Hi Everyone, As I continue to watch this growing season unfold, a few things stand out in my mind as being quite remarkable. The first is a good thing, as I find it almost incredible how fast the June-planted corn has been able to grow. The...
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Hi Everyone, I wish I had better news from the home front, but the prevent plant deadline is already upon us and we have barely even started. With saturated soils and rain in the forecast, it looks like we will be sitting out on the sidelines...
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It’s 94 degrees outside as I sit here in my office wondering how this may be affecting the start of this growing season. One thing for sure, is that we need to take into account the environment these plants are growing in before scouting...
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We are starting to get our first corn out of the ground here on our home farm! We planted the last day of April, with soil temps barely reaching 50 degrees, but the corn benefited from the warm weather that followed. I am now using my thermal...
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