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Late soybean issues

How would one categorize the last of winter, spring and how our summer season has progressed and how it resembled other years in regards to cropping progress and the weather? More than one person remarked that it was most similar to 1991 when in the northern third of...

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Threats to expect yet

June has arrived and the planting season is continuing. The planters in Iowa began operating around April 10 and continue operating for many growers in the Midwest in one of the most drug-out seasons since 1991. Similarly, as that year we received significant rain...

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Flexibility is key for cropping plans

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....

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Field Status

May is here and we are now at the point where many of us are wishing that the weather men or women would deliver a week of dry weather. A number of the people who noted the number of fog days in January were expecting a rainy April. The first part of the month brought...

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The 2024 Growing Season

April is here and the weather in the month can be very fickle. This was proven by the short periods of heavy snow which occurred on two days last week. Generally warm temps were the rule thru most of Feb and March with many days of record warmth. It almost felt like a...

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Tribute to Jerry Carlson & Dr. Robert Kremer

Wow, oh wow.  As the closing days of the winter season go by on the calendar we almost have to wonder what happened to our normal snowy and cold seasons we’ve been accustomed to. Except for the two big snowstorms which happened to be exactly the week before and the...

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Conference Announcement

We now move into the latter half of the short month of February and there is not much happening on the national scene. We could talk about Fanni, but it has been recommended that I not talk politics. She must have had a miserable childhood where she was constantly...

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Summing up the Iowa Power Show

Goodbye windchills of 20 to 40 below zero. There is no guarantee of us not having such cold temps as we had in early to mid-January, but as the weeks slowly churn and the deep snowbanks slowly melt away the chance of a repeat of those bitter temps become less and...

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Winter Grower Meeting in Findlay, Ohio

For those in the Ohio area, you won't want to miss this Winter Grower Meeting on February 12th. The meeting will be held in Findlay, Ohio from 8:00 - 4:00 at the Hancock Hotel and will be packed with top notch speakers providing the latest information. Check out the...

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