Boots In The Field Report

In this week's Boots In The Field Report Ken covers growth stage progress, insects and diseases to be on the lookout for, and what this weed pressure will mean for next year.

In this week's Boots In The Field Report Ken warns not to let looks fool you when comparing early planted corn and the June planted corn. While the early corn has height, most of it is lacking in evenness, Ken covers what that means for pest bosses. He also explains what fallow syndrome is and what we can do this year and next to combat it on prevent plant acres.

Ken touches on a lot of topics in this week's Boots In The Field Report. He starts with a report on percent planted, then covers keeping fields clean, row crop cultivating, rootworm floats, and the effect of heat on this short corn.

Ken gives a crop report from IL to Canada and recommends getting plans in place now for a wet harvest to get yourself in a good position come fall.

Ken talks weeds in prevent plant fields, stand evaluation and replant in marginal fields, and sightings of yellow corn and beans in this week's Boots In The Field Report.

Ken hits on a lot of topics in this week's Boots In The Field Report but the main focus is not throwing in the towel too soon. There is a lot of growing season left and farmers need to bring their A-game. He talks what to do with population for both corn and beans in late planting, how it affects our nitrogen program, and insect windows.

Ken focuses on two things in this week's Boots In The Field Report:

1. In the scramble to get this crop in, don't drop the ball on fields that did get planted. Never walk away from a growing crop.

2. Farmers have some tough decisions to make, but they need to be made based upon facts and not emotion and on a field by field basis.

Once farmers get this crop in the ground, they will have to use all of their resources to hang onto their yield all the way to the finish line. Ken talks about #plant19 and how later planting affects the need for starter and insecticide in this week's Boots In The Field Report.

When is it time to start thinking about changing maturities? Ken takes an in-depth look at the numbers behind making changes to what day hybrid you plant and the season long implications this decision will have. Ken helps to remove some of the emotion and stress of passing calendar days with a focus on how to make plans to capture as much yield as possible with the growing season we have left.

Ken talks weather delays and the importance of not letting your fertilizer plans delay your planting window in this week’s Boots In The Field Report. He also covers what to look for in compaction culprits and which environments need to wait and which ones can move ahead.