Eric Weuve is a farm business management specialist at Iowa State University Extension and Outreach based in Ames. He farms with his parents, Wayne and Cathy, overseeing 600 acres of corn and soybeans in a row crop operation in Story County near McCallsburg and Zearing.
The corn in our area, including all our fields, is fully tasseled and still looking pretty good. I still have not seen much of any disease pressure out there. The soybeans are showing some stress from the excessive rain of a few weeks ago with yellowing in areas of heavy soil followed by the…
The fields in my area continue to look pretty good considering the heat that we have endured. Several corn fields are now fully tasseled, and more tassels develop each day. Soybeans are progressing along as well. I did notice a few spray planes and spray drones over the weekend begin applyin…
The crops in our area did well given the intense heat earlier last week. Some corn in our neighborhood is beginning to show tassels and should be fully tasseled by this time next week. I recorded 5.78 inches of rain from Thursday afternoon through Saturday, so once again the ponds have fille…
There was not much activity in the field this week. The field ponds dried up from the additional rains from last week. We did lose some crop on this excessive rainfall, so I do plan on replanting a few spots over the next couple of days. Our corn crop is looking good — all the fields have fo…
Our corn continues to do well, entering V10 to V11. The weather has continued to bring some challenges, receiving an additional 3 inches of rain last week over the course of Wednesday morning. The field ponds refilled on this rain event and will cause some crop loss. Our soybeans have begun …
Last week we received additional rainfall, another 1.5 to 2.75 inches, so all fields have received over 4 inches in the last 10 days. The first front also brought some damaging winds and hail in some neighboring fields. The wind did cause some green snap in the corn and laid a lot of corn fl…
We received anywhere from 1 to just over 3 inches with the rain that moved in last week. Fortunately, we are not dealing with any surface water on any of our fields. There is some minor ponding in some fields in the neighborhood. Our heaviest rain came Thursday night. The rain was certainly …
The heat we received since Memorial Day weekend has certainly been welcomed. The corn has responded very well, with all fields in V4 and not far from moving into V5. The soybeans are also growing well with the second trifoliate forming. We were able to patch in a few spots in the soybean fie…
Monday and Tuesday storms provided more rain — just over 2 inches total for the weekend — but thankfully no other weather events like some throughout north-central Iowa. The temperatures certainly cooled down and slowed the crop growth. Corn is continuing to grow well, moving into V3, and we…
A good week weatherwise. The warm temperatures were just what we needed. All of my corn fields have started to emerge, with my first corn field at V1 to V2. With the half inch of rain that I received between Friday and Saturday, the soybeans have started to emerge as well at VE. We began cle…
We had a very productive week. Field conditions continued to improve each day, and everyone took advantage of it. We were able to finish corn on Monday and moved straight into planting soybeans. We were able to get all the beans planted and rolled. I was able to get several of the fields spr…
We received 1.11 inches of rain April 27. The cool, cloudy weather meant that we dried out very slow. Friday, we were able to start planting corn on ground that was worked ahead of the rain. Throughout the weekend field conditions continued to improve. A lot of activity in the neighborhood o…
We were finally able to get back into the field earlier in the week. Our spring fertilizer was applied, we were able to get our preplant 32% applied and begin fieldwork ahead of planting. I received 1.11 inches of rain on Thursday night and another 0.96 of an inch Sunday night into Monday wi…
The area received over 6 inches of rain in April so far. My rain gauge only hit about 1.25 inches last week. Bad storms moved east and and south around the area, so no major damage reported. We saw a few planters out in fields on the way to the FFA convention in Ames. We hope by mid-week to …
Eric Weuve is a farm business management specialist at Iowa State University Extension and Outreach based in Ames. He farms with his parents, Wayne and Cathy, overseeing 600 acres of corn and soybeans in a row crop operation in Story County near McCallsburg and Zearing.
The season was challenging, particularly with the excessive summer rain, but overall it's been a good season! Last week, I was able to finish baling hay for the season and baled some corn stalks. So now I can clean up the balers and park them for the winter. I also got electric fence put up …
This last week I loaded out a couple loads of corn, I baled some hay and mowed some hay and l delivered hay and straw. Due to the rain we got, I didn't get cover crops planted for my uncle yet, but I expect to do that this week. I also need to deliver some hay, bale hay and put up electric f…
This last week I was able to get all my corn harvested, got cover crops planted and got some hay made, so things are really wrapping up for the season. This week I'll load out some corn, deliver straw and just get some other projects done for the season. I'll probably do a little bit of cust…
Last week, I was able to plant cover crops and traveled to look at two combines but haven't found the right one yet. This week, I hope to cut and bale hay and possibly have a neighbor pick some of my corn. Neighbors are still working on corn and beans, but I expect they will make good progre…
Last week I hauled some hay, planted some cover crops, delivered some straw, loaded out a load of beans and did a bunch of other odd jobs. This week, I hope to deliver more straw, plant more cover crops and plant a rye field that will be harvested next summer. I may go to Wisconsin to look a…
Guys were going hard on beans this last week. Some of them finished beans and switched back to corn by the middle of the week. I'd say three-fourths of the beans are done in this area. I was able to get all of my beans done and was starting to do some custom harvesting of beans for my uncle,…
This last week I was able to build some fence and got another hay field done for the season. Later last week, I noticed a lot of harvest activity in the area on both corn and beans. This week I'm looking to bale a couple hay fields that I already have cut and then hopefully get some bean har…
Last week was slower-paced. I was busy doing odd jobs all week and spending more time with my family before things get busy again. Earlier last week, I noticed quite a few guys getting after some corn and a few beans before it rained. I haven't talked to anyone about moisture or yields, yet …
Last week I was able to get some hay cut and baled. It feels good to be on some of the hay fields for the last time for the season. We took a quick trip to eastern Iowa for a grass-fed cattle field day. We are looking to expand that part of our operation, so it was a good learning experience…
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