This week we finished mowing all the roadside ditches on each field. The July rains are making the grass and crops continue to be very green. Several clean up projects in the shop have kept some of the guys busy. The trucks have been hauling corn and soybeans to...

We are currently dry and hot in central IL. The yard mowing has stopped and the corn is showing some heat stress during the day. Overall the crop is still growing and progressing in growth stages. We did harvest wheat last week and have planted the double crop beans....

A small rain last night interrupted what has been a dry week. This weather allowed us to finish replanting the spots that needed it from previous flooding. We did caught up the nitrogen application and herbicide applications on most of the corn. We are waiting on a...

This week we finished planting here at Gingerich Farms. The crew is now transitioning to post emergence spraying for the first planted crops and side dressing nitrogen on the corn. Currently it is raining and more is expected on Sunday.

We have been able to plant a few fields of corn between the rain storms last week. The strip till corn fields currently are drying out better then the soybean fields where we need to cultivate so soybean planting has been at a stand still.

2.5”-3” of rain this past weekend has stooped all field activities in Central IL. The water table seems to finally be full as there is standing water in the fields again. The first planted corn and soybeans are starting to emerge now that the temperature is warmer....

This week the warm weather dried out fields enough to allow some fieldwork at Gingerich Farms. Our focus was on chemical applications to prepare for soybean planting. We did plant a few fields of corn to mid week but stopped as the temperatures got colder. The soybean...

February has been another mild month this winter in Central IL. The trucks are hauling grain to the market and the shop is busy working on equipment and preparing for the planting season!