Agronomy Moment

When we experience drought, heat, and the combination of both a corn crop starts to look ugly. Is it over? Why does it do this? This quick video talks about what is taking place and why it's important for corn to get ugly.

TOP Ag Services is a Beck's Hybrids seed dealer. We provide Hybrid Corn Seed, Soybean Seed, and Wheat Seed. Beck's has access to the best genetics and trait technologies from suppliers worldwide. We are the first to market with the best products & provide the latest, most accurate agronomic information through proven research. If you need agronomic assistance or want to be added to these updates, feel free to reach out via the messaging feature or contact us at topagservices.com/contact

Timing out fungicide and insecticide in soybeans with the heat units we have had so far. Also, we touch on the importance of not giving up on your crop just because it is going through heat/stress. Podcast includes pests that damage soybeans and also bug that are not so critical. Then, we show the importance of timing the application of fungicide. Finally, we also display to you exactly what R3 looks like in soybeans.

TOP Ag Services is a Beck's Hybrids seed dealer. We provide Hybrid Corn Seed, Soybean Seed, and Wheat Seed. Beck's has access to the best genetics and trait technologies from suppliers worldwide. We are the first to market with the best products & provide the latest, most accurate agronomic information through proven research. If you need agronomic assistance or want to be added to these updates, feel free to reach out via the messaging feature or contact us at topagservices.com/contact

Quick video on the latest stage of corn in the field. We time out the tassel and silk timeframe to help you know when to throw the fungicide. Nothing is certain but we give a best guess based upon our heat units we have received so far.

TOP Ag Services is a Beck's Hybrids seed dealer. We provide Hybrid Corn Seed, Soybean Seed, and Wheat Seed. Beck's has access to the best genetics and trait technologies from suppliers worldwide. We are the first to market with the best products & provide the latest, most accurate agronomic information through proven research. If you need agronomic assistance or want to be added to these updates, feel free to reach out via the messaging feature or contact us at topagservices.com/contact

Today's video has several interesting topics. Beck's Hybrids, Regional Agronomy Manager, Scott Dickey joins me on a video conference via Webex to discuss. We cover the following:

• Soybean Planting Depth, a Beck's Hybrids PFR Proven Practice that costs nothing to implement. -

Video is less than 20 minutes long from intro to outro, so give it a listen. Take care and good luck!

TOP Ag Services is a Beck's Hybrids seed dealer. We provide Hybrid Corn Seed, Soybean Seed, and Wheat Seed. Beck's has access to the best genetics and trait technologies from suppliers worldwide. We are the first to market with the best products & provide the latest, most accurate agronomic information through proven research. If you need agronomic assistance or want to be added to these updates, feel free to reach out via the messaging feature or contact us at topagservices.com/contact

Interesting observations today with Beck's Hybrids agronomist Scott Dickey and TOP Ag Services agronomist Gavin Steuck. All corn became shallower than planted due to flattening of soils under rain/water. This observation the reason we need planter at 2" depth for corn. We also observed soybeans at a low pop and high pop and the effects on emergence. Take a look!

TOP Ag Services is a Beck's Hybrids seed dealer. We provide Hybrid Corn Seed, Soybean Seed, and Wheat Seed. Beck's has access to the best genetics and trait technologies from suppliers worldwide. We are the first to market with the best products & provide the latest, most accurate agronomic information through proven research. If you need agronomic assistance or want to be added to these updates, feel free to reach out via the messaging feature or contact us at topagservices.com/contact

This video is extra long, but we are breaking it up into two sections with a break in between. It seems important to include all the information that was discussed. Beck's Hybrids Regional Agronomy Manager Scott Dickey and also Eastern Missouri Agronomist Alex Long engage in a lively discussion to bring you just in time insight into the current season. We made it fun and easily listenable.

TOP Ag Services is a Beck's Hybrids seed dealer. We provide Hybrid Corn Seed, Soybean Seed, and Wheat Seed. Beck's has access to the best genetics and trait technologies from suppliers worldwide. We are the first to market with the best products & provide the latest, most accurate agronomic information through proven research. If you need agronomic assistance or want to be added to these updates, feel free to reach out via the messaging feature or contact us at topagservices.com/contact

TOP Ag Services LLC agronomist Gavin Steuck relays the information he found from harvest data as well as observations from 2021 in our soybean population project surrounding population of soybeans and the plant characteristics that come from too many seeds per acre in the ground.

TOP Ag Services is a Beck's Hybrids seed dealer. We provide Hybrid Corn Seed, Soybean Seed, and Wheat Seed. Beck's has access to the best genetics and trait technologies from suppliers worldwide. We are the first to market with the best products & provide the latest, most accurate agronomic information through proven research. If you need agronomic assistance or want to be added to these updates, feel free to reach out via the messaging feature or contact us at topagservices.com/contact

Scott Dickey, Regional Agronomy Manager for Beck's Hybrids joins me to talk about how to prevent late applied anhydrous from damaging young emerging corn. We also talk about how to take out early weeds like winter annuals like hen bit and chickweed as well as other early season weeds including mares tail, etc.

TOP Ag Services is a Beck's Hybrids seed dealer. We provide Hybrid Corn Seed, Soybean Seed, and Wheat Seed. Beck's has access to the best genetics and trait technologies from suppliers worldwide. We are the first to market with the best products & provide the latest, most accurate agronomic information through proven research. If you need agronomic assistance or want to be added to these updates, feel free to reach out via the messaging feature or contact us at topagservices.com/contact

Does corn prices affect crop insurance in 2022? Do beans in the teens change decisions you need to make on your crop insurance multi peril plan? It might, depending on revenue and production protection you have been going with. Chase Scotten with Risk Solutions LLC joins us on Agronomy Moment to explain the fundamentals of crop insurance and how commodity prices like corn, soybeans, and wheat pricing surges affect guarantees for farmers this crop season.

TOP Ag Services is a Beck's Hybrids seed dealer. We provide Hybrid Corn Seed, Soybean Seed, and Wheat Seed. Beck's has access to the best genetics and trait technologies from suppliers worldwide. We are the first to market with the best products & provide the latest, most accurate agronomic information through proven research. If you need agronomic assistance or want to be added to these updates, feel free to reach out via the messaging feature or contact us at topagservices.com/contact

How can we be proactive with weed control in 2022 amid the challenges we face? Does your herbicide program strong enough if some chemicals sell out or are not available? Like Roundup or Liberty (glyphosate or glufosinate)? Scott Dickey, Beck's Hybrids agronomist and now Regional Agronomy Manager joins us today to discuss weed control and also talk about some of the projects coming up in 2022.

TOP Ag Services is a Beck's Hybrids seed dealer. We provide Hybrid Corn Seed, Soybean Seed, and Wheat Seed. Beck's has access to the best genetics and trait technologies from suppliers worldwide. We are the first to market with the best products & provide the latest, most accurate agronomic information through proven research. If you need agronomic assistance or want to be added to these updates, feel free to reach out via the messaging feature or contact us at topagservices.com/contact