How USDA-NASS estimate yields

Crop Watch September 16, 2016 By Bob Streit – Columnist, Farm News [full article] During the last two or three weeks the first signs and feel of fall have begun to invade. Nightfall comes earlier, the nights have cooled off and the crabgrass is in all its glory. The...

There’s mixed messages on the crops

Crop Watch September 2, 2016 By Bob Streit – Columnist, Farm News [full article] August is history and harvest will be here before we know it. It seems like just yesterday we were getting the equipment ready for the spring work and wondering what the optimum time to...

Moving closer to harvest

Crop Watch August 26, 2016 By Bob Streit – Columnist, Farm News [full article] As we quickly march into the end of summer and the growing part of the growing season enters its final month we realize that in about two months we will get to measure the success or...

No time for vacations

Crop Watch August 19, 2016 By Bob Streit – Columnist, Farm News [full article] It’s now mid-August and a lot of things will be happening shortly. More and more of the local field days will be held by seed dealers as they hope to show off their top-performing...

Crunch time

Crop Watch August 12, 2016 By Bob Streit – Columnist, Farm News It’s crunch time for our crops is approaching and with it will be stories about how well they did or instead how good they looked in mid-July. The growing season is a marathon and not a sprint....