I spent most of last week planting cover crops. There are about 80 acres left to do. We got about 2 inches of snow Saturday, which resulted in a little snowmobile ride by my son. On Sunday, it’d melted off mostly. Next year, I’m considering using popup fertilizer on planters, and maybe folia…
Doug Adams grows 1,400 acres of corn and soybeans mostly on his home field southwest of Humboldt and a smaller field just across the border in Webster County. He attended Iowa Lakes Community College and took over the family home farm from his dad, John, in 1993.
I got a lot of book work done in the office last week. It was mostly cloudy, with some rain early last week, which kept the ground wet. I drilled cover crops Sunday and that will continue this week as I hope to finish it in a few days or so. Also getting cereal rye and vetch on corn stalks. …
We just wrapped up harvest yesterday afternoon, so we started to clean up equipment and will be seeding cover crops this week. For our area, it seemed corn yields were disappointing even with fungicide applied. But soybeans were better than average. This past week, some guys were starting to…
I’m combining corn today, and we should finish that this week. Earlier corn was better than later corn, particularly where fungicide was not sprayed which led to more southern rust. Not much moisture the past week to measure. I’m drilling for cover crops this week. Idler bearings on a corn h…
We’re doing some more corn harvesting today. We just got beans all finished Saturday. We had some sprinkles the other day, but it stayed rather dry over the last week. The heat we had dried things down. Our corn moisture tested at 14%. A lot of it at elevators is at 12%. Corn is still standi…
We ran hard all week harvesting soybeans. On Thursday, we had a breakdown on the bean head so we’re hoping to get that back in shape quickly. We’re hoping cooler weather will keep beans from drying down more than what they have. We have a few days of soybeans to do, and toward the end of the…
We have had nice, clear skies and warm days to harvest for the last week on both corn and soybeans. It was dry the past week. I got some parts of bean fields where yields reached only the high 30s, other field sections were about 65 bu./acre. Fixed-up grain cart is helping with efficiency. M…
It's a beautiful day. We have rain in the forecast in a few days, but then some dry days forecast that will be good to get out in the fields. We only got a little rain — less than half inch last week, maybe some tomorrow. I might try to get some beans harvested today. I helped haul some 15% …
It’s kind of a back-into-fall feeling early today. It’s overcast, still warmer than normal but a good breeze is blowing so not as hot as the past several days. It’s dry. Earlier this season all we did was mow the yard and dump the rain gauge. Now, lawns are brown. Farmers around us have sila…
This week’s been pretty quiet — no rain, that’s unusual for 2025. We’re mainly getting equipment ready to go to the field and finishing cleaning grain bins. We got up to the Spencer fair this last weekend too. I noticed our corn is ripening really fast. A couple weeks ago it was a quarter to…
This week we worked on finishing up getting semis ready to go for this fall’s harvest. We were also mowing field driveways and on general farm maintenance. I was able to attend two field days this past week and plan to attend Iowa State University’s Northern Research Farm fall field day next…
We got equipment ready for fall, mainly semis and trailers, checking lights, greasing, etc. We also wrapped up smaller projects around the farm. Looking ahead, we are continuing to get equipment ready for fall. Corn is denting, more rust was found but I’m hoping cooler weather prevents its s…
We had rain overnight — probably less than half an inch — plus we got about a half-inch this last week so things are still watered well. Crops are wet right now, so scouting fields for leaf diseases mainly in corn has been delayed. But I peeked at the soybeans last night and they’ve grown wh…
We had rain overnight — probably less than half an inch — plus we got about a half-inch this last week so things are still watered well. Crops are wet right now, so scouting fields for leaf diseases mainly in corn has been delayed. But I peaked at the soybeans last night and they’ve grown wh…
Scouting fields for leaf diseases mainly in corn. Nothing needing spray yet, but lots in area flying by. We’ve had a half inch plus of rain for the week. Trying to keep weeds down in yard when it’s not raining. Ponds drained down well. Wright County has had bigger issues. We’re doing fall pr…
I’m enjoying the cooler weather. Things are going pretty good. We received an inch of rain last Tuesday and Wednesday. I’ve noticed drones and planes flying by spraying fungicide on corn. I’m raking straw to dry it out and hope to finish and bale this week. Neighbors cut hay this past weeken…
Rain this week was 1.7 inches Thursday morning and another 0.5 inches early Monday. No storm damage or wind this week. I got some straw bales done Wednesday, and I had to rake windrows to dry them the previous two days. A part on the baler broke, so I wasn’t able to finish as it rained that …
It has been wet, although we did not have much rain until Saturday. We got 1.6 inches from that storm. We were able to get our oats done. There is still straw to bale. A lot of planes are flying around spraying insecticide and fungicide for corn. Soybeans are growing but still have a ways to go.
This week has been rainy, so glad we had sprayed the beans last week. We had 2 inches of rain last Thursday/Friday and on July 5 we had 2 inches as well. Some ponding water but limited drown-out spots here. Other areas have had more rain and potholes are full, so those crops are now gone. Gr…
We got some heavier amounts of rain with 2.05 inches at home on July 5. I sprayed beans last week and got the last of nitrogen Y-drop on corn. Neighbors baled some hay before the rains hit. We’ve got quite a bit of tasseling this week. Soybeans are taking off as well. In our area, there have…
The coolness this morning feels good for a change, but we’ll be back in the 90s tomorrow. Combined rains Tuesday totaled 2.5 inches, though some parts of our area got up to 4 inches. They have a quite bit of ponding. If that goes down reasonably quick, there won’t be replanting. If it’s slow…
This morning we had a cooling-off period with some cloud cover. We survived from all the wind this past weekend. Last week included side-dressing, which I hope to finish this week. I also hope to spray corn and finish in a day or two before much rain hits this week. No hail here, but east of…
This week’s starting with a pretty nice, warmer, sunny day. We had an inch of rain overnight Saturday into Sunday. Area reports said parts of Wright, Hamilton and Kossuth counties had some hail. Corn rows are closing in and are over knee high now. Soybeans are putting out leaves and growth i…
We’re looking forward to more heat coming this week. Corn is growing good. We’re scouting for post-emergence spraying mainly around outside edges of fields. Beans were sprayed early last week. We got 2.6 inches of rain June 3 while other parts of the county got up to 4 inches. Some soybeans …
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