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The clock is ticking towards the Christmas season and with it is a craze of events. Tight schedules; family and church events; tasks to finalize during the final days of the year and slew of things to start making decisions on are all demanding your time. At least we...
From what looked like a deep freeze last half of November is going out like a lamb. That is another two weeks of time to get odd jobs and the last of the field work and 2018 prep work done. Having 50 and 60 degree temps to enjoy this time of year help us come out with...
We are now about five weeks from the actual start of winter. The days are several hours shorter and darkness comes about three hours sooner than it needs to. We have already experienced one of the arctic fronts that moved through quickly, which are more likely to stay...
Only two more months left in the year and the warm weather will be back in only five or six months. So get used to wearing the winter jackets and coveralls for the near term. Although it is technically fall the first hints of winter paid us a visit and intend to stay....
by Larry Kershner Farm News, Editor AMES - In 2016, Central Iowa Agronomics, based in Ames and lead by Bob Streit, ran cornfield test plots with clients whose corn fields topped 285 to 300-plus bushels per acre for two years running. This Central Iowa corn was still...
Crop Watch December 16, 2016 By Bob Streit – Columnist, Farm News Typically, this time period between Thanksgiving and Christmas just blow by in a few seconds. This year the time seems to be going especially fast. There were too many conferences and meetings to attend...