Aaron and Chrissy Schnepel live and farm near Carson, Iowa, in Pottawattamie County, with their son, Brock, a high school sophomore, and daughter, Baylee, an eighth grader. They grow corn and soybeans and some cover cropping on a couple thousand acres with Aaron’s dad, Mark, and uncle, Condon. The Schnepels also have a cow-calf herd. They are involved with the Farm Bureau Young Farmers committee.

There’s not a lot going on. We’re not rolling out a lot yet. It’s always dusty — still dry as far as subsoil. We have planters ready to hit fields, but it’s still dry and anhydrous and pre-planting spraying is getting done. Cooperatives are struggling to get it wrapped up. We kept working on machinery and weaning calves. Pastures got fertilized last Tuesday when others got storms that we didn’t.

Things were moving fast around here this week. A lot has been planted in a hurry. Thursday evening storms were spotty, with our fields getting anywhere from half an inch to nothing. So, planting didn’t slow until Saturday night brought a widespread half inch and a little more spotty rain Sunday evening. It will probably keep us out of the field Monday. Soil conditions have been great, with soil moisture variability but nothing very wet.