May 7, 2015
Happy Spring! I mean summer?
It feels like we skipped from winter to summer here on the farm. A week ago, we were just starting to get soil temperatures where they were right for planting and now we seem to be getting consistent 75 degree temperatures. The big story for us has been rain. We are at least two weeks behind where we would like to be right now. We have planted some corn and soybeans both, but we are only about 5% complete with planting. The “old timers” ultimate corn planting date used to be May 10th, but with improved genetics of seed, we now know that the last week in April gives us the most potential, so we do feel behind. We are trying to get back in the field today to do some spraying and we would love to plant, but…