Merry Christmas

As we near the end of the year 2018 and get ready for 2019 we get to look back on the many months back to January and think about how they compare to those from other years. Very few of them would be considered average. And if averages were calculated as well as...

Secrets to high yield soybeans

The warmer weather we received this past week was very welcome and saved us from the misery of a very long and cold fall. Now winter has arrived. We have to think optimistically, as are most of the weather prognosticators who are calling for above normal temps thru...

Conclusions about the 2018 Season

Today and several days this week are supposed to hold temps above freezing, which has been a rare occurrence in the days following Thanksgiving. Maybe things are looking up and the toughest part of winter is over with. Not. Here we have been thinking and acting like...

Making plans for 2019

Here we sit on the first few days of December, about a week after Thanksgiving, and we have often been able to do outdoors work in long sleeve shirts with a late Indian summer. Now in a time when we often get bombarded with wild predictions about global warming with...

Time to be thankful

First of all, we hope everyone in the Midwest is able to enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday. It is supposed to be a time to be thankful for being on this earth and all the bounties it offers to us. For the weather we received this season on the northern part of the...