Kenton Possberg

It’s been a week like no other we have experienced before. Daily highs in the low to mid 30’s and wind. No measurable rain. The crops still are hanging on although the areas that received less rain have taken a major turn backward. The only reason we haven’t lost the crop yet is the overnight […]

With no meaningful rain in the last couple of weeks and a lack of subsoil moisture reserves, the crops are starting to take a step backward. Our south land which has had less moisture is showing the greatest stress, with some areas already browning off. We were fortunate to pick up another 6-8mm over the

It was another windy week – with limited days that we could spray. We started early every morning and got a few tanks sprayed out before the wind would pick back up again. At least with two sprayers, we can stay from falling too far behind. All the cereals are now complete, just the 2nd

The last week was exceptionally hot, followed by a cool spell that brought between 10-15mm of much-welcome precipitation. Not that we were getting dry, but with the drier weather pattern we have been in, we don’t want to run short later this month into July when the crop starts to use more moisture on a

Quite the weather extremes we have been experiencing. Two weeks ago we had over 8 cm of snow, and less than 10 days ago we had overnight lows of -3C. This past week we had daytime highs of 34C! With the heat, the flea beetles have become a problem. They usually are more active in