By Bob Streit
Columist, Farm News
One week after much of northern Iowa received up to ten inches of snow and we had winter like temperatures it looks like the weather has finally turned around and farmers and their planting equipment will be taking to the fields in full swing staring this week. After...
Happy belated Easter everyone, or did it seem more like Christmas with snow in the air on Sunday and cold temps throughout the entire Midwest and Northwest part of the country for the next few days. As a first in the lifetime for many people there were no Easter...
With the intermittent warm and sunny days winter is slowing losing its grip on the northern Midwest states and its inhabitants. Slowly but surely each day gets longer and we see more signs that nature has awakened and it ready to bloom. The early flowers are up, fresh...
So how has everyone enjoyed living like they were in an actual movie from years ago? It was entitled ‘The Day the Earth Stood Still’. In the end the people survived and were given an admonition to use their God given gifts to help each other and live in peace. It is...
We are approaching the last week of March and all of a sudden nothing seems normal. The common opinion is that with bare shelves and people fighting over toilet paper we must have time traveled to an Iron Curtain country. We just got a letter from Big Tony down in...
Impulse is the only product that applies micro-nutrients to the corn or soy bean plants and keeps the plants healthy through until harvest. It can be applied early in the season and eliminates the need for aerial or high clearance application. Impulse makes agronomic...
There are some things that smell good . . . flowers, coffee, and clean sheets. Then again there are some things that don’t smell so good. My husband and I were driving back from his home town, enjoying the scenery and having a good conversation. Then it hit us like a...
Mid-March has arrived and it is busy time in most farm shops as machinery prep and input inlays are being made now. When the 60-degree days were upon us it looked like an early planting season may happen. Then with the snow on Friday and Saturday this weekend and...
It was one strange weather week in the state where we had a snow forecast for NW Iowa on Thursday with big snowflakes swirling around in 40 mph winds and later in the week getting to enjoy the first 60 degree days. With the eight day forecast showing only two nights...
Wham, bam, and we are now into the Month of March. February came and went quickly for most of us. The warmer and longer days are great for our psyche plus they are great indicators that nature is waking up. Around here a few of the spring flowering plants have emerged...