Boots In The Field Report

This week on the Boots In The Field Report Ken covers what questions to consider when trying to reduce your pesticide bills.

In response to the large number of questions coming in this week on this very topic, Ken talks about options for fixing ruts and erosion in no till and reduced till environment

Didn't get your fall nitrogen on? Ken talks nitrogen options for this spring and touches on the risk of late spring NH3.

This week Ken tackles the difference in zone vs grid soil testing. Today's technology is ever increasing, in the amount and accuracy of data layers farmer have access to when making management decisions. Variability within the field can accurately be mapped and a proper soil testing program should respect and incorporate this variability, something simple grid soil testing fails to do.

In this week's Boots In The Field Report Ken tackles the question of seed quality and how that can affect your plans for early planted beans.

As planting season fast approaches, Ken tackles a question he has gotten a lot this winter: Is my current nitrogen management program adequately address the carbon penalty. Ken also discuss the ever present debate of what the best source of nitrogen is. He works through the questions that can bring you to the right answer specific to this year and for your farming environment.

In this week's Boots In The Field Report Ken covers the new things the crew took in while down at the 2019 National Farm Machinery Show.

Ken takes the time during this week's Boots In The Field Report to discuss why hybrid characteristics is such a focus for Crop-Tech and the reaction to the information while presenting out on the road.

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