Cutworms in Tama County- Updated Pic

We're finding cutworms in Tama County in lower spots and along bottom ground by the river

From Mark Kaiser, District Legend Seeds Rep- Tama County, IA

Puttin' Corn in the Ground

Travis Smock (@TravisSmock) tweeted at 9:57 PM on Thu, May 16, 2013: Crawford farms rolled through 1111 acres in 2 days.. #plant13

Holding Old Crop Corn

The Van Trump Report (@KevinVanTrump) tweeted at 0:05 PM on Wed, May 15, 2013: w/ethanol plants running at highest levels of the year, aggressive bidding up for cash corn, holding 5-10% final cash corn worth risk #Corn

Deadly Quite

Jason Britt (@jasonlbritt) tweeted at 9:26 AM on Wed, May 15, 2013: Phones quite today from my grain guy's as concentration solely on planting as fast as you can. Insurance coverage starts dropping after 5/20

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Muddin' it in!

Jon Blin (@jjbcattleco) tweeted at 11:13 AM on Tue, May 14, 2013: I'm not sure some of these guys are even checking to see if the ground is dry #justmuditin #plant13

Summer Forcast

Pete Burmeister (@newscoffeeshop) tweeted at 10:58 AM on Tue, May 14, 2013: Mark July 21-27 as a hot miserable humid week this summer #tasseltime

#Plant13

Pete Burmeister (@newscoffeeshop) tweeted at 10:56 AM on Tue, May 14, 2013: My guess is 70% of the corn in Iowa is getting planted this week #insanseactivityeverywhere

From Scott Hingtgen- Jackson County, IA

I would hate to be an agronomist ,sprayer operator,  seed dealer ,GPS technician or planter mechanic on a day like today! wide open activity East Central Iowa

Consumption

Maizstro (@Maizstro) tweeted at 9:58 AM on Mon, May 13, 2013: MOST CONSUMED BEERS IN THE WORLD: 1. Snow Beer 2. Bud Light 3. Budweiser 4. Corona 5. Skol 6. Heineken 7. Coors Light 8. Miller Light

Largest corn planting increases Week Over Week

Cornbroker21 (@Cornbroker21) tweeted at 9:49 AM on Mon, May 13, 2013: Largest Increases in #Corn plantings week to week over history. 1987 35% 1988 34% 1992 43% 1993 31% 2010 31%

Port Prices

Maizstro (@Maizstro) tweeted at 8:53 AM on Mon, May 13, 2013: NOLA Corn: $311 Argie Corn: $255 Black Sea Corn: $275 Black Sea Feed Wheat: $275 NOLA soymeal: $533 Argie Soymeal: $487 NOLA DDGS: $285

High Priced Fast Food Ending

Julie Vrazel (@julievrazel) tweeted at 7:47 AM on Mon, May 13, 2013: #McDonald's drops Angus beef burger from menu citing rising beef prices as one of the reasons. #beef #AgChat http://t.co/2FALvt9Gy1

Planting underway- Blackhawk County, IA

Caleb Hamer (@HawkeyeHamer) tweeted at 7:20 AM on Mon, May 13, 2013: Helping Alan load his planter with Channel 211-99 now both corn planters can roll today #plant13 http://t.co/psw8QhaEiv

Bill Northey- Twitter

Bill Northey (@BNorthey) tweeted at 9:38 PM on Sun, May 12, 2013: Started on my #plant13 corn today. Some headlands tonight, planning on big day tomorrow. DesM to SpLk today. Some planting Pocahontas to SL.

Weekly Crop Conditions- Update

East Central Iowa: areas around me received between .5 and 3 inches of rain Thursday evening. Some guys were able to get back to planting Sunday evening, with most going again today(Monday). Almost everyone seems to not be looking at the calendar. Most don’t want to take a chance of mudding it in, only to have the rain start missing them and then having a mess the rest of the year. The hay really took off the last 10 days, taking advantage of the warm spells that were in between the cold periods. Now it will be fun trying to get dairy quality hay made in the next 7-10 days and try and plant at the same time.

From Scott Hingtgen-Jackson County, IA