That time of year has finally arrived when farmers are beginning to take to the fields for planting. Before heading out to the field, make sure you do some checks on soil temperatures and conditions. The right conditions combined with the right hybrid is key to ensuring maximum yield from your field. Here’s a link from the University of Nebraska Lincoln soil temperature guide. Check this site for other useful resources to help plan your operation this season.
Monthly Archives: April 2009
It’s raining beans at the capitol
Members of the Iowa Soybean Association visited Capitol Hill in Des Moines March 31 to talk with state legislators. This is a photo of members of the Ag/Urban Leadership Initiative, a group working to enhance both Iowa agriculture and non-agriculture businesses and build a better quality of life for rural and urban residents. One goal of the day was to show legislators the breadth of important issues ISA is currently working on, including environmental programs, production research, biodiesel, soy transportation and international marketing, among others. Plus, we had a great lunch made with soyfood products. The tofu-stuffed pasta shells were exceptional!
Here are the people in the photo:
Back Row (L to R): Tom Oswald (07), LeAnn Strother (08), Virginia Hagemann (Hubert’s wife), Hubert Hagemann (09), Kyle Maas (08), Roger Custer (08), Annette Sweeney (08), Paul Kirpes (07)
Front Row (L to R): Carol Balvanz (staff), Val Plagge (staff), Martha McCormick (08), Pat Grote (staff), Shannon Latham (08), Karey Claghorn (08), Linda Upmeyer (08)
Are you Tweeting?
This “Today Show” piece on Twitter is a nice summary for those are still trying to figure out all the fuss about Twitter. The Twitter nation has been getting a lot of attention lately. It is really easy to get a Twitter account created and your first “tweets” started. I would also think that farmers tweeting from their combines or from the barn or feedlot would be a lot more interesting that most people’s tweets, which are usually done from their desk or their home, focused on riveting topics such as cleaning the sink or trying to figure out which socks to wear. Twitter may go down as one of the greatest communication tools ever devised, or one of the biggest twops (that’s short for Twitter flop).
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