by Bob Streit | Dec 8, 2023 | Crop Watch
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...
by Bob Streit | Nov 24, 2023 | Crop Watch
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...
by Bob Streit | Nov 18, 2023 | Educational Articles
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 Bob Streit | Nov 7, 2023 | Crop Watch
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...
by Bob Streit | Oct 11, 2023 | Crop Watch
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...
