June 2019 -- it is shaping up to be a great spring wheat year. Wheat is a cool season grass, and this year is a cool season so far. It is raining this morning as I write this. Rain makes grain and we needed rains. It is Wells County Fair Week traditionally a rainy event. Let us hope it stays in liquid form. Check out Wells County Fair on Facebook. The year started in late April, and field work progressed all through May and into June. We in the northern plains have not suffered wetness like farther south. Read more...