Boots In The Field Report

This week Ken covers the complexity behind a sound nitrogen recommendation with an update from what’s happening in the Lake Erie Watershed.

In this week’s Boots In The Field Report, Ken talks about the positive aspects of this recent cold snap. He encourages growers to check out their inefficiencies of the past year and make corrections for the coming season!

Ken reports from Canada in this week's Boots In the Field Report. He covers how no matter what day corn you plant, knowing your hybrid characteristics will be to your benefit. Start with the field first, know its strengths and weaknesses and then pick a hybrid that takes advantages of the strengths and then farm around the weaknesses.

Ken talks about taking your yield map meeting to the next level. This week he goes over what growers are bringing to the table in his most productive meetings and tips for getting the most out of the session.

While it is still fresh in your mind Ken recommends a thorough evaluation of your operation's harvest plan. He discusses what he sees as key factors of success in getting the crop out in a timely manner in operations he works with. He suggests some options to help operations that are struggling and reminds farmers their harvest capacity is only as large as their weakest link allows.

Ken tackles the issue with removal rate minimum clauses and clarifies what your soil test is telling you in The Question of the Week. Also Crop-Tech Crew would like to wish everyone a safe and happy Holidays!

We make the switch to Question of The Week and this week Ken tackles all things Sulfur. He goes over products, placement, timing and risk to help farmers choose the best options for their operation.

In this week's Boots In The Field Report Ken covers why you might see more brown silk spraying next year and what your options are for getting anhydrous on for next year.

In this week's Boots In The Field Report Ken answers the question of missing the fall burn down window and shares some early results from the hand harvest.

Ken starts this week's Boots In The Field Report with the crop report as harvest winds down and then he spends some time on working through the thought process of what to plant next year and what switching rotations can mean for your yield.

In this weeks Boots In The Field Report Ken covers what he is hearing about rootworm pressure in down corn and why some people aren't aware of it until now, the Dicamba Label new restrictions with extension, and max temperatures for most of the state still too high to apply anhydrous.

Ken reports beans are coming out in a hurry in northeast Iowa, gives encouragement for finishing strong even if you have to put your header down, and reminds farmers to make sure they are getting full width shatter in their tillage passes

Stalk quality, green stems, and harvest lists dominate this week's Boots In The Field Report.

In this week's Boots In The Field Report Ken gives the run down of harvest progress in parts of IL, IA, and OH. He also calls the pest team back into action and gives tips for making sure we don't leave yield in the field in a rush to be done with #Havest18.

In this week’s Boots In The Field Report, Ken gives harvest yield updates, and gives warning about staying on top of harvest loss. Ken discusses some results from plots that have already been harvested this year.

In this week's Boots In The Field Report Ken gives the crop report, covers what farmers will need to do to manage the leftovers of this big bean crop, and what data we can collect now to help make more informed hybrid decisions in the future.

In this weeks Boots In The Field Report Ken covers the yields and moisture reports coming in from harvest across the state. He offers encouraging news for those in the tougher areas that good calibrated maps from those fields can be an excellent resource moving forward for creating management zones. Ken also covers why the outside of your bean fields may be behind in maturity and warns of the need for making adjustments from day to day to keep header loss to a minimum. He also covers corn borer damage and Tar spot reports.

In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken covers moisture and yield reports being called in throughout the state and shares issues with stink bugs and ear-worms being found.

In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken gives his traveling crop report as he visits Iowa and Minnesota and reports on white mold and sudden death pressure in the beans and what the intense rain means for their corn crop.

In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken starts talking about making plans for Harvest. He advises the pest team on what to watch out for as the season comes to a close and to switch their main focus to checking for stand ability and making harvest priority lists. Ken also recommends making plans now for harvest storage to avoid bottlenecks later.