As we enter the second week of February any hopes of an early spring have pretty much disappeared. We are forecast to get several inches of snow the next few days and below freezing temperatures the rest of the week. It is good weather for broadcast fertilizer and ammonium sulfate application and the freezing will really help a lot of the compaction issues created last fall.
This past weekend we attended the farmland investment fair for the Chicago Farmers. There was a very good turnout and once again the ability to network and meet new people provided a valuable experience. Two of the sessions that I attended focused on social media with Chuck Zimmerman from www.agwired.comand adapting wind power to your farm with Dale Aupperle from Heartland Ag Group in Decatur. Both of these sessions provided new insight into the topic areas that we will try to use to benefit our farming operation.
This upcoming week might be a little slow due to the weather, but we will be fine tuning our marketing plan and working on ways to improve our operation in 2010. If anyone is going to the Illinois Grain and Feed Association next week, I will be speaking on the producer panel on Tuesday the 16th, so stop by and say hello.
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