts for colder weather ahead....
One more week in this month and March will have arrived. Though this might be a snowy month with a blizzard or two, we will see longer days with more sunshine and gradually warmer temps. That also means that the official start of spring will arrive on the 21st and the...
Mid February is approaching us and it seems like the month just got here. It is a short month and it always rushes by. Few people have the information on a calendar that was proposed and would make keeping records and schedules much easier. That calendar included...
Early February and old man winter is trying to teach us that he is still boss. Temps are in the low teens and the wind is whistling on this the Super Bowl Sunday. Packer and Vike’s fans might like to say that an official Super Bowl has to have one of those teams in...
Our winter continues and back to the deep freeze for another week. At least temps are predicted to be above zero, so none of that face and finger freezing cold. I was out on the ATV at sunset looking in the brushy areas for our dog that did not come home as is normal....
Winter and the planning for the 2018 crop season continue. Both have been unsettling and a bit nerve racking. As to the weather the trend seems to be two cold weeks of bitter cold with strong winds followed by three to five days of warming and melting of some snow and...
If I write this like a man recovering from an almost heart attack, be aware that I just got done watching the game against New Orleans. First they dominated during the first half and were ahead 17 - 0 at the half, only to be trailing by one point with about 8 seconds...
January of 2018 is here, and with it some of the wickedest temperatures we have seen in the last decade. Luckily we have not had much snow accompanying it, so we have not had to expend much energy shoving or pushing the dreaded white stuff out of the way. Typically...
The 2018 year is here now. There are still no flying cars in the air, but the advance in the arenas of personal travel, computers, navigational equipment in ag and the ability to gather information while raising crops is astounding. I recognize that my 94 year old...
Only two weeks left in 2017 means the New Year will be upon us soon. Already grain farmers have been attending meetings or events where speakers and the topics are geared towards the 2018 growing season, the inputs to use and new ideas to ponder and possibly put to...