Daniel Schaefer

.#WiscWeeds update from the field 🌱 If you haven’t sprayed your preemergence residual program yet, scout those fields. Waterhemp and other tough weeds are up and going, and you may need to adjust your burndown + residual program accordingly. Cheers!

Today in 1969, soldiers of the American 101st Airborne assault Hill 937 aka "Hamburger Hill." It takes them 10 days to fight their way to the top. More than 400 U.S. troops become casualties. "That hill had no military value," said the commander of the 101st. "We found the enemy [there] and that's where we fought him."

Repost!🙌🏼

Indiana is seeing huge gas price drops thanks to the state waiving the use tax and excise tax- motorists getting a nearly 60c/gal discount with prices falling below $4 at some stations. I know where I’m filling up today!

Came across an old newspaper I saved for some reason…… @JohnDeere

Governor Pritzker last week called the SCOTUS ruling on Louisiana redistricting “voter suppression that will silence black and brown voters.” An odd way to characterize the decision, the ruling held that the creation of a second majority-Black congressional district was unconstitutional racial gerrymander. Pritzker’s criticism is a smokescreen to conceal Illinois most gerrymandered districts in history. How is it Chicago shares a part of 7-8 of the states 17 Congressional districts despite having fewer than a fourth of the state’s population? The objective of the Democratic-drawn map isn’t equity. The purpose is to perpetuate one-party rule in which Democrats hold 14 of 17 Congressional seats and the state map gives that Republicans a veto proof state house and senate for the past decade. Pritzker lied in 2018 when he was first running for governor and promised to create an independent commission to draw political maps vowing to veto any "political," gerrymandered, or partisan map.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson response to a weekend where 75 people were shot and 13 killed: “I knew what I was inheriting when I became mayor.” Sir. You ran for the job. You campaigned for it. You won it. At what point does it stop being an inheritance and start being YOUR responsibility? 🤡

My EPA label prohibits spraying immediately before harvest as well.

@gnagrepair531 That's what I've done my entire career. You learn to be a good welder, fitter, electrician etc. Flip it and buy up. Ain't no shame in buying something without having to finance it

Time in Federal Government… Alexander Hamilton: 5 years George Washington: 8 years Thomas Jefferson: 10 years John Adams: 12 years Bernie Sanders: 35 years Nancy Pelosi: 39 years Mitch McConnell: 41 years Chuck Schumer: 45 years It explains everything. Founders vs Grifters

How does this district in Illinois make any sense at all?

We were finally able to start planting this Awesome @PioneerSeeds Corn!! #1742Q #PlantPioneer #Pioneer100 #PIONEERSTRONG 🇺🇸🌽💪 #AMERICANSINCE1926 🇺🇸🌽🇺🇸 #FlyTheFlag #AMERICA250

Corn planted mid-April is looking good at the Ewing Demonstration Center in Franklin County @ILextension

Curious how April 2026 Winds compared to the historical average? Using ERA5 data, parts of Illinois and surrounding states were 2 std dev above the mean while the Southeast and sections of the West Coast were below the 56-yr average used in this analysis.

Say it isn’t so. My favorite herbicide Paraquat is being discontinued.

@FarmrHuntr .82 5 miles south of Philo. And .5 near Hammond Il.

Anybody have overnight rainfall reports from around Champaign IL?

@FarmrHuntr Half inch east of Pesotum. Over night. Total .62 includes yesterday.

A “topsoil isn’t particularly valuable” advisory issued for central Illinois.

Crop report from IL Soy Envoy Tim Laatsch on May 1 in Effingham County: "3.61 inches of rain for the week of April 26 has put a halt to field operations. Early planted soybeans look excellent. Early corn has emerged and is off to a good start, despite the cooler temperatures. Most corn planted in the window before the large rain still has not emerged. Replant operations appear to be likely on those acres. Soft red winter wheat has headed out, and anthers have appeared, triggering aerial applications of head scab fungicide." Read Tim's full report on Field Advisor! fieldadvisor.org/crop-report/en…