🌱 How a Chesaning farmer squeezes more bushels from every acre

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Chesaning farmer squeezes more bushels from every acre

Also on today's calendar: New Lothrop ~ Graphic Novel Quest Club and 1 more event.

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Not as cold, becoming breezy, with a high of 35 and low of 31 degrees.
• Wednesday: Fog in the morning and breezy, temps: high: 38, low: 30.
• Thursday: Very windy; rain, with a high of 42 and low of 24 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Doubling Soybean Yields with No-Till, Precision Technology (no-tillfarmer.com) — A longtime Chesaning farmer, David Eickholt, shares how no-till practices, precision planting, and heavy reliance on crop consultants have helped his family operation thrive on 1,700 acres. He explains how double-planting wheat and embracing expert advice have built on his father’s legacy of high-yield seed wheat in central Michigan fields.
   

📸 Around Chesaning

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Chesaning

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday December 23

• New Lothrop ~ Story Time
  Community District Library - New Lothrop, 9471 Genesee St, New Lothrop
  11:00 am

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Other local events

Tuesday December 23

• New Lothrop ~ Graphic Novel Quest Club
  Community District Library - New Lothrop , 9471 Genesee St , New Lothrop
  3:30 pm
• Alex Schofield
  The Back Forty , 15952 Oakley Rd , Chesaning
  6:00 pm

Tuesday December 30

• New Lothrop ~ Story Time
  Community District Library - New Lothrop , 9471 Genesee St , New Lothrop
  11:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 18

• Youth Class: Wooden Block Decoration
  Shiawassee Arts Center , 206 Curwood Castle Drive , Owosso
  4:00 pm
• Coleman Boys JV Basketball @ St. Charles
  881 W Walnut St , St Charles
  10:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• McDonald's posted a job opening for Shift Manager in Chesaning. Apply here.
• Taco Bell posted a job opening for Restaurant General Manager in Chesaning. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Chesaning here.

🗞 Nearby News

Owosso

• Flint-area prep hoops: Weekend roundup highlights star scorers, emerging teams (mlive.com)

Saginaw

• Snowy find lands piggy in police HQ for a day, and other Saginaw-area news this week (mlive.com)
• Saginaw ISD bus assistant accused of sexually assaulting woman (abc12.com)
• Monday, Dec. 15, 2025: 5 things you need to know (wnem.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don't know, but April May!
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