It’s Wednesday, May 6th and farmers are anxiously waiting for some dry, warm weather. About the time it’s a day away from being able to get back in the fields, it rains again. We have gone from a severe drought situation to hearing these words, “I wish it would stop raining so I could get my crops planted!”
The forecast even for tonight is a chance of frost in some areas, and then a couple more days of rain. I finally gave up Monday and put four pepper plants and four tomatoes in the dirt. They were being pampered in the house sitting in front of the patio door, and it was time to “grow up.” I did put some clay farm tile around them to give some protection from the wind.
Speaking of wind, I was so sad to hear of the damage done from the storm almost two weeks ago. I knew Colmar, the Fandon area, near Industry and farther east had been hit. Both places--Julie and Steve and Cathy and Steve-- had damage. Power was off here for about 3 hours, and I know there were power poles down near Industry and a lot of Generac generators kicked into action.
I throw a big “thank you” to all the Ameren and McDonough Power people that worked to restore electricity. I admire all the work they did.
Well, the Farm Bill (Farm, Food and National Security Act of 2026) passed the House with 14 Democrats voting with Republicans to send the bill to the Senate. Three Republicans and 197 Democrats opposed the bill. The last farm bill was passed in 2018. This bill passed the House by excluding renewable fuel source E-15 to be sold year round. It will be voted on at a different time.
