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Thus far the new year’s weather would have to be termed unusual and erratic. We had 50 F temps until Christmas and New Years. We wore lighter jackets and finished our outdoor tasks until New Years. I actually saw new gopher mounds, which are more a harbinger of...
A new year has arrived and we can now view 2023 in the rear-view mirror. I will have to see any references as to when Kevin ____? who was a coworker with Cargill Seeds at the time turned to me in the hall during a meeting break and informed me that he promised the...
The Christmas season will be here before we know it and the first round of meetings and conferences will be in the books. Most dealers, retailers and companies know that farmers are in the decision and buying mode to take advantage of early discounts and to lock in a...
Without much fanfare the calendar flipped to December. We were lucky enough to continue receiving days with temps in the 40s and a few 50s, which permitted outside tasks to get done. Here in central Iowa the top few inches of soil have frozen enough that a person...
We are slowly slipping into the winter season. Luckily the first ten days of abnormally cold days of two weeks ago have been canceled by two weeks of abnormally warm shirt sleeve conditions which have given us a chance to get outside chores and tasks completed before...
Hello Ag Producers, I am writing this on Friday morning based on a request letter from Matt Rohlik. He is the operators’ manager for a newer company headquartered in Houston, TX that is currently and intending to remain the top company bringing AI to farms and...
By late 2023 after we have had the fourth consecutive year in a row with very dry conditions where no one could predict how the season and crop size would turn out. At least Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota avoid any sizeable Derechos. Now with large weather changes...
October, with its harvest moons, is upon us. It will be the month when our two major crops will be harvested and put into storage until each farmer finds a home for it, be it for feed on a local level, moved to an ethanol plant within easy driving distance, railed to...
Mid-September has arrived. Most sections in the Midwest had the majority of crop acres whimper to the finish line. Most areas within the cornbelt no significant rain to help the soybean crop finish enlarging the bean size. We can say that it was another season had no...
September has arrived and with it the days are getting shorter, the fall harvest season is getting closer and the birds that congregate for their journey to their southern homes have taken off already. I would normally say that the days are cooling off, but not yet....