Friday, September 28, 2012

Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award Winner

Congrats 2 Mike Marshall family - Sept. Wergin Good #Farm Neighbor award winner! @iadeptag http://t.co/cgN6MtfB -- CSIF (@supportfarmers)

Soybean Quality?

Some of the soybean issues showing up in the drought year in Eastern Iowa.

Uniformity an issue in some places!

Independence Ag Ed Program

Ben Lange for Congress

Iowa State University

Had a 2 hr meeting with Iowa State AD Jamie Pollard yesterday. I like his vision for Iowa State going forward. #cyclones #big12 -- Sage Rosenfels (@SageRosenfels18)

Quote of the Day

Morning! QUOTE OF THE DAY: "The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well. " -- Joe Ancis -- Scott Dingwell (@farmboy961)

Corn Market Up

#Corn +21 -- Knutson Farms (@KnutsonFarms)

USDA Grain Stocks Report

USDA Qtrly Grain Stocks Report: Corn stocks at 988 mil bu., near low end of trade estimate. Soybeans 169 mil, above highest trade guess. -- Feedstuffs (@Feedstuffs)

Corn Harvest- Buchanan County, IA

3 checks west of Rowley, 3 different hybrids ranged from 183-189 bushels. Corn on corn, corn on beans, corn on hay ground, great yields!....from Adam White- Pioneer Seed Specialist

From Scott Hingtgen

trying to find a bean field that is ready.some guys are running. most beans still 2-3 days out .checked some corn ,22-24 % yet.getting augers and dryer ready.hope this weather holds.

Show Heifer For Sale

Monopoly x P36 (Draftpick x 602 Angus)
DOB: March 26, 2012
Puppy Dog Tame
Priced to sell
Call Pete: 319-327-0806

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Clean Windows

I'm starting to remember how cleaning the windows of the inside of the combine was a lot easier when I was 10 -- Mandy Kohlhaas (@mandykohlh)

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Fall Tillage

Turn it black! #tillage12 #johndeere #krausedominator http://t.co/P66NC99a -- Andrew Rohrs (@RohrsBros)

Corn Harvest- Buchanan County, IA

P0210HR AquaMax check on 47 csr ground was 133 bushels, on 67 csr ground it was 160 bushels.

P0448AM1 on nearly half mile rows went 224.5 bushels....from Adam White- Pioneer Seed

Quick Corn Harvest Pace

37% of the corn crop is harvested here- that's 3 weeks ahead of normal according to IA Depart of Ag #2012cornharvest -- Mindy Williamson (@iowa_corn)

Soybean Harvest- Southern Benton County

Many fields in Southern Benton County yielding in the high 50's to mid 60's.

Early corn yields surprisingly good too in same area!

YouTube Update- Soybean Harvest 2012



Beans are  just starting to roll. 25-50 bu./acre  within 15 mile radius of east central jackson county,iowa. very little corn out at this point. moisture is 18-26 %(most is around 23-25% yet). yields very 50-220 bu./acre.

From Scott Hingtgen- Jackson County, IA

Vogel Crop Services, LLC

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Brett Vogel (right) visits with Rob Rudolphi about what his group saw on Crop Tour '12.
 August 24, 2012- Buchanan County, IA