Agronomists Happy Hour

We give you our raw, unfiltered, sometimes hazy view on utilizing data to your advantage. 

The Bull **** continues, but we promise there is some great agronomy conversation and beer banter. 

A bull **** session between Jason and Kyle; happenings, agronomy, and good beer. 

This week we spend happy hour with good friend Sarah Lovas of GK Technology. We dive into the topic of zone mapping and zone soil sampling and why there's more than an algorithm involved to achieve a great zone map. 

This week we jump just slightly north into Manitoba and talk to Brunel Sabourin, owner of Antara Agronomy . We have a great discussion about plain old good agronomy and what it is they do at Antara Agronomy. Lots a great discussion in this episode! If you want to see more of Antara Agronomy on social media go look them up on the folowing platforms: Twitter: @antaraag Instagram: @antaraagronomy Fac...

We are in the Agivse bunker this week on the topic of soil sampling and John and Jodi leave us with some great information to keep on powering through this soil sampling season. 

This week we have our friend and fellow podcaster Kyle Stull on for happy hour and we cover the hot button topic of Tar Spot. If you like this episode with Kyle, tune into his podcast The Rogue Agronomist where podcasts are found. 

This week we talk to Stephanie Sinner of the ND Soybean Council. Stephanie is the executive director of ND Soybean Council and her and Jason at the time of recording  recently came back from the program the council puts on called "See For Yourself". The both share their experience participating in that program and Stephanie shares much more with what's currently important with ND so...

Season 4 of the Agronomists Happy Hour is here! We cant think of a better topic than soil sampling to talk about in September and a better person than Lane Bothwell to share his enthusiasm to talk on this topic. Sometimes the job gets tedious, and can be a bit much but as we say in this episode...Embrace The Suck, and power though this, the job needs to be done and is important! If you enjoyed thi...

We're still at it folks! Wrapping up our last season of AHHP, a little agronomy on what's happening in our areas, and a little preview into the next season of AHHP. 

We're back! and what a more appropriate topic to discuss than the one weed that makes Jason loose sleep at night....Kochia. 

Just a quick update on what's happening in our areas in North Dakota as planting progress. 

In todays labor shortage, it's dreadful for employers to find candidates, and as for candidates, its a world full of options and hard choices to make. We talk to Lori Culler (Owner) and Taylor Embry (Recruiter) of AgHires and get to discuss the world of agricultural recruiting. We really enjoyed this conversation and we hope you tune in! If you are an employer seeking a recruiter, or a employ...

It is time and the torch is being passed as we cast the final episode of the $H!T you need to know! Listen in while we talk to Robert Saik, the CEO of AGvisorPRO and the host of their new podcast AGvisorPOD Look for AGvisorPOD on your favorite podcast platform!

It's always fun to hear a business's story, starting as a modification for something to make drills last longer on their own farm turns into something every air drill owner would want.  That's our discussion this week with Dan Altepeter, the president and owner of Air Seeder Parts LLC based out of Grand Forks, ND. We learn how modifying a meter roller on a John Deere air drill has e...

We spend this week talking how to think more critically when setting up in-field comparisons of products. 

Ever wonder what goes into the processing of a crop after you've delivered to a buyer? That is exactly what we go over with Mike Dick of Dicks' Seeds Farms of Munich, ND. Mike's business specializes in food and pet food grade flax that is sold downstream to other food businesses that make the end products that end up in store shelves. He shares the difference from cleaning seed for...

We have the pleasure this week to have Howard Dahl on for happy hour. Howard is the CEO of Amity Technologies, specializing in sugar beet farm equipment, and Farm QA the Ag Tech company we all know for organizing an agronomists data.  If you are familiar with the names Bobcat, Stieger, Concord, Wil-Rich, Melroe,  or Whishek you will want to give this a listen as Howard and his family have had an i...

There are a lot of products that have come available to use this last year; growth enhancing biologicals, amino acids, flavanols, PGR's, nitrogen fixers, and others have been promoted to improve your bottom line. But how do you know what to choose, when to try, and when to go all in on a product? We share our opinion how we like to navigate learning about new products and when you might want...

Jason & Kyle share their thoughts on the group 14 kochia resistance confirmations that have been found in North Dakota. 

If you were to tell God your plans, he would probably laugh and say buckle up because you're in for a wild ride!  We have Darren Dunham on the podcast this week, a fellow crop consultant in North Dakota and he shares his story of where life has taken him. It's only the cliff notes in the scheme of what Darren's story is, but we really enjoyed what he shared with us.  Then as any agr...

We take 3 questions off AGvisorPRO this week to answer: 1) If I till in the fall and direct seed in the spring, is that considered conservation tillage?  2) Are EDTA chelated nutrients the proper form for foliar nutrition? 3) Dry or Liquide Soybean Inoculant, what is best?

You had 2 shows last week, now you get 2 question in one show this week! 2 recent questions that came into AGvisorPRO: 1- What options are there for removing volunteer alfalfa out of field peas? 2 - Is it ok to use 28-0-0 vs Urea + AMS on pasture grass? 

What a great happy hour this week sharing a few drinks with Rick Swenson. Rick is the lead agronomist for Peterson Farm Seeds residing in west central Minnesota. We learn his journey from being a potato agronomist all the way to where he is now. He shares a project that he has been a part of sine coming on board with Peterson Farm Seeds that provides a great summary agronomy insights that everyone...

Ground vs Air, is one superior over the other for fungicide in wheat?  This was a very detailed question that was asked on AGvisorPRO weighing out as many variables as possible; asking if removing the cost of application, is the efficacy of spraying fungicide through a ground rig that much better where it makes up for the wheel track loss?  We talk through this and share our thoughts.