Crop producers are actively purchasing crop insurance and considering crop marketing decisions for the old and new crops. Feed supplies are plentiful. The beef cattle are in excellent condition. Snow cover is 12 to 16 inches. The warmer weather in the second week of January has caused considerable snow melt.
Most farmers are busy with spring bookings of seed, chemicals, and fertilizers.
Close out of farm records and meeting with tax preparers are also scheduled. Feed supplies are adequate, and livestock feeding conditions have greatly improved with the existing weather conditions. All of the crops and tillage were completed last fall. Some producers who wanted to were unable to get anhydrous applied last fall due to the short window of opportunity. Producers have been making crop input decisions, tax planning, and clearing snow this last month.