Boots In The Field Report

In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken has his eyes on harvest. He shares yield check numbers for this week and what a difference a rain can make. He also advises the pest team what to be on the lookout for to make sure this crop finishes strong.

In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken details what he has been seeing on farm visits. He covers how the dry area is getting bigger, what a tip down in ears can mean, and the increase of SDS in April planted untreated beans. Ken also warns what lodging in soybeans will mean for yield, how fields are going to get dirty fast, and keeping an eye out for spider mites. He advises farmers to use these perfect conditions for Gray Leaf to calibrate your GLS ratings on your hybrids between companies.

In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken shares that he has spotted: sudden death, pompous root rot, Stewart’s wilt, aphid colonies in the corn, and gray leaf spot. He talks about his concern of what could take the top off this corn crop and what we need to finish out the season strong.

In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken covers what the concern is with tall beans and cool nights and gives an insect report for the pest teams. Ken also recaps the field day and looks ahead to Corn and Soybean College next week.

In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken covers a host of pests including: Gray Leaf, Northern Leaf Blight, Brown Spot, Corn Aphids, Japanese Beatles, Western Bean Cutworm, and Rootworm. He also recaps how pollination is going, Being ahead on GDUs and what the As Applied Downforce maps are telling us.

Ken talks about the current crop conditions he is seeing in the field. Many plants have pollinated two ears, is this actually a good thing? He also gives a scouting report of what he has seen including disease, Japanese beetles, rootworm in traited corn, and nutrient deficiencies.

The pollination window is here. What to watch for in the way of insects and disease as we move forward in both corn and beans. Don’t let defoliation, silk clipping, disease, or rootworm damage catch you by surprise as we are seeing a little bit of everything in our travels across the state. Yield potential is still high in most areas, don’t drop the ball in this crucial part of the season.

Ken is back and covers the gamut in this week’s Boots In the Field Report. He touches on: doing rootworm floats, checking now for grey leaf to make harvest order lists for later, what happens if the wet conditions continue, pulling nitrates for y-dropping, what diseases to be looking for in beans and why it is good they are dying now, what it means if you have yellow beans and what will change it, Atrazine carryover and drift issues, and warnings about making sure you aren’t sleeping on pollination.

In this week’s Boots In The Field Report, Ken covers why the much needed rains have also caused some issues, the need for being aware if you have any green snap damage, and what to do about taking care of weeds in fields with flowering beans.

In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken covers how the conditions in the field now will be indicative of how they will pollinate later and what that means for your crop. He also issues a warning to dry areas to watch out for spider mites at the borders.