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.

This final episode for 2023 wraps up our progress on GDU's and discusses how to best utilize plot harvest data in making decisions for the 2024 growing season.

How much did we gain on GDU accumulation last week and what about FROST next week? I discuss this and learnings from our first white mold soybean plot harvest as well as observations on stalk rots starting to show up. Finally, I talk about why we are seeing PURPLE soybean stalks in the fields. Enjoy!

Ear molds are showing up. Listen to this week's episode to better understand what colors of molds represent and what risks those pose. Nitrogen loss this season has caused tip-back, but how does this effect ear mold development? Finally, I give a sneak peak at our GxExM trialing effort - results to come out later this fall. Enjoy!

This week we start out with a quick update on heat unit accumulation followed by my first harvest report of the year. Finally, I wrap up this week sharing some insight on what is termed "Random Plant Death" in corn.

Wondering when to expect our first frost?  Interested in an insight into the IL corn and soybean crop?  Seeing yellow, brown and purple corn showing up lately?  Digging soybean nodules this week?  If this sounds interesting, take a listen to this week’s AIA Focus Friday Podcast.