Everything Looks Pretty Good, Says Trent
Trent Brandenburg has finished planting except for a few ponds. He is pleased with the germination so far. It is still too wet for
side-dressing, but at least the Drought Monitor shows no dryness in Trent’s farming area of Central Illinois. The cool weather of the past week has held back the growth spurt that usually begins with the onset of summer temperatures.
The National Agricultural Statistics Service just released the results of the 2024 harvest. Piatt County had the second-largest
per-acre soybean yield in Illinois, 77.6 bushels per acre. Corn yield was 241.1 bushels per acre, fifth highest in Illinois. Again in 2024 Piatt County farmland maintained its place in the top five corn and soybean yields in the state. If you are a landowner in the Piatt County area not maximizing your return on your investment, talk to Trent.
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Wild And Windy Winter Weekend
Trent Brandenburg and family endured a near miss yesterday as a tornado touched down a few miles from their home place. Tornadoes are a rare occurrence in December, but a "bomb cyclone" ripped through central Illinois yesterday. Houses were unroofed [...]
Dry Weather Speeds Harvest
Trent Brandenburg is trying to get his field work done "before it rains". Much of the area Trent farms is in "extreme drought" according to the Illinois Drought Monitor https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?IL map, which is updated every Thursday. The very dry soil [...]
In a Drought, but Corn is Too Wet to Harvest
The current Illinois drought map (11 September) shows severe drought in the northern 40% of Piatt County and moderate drought in the rest of Piatt and adjacent areas of neighboring counties. Trent Brandenburg has barely started harvesting because his corn [...]