This week’s report is about being thankful! On June 17, Blue Mound, like several other communities, was hit by a tornado. The elementary school has part of its roof ripped off. We lost a 55,000-bushel bin and damage to our…
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Illinois Farm Bureau News
June 20, 2026
I had knee replacement surgery Wednesday so I’m officially old. Wet and more rain seems to be the theme. It’s one of the top 10 wettest springs on record. I’m thankful we’re done planting, but planting dates were spread out…
June 20, 2026
I definitely appreciate the rainstorms we are getting but we need enough time in between them to stay on top of the spraying schedule. Plus, I have enough firewood to last a couple years. As dry as we were earlier,…
June 20, 2026
A couple more inches of rain fell last week on top of fields still saturated from the previous week’s excitement. Significant ponding is visible and there is no doubt some nitrogen loss is occurring. Crops on poorly drained soils are…
June 20, 2026
We had 4 to 5 inches of rain in the last week. Soils are saturated in many areas and those crops are suffering big time. Wet Junes are not a recipe for high yields based on my past experiences. I…
June 20, 2026
It was another wild week of weather. There were multiple rounds of wind and rain. We have not received as much rain as predicted but fields are soaked and waterlogged. No fieldwork is able to be completed.