A few days ago, armyworms stripped leaves from most of our neighbor's 15-acre alfalfa field. But they left several patches untouched — offering clues which may help you avoid pest invasions in the...
Early harvest reports are filtering in from WakeUP clients. One of the most interesting came from north central Iowa, which endured extended dry-weather stress in June and July.
September 23, 2021 One...
As farmers gathered at a cover-crop field day Sept. 15, organizer Bob Recker explained: "Probably, your first reaction on seeing this cornfield was, 'It's a disaster!' But over the next four...
India's official health agencies and major media are reporting virtually complete control of Covid-19 among 240 million people in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. Only 5.8% of the state's people have been vaccinated...
Below, we've excerpted key sections of crop consultant Bob Streit's report to Midwest clients and friends. One of Bob's many strengths is his journalist's "nose for news" — his constant...
For years our family at Renewable Farming has encouraged healthy soil, healthy crops — and healthy people with robust immune systems. That means good food must be your best medicine, and you...
One of the greatest rewards of my ag journalism career is building a network of idea-filled friends around the world. They keep me focused on the future, even while while...
You're looking at a Beck's hybrid corn field planted early in Clinton County, Indiana — a region that's often too wet at planting time and prone to dry weeks through the...
So far the American mainstream media have mostly ignored a potential truckers' blockade across Australia planned for Tuesday, August 31. Truckies are protesting the Aussie government's medical mandates for economic lockdowns, vaccine passports and...
Rising fertilizer prices make it more profitable to capture all the phosphorus, potassium and organic matter you can from your corn crop. A 200-bu. corn crop totals about 4.5 tons of...
Here's the latest field report and season-ending management suggestions from crop consultant Bob Streit, based at Boone, Iowa.
August 23, 2021 By Bob Streit
Now that the end of the growing season...
Our greenhouse experiments last winter with stress-relieving endophytes, BioEnsure and BioTango, were just published in CSA News, a monthly magazine reaching more than 10,000 agronomy scientists and consultants worldwide.
August 18, 2021...
Our Spraytec rep, Drew Ewing, sent us an array of photos showing ears pulled yesterday from test plots at a Clarion, IA research farm field day. The point — emphasized by...
Here's crop consultant Bob Streit's field observations and recommendations released today.
August 13, 2021 By Bob Streit The tightrope walk of the 2021 growing season continues. Finally, after weeks and months...
If you farm, that means you plan ahead. For years, corn and soybean growers could count on adequate seed with gradually rising yield potential.
August 12, 2021 By Jill Carlson The questions...
"Did you ever mow a field of alfalfa — then when you came back and windrowed it, you wondered where it went?"
That's an opening remark about hay quality which I heard...
We've always considered the solar activity cycle of about 30 years, peak to peak, as the dominant driver of Planet Earth's climate. Now and for the next 30-plus years, NOAA...
That headline sums up comments from a central Iowa client who has a growing understanding of full-season crop nourishment. The prospect of $13-plus soybeans is an incentive, too. So is...
Here are some paragraphs from veteran crop consultant Bob Streit's report to clients. Of particular relevance to WakeUP is Bob's observation that trace element deficiencies which show up in tissue tests can...
Corn growers who received heavy rains in parts of Illinois, Indiana, and Missouri the past two weeks are checking for nitrification loss. (See rainfall map below.) If your soil nitrogen analysis is...
