Wet fields slowing harvest

by | Oct 15, 2016 | Crop Watch

Crop Watch October 15, 2016 By Bob Streit – Columnist, Farm News The 2016 fall harvest of the two major crops continues and is the focus of activity and agriculture in the Midwest. Farmers are putting in long hours while the employees of the many grain elevators get...

Yields, fertility, soil health

by | Oct 7, 2016 | Crop Watch

Crop Watch October 7, 2016 By Bob Streit – Columnist, Farm News [full article] October brings its shorter days, cooler temps and a harvest that is well underway. In the state the big news last week and the week before were the big rains that fell in eastern Iowa,...

Waiting for fields to dry

by | Sep 30, 2016 | Crop Watch

Crop Watch September 30, 2016 By Bob Streit – Columnist, Farm News [full article] And now the wonderful month of September is nearing a close. After a large percentage of the state endured a wet May, a very dry June and early July, a very rainy last half of  July and...

Record yields may not be likely here

by | Sep 23, 2016 | Crop Watch

Crop Watch September 23, 2016 By Bob Streit – Columnist, Farm News [full article] As we enter the last half of September in our march to the start of harvest, we seem to have two widely differing camps. On one side are the absolute lords of the high yield predictors...