A storm knocked down some corn north of us in the Morris area, but we were pretty lucky and didn’t get hit. I have a nephew who tried a little…
We finally got our third cut of hay done and baled up. The third cut is pretty good. Early cuts got some rain before we got it in, but my dad …
We had a pretty nice week with a couple of showers to finish the beans off. I don’t know where that rain came from, but it was a nice rain wit…
We are starting to work on getting bins and equipment ready for fall. We baled a little hay last week. There’s a little fungicide being spraye…
Last week we had a nice rain, 1 to 2 inches of rain spread over all our farms, and they are looking good. We finished our family sweet corn an…
We needed a nice shower, things were getting a little dry. We got about four-tenths so far and it’s still raining. It’s really helping I think…
It is pouring rain now as I write this report. Hopefully it will give some relief to those who are in need of rain to the north. The soybeans,…
We had pretty good week. We had some spotty rain with a half inch on some farms. We combined some oats and baled straw. It’s good to be mowing…
Corn is looking good. Soybeans are looking better than they had. The beans are less yellow. Lot of fungicides are going on around here. We got…
We finally got some sunshine around here. It seems like it’s helping these beans that were yellow. They’re greening up, so that’s a good sign.…
Art Bunting of Dwight has been farming with his brothers, Don and Lee, in Livingston County since 1974. The brothers grow mostly corn and soyb…
We finally had a little sunshine last week. We had a few days to catch up on mowing and spraying. Some wheat was harvested. I haven’t heard th…
We got more rain, and it finally cleared up July 1 after more than 10 inches of rain for the week. We’re trying to get things dried up so we c…
Rain is about all we’re talking about here. Things ground to a halt in a hurry here on Thursday and Friday. Then about 4½ more inches fell on …
We only got two-tenths of an inch of rain twice last week, so we aren’t in too bad shape moisture-wise. It’s been cloudy, but you can watch th…
Things are really looking good in this area. You can stand and watch the corn grow. Corn is all sprayed and we will start spraying beans this …
It was a good week. We finished planting last week and were putting on nitrogen. My nephews are starting to work on hay. In our area, crops ar…
We got a little more rain. We got a few more beans planted and a lot of nitrogen being put on corn. Everything is at a standstill now dependin…
We just finally got going in this area on Friday and Saturday as conditions became dry enough to work again. A lot of planters were moving and…
It’s rainy and wet again today (Monday), and it looks like another whole day of rain. Not much happened here last week. It was too wet to plan…
We had a couple days of good going last week. Corn is pretty well done in this area. Some people are finished planting beans. We just got star…
We got rained out with 2 inches of rain on Wednesday. We’re at a standstill now, looking around for a dry field but can’t seem to find one. No…
Conditions are really good for planting now. We got through the snow last week and didn’t get a lot. Things started happening around here Apri…
As you drive through the countryside, it appears that at least 50% of fields are planted. Many were concerned with the few nights of freezing …
Some anhydrous and lot of spraying has been happening. Some farmers got started planting last week. There are as many beans planted as corn he…
A few neighbors put a little bit of corn and beans last week. I don’t think anybody went too hard because they were afraid of the cool rains w…
First of all we planted oats and some clover and have got that done now. We got the nitrogen on our wheat and its greening up nicely. We’re pu…