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

2. Questions & answers from the week.

3. Special guest – NCGA Award winner sharing his thoughts

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.