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Ukrainians Visit Brandenburg Farms
Ukrainian Agribusiness Managers Tour Brandenburg Farms On a cool rainy day in late May 2014, Trent and Jenny Brandenburg hosted a group of private-sector Ukrainian agribusiness leaders on a tour of Brandenburg Farms. The Ukrainians were touring areas of the Midwest Corn Belt as owners, [...]
“Ponds are gonna be ponds.”
July 2014 Farm Report Plenty of Rain in June & July With twice as much rain in June as last year, and surpassing the average July total rainfall by the 15th this year, Trent knows it's wet. He has not yet seen any crop disease [...]
“We’re In Pretty Good Shape”
June 2014 Farm Report Crops are All Planted Trent Brandenburg is happy his crops are all planted and growing well. His farming operations survived the high winds of earlier this week with no structural damage. The rainfall totals from the storm varied from five inches [...]
Corn All Planted and Growing
April 2014 Trent Brandenburg is happy to have all his planned corn crop planted. He began planting on April 19, and the first field has already germinated. He finished planting last Thursday, April 24, planting about 400 acres per day with his modern equipment. Trent [...]