Drought Math

DROUGHT IMPACT: Family of four will spend $6.75 more weekly in 2013 - Food Institute - Supermarket Guru http://t.co/3aUpt1EO -- Courtney Knupp (@CourtneyKnupp)

From AJ Klein

I have this little gem sitting next to me on bus #CyclONEnation http://t.co/GFP9m3pq -- AJ Klein (@AJKlein47)

ISU vs Iowa Final Score

ESPN CFB - FINAL - ISU 9 IOWA 6

Good Advice

Why you don't mess with bulls http://t.co/kNZHcnAe" -- Knapp Show Cattle  (@kkna5)

From AJ Klein- ISU's All Big 12 Linebacker

Road trip through Iowa... http://t.co/PSelvsAM -- AJ Klein (@AJKlein47)

Humor- Football Rivalry

#iowa #Hawkeyes vs #IowaState #Cyclones at its finest http://t.co/DJfWv9NT -- Matt Boucher (@boucherfarms)

Grain Markets Rising Higher?

QE3 is bullish commodities.Bill Gross said yesterday to buy tangibles.Dollar getting hit,gold, silver ^dollar down.Grain selloff?Notforlong -- Jason Britt (@jasonlbritt)

Bean Moisture Levels Low

Check moisture on beans. Guys that are opening up fields are surprised by low moisture levels... even with green stems. (Yuck!) #pfnews -- Chip Flory (@ChipFlory)

Corn Harvest- NE Iowa

RT @dillonlaw: NE Ia #Harvest12 heard today corn started 70-130 bu yield -- Market to Market (@MarketToMarket)

Photo of the week!

#Harvest12 http://t.co/uOvdlvPn -- Knutson Farms (@KnutsonFarms)

Corn Harvest- Downs, IL

Covered a lot of acres today; 110-130 bu/ac avg thanks to @andersonsgrain in Mahomet ; they run a nice operation and great people to work w/ -- Wentworth Farms (@WentworthFarms)

Overheard

Good idea to have the weigh wagon out this year in your fields to compare against your monitor's. Test weights r going to vary in fields -- Jason Franck (@JasonFranckNC)

Aflatoxin: Handling Corn

Aflatoxin: Handling Corn http://t.co/IuvDjVNG -- ISU Crop News (@ISUCropNews)

Corn Harvest- Christian County, Illinois

RT @agscout: Christian County Illinois, South West of Taylorville #Corn harvest is about 70% complete. #harvest12 #agchat -- #AgChat (@agchat)

Ugly Corn

This is the worst we have (hopefully) affected by drought and the wind storm. http://t.co/zxtbq6tn -- Wentworth Farms (@WentworthFarms)

Harvest Report- NW Iowa

Lots of combining starting to happen in NW Iowa. East of Sioux Center customer reported 18%, 58#, 175-190BPA. What a disaster. #corn -- Nathan Harris (@NathanHarris8)

Check your fields

Pic. Monitor your #corn fields for stalk integrity as we get close to #harvest12. http://t.co/chdEZFjA -- PioneerAgronomy Iowa (@PioneerAgron_IA)

Weekly Crop Conditions Report

E.C. IOWA: Received  just under an 1” of rain last night. First rain since august 26th. That has ben the pattern since august 4th (about 10-12 days apart). Once again I think we took a little more off of what we had. Temps have been in the upper 80’s to low 90’’s for the last week or so. Corn is from corn on corn field, grabbed random ears in the dark. 3/4 milkline to just about black layered. Beans are just starting to turn. Beans in picture were picked from outside edge of field. 20 and 30 pods per plant. Beans look like lima beans so I hope the rain will pump up what we have.

Sent in by Scott Hingtgen- Jackson County, IA

From Bryan Bayness- Fayette County, IA

The larger ears were on the outside two rows.( where the heat could get away.) The smaller ears were deeper in the field. Bigger ears 189 bpa. 27.8 moisture. 56.5 t.w.. Smaller ears ( 80% of my corn looks like those smaller ones went 116 b.p.a. 26.5 moisture. 52.5 t.w. Planted April 26th. dekalb 53-78, & d/k 52-04.

Random Thoughts

Random Thoughts tab added to top of blog

From Scott Hingtgen- Jackson County, IA

OK. after reading your post, I would like to make a suggestion for next year............can you line up a bus for us over hear along the river so that we have a designated driver? LOL. 

On another note, went to farm progress show wednesday, then Des Moines Thursday and Friday for meetings. My unofficial opinion is that the worst crops were around Dewitt, Iowa. Go 7 or so miles north on Highway 61 there is a small sliver on the Clinton/Jackson county line that may be one of the best spots in the state. They received 6+ inches from the 29th of June-August 1.

2 combines were running on Interstate 80. Heard a report of some corn by Manchester that did 9 bu./acre in a 30 acre field (no other details).

Blog Growth- August

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Harvest 2012

Cutting silage. Lots of ears on the ground. 150 acres done. Ave 68 bpa. Good soil. Last year ave 195. Butler co IA. http://t.co/9L5MPQAJ -- Steve Kramer (@stevenj_k)

Moon Sign Weaning Link

The day after weaning & everyone is at the bunk eating. :) #weanonthemoonsign #cattle http://t.co/7GuQBzZP -- Jennifer Carrico (@JennCattleGal)

Iowa Agriculture Facts

Per corn bushel produced today vs 1987: land use is down 37%; soil loss down 69%; energy use down 37%; & insecticide use down 65%. #IowaAg -- Bill Northey (@BNorthey)

Birth Rates

Births/yr: US 4.3 million, China 17m/yr, India 25m/yr. US grocery mkt incr 4%/yr, China incr 15%. Exports will be incr important. #IowaAg -- Bill Northey (@BNorthey)

Top Ten, Amish TV, Tulsa Time

By Pete Burmeister on

News From The Coffee Shop

August 31, 2012 3:18 PM

It's been awhile. In an effort to explain my lack of new material lately, I'll use the all time number one cop-out and the biggest pet peeve of mine... "I've been busy." Have you ever noticed the people that use this line are never too busy to update their Facebook status, are completely inefficient in the use of their time, and in most cases just have no freakin' idea what busy really is!

 

Enough on that. Last Friday, Crop Tour '12 was held. Simply put, the day was an overall success. The weather cooperated, the scout teams made up of farmers and agribusiness people networked, saw interesting agronomic issues in the fields, and got a pretty good idea of Buchanan County's yield potential. You won't hear me talk much about the final yield results-- the estimates don't mean much to me or the folks who crawled through the fields on that hot August afternoon. The takeaways from this event are to learn something from someone you wouldn't normally interact or do business with, enjoy the company of folks that share your same interests, and have fun! Outside of one individual, the group of primarily 80 forward thinking farmers did what I'd thought they'd do-- tolerate each other's personalities and come up with an average county yield. (You can find the actual yield results at the top of this page). On a sincere note, I would like to thank all of the participants, group leaders, sponsors, and my friends and family that helped make the day a success in its 2nd year.

Here's My Top Ten List from Crop Tour '12:

10.   New trucks from Dunlap Motors for the scout teams
  9.   Surprisingly decent overall county yield potential
  8.   Door prizes
  7.   Jake Baldwin describing his scout team's 211 bpa yield check as "cherry-picking"
  6.   After hours w/ Adam White, Chris Soules, Stephen Burke, Rob Rudolphi & more
  5.   Wolfey's lunch stop in Quasky
  4.   Round table discussion with the scout teams
  3.   US Bank's hospitality tent
  2.   Scott Shelby plays until 3:40 am
  1.   Steve Walhart quits Crop Tour before 10 am

I've been tuning in to the Republican National Convention over the last few nights. Mainly due to the fact that we have Amish cable at home and it's the only thing on. Here's my thoughts/questions:

• Clint Eastwood- What the hell was that?
• Ann Romney- Well done. Sincere speech by the lady in red.
• Paul Ryan gets it. Unfortunately, if the Romney/Ryan duo wins in November, Paul will be charged with the task of reminding Mitt that his next speech is a "BIG ****ing DEAL", instead of straightening this country out. He should instead be the nominee for President.
• Mitt, I checked out at about the 6 min. mark of your sales pitch. I had to clip my fingernails.

The Iowa State Cyclones open their football season at home, Saturday, September 1st against the Tulsa Hurricane. My wife and I will be headed to Ames, IA to tailgate, catch up with old friends, and cheer the team to victory. You might have heard the Clones are 1 1/2 pt. underdogs.... My prediction, Iowa State wins by 4 in a turnover prone game, where the Cyclones defense bends but doesn't break in the red zone. I plan on spending the rest of the labor day weekend living on Tulsa Time! 

Blog Feedback

Pete,

Just wanted to let you know that the 2012 results are not under the Crop Tour '12 tab, only the 2011 and sponsors are.  Some of my guys are having a hard time finding the info.

Thanks!

Jess