Saturday, July 28, 2012

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

New Crop Tour '12 Grower Host Added

Thank you Mark Dolan- Buchanan County, IA for hosting a stop on Crop Tour '12!

Pistol Packing Opossum- Afton, IA

Check it out at TJ's Bar in Afton, IA!

County Fair Highlights- Mittag Show Cattle

Res Supreme Feeder Heifer at union County Fair raised and shown by Mittag Show Cattle

Grand Champion Feeder Steer at Union County Fair raised and shown by Mittag Show Cattle

Supreme Champion Heifer at Adair County Fair shown by Tess Mittag purchased from Matt Lautner sired by Monopoly

Sent in by Craig Mittag- Prescott, IA

Iowa Crop Scouting Services

New Crop Tour 2012 Sponsor Added



Sales Consultant- Erin Burmeister 319-327-0765


Erin will have a booth display at the Crop Tour's evenings activities beginning at
5pm on August 24, 2012. Bags will be available for sale as well as open dates for 
late summer and fall party bookings.

From Jason Orr- Buchanan County, IA

Walked through several fields today. The ear count is there and there is hope where the corn "looks" good. We just need some rains to keep feeding what is there. Low spots in the fields can be written off. Any ears that survive in them are a gift. The black spots on those ears are were I wrote what farm they came from. Not aborted kernels...... my mom wanted me to tell you that!! Lol

New Crop Tour '12 Grower Host Added

Thank you Bowden Investment- Winthrop, IA for hosting a stop on Crop Tour '12!

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Submit Your County Fair Highlights Today!

Check tab at top of page for details

Email prburmeister@gmail.com or text 319-327-0806

Crop Tour '12 Invites Available


Call Pete - 319-327-0806 if you'd like a handful of 
Crop Tour '12 Invites to pass out to your customers or
hang in your place of business!

Join these Sponsors in Support of Crop Tour '12




 





 
 






Bob Hanson- Seed Sales Professional, Vinton, IA

Sales Consultant- Erin Burmeister 319-327-0765


Still holding out hope- 2012 crop!



Scott Hingtgen weighs in from Jackson County, IA

4-H Achievements- Luke Lawless

Wanted to let you know how Luke did at the
2012 Buchanan County Fair!

Luke and Missy: Champion Breeding Heifer- Crossbred Class 2
Luke and Missy: Reserve Champion Jr. Beef Showmanship

Luke and Fredo: 5th place Overall Rate of Gain 3.502 per day

Going to State Fair: Photography: Picture of Field Corn and Share the Fun Skit

What a great week at the FAIR! Luke said one of the BEST times of his life!

Sent in by Luke's Mom- TJ Lawless

Monday, July 23, 2012

Weekly Crop Conditions Update

East Central Iowa: went to Wisconsin dells,wed.-friday night. they got up to 2" of rain from what I heard Wednesday night,problem is........it was to late for almost all of the corn that I seen all the way up from Dubuque,Iowa(in my opinion). I'm sure it helped the hay and some of the beans. sounds like we missed it here again and 15 miles south got up to an 1",in isolated spots. we were blessed earlier to get rains to keep us holding on to something,but have now missed 3 or 4 rain events since June 29th. still wouldn't trade with corn north and east of me.just like most of us this year,it is kind of a numbing feeling to not be able to do something to stop the bleeding! still holding out hope,most of the fields are still green around here,except for the obvious corn field that is close to gone.

Sent in by Scott Hingtgen- Jackson County, IA

Sunday, July 22, 2012

Wild Boar Tag Filled- Benton County, IA

Photo by County Sniper- Garrett Wittmer, Vinton, IA

Insurance Adjuster Coverage

5000--1200. There are 5,000 crop insurance adjusters in US. (Nat. Crop Ins. Services) Each can cover 1,200 acres a day. (Insurance Journal) -- Max Armstrong (@maxarmstrong)