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Follow the Field 2021 – Update #5

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…

Follow the Field 2021 – Update #4

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…

Follow the Field 2021 – Update #3

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…

Follow the Field 2021 – Update #2

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…

Follow the Field 2021 – Update #1

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…

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Follow the Field 2020 Update #22

Harvest is here! October 9, 2020 Update: Soybeans (harvested 167 days after planting) Poof. Gone, just like that. These soybeans were harvested on Monday. This was the first field harvested…

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Follow the Field 2020 Update #21

No major updates this week, but lots of pretty fall pictures of the fields as they dry down and exhibit their rich brown and golden fall colors. October 2, 2020…

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Follow the Field 2020 Update #20

Still waiting on harvest, but it’s getting closer and closer. Some fields around us have been harvested, but things really won’t be going around here until about October 1. September…

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Follow the Field 2020 Update #19

Happy Saturday! Busy day at work yesterday meant that I didn’t get the chance to sit down and put together the weekly post at my usual time. Not a lot…

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Follow the Field 2020 Update #18

Happy Friday! Short update for you today as we await harvest. September 11, 2020 Update: Soybeans (142 days) The soybean pods continue to fill out and the plants themselves are…