Maturing is realizing the hand made burger patties will always be best. What’s your go to patty recipe?

On Tuesday I got interview by a new station about Nitrates in the water. Maybe I talked too much because it hasn’t been aired yet. Should I give up hope? They asked great questions and I do believe that it would help people better understand corn production. But maybe I’m vain.

For all that went wrong with 60” corn this year. This is the first time I feel like we arn’t in a bind. Best covers in 3 years, minimal water hemp, corn looks health and the variety should fill in gaps nice. Might apply foliar nitrogen when it’s dry on 20 acres as a test.

I got my 30 seconds of Iowa Fame talking about nitrates and what farmers are and arnt doing. If you caught it I hope I did right by you. And if I didn’t just know I answered questions for 20 minutes from KCCI News and this was only 30 seconds.

Iowa farmers highlight ongoing and evolving conservation efforts to improve the environment | Click on the image to read the full story kcci.com/article/iowa-f…

Here is the news piece I did on nitrates and agriculture. The 3 minute clip does a as good of a job as they can do after spending 2 hours on the farm asking questions and learning.

AgLeader on one screen, Timble tile planning on the other. Pray for my laptop.

4 products getting tested on Corn at F&I time. The cost of inconvenience isn’t figured in to my research budget.

X is where I vent my frustrations about the villanization of Agriculture. But it does nothing. Education and transparency is more important but how does one do that in an echo chamber that is my X? How does Ag help more people understand? Or do be embrace being the bad guy?

Turns out Brazil is deforesting environmentally sensitive lands to produce crops for China while glutting the globe with surplus soy. Brazil is producing 57% more soybeans on 42% more land than they did just a decade ago. In places like the U.S., Canada, and Europe, citizens

I bet you Gary Zimmer has to eat 4000 calories a day to maintain the energy he brings. Midwestern BioAg Strip-Till Farmer

Guess I’m taking the Hawkeyes with this disrespect

I like the jersey

One day, the intrusive thought will win and I will get my first tattoo on a whim. It’s not that I don’t know what my first tattoo will be because I have that picked out already.

Is it wrong to give your wife a smack on the butt in the church lobby??