Happy Friday! Here’s a quick update for you this week: August 20, 2021 Update: Soybeans (119 days) The beans are progressing very quickly. Check out how many pods are on…
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Made it to the weekend! If you’ve been following along, you probably noticed that I haven’t posted #FollowTheField updates the last two Fridays. I can’t believe that it’s already the…
Happy Friday! Seems that we’ve survived monsoon season here in central Illinois and are now looking forward to the long holiday weekend, complete with sunshine and decent temperatures (not too…
Warm weather + regular rains = a very happy corn crop for this week’s Follow the Field update! June 11, 2021 Update: Soybeans (49 days) First up, soybeans. The cover…
Four-day workweeks sure fly by! Fields are shaping up nicely and it’s become much easier to differentiate which crop is growing in what fields from the car as you drive…
Happy Friday! This warm, humid weather we’ve had over the last few days has our corn growing like a weed. Fortunately the cool weather expected for tonight and over the…
Happy Friday! This week turned out drastically different than what they were predicting weather-wise a week ago. We only had a couple of rainy days and have ended up with…
Happy Friday! The fields are beginning to come to life for the season, albeit slowly. The cool weather we’ve had over the last couple of weeks has really slowed down…
Welcome to another growing season! So far, 2021 is off to a better start than 2019 (when I first started this series) and even 2020. I’m following the same two…
Happy Friday! Not a lot of changes this week, but some signs that the crop continues to progress. We’re at the point where the beans (and my yard) could use…