Here's a sampling of what some folks are saying: 
 

• 2/9 - Versailles, Mo.: Here in central Missouri the wheat that was planted was mostly late and some of it just barely emerged. The warmer soil and the current snow cover is the best thing we could have. Several  producers have put a touch of N on before the snow with the hope that if we get a little warm weather in February the N will be there if the conditions are right. Appropriate seed treatment at planting seems to be helping survival of the wheat under stress. I am finding very few actually dead and brown plants if the seed was treated.

• 2/8 - Wilbur, Wash.: The weather is the big story in the Pacific Northwest this year! Very mild temps with some scattered rain. There is some soil erosion after the runoff events we have had through the winter. It seems to be worse south of Hwy. 2 and in Spokane County. Field cultivators and tractors are coming out of the shed, looks like some are getting ready for spring work. Ordered a load of fuel last week and the price fell a nickel. Wish I could buy fuel like I sell wheat, at the bottom of the market! Wheat looks great and has grown some all winter. Let's hope for rain in June! (Read more wheat-related comments at AgWeb's www.VirtualWheatTour.com)
  
  
   

• 2/8 - Marion County, Iowa: My cousin sent this to me of a pile of corn estimated to be 1.5 million bushels near Latimer, Iowa. After opening it, I went out that day and checked all of my bins -- it really gave me a chill thinking of how bad it could get this year with questionable quality grain in storage.
  

  -- Marion County, Iowa.   (Have any photos of the crops on your farm? Send them to AgWeb and have them posted on Crop Comments! Be sure to include a caption.)

• 2/8 - Logan County, Northeast Colorado: Received 6” to 12” of snow last night with temperatures getting down to 15 degrees tonight. Could do some major damage to sugarbeets, unless the snow is a good enough blanket. No corn is being harvested yet.

• 2/8 - McPherson, Kan.: We have another half foot of snow forecast this weekend. There is still about an inch of snow covering 75% of the ground from the last system. That should keep us in good shape for a few more weeks.
  
  I often quip that the two things that affect my farm the most are the weather and politics, and I do not have any control over either of them. I spent a couple days in Topeka (the state capital) this week.  Budget is definitely the issue, and all of the "easy" solutions have already been implemented. (Read more wheat-related comments at AgWeb's www.VirtualWheatTour.com)

• 2/4 - Shelby County, Ill.: Finally caught a weather break and was able to finish '09 corn harvest Feb. 2 of 36 acres down corn which had been remaining since just before Christmas. Figuring shrink, yield should come in at 131 bu./acre from that field. Do not know test weight but moisture was around 19%. Dad farmed this ground for 40+ years and I have been at it since '76. Never has harvest finished this late in two generations! Bring on warm weather and Spring planting!!

• 2/3 - Morrisburg, Ontario, Dundas County, south of Ottawa: Demoed a CIH 690 ecotil disk ripper. This is our first time using a disk ripper and the results were very positive. Really like the way it handles the unchopped stalks and levels behind. We'll have to see what it looks like in the spring after some seedbed prep. (Video courtesy of Cedar Lodge Farms)
  

• 2/2 - Homer, Neb.: Jenkins Farms - Harvest '09 pt.2 Homer, NE This is from late corn harvest 2009.
  
  
  
   
• 2/2 - Morrisburg, Ontario, Dundas County, south of Ottawa: With all the very wet poor corn this year, fines were a bigger issue than normal. As a result, our small fines bin was not enough at the elevator. In fact, it was filled four times over the course of harvest. So we have had to empty it and move the fines to other small bins scattered around the countryside. The fines will be fed to the cattle in our feedlot.
  
  For those who don't know, fines are anything that is not desirable in the grain sample: small kernels, cracked kernels, dust, dirt, cob, leaf, red dog (beeswings). This is all screened out of the grain. The heavy material, cracks, and small kernels are blown into a bin, where the lighter material is blown into a forage wagon and spread in the fields. (Video courtesy of Cedar Lodge Farms)
  

• 2/1 - McPherson, Kan.: Winter returned Jan 28. I ended up with about half a foot of snow and half an inch of moisture. Also dropped back to the single digits for temps. There was little wind (at least by KS standards) so the snow is fairly even and should have protected the dormant wheat plants. (Read more wheat-related comments at AgWeb's www.VirtualWheatTour.com)
   

• 2/1 - Hobbsville, N.C.: Pam Smith, Farm Journal Seeds & Production Editor: Will Hudgins from Hobbsville, N.C., provides a crop report from his area.
  
  
   
• 2/1 - Northeast Arkansas: 2010 going to be interesting year.
  
   
• 2/1 - Calumet County, Wis.: To Banner County, Nebraska: Join us dairy farmers with your corn price woes. We are a 150 cow operation that had to borrow $200,000 last year just to stay afloat. The government could care less about farmers in general. All they want is cheap food for the consumer, my dad always said this 50 years ago and he was right. Should have listened to him and stayed out of farming. We are the 57 year old average farmers and can't wait to go to the store and buy a gallon of milk that somebody else busted and/or lost their ass for.
   

• 2/1 - Fayette County, Iowa: Have any of you decided to plant non-gmo beans this year? I tried it last year, not all bad, but the seed and chemical combinations don’t add up. They offered us 1.25 prem, and I think everyone said stick it. Now they offered 1.75 prem, and everyone is jumping on the wagon. When are farmers going to learn, hold your ground. They will pay for it when they need it.

• 2/1 - Livingston/LaSalle County Ill.: Generally seed 1200-1500 acres annually for myself and custom planting for neighbors.  In 09 planted 450 acres total.  Wet spring lead to delayed harvest.  Got my wheat planted by insurance date into good seed bed.  All germinated, and is poking through.  Not much heat after seeding.  Looked decent until Christmas week when it received 4-5 inches of rain follwed by sub-zero temps.  Then  received 6-8 inches of snow.  Earlier this week, snow was melting off, and today is getting freezing rain, temps near 30.  Gonna be interesting. Have torn wheat crop in 2 of 3 last wheat crops.  Probably going to be looking for straw to bale/buy to fill contracts. (Read more wheat-related comments at AgWeb's www.VirtualWheatTour.com)