Highway 258 Bridge Closing Near Harvest Land

As a simple reminder Highway 258 East of HLC will be closed until September 1st as they are taking the bridge out. If you have any questions on how to get to HLC with the road construction please call 507-723-7350. Below we have listed the detoured roads. Motorists will be detoured to Brown County Road [...]

Crop Progess Report-May 14, 2012

Corn Planted – Selected States [These 18 States planted 92% of the 2011 corn acreage] —————————————————————–                  :            Week ending            :                  :———————————–:       State      :  May 13,  :  May 6,   :  May 13,  : 2007-2011                  :   2011    :   2012    :   2012    :  Average —————————————————————–                  :                    percent                  : Colorado ……..:    68          58          84          63 Illinois ……..:    [...]

USDA PRODUCTION REPORT MAY 10, 2012

Report seen as: Bearish Corn; Bullish Beans   Note: Ending Stocks in Million bushels.   2011/12 Ending Stocks                                                      April 10th                 May 10th                                                           USDA                       USDA   Corn                                    801                            851   Soybeans                             250                            210   Wheat                                  793                            768       Note: World Stocks in millions of metric tons   2011/12 World Stocks   April 10th                  [...]

Tribute to Farmers

USDA CROP PROGRESS – May 7, 2012

Corn Planted – Selected States [These 18 States planted 92% of the 2011 corn acreage] —————————————————————–                  :            Week ending            :                  :———————————–:       State      :  May 6,   : April 29, :  May 6,   : 2007-2011                  :   2011    :   2012    :   2012    :  Average —————————————————————–                  :                    percent                  : Colorado ……..:    42          22          58          40 Illinois ……..:    [...]

USDA Crop Progress Report April 30th,2012

Corn Planted – Selected States [These 18 States planted 92% of the 2011 corn acreage] —————————————————————–                  :            Week ending            :                  :———————————–:       State      : April 29, : April 22, : April 29, : 2007-2011                  :   2011    :   2012    :   2012    :  Average —————————————————————–                  :                    percent                  : Colorado ……..:    16          10          22          18 Illinois ……..:    [...]

Crop Progress-April 23rd,2012

Released April 23, 2012, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).     Corn Planted – Selected States [These 18 States planted 92% of the 2011 corn acreage] —————————————————————–                  :            Week ending            :                  :———————————–:       State      : April 22, : April 15, : April 22, : [...]

USDA 2011/12 global grain and soybean ending stocks

  USDA 2011/12 U.S. grain and soybean ending stocks USDA April       Average of      Range of         USDA March 2011/12        analysts’       analysts’          2011/12 end-stocks      estimates       estimates         end-stocks estimates                                         estimates Wheat         0.793__           0.792          0.720-0.825         0.825 Corn         0.801____           0.721          0.626-0.812         0.801 Soybeans     0.250__           0.246          0.214-0.300         0.275     USDA 2011/12 global grain and soybean ending stocks USDA April       Average [...]

REMINDER of Planting Prior to April 11th on corn, April 26th on Soybeans

REMINDER of Planting Prior to April 11th on corn, April 26th on Soybeans:   If a producer plants before the ‘earliest’ date they simply DO NOT have any REPLANT coverage on those acres planted before the 11th, regardless of the cause of loss (freeze, poor emergence from excess rain, etc.).  He will be required to [...]

Coloring Contest Entries

We have had a great turnout for the coloring contest so far. We have one week remaining before we pick the winners. If you have not colored a picture yet, stop in at any of our locations or go online to our websites or Facebook to print them off! Good luck and keep coloring!   [...]