Eastern Iowa Farmer Spring 2021
You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
mother nature<br />
Water levels at Lock and Dam No. 12 and other sites<br />
along the Mississippi River are important to farmers.<br />
If they are too high, the lock won’t operate, effectively shutting<br />
down barge traffic, including shipments of grain.<br />
<strong>Eastern</strong> <strong>Iowa</strong> <strong>Farmer</strong> photo / Brooke Taylor<br />
Hillary<br />
Burken<br />
Clinton<br />
As of late 2020, “the river<br />
is finally closer to historic<br />
normal levels,” Mueller said.<br />
It’s unclear if <strong>2021</strong> will bring<br />
more “historic normal” levels,<br />
or if flooding will continue to<br />
become the “new normal.”<br />
Lock and Dam 12 also<br />
maintains the official local<br />
rain gauge for the National<br />
Weather Service. If there’s<br />
a local record rainfall, the<br />
reading is made there. Just to<br />
be on the safe side, workers<br />
double-check precipitation<br />
measurements with a manual<br />
gauge.<br />
“We make sure they<br />
match,” Mueller said.<br />
Lock assistants take manual<br />
readings at 6 a.m. every morning<br />
for yet another database,<br />
using the equipment of the<br />
Army Corps of Engineers,<br />
which operates the lock and<br />
dam. n<br />
Hillary Burken and her<br />
family helped care for<br />
dairy cows from a Cedar<br />
Rapids farm that were<br />
displaced by the derecho.<br />
The Burken’s Blue Hyll<br />
Dairy just outside of<br />
Clinton welcomed about<br />
50 head just hours after<br />
the storm.<br />
<strong>Eastern</strong> <strong>Iowa</strong><br />
<strong>Farmer</strong> photo /<br />
Trevis Mayfield<br />
ANNUAL PRIVATE TREATY BULL SALE<br />
CATALOGS MAILED & SALE STARTS EVERY APRIL 1ST<br />
Power in the Blood!<br />
ADD VALUE TO YOUR NEXT CALF CROP!<br />
Whether you sell your calves at weaning, or finished on the rail,<br />
J.J. Scheckel bulls will add value to your calf crop, through<br />
added pounds and carcass quality. DNA Verified EPD’s.<br />
SAV Emblynette 3005 SAV Resource 1441<br />
Raising cows like this<br />
Raising bulls like this<br />
IDLAND BULL TEST<br />
World’s largest bull test, held in Colombus, Montana<br />
1 ST PLACE - Weight Per Day of Age, Sire Group of 3<br />
2 ND PLACE - Average Daily Gain on Test, Sire Group of 3<br />
3 RD PLACE - Midland Bull Test Index, Sire Group of 3<br />
21582 Hwy 62, Bellevue, <strong>Iowa</strong> | call: 563-872-4112 | email: josh@jjscheckel.com | www. AngusCattleGenetics.com | follow us: JJScheckelAngus<br />
72 <strong>Eastern</strong> <strong>Iowa</strong> <strong>Farmer</strong> | <strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2021</strong> eifarmer.com
Change language