September 2024

Dealing with weather and cutting costs

For most farmers, the weather has turned dry with corn and soybeans leaves drying down. A good August rain can add bushels to soybeans and help fill out the corn. While some farmers have received adequate rain this year, the weather patterns have been fickle. Most areas are in a drought now. It seems like the same areas get rain, perhaps too much at times while other areas get missed. A good explanation for this is that good growing crops that got early rain are transpiring more water into the atmosphere, generating more moisture in those areas. Whatever the reason, it can be exasperating for those lacking rain.

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Sept. 19

Dustin Hesseling Kory Hesseling Alex Horstman Rachel Miller Jon Davis Ada Fifer Dan Hirn Ginger Stemen Troy Warnecke Alison Moorman Devin Lindeman Eric Lieurance Ava Milligan Aubrey Milligan Ashton Milligan Andrea Wiltsie Brandon Klinefelter Ruthann Parsons Luke Cross Sept. 23 Scott Aldrich Kayla Warnecke Paul Lindeman Christopher Rieger Linda Pavel Jodi Utendorf Dylan Kemper Michelle Gunter Jocelyn Rahrig Sept.

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