"Agronomy In Action" Podcast

This week, I share current soil temperatures and conditions, some thoughts on managing lower germ soybeans and considerations for early planted soybeans. Enjoy!

For this week's podcast, I wrap up the 2024 growing season with a few final field observations and a quick trip down memory lane in a “2024 Season in Review”. Enjoy!

This week's podcast highlights an interview with Dr. Marty Chilvers about his thoughts on Tar Spot progress in Michigan this year as well as some thoughts on double crop soybean development and why you might be seeing scattered green plants in your soybean fields lately. Enjoy.

This week's podcast focuses in on yield and agronomic observations from around Michigan. "Green" ears of corn and estimating yields along with updates on Growing Degree Day accumulations are top of mind currently. Enjoy!

This week's podcast shares some of the first soybean yields reported for the 2024 growing season across Michigan, and includes a discussion of harvesting green stem soybeans to reduce yield loss this season. Enjoy!

This week's Podcast focuses in on crop observations across Michigan this past week, an update on heat unit accumulation and some insight on soybean cyst nematode testing. Enjoy!

This week's travels had me digging deeper into some of the results of the strong winds from a week ago and its effect on silage corn as well as a review of conversations from field days across Michigan this past week. Enjoy!

In addition to an update on heat units across Michigan, this week's podcast focuses on hot topics such as questions around "how far our crop is from maturity," a deep dive into the cost of harvesting soybeans "too dry" and what things influence “kernel depth development” in corn. 

This week's podcast looks at the finding of Downey Mildew in soybeans, runts and stunts in corn, and an overview of why soybeans are starting to turn yellow. Enjoy!

Sudden Death Syndrome started showing up this week - learn how to identify it, and manage it. This episode also puts Tar Spot into perspective historically - these next few weeks are critical to a successful harvest. Enjoy!