Machinery Ready for Spring Planting Trent Brandenburg has his machinery ready to roll. “It’s all pointed in the right direction. I’m just waiting for it to quit raining so I can drive it out of the machine shed.” Trent wonders if he will have another wet spring like last year. He is more concerned with […]

Late Winter Means Tax Time and Spring Equipment Preparation Trent Brandenburg is “doing my taxes” and added, “I do what my accountant tells me.” Taxes are not Trent’s favorite farm chore but has to be done anyway. The mid-February big snow and deep freeze (minus 15 wind chill) make these few days a good time […]

Winter Rains & Flooding Following 60 Degrees in January Trent Brandenburg believes the jumbled, abnormal weather patterns of 2019 “are not done yet.” He continued, “It’s supposed to get cold in December and stay cold until March. But here we are having 60-degree days in January and it’s still raining!!” Trent wants to move grain […]

Snow Before Thanksgiving As the 2019 harvest dragged on, producers found themselves contending with not only wet fields but also snow-covered fields to slow down field work even further.   With all of the year’s challenges, yields were still quite respectable. Trend Brandenburg asked “How are 200-bushel corn and 65-bushel beans not good?” when asked about […]