Boots In The Field Report

In this week's Boots In The Field Report Ken covers growth stage progress, insects and diseases to be on the lookout for, and what this weed pressure will mean for next year.

In this week's Boots In The Field Report Ken warns not to let looks fool you when comparing early planted corn and the June planted corn. While the early corn has height, most of it is lacking in evenness, Ken covers what that means for pest bosses. He also explains what fallow syndrome is and what we can do this year and next to combat it on prevent plant acres.

Ken touches on a lot of topics in this week's Boots In The Field Report. He starts with a report on percent planted, then covers keeping fields clean, row crop cultivating, rootworm floats, and the effect of heat on this short corn.

Ken gives a crop report from IL to Canada and recommends getting plans in place now for a wet harvest to get yourself in a good position come fall.

Ken talks weeds in prevent plant fields, stand evaluation and replant in marginal fields, and sightings of yellow corn and beans in this week's Boots In The Field Report.

Ken hits on a lot of topics in this week's Boots In The Field Report but the main focus is not throwing in the towel too soon. There is a lot of growing season left and farmers need to bring their A-game. He talks what to do with population for both corn and beans in late planting, how it affects our nitrogen program, and insect windows.

Ken focuses on two things in this week's Boots In The Field Report: 1. In the scramble to get this crop in, don't drop the ball on fields that did get planted. Never walk away from a growing crop. 2. Farmers have some tough decisions to make, but they need to be made based upon facts and not emotion and on a field by field basis.

Once farmers get this crop in the ground, they will have to use all of their resources to hang onto their yield all the way to the finish line. Ken talks about #plant19 and how later planting affects the need for starter and insecticide in this week's Boots In The Field Report.

When is it time to start thinking about changing maturities? Ken takes an in-depth look at the numbers behind making changes to what day hybrid you plant and the season long implications this decision will have. Ken helps to remove some of the emotion and stress of passing calendar days with a focus on how to make plans to capture as much yield as possible with the growing season we have left.

Ken talks weather delays and the importance of not letting your fertilizer plans delay your planting window in this week’s Boots In The Field Report. He also covers what to look for in compaction culprits and which environments need to wait and which ones can move ahead.

This week's Boots In The Field Report is all about planter set-up. Working from the front to the back, where to check for issues before you head to the field.

Ken covers what he has been seeing this week as he drives fields with farmers. This week's report covers: filling in ruts, anhydrous application train-wrecks, and plan adjustments based on the weather pattern.

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.