By Bob Streit
Columist, Farm News
It was a quiet week in central Iowa. A snowfront delivered 8" of the white stuff after varying amounts of rain and sleet left a shimmering layer of ice on many of the roads. Those made travel a bit tricky for a day or two and guys with snow blowers or plows got the...
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Oh my gosh! Is it possible that 2023 slipped in here already? If it is possible that 2023 has arrived and it brings in warmer winter temperatures than we saw in December we will welcome it. Those -20s and -30s were cold enough for most of us. Our livestock does not...
Another Christmas holiday season has arrived. And everyone who likes lots of very crispy weather mixed with a mix of snow and wind will not be disappointed. Simon Atkins releases his temperature predictions in four-day increments and he has been calling for...
The ‘Power of Biology’ conference hosted by Central Iowa Agronomy & Supply and AgronomyRx on December 7th & 8th was a huge success with approximately 180 people attending. Conference attendees were represented from 12 states. There were lots of positive...
By the time you read this article in the Farm News column, Big Soil Health Conference and the Power of Biology Conference will be history. And Christmas will only be sixteen days away. Based on the years of experience, the ability to think, to solve problems and then...
Is anyone else tired of winter already? The cold, the snow and the ice are getting old. A person could head to Florida, but they are still picking up from hurricane Ian. You could move to Texas, but 105 degrees and a 45 mile an hour breeze every day doesn’t sound too...
Here we are in late fall with corn harvest ahead of schedule and the section of the state with the most left in the field is way north central and north east Iowa. Those two sections received the highest moisture totals as inches total and percent of normal rainfall,...
Bushel by bushel, round by round and field by field the harvest of 2022 continues into late October. By the time you read this column many of the growers in the central parts of the state will have finished with both their bean and corn crops. This will actually be...
The Power of Biology Conference 2022 Understanding our Water, Soil, Crops, and Body Time & Location Wednesday, Dec 07 8:30 AM CST – Thursday, Dec 08 4:00 PM CST Briggs Woods Conference Center, 2501 Briggs Woods Trail, Webster City, IA 50595 About the Conference...