by Dustin Hoffmann | Aug 21, 2020 | 5 Ag Stories, News
The Pro Farmer Crop Tour wrapped up its trip on Thursday evening. The eastern leg ran the eastern two-thirds of Iowa, while the west leg ran through southern Minnesota. The western leg found plenty of fields suffering from the drought in Iowa, Wednesday. However, the...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Aug 20, 2020 | 5 Ag Stories, News
On Wednesday, the Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour got their look at Iowa. While the eastern leg will remain in the state on Thursday, the western leg covered the western three crop districts: one, four, and seven.The western part of the state has been fighting drought...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Aug 19, 2020 | 5 Ag Stories, News
The Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour is going strong through the first two days of the COVID-19-challenged tour. Despite being down a number of scouts on both legs of the tour, they are still pulling very close to the average number of samples for a regular year. The...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Aug 18, 2020 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Summer is normally a time of farmer’s markets and roadside produce stands. It is also a time when you see more locally grown produce in your grocery retailers. Producers of every size are selling their goods to a public who cannot get enough of that fresh from...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Aug 17, 2020 | 5 Ag Stories, News
The Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour kicked off Monday across the corn belt. The western side of the tour took off from Sioux Falls, SD, and headed for Grand Island, NE. COVID-19 has changed the way the tour runs, but Western tour leader Jeff Wilson says the tour must go...
