Golden Harvest Agronomy "Focus Friday"

Crop progress and agronomic questions from the field are again the focus of this week's podcast. Feeding on corn and yellow leaves get diagnosed as well as a visit from my special guest to discuss making the fungicide decision with current lower commodity prices. Take the time to give it a listen.

In addition to my weekly crop progress update and agronomy call insights, this week my special guest discusses in-depth how recent heavy rains effected possible Nitrogen loss and what to do about it.

In this week’s podcast, we review crop progress, discuss yellow soybeans and how to determine if it’s a N or Mn deficiency and how to scout for Tar Spot.  Additionally, my special guest gives you insights on the GHX app and why you might want to get it on your own phone.  Enjoy!

Current crop progress and agronomic topics to keep "top of mind" are a focus of this week's podcast. Actionable items for white mold and corn rootworm are key points discussed in this week's episode. Enjoy!

In addition to crop progress and agronomy service call updates, I talk this week to MSU's Dr. Marty Chilvers about Tar Spot being found on Michigan's doorstep (in Indiana) and what we need to do about it.

Enjoy this week's crop progress update, listen to lessons learned from service calls in the field, and get a better understanding of what we need to be thinking as far as weed control this time of the year with my special guest.

We are 2 weeks from Summer Solstice and I'm thinking about flowering soybeans. My special guest goes into depth on this topic. Plus hear about crop progress across MI and what I am seeing for service calls around Black Cutworm, Slugs and side dress N with S. Enjoy!

With the end of May upon us, I am seeing soybean replant and more insect damage to crops than usual this time of the year. Listen to get an update on what I saw this past week in my travels across Michigan. Dr. Chis DiFonzo also shares her insights into what insects to look for next in your own fields. Enjoy!

In this week’s podcast, I cover: - Crop progress across MI. - Service call insights around soybean replants happening this week & - Special guest: Karl Bobholz, Corn Technical Product Lead, discussing crop progress across the mid-west.

Let's take a few minutes to: Catch up on crop progress across Michigan, Discuss switching to earlier hybrids, Get a pest update - what you should scout for this week & Special Guest, Andy Heggenstaller, to discuss Nitrogen. Keep up-to-date with agronomy in Michigan again this week!

This week, catch up on: 1. Crop progress via the GHX app. 2. Observations from travels across MI this week & 3. Special guest - 2024 winner in the MI Soy Yield Contest.

Welcome to week 3 of this season’s “Focus Friday” Podcast.  This week I update you on: 1. My use of the GHX App to determine heat units accumulated so far. 2. Questions & answers from the week. 3. Special guest – NCGA Award winner sharing his thoughts on successful corn yields.

In this week's podcast, learn about a new experiment I’ve got going, listen to my thoughts on the freeze last night and emerged soybeans, and finally enjoy some time with my first podcast guest; our new Eastern Region Corn Product Manager – Stephanie Smith.

Welcome to Season 2, Episode #1. I am excited to bring this weekly agronomic podcast back for another year. The AIA (Agronomy In Action) Focus Friday this week focuses in on the questions I have been answering lately: 1. When should I start planting? and 2. What is my biggest concern for the 2024 growing season. Enjoy this episode, and another year of my Focus Friday Podcast.

This final episode for 2023 wraps up our progress on GDU's and discusses how to best utilize plot harvest data in making decisions for the 2024 growing season.

How much did we gain on GDU accumulation last week and what about FROST next week? I discuss this and learnings from our first white mold soybean plot harvest as well as observations on stalk rots starting to show up. Finally, I talk about why we are seeing PURPLE soybean stalks in the fields. Enjoy!

Ear molds are showing up. Listen to this week's episode to better understand what colors of molds represent and what risks those pose. Nitrogen loss this season has caused tip-back, but how does this effect ear mold development? Finally, I give a sneak peak at our GxExM trialing effort - results to come out later this fall. Enjoy!

This week we start out with a quick update on heat unit accumulation followed by my first harvest report of the year. Finally, I wrap up this week sharing some insight on what is termed "Random Plant Death" in corn.

Wondering when to expect our first frost?  Interested in an insight into the IL corn and soybean crop?  Seeing yellow, brown and purple corn showing up lately?  Digging soybean nodules this week?  If this sounds interesting, take a listen to this week’s AIA Focus Friday Podcast.

With coming off a warm week and going into a cool down, this week's heat unit insight in interesting. This has also been a big week for field days and hearing what's on the minds of MI farmers as well as a chance to pull back ears and dig into the current crop condition. Finally, I observed an uncommon corn disease that is seemingly more common in our fields this year. Take a listen to thi...

This week we take an in-depth look at heat unit accumulations across MI and discuss what it will take to get us to black layer in corn. I also discuss corn smut and its causes and management as well as corn ear "tip back". Finally, I share my observations on the current soybean crop and its special challenges this year. Enjoy!

Western Bean Cutworm was found this week in West Michigan; now what? Plus, White Mold is taking over many lush soybean fields across the state - is it spreading? Finally, what is happening with Tar Spot? This week I cover these topics and more. Enjoy!

This week I give the latest update on Tar Spot progression and discuss if we should still be applying fungicide. I also share tips and tricks for identifying and managing both SDS and BSR in soybeans. Finally, we are now seeing white mold show up... what can we do about it?

This week, Tar Spot has expanded its foothold in MI - See just where it has been found. I also discuss heat unit accumulation totals and how far ahead or behind we are right now across the state. Finally, I spend some time discussing what to do for both corn and soybeans in their current stage of development including how to do a pollination check and a review of doing yield estimates. Enjoy!

Should I spray? It's time to take a Deep Dive into Tar Spot management. I talk this week about questions and answers on what to consider this year. I am also getting questions about our risk for White Mold in Soybeans right now - let's talk about the possibilities.