Dan and Shaun welcome Purdue ag economist Michael Langemeier, director of the Purdue Center for Commercial Agriculture to discuss the August USDA reports. The reports shocked the market and many analysts. Are we headed for a repeat of the 80s? And how can USDA project record statewide yields for both corn and soybeans when the crops look worse this year than in years past?

This podcast is made possible by the Indiana Corn Marketing Council and Indiana Soybean Alliance. Your Indiana corn and soybean checkoff investments are working to find new markets for your crops through International Demand, New Uses and Research. Learn more about the programs working on your behalf at YourCheckoff.org.

The Purdue Crop Chat Podcast is on the road at the Indiana State Fair! Hoosier Ag Today’s Eric Pfeiffer visits with Dan “Corn” Quinn and “Soybean Shaun” Casteel inside the Normandy Barn as they discuss the variable crop conditions and disease pressures they’re finding throughout the state during the 2025 growing season.

This podcast is made possible by the Indiana Corn Marketing Council and Indiana Soybean Alliance. Your Indiana corn and soybean checkoff investments are working to find new markets for your crops through International Demand, New Uses and Research. Learn more about the programs working on your behalf at YourCheckoff.org.

Purdue Crop Chat is a regular podcast from Hoosier Ag Today and the Purdue University Extension Service, featuring Purdue Extension soybean specialist Dr. Shaun Casteel and Extension Corn Specialist Dr. Dan Quinn. On this episode, Dan and Shaun welcome Purdue’s Crop Pathologist Darcy Telenko to discuss disease pressure around the state, tar spot in particular.

This podcast is made possible by the Indiana Corn Marketing Council and Indiana Soybean Alliance. Your Indiana corn and soybean checkoff investments are working to find new markets for your crops through International Demand, New Uses and Research. Learn more about the programs working on your behalf at yourcheckoff.org.

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Purdue Crop Chat is a regular podcast from Hoosier Ag Today and the Purdue University Extension Service, featuring Purdue Extension soybean specialist Dr. Shaun Casteel and Extension Corn Specialist Dr. Dan Quinn. On this episode, Dan and Shaun discuss the variable crop progress around the state as some farms are faring better than others.

This podcast is made possible by the Indiana Corn Marketing Council and Indiana Soybean Alliance. Your Indiana corn and soybean checkoff investments are working to find new markets for your crops through International Demand, New Uses and Research. Learn more about the programs working on your behalf at yourcheckoff.org

Purdue Crop Chat is a regular podcast from Hoosier Ag Today and the Purdue University Extension Service featuring Purdue Extension soybean specialist Dr. Shaun Casteel and Extension Corn Specialist Dr. Dan Quinn. On this episode, Dan and Shaun discuss planting progress and how different weather conditions around the state have contributed to that progress. The weather has also caused some serious problems that will require replant!

This podcast is made possible by the Indiana Corn Marketing Council and Indiana Soybean Alliance. Your Indiana corn and soybean checkoff investments are working to find new markets for your crops through International Demand, New Uses, and Research. Learn more about the programs working on your behalf at yourcheckoff.org

Purdue Crop Chat is a regular podcast from Hoosier Ag Today and the Purdue University Extension Service, featuring Purdue Extension soybean specialist Dr. Shaun Casteel and Extension Corn Specialist Dr. Dan Quinn. On this episode, Dan and Shaun discuss weeds with special guest, Purdue Extension Weed Scientist, Dr. Tommy Butts!

This podcast is made possible by the Indiana Corn Marketing Council and Indiana Soybean Alliance. Your Indiana corn and soybean checkoff investments are working to find new markets for your crops through International Demand, New Uses and Research. Learn more about the programs working on your behalf at yourcheckoff.org.

Purdue Crop Chat is a regular podcast from Hoosier Ag Today and the Purdue University Extension Service, featuring Purdue Extension soybean specialist Dr. Shaun Casteel and Extension Corn Specialist Dr. Dan Quinn. On this episode, Dan and Shaun are getting set to hit the fields for planting season!

This podcast is made possible by the Indiana Corn Marketing Council and Indiana Soybean Alliance. Learn more about the programs working on your behalf at yourcheckoff.org!

Purdue Crop Chat is a regular podcast from Hoosier Ag Today and the Purdue University Extension Service, featuring Purdue Extension soybean specialist Dr. Shaun Casteel and Extension Corn Specialist Dr. Dan Quinn. On this episode, Dan and Shaun are joined by Indiana Soybean Alliance board member Roger Wenning at this year’s Commodity Classic! They discuss the new Farm Advisors program Wenning is involved with that promotes soil health practices.

This podcast is made possible by the Indiana Corn Marketing Council and Indiana Soybean Alliance. Your Indiana corn and soybean checkoff investments are working to find new markets for your crops through International Demand, New Uses and Research. Learn more about the programs working on your behalf at yourcheckoff.org.

Purdue Crop Chat is a regular podcast from Hoosier Ag Today and the Purdue University Extension Service featuring Purdue Extension soybean specialist Dr. Shaun Casteel and Extension Corn Specialist Dr. Dan Quinn. On this episode, Dan and Shaun share more about their research from this past year and what they’ve learned for 2025. They also discuss the crazy speaking tour they’ve been on for the past month!

This podcast is made possible by the Indiana Corn Marketing Council and Indiana Soybean Alliance. Your Indiana corn and soybean checkoff investments are working to find new markets for your crops through International Demand, New Uses and Research. Learn more about the programs working on your behalf at yourcheckoff.org

Purdue Crop Chat is a regular podcast from Hoosier Ag Today and the Purdue University Extension Service, featuring Purdue Extension Soybean Specialist Dr. Shaun Casteel and Extension Corn Specialist Dr. Dan Quinn. It’s meeting season! On this episode, Shaun and Dan discuss some of their research from 2024 and what they’re talking about at meetings around the state.

This podcast is made possible by the Indiana Corn Marketing Council and Indiana Soybean Alliance. Your Indiana corn and soybean checkoff investments yesterday are paying off today. New research, new uses, demand creation — bringing dollars back to the farm. Check it out at YourCheckoff.org.