By Bob Streit
Columist, Farm News
The beginning of the fourth week of March has arrived. Typically, the last of the beans are being planted and many of the early planted corn fields are nearly ready to spray for grass or broadleaves. Guys or gals who were planning to do an early sidedress are getting...
After we have watched the optimum time period for planting corn in much of the central Iowa float by with excessive rain and cold weather during April and the first half of May the future of this year’s corn and soybean crops as we normally produce them hang in the...
Now the month of May has arrived and not much has changed weather-wise in the last week or two. Wet and cool conditions existed in the Sacramento area and in the state of Arkansas during the late winter/early spring time frames as harbingers of what we would expect to...
May arrives earlier this week, even though the prospect of receiving snow in northern Iowa and in neighboring states over the weekend made it feel like late winter rather than late spring. Luckily the jet stream shifted slightly from its predicted path and snowfall...
Finally, the skies cleared and spring seems to have made up her mind and decided to stay, instead of letting Old Man Winter back into the Midwest. A week ago parts of SE Iowa and western Illinois picked up as much as five inches of snow. The winds were still from the...
Mid-April is here and in most recent years the corn planters in the central and western Iowa have begun running strong across many acres, while the growers in Eastern and Northern parts of the state are revving their engines. This year the pace has been slowed by...
Except for the forecasted potential for snow and cold weather mid-week it appears that spring and spring like conditions are with us. Currently the rainstorm expected to hit here sits as a wide band of heavy rain in the Pacific NW heading in our direction. A lot can...
Jerry Carlson of Renewable Farming continually writes great articles that you won't want to miss. His articles are very informative and offer new ways of thinking to solve today's farming issues. One of his latest articles covered our ‘Show Me the Money’ conference in...
At last spring has arrived, but the warm fuzzy thoughts about springtime and all that goes with it disappeared for many people across western Iowa, eastern Nebraska, much of S Dakota and now northern Missouri as the property and hellish stories about fighting the...
The complete March 14, 2019 meeting presentations are now available on video! You will be able to watch the videos at your convenience and as many times as you want! You'll be able to learn the latest information on soil health, plant health, micronutrients, nitrogen...