Jesup, IA Farmer- Ben Riensche | Reading between the lines

Benjamin Riensche (@BenRiensche) tweeted at 11:16 PM on Thu, Jul 11, 2013: Extending the FSA crop reporting just confirms what the seed companies have been whispering; lots more prevent plant than current thinking

Hingtgen's 86k Corn Feedback

That's crazy. Hope it yields well. Convince customers they need to bump up their populations some more!!

- Adam White,  Pioneer Seed Professional

Hingtgen's 86k Corn Feedback

Jake Madsen (@CornGrower85) tweeted at 7:13 PM on Thu, Jul 11, 2013: @newscoffeeshop did I read that right? 86k pop in corn?

86,000 plants / ac | Scott Hingtgen- Jackson County, IA

86,000 pop. / acre. Still looking good. 15 days between pictures. Look for my son's hands in the 1st picture. 1" of rain over the last couple days.

Tama Livestock Cattle Market Report l July 10, 2013

Tama Livestock Auction
Wed. Juy 10, 2013
953 hd

Choice Strs: 125.00-127.10
Select & Choice: 123.00-124.75
Select Strs: 118.00-122.85
82 hd 126.00-127.10
246 hd 124.00-125.75
123 hd 122.00-123.75
Choice Hfrs: 124.00-127.00
Select & Choice: 122.00-123.25
Select Hfrs: 118.00-121.75
10 hd 126.00-127.00
25 hd 124.00-125.85
58 hd 122.00-123.75
21 hd 121.00-121.75
Choice Hol Strs: 112.25-115.25
Select & Choice: 109.00-111.00
Select Hol Strs: 95.00-105.00
10 hd 114.25-115.25
20 hd 112.25-113.75
16 hd 110.00-111.00
4 hd 109.00-109.50
Cows: 65.00-90.50
Bulls: 80.00-97.00

Special Cattle Sale
Monday August 12, 2013 - 11:00 am

Seed Tenders For Sale I Contact Brett Vogel 319-240-8979

Pete here are the pics for the tenders.

Travis 4 box 2010

Honda motor eletric start

$14,000

Travis 2 box 2012

Honda motor eletric start

$9,200- 2 available

Have them call me with questions on my cell.

Thanks

Brett J Vogel
Vogel Crop Services LLC
Sales Rep
PHI Agent
319-240-8979

Japanese Beetles in Soybeans | Chris Barron- Buchanan County, IA

Chris Barron (@chrisbarron24) tweeted at 3:06 PM on Wed, Jul 10, 2013: Japanese beetles starting to show up in the #soybeans now.

Twitter | Jason Franck- Buchanan County, IA

Jason Franck (@JasonFranckNC) tweeted at 2:11 PM on Wed, Jul 10, 2013: Finally tasseling! Planted April 28th. That is a good feeling.

Golden Years of Ag Will Continue

Corn-Soybean Digest (@csdigest) tweeted at 9:00 AM on Wed, Jul 10, 2013:

Golden Years of ag will continue due to high protein demand from dev countries:Jim Wiesemeyer, Informa Economics at Wyffels CornStrategies

Elwynn Taylor | Corn Crop Rating | >160bpa

Elwynn Taylor (@ElwynnTaylor) tweeted at 7:56 AM on Wed, Jul 10, 2013

16 of 18 corn states report 50%+ corn acres as “good to excellent” indicating the crop has potential to exceed trend (160BPA).

Farm Sale Results | 85 CSR Benton County, IA

Farm sells for $13,043 /ac
$1,500,000 gross
Buyer was an established farmer.

Benton County Farm Sale Coverage I LIVE TODAY 10AM

115 Acres Farmland --- 113.2 Tillable Acres--- CSR 85.06

Bruce & Cedar Townships, Benton County, IA

Sells at auction beginning at 10AM

2013 vs 2012 Corn Pollination | Scott Farm Company | Burrows, Indiana

Scott Farm Company is a family farm located near Burrows, Indiana.

Picture #1- 2012 pollination

Picture #2- 2013 pollination

Follow Scott Farm Company on Twitter @ScottFarmCo

Crop Tour 13 Questions

Marcus A. Norman (@hallagan88) tweeted at 10:35 PM on Tue, Jul 09, 2013:

@newscoffeeshop so, #CropTour13 - going to be a go? Assuming there will be something to look at...

Our reply: yes we're planning on it again this year, do we need to look at moving the scout date back a couple weeks for the later crop or leave it at the end of August?

Please weigh in with your thoughts on Twitter, text, or email:

@newscoffeeshop
319-327-0806
prburmeister@gmail.com

US Vegetative Cover | Marcus Norman | Innovative Ag Services, Iowa

Interesting look at what most of us already know, just follow link....from Marcus Norman

http://kars.ku.edu/products/greenreport/gr2013/p2713greenmaps2.html

National Corn Silking | July 7, 2013

Arlan Suderman (@ArlanFF101) tweeted at 4:29 PM on Tue, Jul 09, 2013: RT @hedgeit_jhof: #Corn percent silking as of 7/7/13.

Columbia buys corn

Iowa Corn (@iowa_corn) tweeted at 4:36 PM on Tue, Jul 09, 2013: Colombian importer last week purchased more than 787,000 bushels of U.S. corn.The first after a 2 year break. Welcome back! @nationalcorn...

From Ashley Sherrets I West Nile Virus

Hi Pete,

I received this and wanted to share it with you.

Subject: AHAN ALERT - West Nile Virus Reminder

West Nile Virus (WNV) has been in the US since 1999 and WNV is a disease primarily of birds but can infect horses, dogs and humans, as well as several other animal species. 
WNV is transmitted from the bite an infected mosquito (vector).  Most animals and humans do not show clinical signs of being infected or a fever but horses may show encephalitis (brain infection) with signs such as lethargy, weakness, incoordination/staggering, paralysis or even death.

The best treatment for West Nile Virus is vaccination and mosquito control. Contact your veterinarian for information on WNV, vaccines & vaccination and prevention in horses and other animals.

Contact your physician if you are concerned about the WNV infection in humans.

For additional information, please visit: http://www.iowaagriculture.gov/animalIndustry/AHAN.asp

Ashley Sherrets |  Buchanan County
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
Agriculture/ Horticulture Program Coordinator

Master Gardener Coordinator
2600 Swan Lake Blvd. Ste. A  | Independence, IA  50644
sherrets@iastate.edu

Phone: 319.334.7161
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/buchanan

Common Sense

Kirk Ferentz's Contract

Chris Hassel (@hasselESPN) tweeted at 6:24 PM on Mon, Jul 08, 2013: Reading fine print in Ferentz's contract. If he reaches Jan 1 bowl, state of IA must replace all plastic ball pits with gumballs.

2013 Corn Crop | Brandt Fehl- Benton County, IA

Brandt Fehl (@BrandtFehl) tweeted at 5:51 PM on Mon, Jul 08, 2013: Early planted #corn is 7 feet tall, about 5 leaves until tassle. We should see them popping by the end of the week. Later corn, not as good.

Corn- Wichita, KS

Todd May (@cattletrade) tweeted at 9:13 AM on Mon, Jul 08, 2013: Corn Southwest of Wichita, KS.

Weekly Crop Comments I Scott Hingtgen- Jackson County, IA

East Central Iowa: Silage baling 2nd crop hay. Temps have been in the low 80’s for the last week, not terrible, but dew points in the 70’s makes it pretty warm(especially for livestock) It could be worse. Corn is chest high and is staring to roll in stressed areas(as small as they may be for now). Would not turn down an 1-2” of rain. 2nd pass bean spraying is starting up. No insect or disease problems as of yet in either crop. Went to Tennessee this past week. Didn’t get to do much crop watching because of driving mainly while it was dark. Did see some of central Illinois and most of Kentucky. Central Illinois did not look good at all in most areas in my opinion. Lots of drowned out spots and yellow corn and beans that appear to be damping off. There was water between the bean rows from what I did see. Kentucky corn looked excellent for the most part. Most of it was tasseling and had a real good dark green color. Half the wheat was harvested(my best guess) and looked like guys were or did plant soybeans.

Yield Potential

Ken Smithmier (@Trading_Trend) tweeted at 6:59 AM on Mon, Jul 08, 2013: Reports of incredible yield potential in IL, IN, OH for #corn. Helps to offset IA. IA 18% national production/IL 17%/IN 7%/OH 4%.