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01/05/2025

Thank you to the Iowa Soybean Association for featuring me in their Iowa Soybean Review. Also, thank you to Jayson Ryner for the kind footnote!

11/19/2024

https://www.aol.com/news/cash-strapped-us-farmers-switch-120318279.html

U.S. farmers struggling with slumping incomes and depressed grain prices have been switching to cheaper generic pesticides and fungicides as they plan for spring planting next year, which market analysts said could hit the bottom lines of agrichemical companies like Bayer. Agrichemical competitors S...

08/15/2024

What it is like being a farmer today.

07/24/2024

The 2024 sign-up period is open for statewide cost share funds to help farmers install nutrient reduction practices. Practices eligible for this funding are cover crops, no-till or strip till, or using a nitrification inhibitor when applying fertilizer.

07/08/2024

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Sad to see Michael Harmon's picture of absolutely shredded corn 2 miles south of Eagle Grove. A bad night for hail last night in that area.

03/09/2024

How dry are we as we approach spring? Here's a look at the 0-100cm Soil Moisture Percentile which compares current conditions to the climatological norms. Red and orange colors indicate soils that are more dry.

Luckily, beneficial rain is on the way later this week.

02/02/2022

12/30/2021

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This bay of fertilize would have cost me around $18,000.00 last year. Today we put it in for just over $40,000.00. A tote of Roundup, 275 gallons, last year $4900.00 and today just over $14,000.00. This is just 2 of the inputs for growing a crop. This is not a political statement so do not take it as such. This is real world prices farmers are having to battle.

10/26/2021

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10/11/2021

Cooking Corn!😳😱