Corn Belt Conversations

Dr. Trent Ford from the Illinois State Climatologist’s office joins us to share his insight on the 30, 60, and 90 day weather outlooks as we begin harvest.

Channel Technical Agronomist Daniel Lundeen joins us to give an update on the area corn & soybean crop. Topics include the area drought, current disease situation, and crop development related to the late planting season.

Bayer Crop Science Technology Development Representative Rachel Willis brings us up to speed on what’s happening right now with diseases in the corn belt, and how it’s all been affected by the extremely late planting season we’ve experienced.

Technical Agronomist Lance Tarochione joins us to evaluate the situation and options in this historic delayed planting situation.

Kurt Emken, Field Sales Representative with Bayer Crop Science, joins us to talk about the impacts of the delayed planting season on our weed management plans. He also provides more information on the Spray Early With Confidence program.

Seed Growth Technical Representative Nick Tinsley talks about the benefits of seed treatment as well as Best Management Practices around handling treated seed.

Technical Agronomist Mark Schultz with the Northern IL DEKALB/Asgrow team joins us to share his insights on the delays we are experiencing due to the cold, saturated soil conditions this Spring.

Preston Schrader - Technology Development Representative with Bayer Crop Science in Illinois joins us to provide an update on the insect outlook for 2019. We talk about the impact of last winter, the current black cutworm outlook, secondary insect considerations for pests such as wireworm, and the outlook for corn root worm populations.

Jim Donnelly, Technical Agronomist DEKALB/Asgrow in Northern Illinois joins us to provide some excellent information on tar spot in corn: what we learned last year, and what to be thinking about going forward.

Brian Kerschner from the Illinois State Climatology office joins us to talk about recent weather, it’s implications on the spring planting season, and the temperature & precipitation outlook for the next couple of months.