I grew up on a crop and dairy farm in Southern Minnesota. After graduating from Wells Easton High School, I earned a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Education from the University of Minnesota. After graduation I returned to the family farm consisting of 600 acres of corn, soybeans, alfalfa, sweet corn, peas and 100 dairy cows. In fall of 1995, after 18 years, I traded the milking parlor for a radio microphone. I still get up at 3:15AM every day. In addition to Farm Broadcasting, covering the farm news, weather, markets, meetings, county fairs, FFA conventions and so on, I continue to farm our land in Southern Minnesota. I am on the air from 5:00 to 7:00 with Mornings on the Farm and then reports through out the day. My wife of 40 years, Louise, is an Occupational Health Nurse for the Jennie-O-Turkey Store. We have two children: Laura who finished Graduate school in Michigan and now is in Burnsville and Steve received his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Pittsburgh. He works for Eli Lilly in Indianapolis.
Jerry Groskreutz
{Listen] Gordy Weekly Ag Market Recap
It was another good week for corn and beans even with the USDA October WASE Report and great harvest weather.
Ethanol Infrastructure For Minnesota
Minnesota gas retailers can receive funds to add blender pumps and increase the demand for ethanol
[Listen] Gordy USDA October WASE Report
Corn was trading around 4 cents higher and beans 15 cents going into the USDA October WASE Report.
Another Building Destroyed at Rice County Fairgrounds?
The swine barn on the Ricr County Fairgrounds may be the next building to be replaced!
Mother Nature Will Take Care of Wasps Soon
This is the time of the year when you seem to notice more activity from those stinging insects like wasps, hornets and yellow jackets. I try and ignore them because if I get stung it is a trip to the Emergency Room for steroids to get the swelling to go down...
Weekly Weather and Crop Update
The 2020 growing season ended last week with a temperature of 29 degrees at the Southern Research and Outreach Center at Waseca.
Winter Farmers’ Market Cost Share Program
Winter Farmers's Markets can apply for the Minnesota Department of Agriculture's Winter Farmers' Market Cost Share Program.
Emerald Ash Borer Continues to Spread in Minnesota
Emerald Ash Borer continues to spread in Minnesota now confirmed in Carver and Sibley Counties.
Minnesota’s 100-Year-Old Apple Breeding Program is One of Only Three in the Country
My guest on Today's AM Minnesota Program was Dr. David Bedford who is an apple breeder at the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum.
Killing Frost Late Last Week?
There was a frost last last week but it did not appear to be a killinf frost.