Life Lived Well
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Partners & Friends,
This past weekend was wonderful family and friend fellowship time while celebrating the life of Charles and Wilma, who passed away in January. It was lovely to see their 9 grandchildren reunited for the first time in a while. Having all 19 great-grandchildren (ages 16 years to 3 months) of Oma and Opa (Wilma and Charles) together was a sight to behold as well. We held a family ceremony and scattered ashes at Cousins' Corner, just as Mom and Dad instructed in their box of personal papers. The service at the church brought out many great memories from 90 years of life and almost 70 years of marriage. The overall message and legacy to be remembered was how they showed up for and embraced their community, included everyone, and loved like Jesus. Let us all take a lesson from their example.
We have received very little rain these past two weeks, but are experiencing terrific crop development from the blessing we got a few weeks ago. The sweet corn is pollinated all the way to the tips—very tasty! The corn has grown about 2 inches and the beans completely cover the rows. All the smoke haze in the air is making it difficult to find a window to cut hay. We are currently applying fungicide to corn and beans. The corn is elbowed so much that it is hard to drive through with the ground rig. Our summer project list is getting prioritized and shortened. Roadside and waterway mowing is taking place along with spot spraying and farmstead improvements.
The Russia and Ukraine export corridor tension is causing much commodity volatility. Weather concerns are still very real across the corn belt. Crude oil prices are constantly moving up and down. The weakness of the dollar has helped exports, but the huge Brazilian crop is hanging over the market and the prices down south are quite competitive. The hay market is very strong.
County Fair season is upon us, and there are lots of goats to show. It was a real blessing to spend time with our loved ones this weekend—I want to do more of that! The Illinois State Fair is not too far off…maybe we can catch a short break before school starts again.😊
Fall Prices:
Corn—5.08
Soybeans—13.73
Steve
