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The 10-day is showing a potential frost event around May 8 for northern Iowa — 28°F at Mason City. If we plant corn early like April 25 and that frost hits, we could have emergence issues. ISU says corn can handle a light frost before V2 bu...
ADM Iowa Falls is sitting at -55 over December futures this week. That's the weakest basis I've seen in about 3 years. I've got 15,000 bu sitting in the bin waiting but at $4.11 cash I can barely cover my operating. Anyone have intel on whe...
Checking my 4-inch soil temp probe this morning and we're at 45°F and rising. I've got custom applicator booked for April 18th. Worried about volatilization losses if we go too early but also afraid of getting pushed back by wet weather. Wh...
My 2019 5075E is throwing a code for the throttle body sensor. Dealer wants $800 just for diagnostics plus parts. I pulled the code myself with a Jaltest reader — it's a U0100 lost communication with ECM. Wondering if anyone has done this r...
We've had higher than normal sow deaths this winter — up about 1.8% from our usual 1.1%. Vet tested and came back with PRRS but said the strain looks different from what was circulating last year. Piglet pre-wean mortality is also up. Is an...
My dad (72) wants to start transitioning the operation to me and my sister. We farm 1,100 acres owned/rented. Looking at options — land trust, LLC, installment sale, gift deed. It's complicated because my sister isn't actively farming but w...
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