August 03, 2026

We went from drought to a month of flood in June to drought in July again. It’s getting dry — but, knock on wood, everything of mine and everything around here is looking good.


A morning of applying fungicide and insecticide on 160 acres of corn was already in the books, and Jay Whalen was rinsing out the drone to ready for another round that afternoon.


Blue skies and sunshine marked the perfect weather for Southern Illinois University’s Ag Field Day where a drone and artificial intelligence, some of the latest technology to sweep the farming industry, were among the star performers.