Cold weather could be beneficial

The 2018 year is here now. There are still no flying cars in the air, but the advance in the arenas of personal travel, computers, navigational equipment in ag and the ability to gather information while raising crops is astounding. I recognize that my 94 year old...

A year in review

Only two weeks left in 2017 means the New Year will be upon us soon. Already grain farmers have been attending meetings or events where speakers and the topics are geared towards the 2018 growing season, the inputs to use and new ideas to ponder and possibly put to...

Dust not settled on dicamba issue

The clock is ticking towards the Christmas season and with it is a craze of events. Tight schedules; family and church events; tasks to finalize during the final days of the year and slew of things to start making decisions on are all demanding your time. At least we...

Recent weather allows for 2017 fall work to continue

From what looked like a deep freeze last half of November is going out like a lamb. That is another two weeks of time to get odd jobs and the last of the field work and 2018 prep work done. Having 50 and 60 degree temps to enjoy this time of year help us come out with...

Were NASS and USDA too optimistic?

We are now about five weeks from the actual start of winter. The days are several hours shorter and darkness comes about three hours sooner than it needs to. We have already experienced one of the arctic fronts that moved through quickly, which are more likely to stay...