by Bob Streit | Feb 20, 2019 | Crop Watch
Another week, another six to ten inches of snow. Two days midweek with nighttime temps below zero with strong winds. Plow out the yard and plan to do the same this next week. It’s beginning to get monotonous for a lot of people, thus anyone able to fly south for at...
by Bob Streit | Feb 17, 2019 | Educational Articles
Beauveria bassiana has been used as an insecticide and fungicide for several years in the organic industry. It was researched heavily by ISU entomologists a decade or two ago after it was found living inside corn plants where it has parasitizeed corn borer larvae for...
by Bob Streit | Feb 16, 2019 | Crop Watch
The month of Feb is the shortest month and it typically flies by in what seems like minutes. It begins with us wondering if March will ever arrive and then we wonder how it got here so fast. The big Iowa Power Show stands somewhat as the Midpoint of winter or the...
by Bob Streit | Feb 6, 2019 | Crop Watch
So far, so good. We are now past what is traditionally the coldest and worst part of the winter. I was going to ask what happened to the old style of blizzards that lasted three or four days and shut down entire sections of the Midwest. While we never saw it our...
by Bob Streit | Jan 31, 2019 | Crop Watch
This is a big week for the many Ag companies that either call Iowa home or do business in the state. Their big and typically well attended Iowa Power Show is due to kick off on Tuesday morning. The weather people seem to be trying to throw a wrench into the works by...
