Summer Heat = Crop Progress

Much has changed since our web update last month.  We have made it though the extreme heat and dry in pretty good shape.  Our first planted corn is starting to pollinate and the later planted corn should be doing the same late next week.  All the early planted beans were flowered before the solstice and […]

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2022 Crop is In and Growing

  The weather finally turned after our last web update over a month ago.  We have been BUSY!  We finished planting corn on the 17th of May.  All the beans were in the ground as of May 31st, but the majority were planted from mid-April to mid-May. It was all hands on deck. At one […]

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Planting Continues in Starts and Stops

While the weather has been less than ideal, we have been able to accomplish some field work.  We currently have about 40% of our beans planted and a little more than 20% of our corn in the ground.  Around 70% of our pre-plant corn herbicide and nitrogen fertilizer is applied.  The beans we planted on […]

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Late Start to a New Year

We are getting a late start to the 2022 year, both with our web updates and with the field work.  That being said, it has been a crazy year so far!  Grain markets and input costs are climbing to record levels.  Lauren and I welcomed our first child in February (Callie Rae Beutke 8 lbs […]

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Harvest 2021 Complete!

On Tuesday evening we were able to wrap up harvest 2021!  It was just in time as wet and cool weather hit us the following morning.  A generous neighbor came with his combine to help us across the finish line.  Having two machines running in soybeans was a relief, especially when facing the weather conditions.  […]

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