1939 Chevy Truck

1939 Chevy 1/2 Ton restored pickup sold for $11,700 on southeast South Dakota auction Wednesday http://t.co/YyqgEWGw -- Greg Peterson (@MachineryPete)

Coming to a field near you

Coming to a field near you? More Beetles? Scouting is a good idea in the coming weeks. #agchat http://t.co/UMIE6eSc -- Chris Barron (@chrisbarron24)

From Chris Barron on Twitter

Japanese beetle showing up in some fields. Concern during #corn silking & pollination. Defoliate soy fast too. #agchat http://t.co/OGl9ErIx -- Chris Barron (@chrisbarron24)

New 2012 Crop Tour Sponsor Added

Special thanks to Brett at Vogel Crop Services for your interest and support of Crop Tour 2012!

Spectacle, Redneck Xmas, Crop Tour '12

By Pete Burmeister on

News From The Coffee Shop

June 22, 2012 11:33 AM

I've been chastised by some in the past weeks for the absence of my weekly tales about the situations I encounter and the reactions I have to them. So without further ado....

The family and I loaded up the SUV the first part of June with our good friends AJ & Emily and their son for a long weekend vacation. When I say loaded, I mean tourist style loaded. Every seat in the vehicle had a body in it, the stroller was ratchet strapped to the roof, and we had a cargo rack attached to the receiver hitch on the back of the Tahoe. We set our sights on the largest city in Nebraska and their renowned zoo. I figure you can tell a lot about the quality of a zoo by how well they hide the fact that the animals are really just in cages. The Henry-Dorley Zoo did it up right and I'd recommend a trip to see it with the family in the near future.

While the animals were the main attraction and the giraffes the highlight of the day for my daughter, I found the people watching to be most spectacular. It's hard to describe the cross-section of our society the Omaha Zoo represented that day, but I'll give it a shot. Young & old, yuppies & county folk, the obese, tramp stamped, & nose rung, and a sprinkling of what appeared to be normal-pull-your-own-weight adults and their families.  Most of the critters who live in the zoo usually appear less than impressed with the countless wandering humans that stroll in front of their pens each day. Still, I can't help but wonder what must be going through those monkey's minds when the front gates open each day and they witness the ever deteriorating physical appearance our culture has become. While I'll never know what the chimps are thinking, this much I can tell you... if I wind up in a nursing home, it's going to be like a scary zoo haunted by flab and faded-blue tattoo ink!

Every summer my wife's family holds Christmas in June. It's a great time for a large family to get together and enjoy each other's company without killing one another. The numerous young children can run and play outside and it gives the parents and grandparents more space to enjoy the day without being couped up in the house in December. Each year the Xmas has a theme, this year it was Redneck Xmas. You may have seen these photos on the blog over the last week showcasing some of the costumes the relatives sported. If not, it's worth another look. Attached are two of my brother in-laws and their git-ups for the day. Matt, bringing back the throwback Chariton Chargers track jersey and Jeff, playing the Turtle Man. Surprisingly, they're both off the market ladies! What can I say other than--you can pick your friends, not your relatives--all in good sport, of course.

Just a quick update on the 2nd Annual News from the Coffee Shop Crop Tour '12. We're well underway on the planning and sponsorship portion of the event. I had the chance to get together with a dozen others late last month to bounce ideas off each other for this year's tour. While everyone didn't agree on everything, we were able to get a rough draft together to start planning from. So far, we've got a great crop tour/yield estimation planned along with a multi-brand corn/soybean plot for evaluation at the Henderson Event Center, an evening happy hour/meal and tour results presentation followed by an up and coming County Music Artist, Scott Shelby from Bells, TX to wrap up the day. More details to come on the exact timeline of events. If your reading this, you've probably seen the countless updates I've been giving about the many sponsors that have already stepped up to support this event. There will be more to come, but I want to say thank you to each business that has supported this idea so far, we couldn't do it without you. If anyone has questions about sponsorship opportunities, just give me a call 319-327-0806. Within the next week, you'll be seeing a few highway banner's placed on heavily traveled roads throughout Buchanan County in an effort to help spread the word about the crop tour. As always, details will be released as they are finalized right here on News from the Coffee Shop. As we get into July, we'll be looking for area farmers who are willing to allow use of their fields. Again, if you have interest in this portion please call me at the number above. With that, I'd like to personally invite you to attend all or part of the day's events on August 24, 2012 and enjoy the company and interests of other crop tour enthusiasts.

Blanket Your Donkey!

Great article by Darin Newsom, DTN Senior Analyst about the impending USDA quarterly stocks and acreage report next

Friday, June 29th.

Follow this link to read the entire article.

Tama Livestock Sale Report

Tama Livestock Auction
Wed. June 20, 2012
794 Head

Choice Strs: 123.00-127.50
Select Choice Strs: 120.00-122.75
Select Strs:115.00-119.50
47 hd 126.00-127.50
68 hd 124.00-125.60
90 hd 122.00-124.00
75 hd 120.00-121.85

Choice Hfrs:123.00-126.25
Select Choice Hfrs: 120.00-122.50
Select Hfrs: 115.00-119.00
20 hd 125.00-126.25
45 hd 123.00-124.75
28 hd 121.25-122.50
15 hd 118.00-120.00
39 hd 116.00-117.50

Choice Hol Strs:108.00-117.00
Select & Choice Hol: 105.00-107.00
Select Hol:93.00-102.50
17 hd 115.00-117.00
31 hd 113.50-114.85
14 hd 111.00-112.00
10 hd 109.50-110.50
25 hd 107.00-108.75

Cows:51.00-76.50
Fed Cows: 77.00-85.50
Bulls:82.00-105.00

No Fed Cattle Sale Wed July 4th
Special Cattle Sale
Monday July 9
Monday Aug 13

New 2012 Crop Tour Sponsor Added

Special thanks to Adam & the entire crew at Carson & Barron Farms for your interest and support of Crop Tour 2012!

Commodity Buying Spree

Speculators poised for farm commodity buying spree: Rabobank lifts price hopes for soybeans and wheat, and flags... http://t.co/evoOyKft -- Agrimoney.com (@Agrimoney)

New 2012 Crop Tour Sponsor Added

Special thanks to Fred Smock & the entire crew at Dunlap Motors for providing trucks to use during Crop Tour 2012!

Chevrolet- "Official Truck" of Crop Tour '12

Blog's Facebook Presence

Every time I look at Facebook there are about 5 new Mexican-Americans that like the blog, must be real popular with the Latino community!!... from Adam White

Rainfall Report

7/8" northwest of Panora, IA...from AJ McLaughlin on the road

New 2012 Crop Tour Sponsor Added

Special thanks to Jon & Crystal at JJB Cattle Company for your interest and support of Crop Tour 2012!

Rainfall Report

Had .24" total at our office building overnight... helpful but would have really liked a bit more! -- Jon Blin- Buchanan County, IA (@jjbcattleco)

Dysart, IA Farmland Sale

$7,550/a 6/19/12 200 acres north of Dysart (Tama Co.) IA 194.5 acres #cropland CSR 77.3 (70.7 co. av.) #pfnews #landowner #farmland -- Mike Walsten, Editor (@walstenm)

Rainfall Report

We got rain last night. Had enough to get the sidewalk wet twice! Not good... from Scott Hingtgen- Jackson County, IA

Rainfall Report

.2 at the plot south of Rowley... from Adam White- Buchanan County, IA

Rainfall Report

.2 at the shop in Independence... from Brett Vogel- Buchanan County, IA

New 2012 Crop Tour Sponsor Added

Special thanks to Dave, Clark & the entire crew at Aurora Elevator Inc. for your interest and support of Crop Tour 2012!

Corn Crop Photos

Sandoval Illinois corn. Very common. Good luck. http://t.co/ARFYo1d0 -- Peter Meyer (@openingprint)

From Brett Vogel, Vogel Crop Services

Finding corn rootworm larva north of Independence -- Brett Vogel  (@brett_vogel)

Follow Brett on Twitter @brett_vogel to stay current on what he's seeing in the field!

Tillage Equipment Sales

Used TILLAGE values UP...this Krause 1900 20' tandem offset disk sold for $7,700 on west-central South Dakota... http://t.co/B724MAiz -- Greg Peterson (@MachineryPete)

From Jessica Schmitz- Buchanan County, IA

Pete,
I was wondering if you have any ideas about what sponsors for the crop tour will have their name on, such as will there be a banner deal or generally what recognition they would get.   I know Taralan will be a sponsor and also Millers Quarry.  I was just wondering if you had any more info I could give them.
Thanks!

Reply: There will be banner ads on the webpage, in the crop tour packets we put together, during the evening wrap-up presentation (powerpoint) and they are encouraged to hang up a banner at the event center if they have one, and make a point to attend and interact with the crop tour participants. If they have an idea about somthing particular they'd like to sponsor, I can work with them on that as well.

Corn Ratings Insight

If corn ratings fall another 4 pts (very possible) it would match the lowest for that date in 18 years. Crop contracting rather rapidly. -- Jason Britt (@jasonlbritt)

Yield Outlook

Well respected analyst has lowered their corn yield to 156.5 bu/a, down from 161.1 bu/a. -- Al Conway (@WheatSpreader)

From Erin Burmeister

 I am now officially a thirty-one consultant. 

Spread the word I am currently booking parties :-)

319-327-0765
www.mythirtyone.com/eburmeister

2012 Farm Progress Hay Expo Today and Tomorrow at FP Grounds East of Boone, IA



Sent in by AJ McLaughlin-Urbana, IA - On the road near Boone, IA

Keep 'em crossed

Muggy, warm, breezy again today, 87-91, S 15-25+, storms PM/overnight. Some will have heavy rainfall. Not as hot/humid Tue, 79-83. -- KWWL Storm Track 7 (@KWWLStormTrack7)

Overheard –

"The first to apologize is the bravest. The first to forgive is the strongest – and the first to forget is the happiest."

New 2012 Crop Tour Sponsor Added

Special thanks to Tim & the entire crew at Rasmussen Drainage for your interest and support of Crop Tour 2012!

Spider Mites

In case you're wondering, this is what spider mites look like - from Krupke at Purdue. (UGLY) http://t.co/xCBrYnBB -- Chip Flory (@ChipFlory)

Tractor Sales

IHC 5088 tractor w/1733 hours sold for $27,000 on west-central South Dakota farm auction Saturday...2nd highest... http://t.co/vvRJiMx9 -- Greg Peterson (@MachineryPete)

Scott Hingtgen YouTube Update

Audio and Video update from Scott Hingtgen- Jackson County, IA as he makes 3rd crop silage hay

New 2012 Crop Tour Sponsor Added

Special thanks to Dennis, Rusty & the entire crew at Smith D & L Insurance for your interest and support of Crop Tour 2012!

Twitter

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2012 Crop Tour Sponsorships

2012 Crop Tour sponsorships continue to roll in! Call Pete at 319-327-0806 if you'd like to be a part of this year's event. It's a great way for your business to interact with Buchanan County area farmers while we all learn a little something about this year's local crop conditions!

Corn Stress EC Iowa

No #rain over the wkend, we are starting to see significant Stress on the heavy soils. 90Deg. 30mph winds #agchat #corn http://t.co/GvOJ7rX5 -- Chris Barron (@chrisbarron24)

Corn Ratings Math

If crop condition nos are to be believed, corn similar to 2002 - about 11 bpa below trendline yield. If so 2012 = 153 bpa? (164 trendline) -- Darin Newsom (@DarinNewsom)

Crop Ratings

Corn drops 3% in Good/Excellent to 63% While Beans drop 4% to 56%. Last year at this time corn was 70% and beans were 68%. -- ECI COOP (@ECI_COOP)

As seen on Frye Cattle Blog

Sometimes you just gotta go before you get on the 4 wheeler to heat detect!

From Wendy Sperfslage

Molly says, "It's hot!"

We could use some water ASAP! Haven't started watering hosta beds yet...seems smarter to water the adjacent corn field. Have a good week!



Weekly Crop Conditions Update

East Central Iowa: We received .3”-.4” Saturday night. Seeing first signs of heat/moisture stress on Friday with some corn starting to roll leaves. I think we joined a lot of you who are getting really dry. Crops around here are now “on life support”

Sent in by Scott Hingtgen- Jackson County, IA

Corn Market

Grains higher with the dollar up, as well. Pretty clear signal we're starting another weather-scare market in grains. #pfnews -- Chip Flory (@ChipFlory)

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY