Had a wonderful 4th of July! We received 2 inches of rain for the week. I did find some rootworm feeding on a farm. I haven’t had too much of an issue over the years, but this year on that farm there will be some yield loss.
Matthew Bormann grows corn and soybeans near Algona, Iowa, in Kossuth County.
We received 0.1 of an inch of rain for the week. We could use more rain. The crops everywhere around me look great! The odd thing about this year is that we haven’t had any pond-filling, gully-washing rain events where crop literally drowns out. If we can make it till harvest at this pace, i…
We received 0.8 of an inch of rain for the week. We need rain. Corn is really taking off. Soybean post spraying is complete. The Liberty and Enlist combination worked really well post on beans. Pest-wise, I’m not seeing much.
Corn has really progressed, but we need rain really bad. We received just 0.1 of an inch for the week.
We received 0.15 of an inch of rain for the week. Crops are looking better. Corn honestly looks the nicest it’s ever looked.
We received 0.3 of an inch for the week. Heat units are making a huge difference. Crops look way better than last week. Beans are getting over that “Ugly Duckling” stage. On my farm corn is all sprayed post. This week we’ll sidedress the remaining 75% of our in-season nitrogen.
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’t growing.
We received 0.3 of an inch of rain last week, with 0.2 of an inch last night Sunday. I’ve heard many discussions this week about uneven emergence in both corn and soybeans, especially soybeans. General consensus is planting date and lack of moisture had the most to do with it and not the amo…
Beans starting to germinate. Corn is poking through and only looking better. Depending on planting date and field conditions, growers are fighting crusting issues — not on everything. It always amazes me that the farm where I feel like I did everything right ends up being the problem field. …
We received 0.4 of an inch of rain April 27. Corn is starting to emerge. We could actually use some more rain. We had a very busy weekend trying to plant and deal with breakdowns.
Last week we received 0.4 of an inch of rain, many cloudy days, lots of wind and cooler temperatures. It made it hard to get anything planted or sprayed. Sunday evening we received 0.3 of an inch of rain. Currently sitting with half of my crops in the ground. Got some cover crop rye to kill,…
We’re having fabulous weather up here. We have had planters in the area going all over the place. We’ve been lucky with weather, some rain but not too much, missing big, damaging storms and soaking in the warm days. A little more warmth and fortune on precipitation could help get it all plan…
Matthew Bormann grows corn and soybeans near Algona, Iowa, in Kossuth County.
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. Matthew is a fifth-generation Iowa farmer, farming since 1999. He is president of Bormann Ag LTD and has had several leadership roles on the K…
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…
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…
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