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.

In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken has his eyes on harvest. He shares yield check numbers for this week and what a difference a rain can make. He also advises the pest team what to be on the lookout for to make sure this crop finishes strong.

In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken details what he has been seeing on farm visits. He covers how the dry area is getting bigger, what a tip down in ears can mean, and the increase of SDS in April planted untreated beans. Ken also warns what lodging in soybeans will mean for yield, how fields are going to get dirty fast, and keeping an eye out for spider mites. He advises farmers to use these perfect conditions for Gray Leaf to calibrate your GLS ratings on your hybrids between companies.

In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken shares that he has spotted: sudden death, pompous root rot, Stewart’s wilt, aphid colonies in the corn, and gray leaf spot. He talks about his concern of what could take the top off this corn crop and what we need to finish out the season strong.

In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken covers what the concern is with tall beans and cool nights and gives an insect report for the pest teams. Ken also recaps the field day and looks ahead to Corn and Soybean College next week.

In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken covers a host of pests including: Gray Leaf, Northern Leaf Blight, Brown Spot, Corn Aphids, Japanese Beatles, Western Bean Cutworm, and Rootworm. He also recaps how pollination is going, Being ahead on GDUs and what the As Applied Downforce maps are telling us.

Ken talks about the current crop conditions he is seeing in the field. Many plants have pollinated two ears, is this actually a good thing? He also gives a scouting report of what he has seen including disease, Japanese beetles, rootworm in traited corn, and nutrient deficiencies.

The pollination window is here. What to watch for in the way of insects and disease as we move forward in both corn and beans. Don’t let defoliation, silk clipping, disease, or rootworm damage catch you by surprise as we are seeing a little bit of everything in our travels across the state. Yield potential is still high in most areas, don’t drop the ball in this crucial part of the season.

Ken is back and covers the gamut in this week’s Boots In the Field Report. He touches on: doing rootworm floats, checking now for grey leaf to make harvest order lists for later, what happens if the wet conditions continue, pulling nitrates for y-dropping, what diseases to be looking for in beans and why it is good they are dying now, what it means if you have yellow beans and what will change it, Atrazine carryover and drift issues, and warnings about making sure you aren’t sleeping on pollination.

In this week’s Boots In The Field Report, Ken covers why the much needed rains have also caused some issues, the need for being aware if you have any green snap damage, and what to do about taking care of weeds in fields with flowering beans.

In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken covers how the conditions in the field now will be indicative of how they will pollinate later and what that means for your crop. He also issues a warning to dry areas to watch out for spider mites at the borders.

Ken went on several SOS calls for fields this week which led to a lot of things to cover in this week’s podcast, prepare yourself. In this week’s Boots In The Field report Ken covers: Iron chlorosis in areas that got rain, growth standing still and slowed down metabolism in dry areas, and the catch 22 of dinging corn or killing weeds. Ken also spends a lot of time in this podcast discussing what your options are if you have bean fields that got planted in dry dirt.

In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken announces the kick off of ugly corn week for a lot of folks. He covers who is most likely to see this and what some of the causes are. Ken discusses rootless corn and what dry weather has to do with a lot of the issues you might be seeing in your field like sulfur deficiency and bird damage.

In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken covers what a difference 350 miles makes in planting progress. He touches on the need for pest teams to be hitting the fields to spot issues before they get worse and document what happened while the evidence is still there to tell you. Ken also shares times that will most likely have high cutworm pressure and advises to be on the lookout for bean leaf beetle. He also touches on getting either an NDVI or Thermal image on fields that will have windmill damage both this year and next year to better help keep track of damages. Ken introduces the addition of a soil moisture sensor offer to both irrigation customers and those with tile gates.