Author: twleman

The rain certainly did not let up immediately after my last blogpost! Finishing up the spraying and nitrogen application was a challenge but we were able to get it all done in bits and pieces. And we learned quite a bit along the way! We found out that we could successfully apply nitrogen with the…

The crops got off to a great start with the recent warmth. The corn is dark green and even. The beans seemed to grow a little slowly at first as they dealt with cool temps and growing through the full rates of pre-emergence herbicides required for our non-GMO beans. But lately they have really kicked…

We were able to make use of great weather on the week of April 27th and finished corn planting on the 29th. We rolled right into planting beans on the 30th and were able to get a large portion of our beans in that week yet. Rain held up finishing beans until a narrow window…

We took advantage of the warm spell on April 15-17 to plant about half of our corn crop. Seed bed conditions were ideal and we were able to get in 3 good days of planting with a couple of days of warmth following to get germination off to a good start. Pictured is a sprout…

Spring is here and field work has begun.  After a winter busy with getting machinery ready, hauling grain, and planning, we have been able to get out in the fields to start preparing for planting. We leveled out tile lines from tile installed last fall and winter. Pictured is Bender Land Improvement’s tile plow installing…

Things have been quite busy since I last wrote! Harvest wrapped up on October 27th after being slowed down some by a rainy spell and some muddy fields. We utilized the rest of the good weather to finish fall tillage, equipment cleanup, and ammonia application.  We were able get it all done just before the…

We have had 2 good, steady weeks of harvest and getting close to 40% complete.  The weather has been beautiful and the corn has dried down a lot! Yields are excellent, especially in areas that did not have a dry stretch in late July. Here are some pictures!

We have been quite busy getting ready for harvest, so just a quick update on what has been happening.  The crop has been progressing nicely! Late rains have put the finishing touches on the beans. They also happened to bring on a bit of disease that we have been seeing in both crops. The pictures…

What a nice, mild summer we are having! The crops are looking phenomenal! We have been busying mowing road ditches and waterways, spraying fungicide and insecticide on the beans, and cleaning up equipment.  We also have been scouting crops for diseases and had our corn aerial sprayed with fungicide to increase plant health and eliminated…