2026 crop year
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Silage sorghum is interesting but it's a b*tch to get dry enough to make silage in my limited experiences with it. Guy I knew was blending it with corn silage and it worked out well.
i've cut sorghum with a platform in southern ill (was very itchy). I mostly like that poster lol.
Giant seed advert auction just sold a bunch of rares ( https://www.girardbid.com/servlet/Search.do?auctionId=1287)
I think im getting old
This FED report does not include Iowa but it found yields up but income down last year in the northern tier of states.
www.minneapolisfed.org
Strong harvests were cold comfort for district farmers | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Fourth quarter 2025 Ag Credit Survey
www.minneapolisfed.org
Fair amount of Nh3 & fieldwork going on in SWIA last couple days. Finished leveling up some ground & hope to get a little frost back in it before plantinng.
Easter is a little earlier. Has been a good indicator of early and late springs.
Removed pasture fence of hedge posts, no frost in the ground yesterday. Excavator and dozer been working for the past week on conservation projects. No frost and limited moisture in the ground. NH3 and dry fertilizer being applied. Burn bans and grass fires are a problem. Haven't hayed cows since the cold spell in January, cornstalks are open and the cows are in good shape. Sold 5 pot loads of 8 weight heifers, replacements will be a challenge. Like everybody else we will plant our normal acreage this spring but the economics are not exciting.
I am taking a few crop acres and returning them to permanent pasture. Trying to add some replacements and build up my herd at the same time. That part hasn't been easy.
will have solar rad and GDUs by field level as well (this will allow alerts for possible issues with pollination, drought stresses, etc... all linked to the field and what hybrid is planted in it) and will some ground truthing we can dial in risk layers and warnings per grower (because everyone has their own system)
It's in the area. Not unusual to get a spell of warm weather in February but this is a much longer extended period. My neighbor who is 92 told me in 1954 when he was a freshman at ISU that they plowed every month from Fall to Spring. Have no idea what kind of year for production they had in 1954.
That is one long and cold tip. The Mrs. Would not be happy.
