Keeping It Independent

Technical Product Manager Brent Tharp and Agronomy Managers Ryan Gentle and Eric Wilson come to you LIVE from Kickoff 2025 to discuss all things aphids, late summer disease reports, and an audience question on planting populations.

Between the Rows® - Common Leaf Diseases
Between the Rows® - Tar Spot
Scouting for Tar Spot Video - Eric Wilson
Between the Rows® - Making the Fungicide Decision

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Wyffels Hybrids. Fiercely independent, and proud of it.

Agronomy Managers Ryan Gentle and Jared Goplen discuss how heavy rains and winds are impacting the crop, and whether fungicide is worth it considering the late July situation.

Between the Rows® - Damage from Summer Storms
Between the Rows® - The Effects of Flooding and Saturated Soils on Corn
Between the Rows® - Making the Fungicide Decision
Wyffels Yield Calculator

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Wyffels Hybrids. Fiercely independent, and proud of it.

It's an exciting time at Wyffels Hybrids! This week, we're officially opening our Ames, Iowa site. To help celebrate, VP of Production Jacob Wyffels joined the podcast to discuss this generational investment and other goings-on in production.

Links discussed in this episode:
Iowa Site Announcement
The Wyffels Story

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Wyffels Hybrids. Fiercely independent, and proud of it.

Agronomy Manager Ryan Gentle and Technical Product Manager Dr. Brent Tharp discuss tar spot, corn rootworm management and monitoring, and how heavy rains/flooding are impacting the crop. But...there is some good news!

Happy 4th of July from Wyffels Hybrids. Enjoy a hot dog and a cold one, and celebrate your independence!

Between the Rows® - Damage from Summer Storms
Between the Rows® - The Effects of Flooding and Saturated Soils on Corn
Wyffels Hybrids Corn Rootworm Monitoring
Wyffels Hybrids GDU Calculator
Corn ipmPIPE

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Wyffels Hybrids. Fiercely independent, and proud of it.

Agronomy Manager Eric Wilson discusses how recent storms and flooding have impacted the central Midwest corn crop. Then, the agronomy team talks with the 2024 Wyffels interns - Tyler Barrington, Agronomy; Maddi Klemme, Marketing; Kade Wassman, Sales.

Between the Rows® - Damage from Summer Storms
Between the Rows® - The Effects of Flooding and Saturated Soils on Corn
Wyffels Hybrids Corn Rootworm Monitoring

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Wyffels Hybrids. Fiercely independent, and proud of it.

Agronomy Managers Jared Goplen and Eric Wilson discuss the emergence of tar spot, corn rootworm management and monitoring, and how June heatwaves are impacting the crop. Plus...there is some good news!

Between the Rows® - Managing Corn Rootworm Populations
Wyffels Hybrids Corn Rootworm Monitoring
Crop Protection Network - Fungicide Efficacy for Control of Corn Foliar Diseases

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Wyffels Hybrids. Fiercely independent, and proud of it.

Join us as we cover a grab bag of topics impacting corn's "ugly duckling" phase. On this week's episode, Agronomy Manager Jared Goplen and Technical Product Manager Brent Tharp discuss seedling blight, nitrogen, and, yes, even tar spot.

Links discussed in this episode:
Wyffels Hybrids Replant Calculator
Between the Rows® - Sidedress Nitrogen in Corn

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Wyffels Hybrids. Fiercely independent, and proud of it.

Follow the Label, But Why?  Find out on this week's episode of Keeping It Independent. Agronomy Manager Eric Wilson sits down with BASF's Kurt Maertens to discus post-emergence applications. The two dive into the top field calls received during spraying season.

Links discussed in this episode:
Between the Rows® - Weed Management
BASF - Farming and Crop Protection

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Wyffels Hybrids. Fiercely independent, and proud of it.

Need a break from all the planting talk? We do, too. On this week's episode, Agronomy Managers Ryan Gentle and Eric Wilson discuss cutworms, nitrogen loss, and emergence flagging.

Links discussed in this episode:
Wyffels Hybrids Replant Calculator
Between the Rows® - Black Cutworm and True Armyworm
Between the Rows® - Effects of Flooding and Saturated Soils on Corn
Iowa State University - Iowa Environmental Mesonet
Corn ipm PIPE - Black cutworm website
Iowa State University - Nitrogen Calculator

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Wyffels Hybrids. Fiercely independent, and proud of it.

Well, at least we busted that drought. On this week's episode, Agronomy Manager Eric Wilson and Technical Product Manager Brent Tharp discuss managing a wet spring. When do delays start impacting yield potential? Should you switch out hybrids? Give a listen & find out more!

Links discussed in this episode:
Wyffels Hybrids Replant Calculator
Wyffels Hybrids Growing Degree Unit Calculator
Between the Rows® - Delayed Planting Conditions
Between the Rows® - Effects of Flooding and Saturated Soils on Corn

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Wyffels Hybrids. Fiercely independent, and proud of it.