Happy Thanksgiving

Good Article- Farmland & Social Implications

http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFN1E7AJ09H20111121?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0

ESPN News - No. 2 Oklahoma State upset by Iowa State, 37-31 in double overtime; Cowboys fall to 10-1

Crop Insurance Harvest Prices Released

Last week, the Risk Management Agency (RMA) announced harvest prices for corn and soybeans grown in the Midwest. The harvest price for corn is $6.32/bu., 31¢/bu. higher than the $6.01 projected price. The harvest price for soybeans is $12.14/bu., $1.35/bu. below the $13.49 projected price.

Top Tractor Design Award

The Massey Ferguson MF 7624 Dyna-VT has won the Golden Tractor for Design award in the 2012 Tractor of the Year competition.
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Sale Toppers

Cow Top $68.00
Rick Alber of Independence
on 1 head weighing 1055 lbs

 Holstein & Dairy Steers

Top $115.75 John Sweeney of Independence
on 2 head 1398 lbs

As seen on Manchester Livestock Auction Website

Cows Grazing

Nothing more than a beautiful scenic photo!

Thank You!

Watch "November 10, 2011 Week in Review" on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iANc_xLCpwQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Soil Temp

11-10-11

48 degrees

As seen on Frye Cattle blog

Buchanan County Corn Yield Results

Pioneer PO448- 183 bu./ac. @ 15.5% moisture

Bow hunting @ Burmeister Farms!

Ben Donnelly retrieving his trophy by swimming the Cedar River in November!

From Scott Wiley's Facebook

My Sunday helper!

From Tyler Paris's Facebook

Puttin' the old workhorse back in service!

John Deere Demo Days Continues!

Stop by Rowley  Equipment today to demo the new S series John Deere combines!

Rowley Equipment Combine Demo

Thanks to the boys at Rowley Equipment for hosting the demo days for the new JD S series combines!  Many local farmers took part in the two day event. The combine pictured is a S670 and I have to say it's a pretty sweet ride!

Land Cheap at $8,000 an Acre? The Ten Best Places to Own Farmland Today

Cool Article... Different Take!

Countywide Yield Results- Updated

These actual yield results from Buchanan County, IA have been sent in by readers just like YOU!

Text or email your results in today to
319-327-0806 or prburmeister@gmail.com



CORN

Garst 84U58 3000GT- 295 bu./ac. 23% moisture
Dekalb 62-97- 255 bu./ac. 23.5% moisture
Dekalb 61-49- 251 bu./ac. 23% moisture
Pioneer PO717hr- 246 bu./ac. 16% moisture
Dyna Gro 56R60- 244 bu./ac. 21% moisture
Dyna Gro 51SS40- 243 bu./ac. 18.7% moisture
N/K 68b-3111- 238 bu./ac. 18% moisture
Stine 9531- 236 bu./ac. 20.1% moisture
Pioneer PO210hr- 236 bu./ac. 16% moisture
Pioneer 34F07- 235 bu./ac. 15% moisture
Dekalb 50-66- 234 bu./ac. 17% moisture
Dekalb 61-88- 232 bu./ac. 18.5% moisture
Stine 9528/9531- 228 bu./ac. 26% moisture
Cropland 6125VT3- 227 bu./ac. 17.5% moisture
Pioneer 36V71- 225 bu./ac. 18% moisture
Pioneer PO453- 220 bu./ac. 16% moisture
Pioneer PO528XR- 219 bu./ac. 25% moisture
Pioneer PO448XR- 219 bu./ac. 19.2% moisture
 Garst 86t82- 217 bu./ac. 23.5% moisture
Pioneer P0453- 217 bu./ac. 23.8% moisture
Cropland 5891VT3- 211 bu./ac. 17% moisture
Pioneer PO448- 205 bu./ac. 15% moisture
Dekalb 52-59VT3- 182 bu./ac. 16.5% moisture (blow sand)
Pioneer P0461xr- 181 bu./ac. 22.4% moisture
 Pioneer 9990xr- 179 bu./ac. 21% moisture

 Pioneer P0528am1- 179 bu./ac. 21.9% moisture

SOYBEANS

Dyna-Gro 25N9- 78.3 bu./ac.
 NK S25-T8- 78 bu./ac.
 Dyna-Gro 37N22- 77 bu./ac.
Pioneer 93M11- 76.7 bu./ac.
NK 24M5 RR2Y- 73.8 bu./ac.
Pioneer 92Y51- 73.5 bu./ac.
Pioneer 92Y72- 72 bu./ac.
Pioneer 92Y51- 72 bu./ac.
 Dyna-Gro 35RY21 RR2Y- 71.8 bu./ac.
     Asgrow 2431 RR2Y- 71.7 bu./ac.
       NK 25R3 RR- 70.9 bu./ac.
     Asgrow 2531 RR2Y- 70.4 bu./ac.
Asgrow 2232- 70 bu./ac.
Asgrow 2031 69 bu./ac.
N/K 20-Y2 (RR2)- 67 bu./ac.
Cropland RT2489- 66 bu./ac.
N/K 25-F2- 65 bu./ac.
Asgrow 2331- 69.5 bu./ac.
Asgrow 2406- 68.9 bu./ac.

Crop tour yield results

Scott Nelson's field averaged 205 bu./ac. & Don Kuhn's field averaged 202 bu./ac. in the SE district

Our Reply: August estimations were exactly 30 bu./ac. lower then the actuals at 176 & 173, respectively!

Soil Temp

Soil Temp 10-31-11

50

Yield Check Results- Rowley, IA

Half mile rows, Pioneer PO717hr, 245.5 bu./ac... from Adam White

Crop Tour Field Results- SW District

Richard Crain reported that his field used on the crop tour yielded 194 bu./ac., the estimate in late August was 161 bu.ac.

Our Reply: Thanks for the update Richard. Most of the actual yield results have been coming in about 30-40 bushel higher than the estimations in late August!

As seen on Amy White's Facebook

Kohen White ready to go farmin'!.... Andy & Amy White's son.

Our Reply: Great pic!

From SW Iowa

Fire happened overnight, farmer returned to find this!

Sale Toppers!

Cow top- $74.50
Randy Steffen- Winthrop, IA
1 head weighing 1210

As seen on Manchester Livestock Auction Website

Vinko- The Dancing Bear

Our Reply: My daughter's current favorite!

Those of you with young children be sure to let 'em watch!

(Disclaimer: I promise this song will be in your head the rest of the day)

Egg sets drop

Chicken supplies have been trending down in recent months and data from the USDA indicates the situation will likely not improve anytime soon.

Faced with sharply higher feed costs and softer food service demand, broiler producers have embarked on another round of cutbacks, similar to what we saw following the recession and bankruptcy of the top broiler producer at the time, Pilgrim’s Pride.

As seen on marketwatchonline.com

Our Reply: I know a lot of you have layers in this area and will find this quite intriguing and relevant!