20 of a Normal Crop
With a snowy March and April now behind us, May is here and feeling more like spring. How refreshing! Millets are setting record high prices—about 4 times the usual farm price. The drought was very severe in millet growing areas last year resulting in 20% of a normal crop. We’re paying for it now! The [ Read More → ]
May 2013
With a snowy March and April now behind us, May is here and feeling more like spring. How refreshing! Millets are setting record high prices-about 4 times the usual farm price. The drought was very severe in millet growing areas last year resulting in 20% of a normal crop. We’re paying for it now! The [ Read More → ]
March 2013
April 1st is John W. Holt’s birthday anniversary, our Des Moines Feed Co. founder. He’d always say with a grin, “I’m the biggest April fool my mother had!” An honest man of solid integrity, with a big heart. The government has finally compiled their final figure for the 2012 Sunflower crop. Production was 1,395,000 tons, [ Read More → ]
Production was 1,395,000 tons, up 37%
April 1st is John W. Holt’s birthday anniversary, our Des Moines Feed Co. founder. He’d always say with a grin, “I’m the biggest April fool my mother had!” An honest man of solid integrity, with a big heart. The government has finally compiled their final figure for the 2012 Sunflower crop. Production was 1,395,000 tons, [ Read More → ]
February 2013
Wow, we seem to have gotten more winter in February than we did in December! We sure need the moisture however it comes. In case you ever wondered, according to statistics, Americans are eating an average of 250 eggs a year, of which just over 30% of them are in processed foods. That’s a good way [ Read More → ]
Odd Facts
Wow, we seem to have gotten more winter in February than we did in December! We sure need the moisture however it comes. In case you ever wondered, according to statistics, Americans are eating an average of 250 eggs a year, of which just over 30% of them are in processed foods. That’s a good [ Read More → ]
Iowa State Pigeon Association
So winter arrived officially the 21st of December with 9 hours 10 minutes of day-light or 14 hours 50 minutes of night. Cheer up – with days getting longer and nights getting shorter we should really be making strides towards accomplishing all our New Year resolutions! The Iowa State Pigeon Association had their 87th Annual [ Read More → ]
CARDINAL CHIT-CHAT CORNER
So winter arrived officially the 21st of December with 9 hours 10 minutes of daylight or 14 hours 50 minutes of night. Cheer up—with days getting longer and nights getting shorter we should really be making strides towards accomplishing all our New Year resolutions! The Iowa State Pigeon Association had their 87th Annual Show December [ Read More → ]
Less Mess
The NYSE was closed October 29 and 30. This was the first time the exchange suspended operations for two consecutive days due to weather since the 1888 blizzard. This Mississippi River’s water level is getting dangerously low between St. Louis, MO and Cairo, IL. In Kansas, they’ve had no precipitation to help the winter wheat [ Read More → ]
November 2012
The NYSE was closed October 29 and 30. This was the first time the exchange suspended operations for two consecutive days due to weather since the 1888 blizzard. This Mississippi River’s water level is getting dangerously low between St. Louis, MO and Cairo, IL. In Kansas, they’ve had no precipitation to help the winter wheat [ Read More → ]