The Official Newspaper for Foster County
The Official Newspaper for Foster County
Farmers don't keep business hours, as Eli Richter and Dave Richter hit the fields three miles east and two miles south of Sykeston on Labor Day, September 2, to get in their small grain harvest.
"We need heat," commented the agronomist as we visited about the cool weather and its impact on corn development.
Although nighttime temperatures this summer have been close to the long-term average, daytime highs have consistently remained below normal.
August has been our coolest month so far, with daytime highs averaging five degrees below the 20-year norm.
Corn requires a specific number of gr...
