Photo credit: XtremeAg The race is on for XtremeAg’s Lee Lubbers, Dan Luepkes, and Chad Henderson. Planters are rolling, wheat is growing, and rain is in the forecast. The Dakotas are in desperate need of rain to keep enough moisture in the ground. In Alabama, Chad is waiting for his ground to dry out, and in northern Illinois, Dan has wrapped up his planting.
Lee Lubbers - Gregory, South Dakota
Lee and his brother began farming in the 1980s during some of the toughest times for farming, but the lessons they learned still shape them today. It’s never boring in the West River region of South Dakota. We went from straight freezing every morning for two-and-a-half weeks to where it finally warmed up enough to start planting corn and soybeans in the last week. Then just when we got started, we were greeted with a few more mornings of freezing temperatures.
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Photo credit: XtremeAg XtremeAg Lee Lubbers, Dan Luepkes, and Chad Henderson are getting ready for the spring weather. As planting season is about to begin, shop time is finishing up and vacations are wrapping up.
Lee Lubbers - Gregory, South Dakota
Lee and his brother began farming in the 1980s during some of the toughest times for farming, but the lessons they learned still shape them today. It’s been a wild weather ride. On March 9, we hit 76°F. The next day it snowed 5 inches. Then we go right back into the 30°F. to 40°F. range, which is normal for this time of year. The winter wheat is just starting to break dormancy with the recent warm spike. It looks like it survived the winter even though it has been unusually dry since last August.