Happy New Year – News from Carol Streit

Happy New Year! I hope your 2017 is off to a wonderful start. For generations the early weeks of January have been viewed as fertile ground for planting new habits and reversing old ones that no longer serve us. It’s also a good time to think about ways to improve our...

A seasonal look back, then ahead

As the final week of the year approaches we all get to do our personal review of the year and in the case of farmers, get to determine if it was a year where our personal goals as to production and economics were met. In most cases the production goals for both major...

What we’re learning on cold weather, weed vigor

And as we await the official start of winter this week the thought that comes to mind is don’t these five weeks of cold weather count towards our total required amount of freezing temps and guarantee us an early spring? Oh please to whoever is in charge, make...

Matching seed selection to field conditions

Crop Watch December 16, 2016 By Bob Streit – Columnist, Farm News Typically, this time period between Thanksgiving and Christmas just blow by in a few seconds. This year the time seems to be going especially fast. There were too many conferences and meetings to attend...

What’s to learn from conferences?

Crop Watch December 9, 2016 By Bob Streit – Columnist, Farm News By now most people are getting somewhat accustomed to this colder weather. Our blood is doing its job and getting thicker, as nature developed this method to ensure our survival. All of that...