We are dry. Some areas the corn is starting to fire up. Beans are holding in pretty good. Pastures are drying up. Fungicide spraying is comple…
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Keith Koerselman’s family farm in LeMars has been going strong for 150 years. He and wife Kristin, along with sons Keton and Kaleb, farm 500 a…
I received 0.3 of an inch of rain on Aug. 4-5. On Aug. 7 I received 1.5 inches of rain. The soybeans are growing well and getting difficult to…
Wayne Koehler grows corn and soybeans in Charles City with his wife of 35 years, Lisa.
Clayton VanAernam is 17 and a junior at Audubon High School. He farms with his parents, Andy and Ashley, near Exira in Audubon County. They ha…
This week was once again a dry one. We got right at 0.4 of an inch of rain at our place. There was talk of good 1-2-inch rain coming that neve…
Crops continue to develop. We have had heavy dew and even fog several mornings this past week. We received another 0.8 to 1 inch of rain durin…
Eric Weuve is a farm business management specialist at Iowa State University Extension and Outreach based in Ames. He farms with his parents, …
Severe storms rolled through east-central Iowa on Friday afternoon, Aug. 7. With them came a confirmed tornado, 90 mph winds and extreme hail.…
Joe Sperfslage operates a family farm in Linn County near Coggon, growing 1,800 acres of corn, 800 acres of soybeans and 150 acres of wheat.
Rain was light again this week — half an inch across the area. Crops still need more moisture. Kossuth County Fair was in full swing, with my …
Matthew Bormann grows corn and soybeans near Algona, Iowa, in Kossuth County.
We had scattered rainfall again, especially in the south part of my area. The corn is moving along quickly this year again, and the beans are …
Devin Davis’s work on his family farms began at age 10. He eventually returned to work there after attending the University of Northern Iowa, …
Tuesday night we got 4 inches of rain. It put water in the terrace behind my house for the first time this year. It couldn’t have come at a be…
Aaron and Chrissy Schnepel live and farm near Carson, Iowa, in Pottawattamie County, with their son, Brock, a high school sophomore, and daugh…
Rains last week have really helped the bean crop. Pod fill is looking good so far! We had eight-tenths on Wednesday last week. Rains on Friday…
Elyssa McFarland is the sixth generation in her family to farm near Columbus Junction in Louisa County. She runs the farm with her husband Dav…
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