Oct 26
Crop Reports
WEST NC IOWA “FROM THE FIELD®” CROP REPORT 10/26/2016
Since this is the last crop report of the year, I wanted to offer some advice when analyzing hybrids from this year and choosing some…
Read More ›Oct 19
Crop Reports
WEST NC IOWA “FROM THE FIELD®” CROP REPORT 10/19/2016
Corn harvest is about 50 to 60% complete. Soybean harvest is about 96% complete in my territory. The balance of the soybeans still in the…
Read More ›Oct 12
Crop Reports
WEST NC IOWA “FROM THE FIELD®” Crop Report 10/12/16
Harvest has been clipping right along in West North Central Iowa! The elusive 5-beaner found in a field of Latham 2228R2s near Eagle Grove Iowa by Boone Morgan…
Read More ›Oct 5
Crop Reports
WEST NC IOWA “FROM THE FIELD®” CROP REPORT 10/05/2016
Some areas in my territory were able to get an early start on combining this fall. North Central Iowa on soybeans are on average of…
Read More ›Sep 28
Crop Reports
WEST NC IOWA “FROM THE FIELD®” CROP REPORT 09/28/2016
While driving to Clarion last Friday, Sept. 23, I had to slow down to 25 miles per hour because water was crossing the road on…
Read More ›Sep 21
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WEST NC IOWA “FROM THE FIELD®” CROP REPORT 09/21/2016
Farmers in North Central and West Central Iowa are done chopping silage. Last week I saw some area farmers combing corn. Moisture is ranging from…
Read More ›Sep 14
Crop Reports
WEST NC IOWA “FROM THE FIELD®” CROP REPORT 09/14/2016
As I’m driving from town to town throughout my territory to meet with Latham® dealers, I came across this field of flat corn in North…
Read More ›Sep 7
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WEST NC IOWA “FROM THE FIELD®” CROP REPORT 09/07/2016
This picture shows ears of corn from a silage plot in Lohrville, Iowa, on Aug. 31. We also cut four stalks of each hybrid to…
Read More ›Aug 31
Crop Reports
WEST NC IOWA “FROM THE FIELD®” CROP REPORT 08/31/2016
Farmers were cutting silage Monday (8-29-2016) around Eagle Grove and Lohrville in West Central Iowa. I also saw silage harvest underway around Iowa Falls. Also…
Read More ›Aug 24
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WEST NC IOWA “FROM THE FIELD®” CROP REPORT 08/24/2016
It won’t be long before harvest begins in West Central and North Central Iowa. Ideal harvest moisture for field corn is 15 to 20 percent,…
Read More ›Aug 17
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WEST NC IOWA “FROM THE FIELD®” CROP REPORT 08/17/2016
Planting date, hybrid maturity and others variables play a factor in how a particular field of corn develops. I believe there are some fields that…
Read More ›Aug 3
Crop Reports
WEST NC IOWA “FROM THE FIELD®” CROP REPORT 08/03/2016
This is a picture I took from the road of Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS) in a soybean field in Humboldt County. I did walk into…
Read More ›Jul 20
Crop Reports
WEST NC IOWA “FROM THE FIELD®” CROP REPORT 07/20/2016
Dakota City in West Central Iowa on Sunday received 2.1 inches of rain and we received another 1.6 inches of rain on Tuesday. To say…
Read More ›Jul 13
Crop Reports
WEST NC IOWA “FROM THE FIELD®” CROP REPORT 07/13/2016
I would like to welcome a new dealer to the area, Jenna Braun! We just finished putting up her corn plot signs yesterday. I am…
Read More ›Jul 6
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WEST NC IOWA “FROM THE FIELD®” CROP REPORT 07/06/2016
They used to say that corn should be knee-high by the 4th of July, but we’re seeing corn head-high here. In my travels this week,…
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