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Showcase plots: Let the planting begin
Read more: Showcase plots: Let the planting beginIn between showers, our research team has been getting our corn showcase plots planted. These pictures show Bill Latham and Gary Bennett planting our Latham® corn showcase plot near Alta,…
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Planting is underway… but the gardeners begin harvest!
Read more: Planting is underway… but the gardeners begin harvest!Planting season is well underway for most farmers, but those of us who enjoy gardening are about to begin harvesting—rhubarb, that is. Rhubarb is one of the first garden offerings…
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Planting report from our new intern
Read more: Planting report from our new internHi all. I want to introduce our intern for this summer, Andrew Kilburg. We look forward to Andrew’s weekly reports from the field. — Shannon I am Andrew Kilburg and…
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Have you been hunting?
Read more: Have you been hunting?Mushroom hunting that is! The rain does bring with it some advantages, opportunity for great mushroom hunting! Among my favorite mushrooms are Morels. These mushrooms can be found growing in…
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Check the fencelines… it’s Wild Asparagus Season!
Read more: Check the fencelines… it’s Wild Asparagus Season!For those of you asparagus fans out there, now is the time to be on the hunt! The best places to look for asparagus are along fence lines and in…
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Wind power comes to our county!
Read more: Wind power comes to our county!A local power company — Alliant Energy — has begun construction of Whispering Willow Wind Farm in Franklin County. The first wind mill components started rolling in last week and…
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Black Cutworm Alert – Scout Your Fields
Read more: Black Cutworm Alert – Scout Your FieldsLatham is a partner in the Iowa State University Extension Corn and Soybean Initiative. That means we get timely alerts when any farming condition emerges that could impact a number…
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Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin- Week Ending May 24
Read more: Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin- Week Ending May 24Here’s the latest planting update excerpted from the May 27 USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (for week ending May 24): Corn: By week’s end, 82 percent of this year’s corn…
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Weekly Field Report
Read more: Weekly Field ReportCentral Iowa Bart Peterson reports that corn is 100% planted in his area, with seedlings ranging from the V1 to V4 stage of growth. Soybeans are 98% planted, with seedlings…
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This story says is all: Independence rocks!
Read more: This story says is all: Independence rocks!This article on the formation of Latham Hi‑Tech Seeds and our mission of remaining independent was published yesterday in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier. The second sentence of the story makes…