NEWS FROM THE COFFEE SHOP: 2012-09-30

Saturday, October 6, 2012

Harvest Tailgate Tour- Next Week

Check for tour updates on the blog next Friday, October 12th-- Pictures, Videos, and Twitter & Facebook Updates throughout the day of the 2012 Harvest and Fall Tillage work being completed in East Central Iowa!

If you farm in East Central Iowa, we have two open stops still remaining! We'd love to hear from you and see your operation at work-- call Pete 319-327-0806 to get on the schedule!

Friday, October 5, 2012

Combining Beans next to the Mississippi River

This field did great. 52 bu. over the scales. Next field just made 30 bu. (looked like they would make 45-50).
From Scott Hingtgen- Jackson County, IA

Thursday, October 4, 2012

Corn Harvest- Benton County, IA

Near Mt. Auburn...

146 bpa field average
61# test weight
13% moisture
Good Pioneer corn from Bob Hanson, Vinton, IA in an extremely dry pocket of the state!

Corn Stalks For Sale?

$7.99 for corn stalks at Lowes - weird that city people actually have to pay for those! I see a business venture here.... -- Courtney Knupp (@CourtneyKnupp)

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Politics

Watching the political #debate… It's like watching two shoes argue over which one gets to kick me in the balls. -- Men's Humor (@MensHumor)

Benton County Farm Auction

80 acres, all tillable sells next Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at 10 am.

We'll have complete live coverage of this 73 CSR farm near Garrison, IA leading up to and during the auction at the US Bank Community Building in Vinton, IA!

Watch this auction as it happens from your smartphone or tablet while your in the combine or in line at your local Coop!

Buchanan County, IA Heat Stress

In our area this growing season 56 days were over 86 degrees fahrenheit, that means 56 days were stressing to our crops #stressedout -- Jason Franck (@JasonFranckNC)

Restoring Order to NFL

Health Minute

Consider the following quotes (from Institute of Medicine, Dietary Reference Intakes, 2008): “The lower limit of dietary carbohydrate compatible with life apparently is zero, provided that adequate amounts of protein and fat are consumed.”“The minimal amount of exogenous and endogenous carbohydrate is dependent upon the brain (100-140 grams glucose/day).”

After ketoadaptation, 80% of the Central Nervous System energy can be derived from ketones, leaving 20-28 grams glucose/day.“Endogenous glucose production rate: 2-2.5 mg/kg/min, approximately 2.8-3.6 g/kg/day (1.3-1.6 g/lb/day). In a 70 kg (154 lb) man, this represents 210-270 g/day.”

So why is the Reference Value for carbohydrates in a 2,000 calorie diet set at 300 g?

There is no legitimate justification. But truth be told, if many Americans limited their daily intake to 300g of carbohydrate they’d be making a positive change! So what’s the harm? Well, let’s look at this a little closer: The Reference Value for carbohydrates includes dietary fiber (25 g), leaving 275 g of digestible carbohydrate (which are absorbed as sugars, primarily glucose).

This is the equivalent of 1 ¼ cups of sugar. The average healthy adult has approximately 1 teaspoon of glucose circulating in their blood stream. The difference between health and illness (diabetes) is an additional ¼ teaspoon!!

Ever wonder why we’re facing an epidemic of diabetes and pre-diabetes?

As seen on PCC Email Blast

Old-Style Angus

I will be flying to Pennsylvania this weekend for the dispersal sale of the North American Dunlouise cowherd. These are old-style, 100% Scottish-bred cows – with a look that you simply will not find anywhere else in North America. We have used a couple of bulls out of this herd in the PCC program – with good results. We will have two outstanding sons of the Dunlouise Jipsey Earl bull in our upcoming sale in Burlington, Colorado.

I will be meeting up with Brandon Overdorff, who is a PCC Cooperative Producer (CP) in Pennsylvania. I want to get a firsthand look at this cowherd before it is dispersed. We are also hoping we will be able to purchase a few top-end cows from this unique herd. This may be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to invest in old-style genetics of this type. I hope to let you know how we got along in next week’s PCC Update.

From Kit Pharo- Colorado

Current U.S. Drought Map

THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LOWER YIELDS

1: Do not have to unload grain tank as often.
2: Do not have to wonder where the truck is because combine and cart never get full.
3: I can combine beans at 6 mph instead of 4 mph.
4: Just add up all of the fuel saving.
5: Don't have to worry about marketing something you don't have.

Gotta love it or we wouldn't do it! Everyone have a safe harvest.

Scott Hingtgen- Jackson County, IA

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

BROKE

Every athlete on this list has filed for bankruptcy -> http://t.co/J3kSi999 #Broke -- ESPN (@espn)

Overseen

They need to make a #BROKE for America. Cause I see people everyday living lifestyles they have no business trying to live -- Adrian Clayborn (@AJaClay)

Soybean Harvest & Market

Not sure one of the fastest soybean harvest ever is that bearish.As a client today told me "27 bpa soybeans go fast" -- Jason Britt (@jasonlbritt)

Child Labor

Child labor at it's finest! ...from Jarrod Baker- Grundy County, IA

Soybean Harvest- Blackhawk County, IA

Perfect night for Soybean Harvest... from Scott Beenken

Harvest Time Phone Calls

My dad and brother are both on the phone so much while harvesting that they have a signal when they are on it #rightblinker #talkativeprobz -- Mandy Kohlhaas (@mandykohlh)

Harvest Time

Waiting for the tractor to make it's rounds #farmkid #harvesttime -- Lexi Marek (@LexiMarek)

'Tis the Season

"If a businessman makes a mistake, he suffers the consequences. If a bureaucrat makes a mistake, you suffer the consequences." - #AynRand -- Atlas Shrugged Movie (@AtlasShrugged)

Tailgate Harvest Tour

Hilbert Showsteers Annual Sale Upcoming

Hilbert show steers sale Oct 15th. Bids close at 6:00 pm. Open for viewing this weekend. Pics up on hilbertshowsteers.com. Very deep set again this year. Thanks David Bradford