Agronomy Moment

Today's video covers what we are seeing currently in the field and what some next steps or Number One Priorities will be going forward. Quite a bit of rain has fallen and there is some more rain in the forecast. What do we do when it dries up. Celena Hawkins joins me to talk about what we are seeing and what the focus should be. We reference one of our other videos on Nitrogen in the this podcast...

Watch this video to get a good background in to Chris Kennady. He has recently announced his acceptance of the job for Beck's Hybrids Seed Advisor. This role will help dealers and customers to be more successful in the West Central/ SW Missouri region. Welcome aboard, Chris!   TOP Ag Services is a Beck's Hybrids seed dealer. We provide Hybrid Corn Seed, Soybean Seed, and Wheat Seed. Beck's has acc...

Celena Hawkins, Beck's Hybrids field agronomist joins me today to check in on the corn crop that was planted prior to inches of rain and a couple mornings of a light frost. Intro 0:00 Podcast 01:17 TOP Ag Services is a Beck's Hybrids seed dealer. We provide Hybrid Corn Seed, Soybean Seed, and Wheat Seed. Beck's has access to the best genetics and trait technologies from suppliers worldwide. We are...

Herbicides are one tool in the fight against weeds, however; we need to understand some parts of herbicide management practices to help you succeed. Anything that can increase your chances of killing weeds and harvesting a healthy, economical, and bountiful crop is worth it. Because, many times once the chemical is paid for the best management practices are a no cost to you. Soybean weed managemen...

Celena (Kipping) Hawkins and Alex Long who are both Field Agronomists for Beck's Hybrids join me to talk Nitrogen challenges in corn. This is not a new problem, nor is it new in its research and study. However, we want you to understand the parts you can NOT control so it can help you take action on the parts you can control. The challenges we have is not theory, however; but in practice for your...

Soybean diseases affect late season stalks and leaves. This can create "trashy" soybeans that are hard to feed through the combine and create a lot of dust and dirt. Scott Dickey and Celena Kipping with Beck's Hybrids join me to discuss this harvest detail. TOP Ag Services is a Beck's Hybrids seed dealer. We provide Hybrid Corn Seed, Soybean Seed, and Wheat Seed. Beck's has access to the best gene...

Soybean yields are affected greatly by plant dates due to placing the plant at a time when it can harvest the highest quality light. Scott Dickey regional agronomy manager with Beck's Hybrids and also Celena, our local Beck's Hybrids agronomist joins me on this beautiful day in a soybean plot to talk about farming and how it makes a difference in what you do on your corn or soybean crop. TOP Ag Se...

Soybeans can easily be affected by Sudden Death Syndrome, Brown Stem Rot, Dectes Stem Borer, and Charcoal Rot depending on weather, disease fusarium that is present in the soil, and rain fall. Also, spraying for insects at R3 may hold you from Stink Bug (and other pod sucking insects) but an eye needs to be kept open as weather can also affect the ability of these "critters" to make a comeback at...

Celena and Pierre are with me today to talk about watch outs on late planted corn, late season diseases, crop potential we are seeing in April corn. Call us if you have further questions! TOP Ag Services is a Beck's Hybrids seed dealer. We provide Hybrid Corn Seed, Soybean Seed, and Wheat Seed. Beck's has access to the best genetics and trait technologies from suppliers worldwide. We are the first...

Corn Fungicide thoughts for making decisions to spray or not.   TOP Ag Services is a Beck's Hybrids seed dealer. We provide Hybrid Corn Seed, Soybean Seed, and Wheat Seed. Beck's has access to the best genetics and trait technologies from suppliers worldwide. We are the first to market with the best products & provide the latest, most accurate agronomic information through proven research. If...

Celena joins me today to talk about soybeans hitting R3 the sweet spot for fungicide application. R3 is when you have 60% or more of the reproductive nodes in place. This application timing can greatly mean the difference between profitability or not so much.   TOP Ag Services is a Beck's Hybrids seed dealer. We provide Hybrid Corn Seed, Soybean Seed, and Wheat Seed. Beck's has access to the best...

Celena Kipping joins me to discuss where we need to be with soybean populations in June. A quick update from the field from TOP Ag Services LLC   TOP Ag Services is a Beck's Hybrids seed dealer. We provide Hybrid Corn Seed, Soybean Seed, and Wheat Seed. Beck's has access to the best genetics and trait technologies from suppliers worldwide. We are the first to market with the best products & pr...

This product has many strengths. They include weeds with little resistance, non volatile, and exceptional broad spectrum on weed species. However; this contact herbicide is subject to one of the great mysteries of plant physiology, the production of nitrites in the plant, the metabolic process of glutamate and ammonium to form glutamine from a catalyst. Glutamine is a key enzyme in the nitrogen me...

Celena joins me to talk about nitrogen loss potential in corn this year with all the rain in May. It is important to remember we had a dry winter and that has reduced losses greatly. Corn nitrogen will now be dependent on the form that was used, how many forms have been applied, and the micro conditions of your field and soils. To get a more accurate understanding of your situations, give us a cal...

Are you affected by too much rain? Have saturated soils caused you to worry about your crop? The late April storms and rain have released torrential water flow across much of the landscape. Scott Dickey joins me to show us what it looks like to see a healthy growing point in corn and also discusses what to look for in soybeans after enduring flooding or saturated soils. Please watch this important...

Intro 0:00 Podcast 0:10 TOP Ag Services is a Beck's Hybrids seed dealer. We provide Hybrid Corn Seed, Soybean Seed, and Wheat Seed. Beck's has access to the best genetics and trait technologies from suppliers worldwide. We are the first to market with the best products & provide the latest, most accurate agronomic information through proven research. If you need agronomic assistance or want to...

Beck's Hybrids Regional Agronomy Manager Jon Skinner explains what our #1 Priorities are in making practical yet economical decisions in determining what we can work on as it relates to our soil fertility, health, and chemistry. The health of corn and soybeans depends on this complex and delicate makeup of soil balance. Yet, Jon explains this so well in this video about how to approach this easily...

Celena joins me to discuss planting conditions and how to work with risk of cold weather injury on an expensive crop of corn or soybeans. Intro 0:00 Podcast 01:17   TOP Ag Services is a Beck's Hybrids seed dealer. We provide Hybrid Corn Seed, Soybean Seed, and Wheat Seed. Beck's has access to the best genetics and trait technologies from suppliers worldwide. We are the first to market with the bes...

This topic can be fun as it helps us find a simple way to easily assess our fertility levels on the nutrients that are held by the soil's exchange sites. Jon speaks about the value of finding a common sense assessment of what ratios are optimum vs good enough vs a problem in soil fertility. Cation exchange capacity is part of the caculation of figuring the base saturation size, AKA how many exchan...

The water pH, buffer pH, and CEC number on a soil test can tell you where you are at, what you have to work with, and Jon helps us understand why it's important and what we can do about the numbers. Regional Agronomy Manager Jon Skinner covers the state of Iowa and Illinois as a territory with many agronomists who work with him. Our goal here is to bring in someone who has a good background in soi...

Beck's Hybrids Regional Agronomy Manager Scott Dickey and Beck's Hybrids Agronomist Celena Kipping for the state of Missouri join me on this podcast to share this important message about Practical Farm Research numbers on applicator equipment, carrier volume, nozzles, etc that make the biggest difference in spraying for fungicide in crops. TOP Ag Services is a Beck's Hybrids seed dealer. We provid...

Celena Kipping & Scott Dickey, Missouri Agronomist and the Regional Agronomy Manager respectively; join me with this important and popular topic of biological products being used and how they are benefiting and where they are not, as well as possibly why they could have a place in the future of agronomics of corn and soybeans crop production. TOP Ag Services is a Beck's Hybrids seed dealer. We...

Beck's Hybrids agronomist Celena Kipping & Regional Agronomy Manager Scott Dickey weigh in on this PFR study. Is it worth considering starter fertilizer on your planter for soybeans? Does nitrogen and sulfur work dribbled or injected beside the row? What about additives for in furrow use? We dive into this in this Agronomy Moment podcast.   TOP Ag Services is a Beck's Hybrids seed dealer. We p...

Regional Agronomy Manager Scott Dickey and Agronomist for Western Missouri Celena Kipping join me to discuss the variability of weather patterns, their unconventional effect on crop results and stress. If data in a highly variable year is not understood correctly it can become misinformation and lead us to poor or risky decisions in the future. What aspects do we need to understand to be able to l...

Celena Kipping, agronomist for SW Missouri and SE Kansas joins me today to talk about the Site of Action (SOA) 2 chemicals. This large chemical family uses a mode of action that inhibits the synthesis of amino acids in the plant. These building blocks of cell membranes are critical to plant development and its life. Please watch this video to understand why it is so important to time applications,...