The Chaos Created When Infrastructure Gets Stuck
I know what it's like to get a big piece of machinery unstuck: We have had to use a track hoe to pull a combine from a muddy field, and I've seen up close how a...
Tim Keegan
USA Farm Tour-Corn Harvest after Derecho
On August 10, 2020, a derecho (land-based hurricane) went through large parts of Iowa, damaging crops and buildings. This is what corn harvest looks like when ...
Farming Through Risk
I've lived through tornadoes and hailstorms---but I've never seen anything like the derecho that blasted across Iowa and the Midwest on August 10.
Only in the ...
USA Farm Tour-Soybeans
This Iowa farmer is planting soybeans into rye stubble on July 14th. It's kind of late in the growing season to be planting soybeans, but the farm is making mo...
USA Farm Tour-Corn
This Iowa farmer is using precision application to apply fertilizer to his corn crop just when the crops needs it, and using maps to vary the rate of fertilize...
USA Farm Tour-Soybeans
This Iowa farmer is showing us the technology involved in variable rate planting no-till soybeans into corn stalks.
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Tim Keegan
Farmer, Iowa, USA
Animal Science degree from Iowa State, Master's degree, Swine Nutrition from Kansas State. In 2009 he started farming with in-laws. 4,000 acres corn, soybeans; 150-head cow/calf operation. Use precision technology, zone mapping, grid sampling, to better apply seed, fertilizer and chemicals. Have invested in solar technology.