by Bob Streit | Jun 23, 2017 | Crop Watch
In another week we will be into the first part of July and the celebration of this country’s founding. In a season with a very long planting and replanting season the crop advance at a very slow pace. That changed last week as the hot weather pushed the corn into its...
by Bob Streit | Jun 16, 2017 | Crop Watch
And now into the middle part of June. The landmark date of June 21st is about two weeks away and the Fourth of July is a short four weeks from now. Those dates are important in that the old saying “Knee high by the Fourth of July” used to be a standard...
by Bob Streit | Jun 9, 2017 | Crop Watch
June is here and we are left wondering where the first part of May went. Lots of cold days and rainy weather eliminated many of those very pleasant and first warm days that typically mark the beautiful conditions we typically experience while everyone is intent on...
by Bob Streit | Jun 2, 2017 | Crop Watch
After another wet week, it is time to recognize the meteorologists who read their tea leaves and observed the galactic cycles to predict a cooler and wetter planting season. Kudos to them and their willingness to stick their necks out. To the brave shall belong the...
by Bob Streit | May 26, 2017 | Crop Watch
The 2017 planting season for the upper Midwest will enter its eighth week before long. After the monsoons across much of the region and the abnormally cool conditions, no one really knows what to expect for the state of both major crops, acres of each and replant...
