Veggies, Veggies and... (can you guess?) MORE VEGGIES!

This week the focus is on vegetables (I bet you couldn't guess that from the title). The photos in this post were all taken on a beautiful Saturday afternoon in Grand Island, Nebraska.

The vegetable plot in our "Yields of Tomorrow" showcase has an assortment of mouth watering items ranging from pumpkins to tomatoes.

Here are a couple photos of the pumpkins in the plot. The pumpkins are getting bigger by the day. I don't know if there are any pumpkin experts, but I'm wondering if these may be ripe by show time. If so, I may carve the Monsanto logo in one or something. You'll just have to wait and see!

The tomatoes are looking great, as well. I predict a bumper crop is on the way - should have a few ripe in another week.

And what other ingredient do you need to make some great salsa? What other than peppers! Well, we just so happen to have that in our plot, as well.

And to round out are veggie talk today, we'll highlight the green beans in our plot - talk about coming on strong! There is a lot of hand picking to do. Where is that hired hand (just kidding)?

I went ahead and picked a small bag. Surprising how manyyou can pick from just a few plants. And all this green bean harvest is making me extremely hungry - a little quick boil, a little salt and pepper, a little butter, add a little bacon - I think I just figured out what's for dinner!

I guess if I ever leave my lunch at home one day, no worries - I have more than enough of the essential food group to get me through the day!

Now, enough of this veggie talk. I'll go ahead and give you an update of other crops in our "Yields of Tomorrow" plot.

As for the best looking cotton in Nebraska, it's looking even better. The cotton is blooming, which is a good thing. Now the insects just need to do their job in pollinating. Once that happens, the bloom will fall off and we'll have ourselves a cotton boll... in Nebraska!

The sugar beets are making really good size already.

The canola is coming on strong, as well. Now you might see why we delay planting this crop - it will already be blooming in about 2 weeks!

Here's an update of how the drought corn demo is looking.


And as you can see, the soybeans are rapidly growing as that crop is nearly as tall as the picket



Also, the Husker Harvest Days web site went live this week on Monsanto's corporate web site. So, check it out. There are videos, photos and more for your viewing pleasure!