A very good read. Needs sharing. x.com/WSJ/status/101…

Me waiting for these grainmarkets to open...

Long 2 days but it was worth it! The boys played some good baseball and ended up Granville Tournament Champs - beating Remsen St. Mary’s 9-2! Thank you to Granville and Gehlen (especially Dave Heying) for putting on a great tournament.

Championship Game 35th Annual Spalding Tourney @ Vosburg Field in Granville, IA. RSM vs West Lyon. Gonna be a good one. St.Mary's Baseball West Lyon Baseball IHSAA

The best 6 days of my life...in no particular order...the birth days of my 4 children, my wedding day, and the day our 2 gov’t bins were demolished. No particular order.

I’m not much into politics but I guess this counts...that grass looks familiar... J.D. Scholten

No game tonight, but this should fire you up...

Corn borer damage in conventional hybrid south of Alton. Several plants showing damage.

NW IA. Aphid pressure on new growth. Also saw several aphids on stem and petioles.

Corn aphids showing up by Granville.

Farm Journal Tour Day 4: Iowa and Minnesota #soybean pod counts. #FJTour17 grainperspectives.com

Pro Farmer national crop est: Corn 13.953 billion bu., yield 167.1 bpa (+/- 1%). Soybeans 4.331 billion bu., yield 48.5 bpa (+/- 2%).

P1197AM east of Granville. Looks good!

15" rows leader hybrid P0157AMX south of Granville. Very consistent.

White Mold Trial in Orchard, NE courtesy of Todd Weber & Orchard Seeds #Encirca Imagery . Todd Weber @PioneerNebr @EncircaServices

1/1000th of an acre of P1151AM north of Alton. Consistency.

How long to cool grain down? 15/ H.P per thousand bushels = hours. 20k bushel bin, 5 hp fan = 0.25hp/1000 bu. So, 15/.25 = 60 hours.

facebook.com/nikki.harmelin… If this doesn’t make you emotional, nothing will. Proud to be a Hawkeye and proud to have Kirk Ferentz as Coach.