W Iowa & E Nebraska “From the Field™” Crop Report 10/8/14
Wow… what a crop year it’s been! We received more than our share of rain, hail and tornadoes, yet we’re seeing huge yields. One Latham customer, farming bottom ground in Sloan, Iowa, yesterday...
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W Iowa & E Nebraska “From the Field™” Crop Report 10/15/14
Last weekend there a farm accident occurred when a combine overturned off a terrace that was undermined. Thank God nobody was hurt seriously, but we all must be conscious of our surroundings this fall...
View ArticleW Iowa & E Nebraska “From the Field™” Crop Report 10/22/14
Ever have one of those days when everything you try to do goes wrong? Tuesday was that day for me! The day started full of promise. I was pretty excited to be taking out a particular test plot to see...
View ArticleW IOWA & E NEBRASKA “FROM THE FIELD™” CROP REPORT 10/29/14
Last week’s unseasonably warm temps offered lots of benefits. Corn was testing 16 to 19% with test weights of 58 to 62 pounds. Corn dried down 2 to 3 points in just a few days, plus breezes snapped the...
View ArticleW IOWA & E NEBRASKA “FROM THE FIELD®” CROP REPORT 04/22/15
Here in Western Iowa, I have placed soil thermometers in eight different locations that I check with regularity. Last week there wasn’t much movement; temps were reading 53 or 54 degrees Fahrenheit in...
View ArticleW IOWA & E NEBRASKA “FROM THE FIELD®” CROP REPORT 04/29/15
Planters are running hard. Western Iowa farmers have 50% of their corn acres planted. Customers in my Nebraska territory are more than 60% done. About 20% of the soybean acres have been planted in...
View ArticleW IOWA & E NEBRASKA “FROM THE FIELD®” CROP REPORT 05/06/15
What a week makes! Corn planting is 85 to 90 percent complete, and about 25 percent of the soybean acres have been planted. Many fields of corn can be rowed, and few corn fields in Nebraska already...
View ArticleW IOWA & E NEBRASKA “FROM THE FIELD®” CROP REPORT 05/13/2015
Last week Monday and Tuesday, many farmers finished planting corn and started planting soybeans. I’m guessing 90% of the corn in western Iowa is in the VE to V1 stage of growth, and it’s in serious...
View ArticleW IOWA & E NEBRASKA “FROM THE FIELD®” CROP REPORT 05/27/2015
Rain, rain and more rain. Wet weather is making it a challenge to get soybean seed in the ground. The later we get into this planting season. Some farmers to change maturity, but honestly, there’s no...
View ArticleW IOWA & E NEBRASKA “FROM THE FIELD®” CROP REPORT 06/03/2015
Corn is coming along just fine. I’m seeing a lot of corn in the V3 to V4 stages. Stand counts are very good, in general, but a few farmers are replanting corn due to heavy rains. Soybeans are off to a...
View ArticleW IOWA & E NEBRASKA “FROM THE FIELD®” CROP REPORT 06/10/2015
Corn is growing like a weed! Most corn here is the V5 stage and will likely be waist-high by the Fourth of July. Replant corn is emerging very well. With the corn growing so fast in this heat and...
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W IOWA & E NEBRASKA “FROM THE FIELD®” CROP REPORT 06/17/2015
This week I was called to a farm in Woodbury County to investigate corn along a brome strip. Whilescouting, I noticed the brome was being attacked by armyworms. I saw 5 to 8 worms per square foot....
View ArticleW IOWA & E NEBRASKA “FROM THE FIELD®” CROP REPORT 08/26/2015
Seed ordering time is HERE. Remember, seed selection is your key to protecting yield and minimizing risk. While visiting with many farmers recently, minimizing input costs is top of mind. Several...
View ArticleW IOWA & E NEBRASKA “FROM THE FIELD®” CROP REPORT 09/02/2015
It’s silage time, so today I thought I’d share a few tips to help you select silage hybrids for next season. Remember, not all corn silage hybrids are created equal! This fact was obvious today as we...
View ArticleW IOWA & E NEBRASKA “FROM THE FIELD®” CROP REPORT 09/09/2015
Soybeans in some areas are slowly changing color and reaching full maturity. It will be weeks before they can be harvested, but the season is rapidly approaching. Silage cutting is well underway with...
View ArticleW IOWA & E NEBRASKA “FROM THE FIELD®” CROP REPORT 10/07/2015
Harvest is well underway in western Iowa and eastern Nebraska. Yields are much better than expected with many soybeans being reported in the 65 to 80 bushel ranges. Corn harvest also is well underway...
View ArticleW IOWA & E NEBRASKA “FROM THE FIELD®” CROP REPORT 10/14/2015
Soybean harvest about 60 percent complete with better than anticipated yields. There are many reports of 70- and 80 bushel soybean yields for both Roundup Ready and LibertyLink. Farmers here are just...
View ArticleW IOWA & E NEBRASKA “FROM THE FIELD®” CROP REPORT 10/21/2015
Soybean harvest is around 70% complete in western IA and eastern Nebraska. Yields have been tremendous this year with a few co-ops putting soybeans on the ground. LibertyLink soybeans are going to be...
View ArticleW IOWA & E NEBRASKA “FROM THE FIELD®” CROP REPORT 10/28/2015
Soybean harvest is around 85% complete, and corn harvest is just over 50% done in western Iowa. Latham Hi-Tech Hybrids LH 6317 went 231 bu/A at Sloan. Latham LH 6175 VT2 PRO RIB went 225 bu/A at Sloan...
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