Rains Soak the Growing Area Causing Ponding and Filling Up Ditches Despite nearly six inches of rain on June 25th in nearby McLean County, Illinois, Trent just got heavy rains but there is more in the forecast.  His corn crop is doing well, “but the beans needed the rain,” he observed. They certainly got it […]

Good Timing on Spring Rains Trent Brandenburg is happy to have 95% of his corn and soybean acreage planted. He’s is taking a day or two off right now as recent and predicted rains will make that remaining 5% too wet to plant for a few days. Trent sees good germination in his planted acres; […]

Arctic Temperatures Dip But Crop Prices Spike Trent Brandenburg was working on his combine this morning in his heated (he emphasized) machine shed. His farming operation is in the middle of the typical central Illinois “zero stretch” of frigid February weather. Trent wants rain because the soil is very dry. “Now, not the day after […]