Soil Temperature

At 10am on March 16th the soil temp is 55 degrees... From Adam White, Pioneer Seed

From Joe Weber

Go cyclones!

ISU GAME UPDATE FROM TWITTER

Of course Iowa State is trending in the US. #Cyclones up 38-23 4:16 1st Half #big12 http://t.co/puud7HfS -- Iowa State Athletics (@ISUCy)

From Neal Beck

Go Clones!!

South America Report

at Sorriso Mato Grosso we proced to end harvest with 12%losses. my projections continues at 64 MMT. huge losses in #SA -- João Carlos Kopp (@BrazilianGrain)

From Ben Donnelly

Discing happening just south of Shellsburg!

Soybean Trade

Could be another strong day of gains for #soybeans. Export sales of nearly 1.4 MMT for combined marketing years top expectations. #pfnews -- Meghan Pedersen (@MeghanPedersen)

Overnight Grains

Strong Performance By #Grains Overnight #constantcontact #USDA http://t.co/bURU3WPj -- Paul Georgy (@allendale_Paul)

From Adam White Pioneer Seed

View from above the clouds, great morning to fill our bulk bins

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Weather Fact

Warm in Mid-March is not a 1st in Iowa but only Spring 1946 escaped a hard freeze after March 15th. -- Elwynn Taylor (@ElwynnTaylor)

From Kevin Keegan- FSA, Independence, IA

Hi Pete.  Wondering if you would be willing to post a couple of important deadlines on your blog for me?

June 1, 2012.  Deadline to sign up for 2012 DCP or ACRE program.  Don’t wait!  Do it today before you go to the field.

June 1, 2012.  Deadline to sign up for 2010 disaster assistance (SURE program).  Remember you needed a 10% production loss to qualify.  If in doubt, check with us!

June 30, 2012.  Deadline to certify your 2012 planted acreage.

Thanks Pete!

Our Reply: Any time Kevin!

Depreciating Farm Drainage Tile

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Our Reply: Good article about depreciating tile on purchases, new tile, and rented farms by Neil Harl.