Another year in the books. Unprecedented levels of spring tillage were completed ahead of a relatively concise planting season. We had a cold …
For every day that's been calm, we've had several days where doors have just about flown away in the wind. Fall tillage is wrapping up, someth…
Plowing has continued. We're very close to being done for the season. We've seen some compaction issues on side hills that have made for some …
I'm pleased to announce that we finished combining corn yesterday afternoon. Dad would be doing a jig if he didn't creak so much. I'd estimate…
Corn is starting to wrap up. Most of us have a few more days running and then the corn will be off the field. If reports on the river are corr…
Harvest keeps chugging along in this area. Everyone seems to have finished with soybeans. We've had a mix of rain and snow throughout the week…
It's been a blustery week. Progress was made early in the week but slowed with the high winds on Saturday. Reports on test weights have been h…
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It's been a very fast week. We're roughly 30% done with our harvest. A lot of beans were combined in the beginning of the week, running at 11-…
Harvest is in full swing. Corn is testing anywhere from 20 % to 30 % moisture. So far, yield is slightly below average. We had a few cornstalk…
Things are moving along in this area. Combining of both soybeans and corn is ramping up. Some neighbors have started, others will be starting …
Fourth cutting hay is down and will be baled this week. Combines have started rolling. I haven't heard any reports on moisture yet. Manure is …
We finally received the rain we desperately needed in August. We had a little more than 6 inches total for the week. Chopped corn silage on th…
We've had a total of 0.4 inches of much-needed rain this week. Choppers are rolling in force through the county, revealing the severity of the…
We're in desperate need of rain. Cover crops are being sown on wheat stubble. Silage samples came back at 69.7% moisture. Choppers are rolling…
Editor's note: Jay Nelson subbed for Alyssa Nelson this week.
Everyone learned a new weather pattern this week. Damage from the derecho last Monday is widespread but variable. We have some corn that suffe…
We mowed hay on Saturday and Monday, but just baled on Friday and Saturday before spotty rain forecasts this coming week. The hay was beautifu…
Spotty showers. We did have a much needed 1.3 inches of a good, soaking rain on Wednesday afternoon and evening, and another 0.2 inches on Sun…
The wheat and rye have been mostly combined in this area, although the straw remains a struggle. We tried the wheat on Thursday and it tested…
We had 0.7 inches of rain on Wednesday (July 15). Wheat and straw progress has been slow. The neighbors have started, but our field still has…
We've had 1.2 inches total this week, with the majority falling on Thursday. There was wind damage from the storm on Thursday, affecting only …
Crops are looking somewhat stressed with the unrelenting high temperatures and humidity and only 0.2 inches of rain. The livestock are really …
Corn is at V9 in the earliest planted fields. We've had breakdowns hindering progress in second pass herbicide on corn. We've had 0.3 inches o…
It's been a warm week. Waterways were baled and moved on Tuesday. Second pass herbicide has the sprayers rolling in a very timely manner in mo…
Tuesday had half an inch of rain and high winds in the evening, wreaking some havoc on barn doors and calf huts. Wednesday had 0.2 inches. The…
We had 0.4 inches of rain on Thursday and a tenth on Friday morning, with the power going out for several hours on Friday night. We emptied ou…
Monday was a warm start to the week and had us mowing road banks. Showers and mist had things slowed up on Wednesday, we got a fair chunk of e…