It has been a week of scouting. Storms that require replant on corn and beans. Between large hail, wind, tornadoes and over 5 inches of rain i…
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Keith Koerselman’s family farm in LeMars has been going strong for 150 years. He and wife Kristin, along with sons Keton and Kaleb, farm 500 a…
The week of cool temperatures has not been helpful. Low temperature on May 20 was 38 degrees. Many no-till soybean fields continue to struggle…
Wayne Koehler grows corn and soybeans in Charles City with his wife of 35 years, Lisa.
This week has been a great one. We have finally started to receive some rain, right around an inch this week. Overall we just need some heat t…
Clayton VanAernam is 17 and a junior at Audubon High School. He farms with his parents, Andy and Ashley, near Exira in Audubon County. They ha…
Monday and Tuesday storms provided more rain — just over 2 inches total for the weekend — but thankfully no other weather events like some thr…
Eric Weuve is a farm business management specialist at Iowa State University Extension and Outreach based in Ames. He farms with his parents, …
The past week brought measurable rain over several days, giving the soil the opportunity to soak it in and loosen the crust for easier emergen…
Joe Sperfslage operates a family farm in Linn County near Coggon, growing 1,800 acres of corn, 800 acres of soybeans and 150 acres of wheat.
We got 0.2 of an inch of rain Thursday night. Cold and damp this week. We need heat. You know it’s cold when both the crop and the weeds aren’…
Matthew and Nancy Bormann grow corn and soybeans near Algona, Iowa, in Kossuth County, with their three children, Reece, 15, Quinn, 12, and Greta, 9.
We picked up between 2 and 4 inches of rain over the weekend and heading into the week. This week's colder weather kept the fields from drying…
Devin Davis’s work on his family farms began at age 10. He eventually returned to work there after attending the University of Northern Iowa, …
The rain at the beginning of the week was just what we needed around here, but the cold temperatures have really slowed things down — both cro…
Aaron and Chrissy Schnepel live and farm near Carson, Iowa, in Pottawattamie County, with their son, Brock, a high school sophomore, and daugh…
We were lucky to catch an additional 0.75 inch of rain early in the week which helped the crops substantially. Corn in our area is off to a go…
Elyssa McFarland is the sixth generation in her family to farm near Columbus Junction in Louisa County. She runs the farm with her husband Dav…
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