Wet & Wild

Partners,

The average rainfall for the year seems to have caught up, all within a weeks time here - with the next four days calling for more precipitation. This past week alone I have dumped over 4" out of our rain gauges. Our creek is out of its banks since yesterday and has been there long enough we will be required to replant at least 40 acres of flooded ground. But as the saying goes for every bottom there is a hill that benefits from the water and the crops are in excellent condition - maybe not quite as good as last year but still above average. 

This past week we have been able to attack some more of our "projects" - things we want to do to improve and enhance our farms but don't feel we can necessarily justify hiring done. Since Marcus and Shanna have established a new color scheme at the Hess homestead, we have been wanting to recolor the outbuildings. So this week we began the process of re-painting the the machine shed there and will follow with the rest of the buildings as time allows. We are also shipping corn to meet our June contracts and mowing often to keep ahead of the grass and weeds. 

Prices for fall delivery:

Corn 3.40

Soybeans 8.85

Enjoy your summer and this blessed country we live in! Few weeks to the Fourth of July when we should really appreciate our freedom.