I thought I would step out of my normal blogging on family, employee and management issues and forward a few observations and notes from conversations with producers across the midwest. My travels this spring and summer have taken me to most of the parts of the country that have seen weather extremes, so I thought I'd share what I've seen and heard. These comments are all anecdotal, so use them at your own discretion.....
--In speaking with a seed sales rep in the central/eastern Iowa area, they cut off re-seeding beans in the flooded areas on July 10. The reason being that even if they do come up, the same areas that are prone to flooding are the same areas prone to an early frost......
