Kick'N Dirt with Mike and The Kevins

Mike and Adam talk with Pioneer Corn Portfolio lead Adam Theis around some new traits coming down the shoot in Corn. What Vorceed and Powercore can do for the American Farmer along with a new numbering system Pioneer is using starting in 2023 to identify their corn hybrids. Kick'N Dirt is a podcast about Agriculture in the U.S.  This show hosts industry professionals to talk about corn and soybean...

Mike and Adam talk with Pioneer Agronomy Manager Matt Essick around the why behind Pioneer Agronomy. What's valuable to our customers and when is information just that, information. Kick'N Dirt is a podcast about Agriculture in the U.S.  This show hosts industry professionals to talk about corn and soybean production, including growers, agronomists and researchers.  Kick'N Dirt is hosted by Pionee...

Mike and Adam talk with Nebraska Corn Growers Chairman Andy Jobman about tariffs on fertilizer, Mexico's Decree on non-GMO corn and how the Corn board and other lobbyist groups are helping the American Farmer. Kick'N Dirt is a podcast about Agriculture in the U.S.  This show hosts industry professionals to talk about corn and soybean production, including growers, agronomists and researchers.  Kic...

Mike and Adam have a conversation with the University of Nebraska Agronomy Club about the future of Agriculture. In this episode Mike and Adam are speaking to a classroom full of Agronomy Students about employment and the purpose of the Agronomy Club. The youth of American Agriculture, what to expect, the challenges and where their opinions of the biggest need is for employment. Kick'N Dirt is a p...

This episode is the Kick off for the 2023 season.  Mike and Adam reflect on many of the past episodes of the show and talk about the direction moving forward for the 2023 season.   The Kick' N Dirt podcast started in late 2020 with episodes covering all the 2021 and 2022 seasons with many different topics and guests covering many aspects of Agronomy.  Kick'N Dirt is a podcast about Agriculture in...

Mike and Adam talk with Private Meteorologist Don Day about current weather patterns and future trends that could affect the decisions you are making for the 2023 cropping season. His way of using weather history and predictive models is very useful for us in Agriculture to help make better decisions and see the bigger picture to weather. Listen to is short term and long term predictions and why w...

Mike and Adam talk with Anthony Lackore, the Western US Digital Agronomy Lead for Corteva. Anthony discusses how we can transform traditional agronomy into agronomy of the future with accurate data collection and analysis. What data do we need, how much and how to get what we need. Kick'N Dirt is a podcast about Agriculture in the U.S.  This show hosts industry professionals to talk about corn and...

Mike and Adam talk with Pioneer Field Agronomists Dalton Kampsen and Troy Deutmeyer about what you see at harvest can help you make better decisions for the 2023 cropping season. Dalton is from NE Colorado while Troy works in NE Iowa and both have similar ideas to taking notes and using that information. Identifying what issues are yearly issues and which ones are long term issues is important in...

Mike and Adam talk with Akrs Equipment Group's Precision Ag Director, Kyle Afrank around multiple aspects of collecting good and useable field data. Akrs is a full line John Deere dealer in Nebraska and Kyle's experience in Precision Ag gives us a good check list of best practices and ideas of how to use collected data and a brief look into the future. Kick'N Dirt is a podcast about Agriculture in...

Mike and Adam talk with Pioneer Agronomist Paul Hermans from Canada. Great conversations around agriculture differences and similarities between the central U.S. and south eastern Canada. Kick'N Dirt is a podcast about Agriculture in the U.S.  This show hosts industry professionals to talk about corn and soybean production, including growers, agronomists and researchers.  Kick'N Dirt is hosted by...

Mike and Adam talk with Dr. Jeff Schussler corn physiologist and researcher around many topics, but mostly about what is happening in our corn plants now and what we can do about it. We also bust common myths and sayings around growing corn, the affects and possibly where the sayings have come from and why they aren't valid in todays growing environments. Kick'N Dirt is a podcast about Agriculture...

Mike and Adam talk with Pioneer Senior Research Scientist for Seed Research and Development for Pioneer Hi-Breds about what it takes to be an AquaMax hybrid. We also discuss what to look for when it comes to drought stress in corn and when is the most critical times to avoid moisture stress. Kick'N Dirt is a podcast about Agriculture in the U.S.  This show hosts industry professionals to talk abou...

Mike and Adam talk with Corteva Retail Strategic Account Manager, Rebekah Bankson about how utilizing nitrogen in both corn and soybeans is a season long task. What products are on the market to create nitrogen and what products can protect your nitrogen investment. Kick'N Dirt is a podcast about Agriculture in the U.S.  This show hosts industry professionals to talk about corn and soybean product...

Mike and Adam talk with the Western Nebraska Agronomy team on the challenges and opportunities this spring has presented. Kick'N Dirt is a podcast about Agriculture in the U.S.  This show hosts industry professionals to talk about corn and soybean production, including growers, agronomists and researchers.  Kick'N Dirt is hosted by Pioneer Agronomists Mike Wardyn, Kevin Keller, and Kevin Kowalaski...

Parker and Tom Theisen share their story about being Pioneer Sales Reps in Holt County Nebraska. How a Father and Son came together and then separated to operate two different seed agencies to service customers in a large county. They also talk about the successes and struggles along with family and the future. Kick'N Dirt is a podcast about Agriculture in the U.S.  This show hosts industry profes...

Mike and Adam talk with Pioneer Field Agronomists John Mick and Kevin "Killer" Kowalski about planting conditions in 2022. This is a follow up from the last episode and we dig a little deeper into things that are helping producers through the challenging times. Note: this was recorded April 28th and Nebraska did receive some rainfall on April 29th across the state, but I am launching this on May 1...

Mike and Adam talk with Pioneer Agronomist Chase Sauder as they discuss the 2022 planting conditions from their view point. Mother Nature hasn't been kind and doesn't appear she is willing to give anytime soon. How can we offset issues she has created? Listen to find out! Kick'N Dirt is a podcast about Agriculture in the U.S.  This show hosts industry professionals to talk about corn and soybean p...

Mike and Adam talk with Pioneer Corn Marketing Lead, Scott Walker around a new Product Launch within the corn platform. They discuss many topics around bringing new hybrids and traits to the market and Scott gives us his favorite corn hybrid that spans from the Rockies to the Mississippi and Nebraska to the Rio Grande Valley. Kick'N Dirt is a podcast about Agriculture in the U.S.  This show hosts...

Mike and Adam talk with Tamra Jackson-Ziems from UNL about many topics but a lot around soybean diseases and tar spot in Corn. Listen to our predictions for the year, what we can do to control many situations and ones we can't control. As soybean planting gets closer, what should we do? Great timely info for early April. Kick'N Dirt is a podcast about Agriculture in the U.S.  This show hosts indus...

Pioneer Field Agronomist Adam Banks and Pioneer Product Agronomist Mike Wardyn talk with VJ Brosius from Logan County Nebraska. VJ is a 4th generation farmer introducing the 5th generation to his operation on the same piece of dirt his great grandfather homesteaded in 1884 in Nebraska. VJ talks about balancing a long history of farming along with employment off the farm to create a legacy for gene...

Adam Banks and Mike Wardyn talk with Corteva's Agronomy Systems Manager Danny Brummel about Pioneer's drone fleet, current capabilities and future ideas. Kick'N Dirt is a podcast about Agriculture in the U.S.  This show hosts industry professionals to talk about corn and soybean production, including growers, agronomists and researchers.  Kick'N Dirt is hosted by Pioneer Agronomists Mike Wardyn, K...

Season 2 - Episode 2 Mike and Adam get an opportunity to talk to a great farming operation located in Cherry County Nebraska. A county 5 times the size of Rhode Island and around 30 cows for every person, sits the Danielski Farming operation. Listen to the challenges and accomplishments of an operation that originally wasn't for the area. Kick'N Dirt is a podcast about Agriculture in the U.S.  Thi...

Adam and Mike get the opportunity to discuss multiple topics around agriculture today with Q Connealy. Family, farming, community and photography along with social media are just a few items on today's episode. Kick'N Dirt is a podcast about Agriculture in the U.S.  This show hosts industry professionals to talk about corn and soybean production, including growers, agronomists and researchers.  Ki...

Exciting episode where Mike and Adam talk with Corteva's Scientist Dr. Jeff Krum. We discuss in depth on how certain herbicides work, residual control versus contact control along with options for both corn and soybeans. Dr. Krum does a great job giving his opinions from many years of research on additives and tankmix partners for best control methods. Kick'N Dirt is a podcast about Agriculture in...

Pioneer Agronomist Adam Banks and Pioneer Product Agronomist talk with Mark Jeschke, Pioneer Agronomy Manager specifically around the Pioneer Agronomy Research Book for 2022. How this publication was created, what's in it and what to expect for the future. Kick'N Dirt is a podcast about Agriculture in the U.S.  This show hosts industry professionals to talk about corn and soybean production, inclu...